Free online event
How to use data effectively in the public service
Exclusively for public servants and policymakers
Wednesday, Jun 7, 2023
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You’ll learn how to:
- Understand the benefits of using data in policymaking and public service delivery
- Recognise key stakeholders in data sharing initiatives
- Identify common data issues in public service delivery and decision-making
Speakers
Speaker resources
- The data revolution enters the next phase, Apolitical article by Tom Orrell
- HARMONIA project website
- DataReady.org
- Government Analysis Function Guidance Hub
- We are here! - #DataValues Fireside Chats
- OECD Privacy Principles
- DAMA International
Apolitical resources
- Presenting Data Effectively, course
- Data-driven park planning, article by Clement Lau
- Series: Open Data 101, by Paul Connor
- Fighting displacement with data, article from Bloomberg Cities
As a public servant or policymaker, you play a critical role in designing and delivering public services that meet the needs of citizens. In today's data-driven world, this means understanding how to use and analyse data to make informed decisions and improve outcomes.
Watch this free online workshop to learn how to use data to design and deliver better public services and as well as practical tips and strategies for using data effectively in your work.
Who should watch:
This workshop is for any public servant or policymaker who wants to learn how to use data to improve public services, policy making, and performance, whether your role directly relates to data or not.
Interested in how Apolitical can support you and your organisation? Learn about collaborating with us.
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Speakers
Catherine Hope
Statistician and Digital Performance Analyst for the Department for Work and Pensions
United Kingdom
Tom Orell
Managing Director of DataReady
United Kingdom
Catherine Hope, a statistician and digital performance analyst for the Department for Work and Pensions, works analysing the digital services for Child Maintenance. She helps the digital teams improve the way people apply for help arranging child maintenance, and how they report changes to their circumstances. Catherine is passionate about using data to tell memorable stories to colleagues to help them make decisions.
Tom Orell, a non-practicing barrister, company director, digital and data policy professional, and dad, with expertise in the links between digital and data policy, sustainable development and humanitarian response, and human rights. Tom founded DataReady Limited in 2018 having identified a need for less technical and more organisation-centric research and services that focus on data governance, data management, regulation compliance, and usability.
