Hi there,
Welcome to the June 2021 edition of Innovation Lab news, with updates on events and opportunities about data science in the not-for-profit sector.
What we've been up to
Innovation Lab at Good Tech Fest 2021
The Our Community Innovation Lab spoke at this year’s Good Tech Fest, alongside a line-up which included representatives from Facebook, Microsoft, Google and UN agencies, as well as smaller civic tech and grassroots not-for-profits. Links to the recordings are below.
Paola Oliva-Altamirano discusses the auto-classification and mapping of the Sustainable Development Goals to the social sector using Our Community-developed social sector taxonomy CLASSIE.
Watch the recording below.
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Nathan Mifsud explores the ethical considerations and challenges faced when guiding not-for-profits through data projects. He also explains the Innovation Lab’s two-pronged approach to connecting not-for-profit organisations with data practitioners .
Watch recording below.
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Pint of Science: Ethical considerations in the digital era
Paola joins a panel of experts to discuss the implications of our digital footprint being used to shape the world we live in, and how we might influence its impact.
Join Paola as she also reflects on Our Community’s approach to enabling an ethical data science environment in the Australian grantmaking sector at the 2021 Pint of Science Australia festival.
Position descriptions: new resources just landed on Go to Whoa!
Is your organisation looking to recruit a data practitioner? With support from Equity Trustees, the Innovation Lab has just released two free resources to help not-for-profits working with data find and recruit the right people for the job.
The Data Analyst and Data Scientist Position Description templates are designed to be edited to suit your organisation’s needs.
Download the templates below, and check out our other resources on the Innovation Lab.
The what & why of data science for fundraising
If you haven't been to our introductory data science tutorials, an upcoming webinar could be for you. Nathan will be giving a lightning presentation, including what modern data teams look like and next steps for not-for-profits, with a focus on fundraising.
The webinar is on July 12th, 9:30-10:00am. Register for free to attend.
From our network
Using Digital and Data Technology in MEL
Clear Horizon Academy recently hosted a webinar on bringing Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) into the digital age, including how organisations can streamline their data capture and analysis and things to consider. Watch the recording here.
If you want to learn more, Clear Horizon also offer an introductory Power BI course which takes a deep dive into the issues discussed in the webinar. Using Data Analysis & Visualisation to Drive Social Impact uses dataset examples from community programs to help improve reporting processes, support data-decision decision making and see real impact. Enrol using discount code nfp15 for 15% off.
Seer ‘How Shop’ for data-led NFPs
Our friends at Seer Data & Analytics are inviting not-for-profits to sign up for a ‘Seer How Shop’, covering what it means to be a data-led not-for-profit, and why data access is critical.
The 30-minute personalised session will cover open data, private data and data sharing.
Join the for-purpose data community
Want to be the first to know about job and volunteer opportunities and events going on in the data for social good space?
We have a Slack group for ongoing discussions between data practitioners inside and outside of not-for-profit organisations.
Join us and introduce yourself.
Read, listen, watch
- 39 questions that would save your life: a data-driven algorithmic approach to respond to domestic violence
- Provocation: Redesigning AI – from Australia out – Ellen Broad
Human Rights & Technology Project: Final Report | Video
Demographic Delays: How closed borders will impact the future demand for services – .id
That's all from us. Take care.
