Chan Stroman will lead you through this session on finding publicly available data relevant to equity in education. This session will cover not just data sources, but ways to use the data to identify disparities, enhance work around education equity, and work toward solutions to address educational inequality.

Let Dave Long introduce you to the Madison Neighborhood Indicators Project (NIP) which tracks neighborhood wellness over time, since 2008. Explore what data is collected, how you can use it as an individual or a member of a neighborhood group and use it to make comparisons over time and between places. 

Every day, you face decisional challenges that impact your organization. A well-functioning risk assessment can help agencies to use limited resources more efficiently, effectively, and equitably. This interactive workshop provides insight and skill in actuarial risk assessment concepts. Learn how to harvest the benefits of using an actuarial risk assessment.

From millions of disparate data points to efficient, customizable, actionable data— a landmark goal for Madison Out of School Time (MOST). Last year, MOST embarked on a data-sharing pilot with ten organizations at 16 locations representing 1800 students. In this session, we will share what we’ve learned about real-life, cross-systems, cross-agency data sharing.

Madison has a 20-year vision for its community growth operationalized through Imagine Madison and Results Madison. The Mayor wants feedback from engaged stakeholders who understand data and the constraints to selecting the proposed set of citywide indicators. Make a difference in Madison's future. You can play a part. This session will be interactive, where participant feedback will inform the report back to the Mayor and the proposed framework.

Greg Wilson embarked on a research project to identify and catalog the experiences of Black-led and or Black-founded nonprofit organizations in Madison. This session will report and answer questions regarding preliminary findings from this ongoing study.

We are in the Era of Fast Activism, where movements arise and become powerful at unprecedented rates. At the same time, the lines between cause-based groups and for-profit companies are breaking down. Consumers want to engage with brands that are a positive force for social change. This session discusses how data is being used to drive social change and how technology can be used to amplify social good efforts.

Open data is helping create better-informed community members and policymakers. Better-informed communities can create a better process of making public policy. Yogesh will discuss and show how data helped inform the recent response to flooding in Dane County. Additionally, he'll explain how open and transparent elections data helps inspire confidence in our elections. This session is to engage and inform.

Every individual and organization has data stored away in spreadsheets. What if you could take that old data and make it more valuable— tangible, useable— to others? This session is a hands-on workshop, on how to bring small data to life using a new web-based app, Glide Apps. Glide Apps has created a way to allow you to take any data stored in a Google Spreadsheet and give it new life. Come to this workshop and leave with mobile app based on your data in 90-minutes.

Microsoft Azure’s Databricks is a powerful, collaborative tool that can seamlessly handle both small and large datasets. The workshop shows the capabilities of Databricks. For organizations looking to make data-backed decisions, to clean and visualize the data, as well as analyze it—it can be an incredibly useful tool. Databricks can be an excellent tool for burgeoning data users. Ultimately, audience members should walk away with a better understanding and appreciation of Databricks.

Many brands assume they know their audience. They often make incorrect assumptions and or overlooking essential details due to this. Every distinct segment of your audience has different motivations, goals, and questions requiring answers. This workshop will provide insights into how to define audience segments. The exercises will allow participants to place themselves into their audience shoes, pinpoint which data to collect, and explore thinking and decision-making processes so they can boost engagement.

Ever get tripped up in the weeds of communicating about complex topics? Join Mary Michaud for a hands-on workshop that will engage participants to identify and apply data communication guidelines and tools that clarify data, streamline messaging, and spur action. Includes practice identifying desired actions, "zooming in" and "zooming out," matching messages to audience, and choosing appropriate language and visuals for the medium.