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    Friday lunchtime lectures at the Open Data Institute - 6 June 2013 Why data geeks don't make decisions: bridging the gap between information and influencers. Audio of this lecture: https://soundcloud.com/theodi/why-data-geeks-dont-make-decisions Open data might be fuel, but fuel on its own doesn't get you anywhere. To improve public services you need to translate the raw data material into whatever helps people solve their problems. So, how do we bridge the gap from open data geeks to decision-makers? Tom Smith, founder and director of OCSI, helps public sector organisations use information effectively for policy and decision-making. He will bring in real world lessons of using open data to improve decisions, and more.

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    Friday lunchtime lectures at the Open Data Institute - 6 June 2013 Why data geeks don't make decisions: bridging the gap between information and influencers. Audio of this lecture: https://soundcloud.com/theodi/why-data-geeks-dont-make-decisions Open data might be fuel, but fuel on its own doesn't get you anywhere. To improve public services you need to translate the raw data material into whatever helps people solve their problems. So, how do we bridge the gap from open data geeks to decision-makers? Tom Smith, founder and director of OCSI, helps public sector organisations use information effectively for policy and decision-making. He will bring in real world lessons of using open data to improve decisions, and more.

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    Friday lunchtime lectures at the Open Data Institute - 6 June 2013 Why data geeks don't make decisions: bridging the gap between information and influencers. Audio of this lecture: https://soundcloud.com/theodi/why-data-geeks-dont-make-decisions Open data might be fuel, but fuel on its own doesn't get you anywhere. To improve public services you need to translate the raw data material into whatever helps people solve their problems. So, how do we bridge the gap from open data geeks to decision-makers? Tom Smith, founder and director of OCSI, helps public sector organisations use information effectively for policy and decision-making. He will bring in real world lessons of using open data to improve decisions, and more.

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    Data geeks to decision-makers

    Tom Smith, OCSI


    www.ocsi.co.uk tom.smith@ocsi.co.uk @_datasmith +44 1273 810 270

    Chazwags, www.flickr.com/photos/chazwags/271046151/

    Weve come a long long way


    Kongharald, www.flickr.com/photos/kongharald/3821492016/

    Weve come a long long way


    Kongharald, www.flickr.com/photos/kongharald/3821492016/

    1
    Spending

    How the govt spends your money - 669Bn

    Guardian, www.guardian.co.uk/politics/interactive/2010/oct/19/comprehensive-spending-review-cuts

    LG Finance Report 2013/14, www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1314/settle.htm

    LG Finance Report 2013/14, www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1314/settle.htm

    Census 2011, www.ons.gov.uk/census

    Guardian, www.guardian.co.uk

    Time, www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2005245,00.html

    2
    Decisions & conversations

    Local Info Systems save 140-200 per user per year


    Nottingham Insight www.nottinghaminsight.org.uk Foley et al (2010), Understanding value & benefits of Local Information System

    London Dashboard & Datastore, http://data.london.gov.uk/london-dashboard

    Small area trend data for crimes


    Police.UK, http://www.police.uk/

    Live within days of Land Registry data


    Land Registry Price Paid app, http://dclgexamples.mywebcommunity.org/npf/lrpptest.html

    60,000 downloads and counting


    Numberhood, www.numberhood.net

    Supporting social housing providers with more than 1.5m properties


    Community Insight and Population Insight, www.communityinsight.org

    3
    Better services

    Audit Commission, In the know

    So ...
    Arent we there yet?

    Tell stories from your data

    Douglas Fairbanks 1918. Wikimedia photo in public domain

    Tell stories from your data To the chief exec

    Douglas Fairbanks 1918. Wikimedia photo in public domain

    Get your data speaking the same language as service managers and senior staff

    West Midlands Apprenticeships dashboard, www.flickr.com/photos/wmro/5393347776/

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    Challenge How is open data influencing your organisation & services

    Data geeks to decision-makers


    Tom Smith, OCSI
    www.ocsi.co.uk tom.smith@ocsi.co.uk @_datasmith +44 1273 810 270

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