10 years ago some colleagues and I wondered how we might measure and compare how well organisations are doing with data. This Thursday we're sharing what 5 years of assessing and benchmarking data maturity in over 1000 commercial, public sector and not-for-profit organisations tells us. Do come!
Sitting comfortably? This is a story about how we, as a social enterprise, create and measure our impact in the world.
Let us tell you about our theory for change
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It's really easy to feel powerless in the world. For most of us our only power is how we vote and how we spend our hard earned cash. Last year I took out a subscription to @ethicalconsumer.bsky.social . I'm thoroughly enjoying this month's magazine. Do subscribe
and use it to exercise your power!
Um...covid? Initially nothing to spend it on...then lots of over spending as we all felt like life was too short...
Happy International Women's Day 2025. This year's theme is #accelerateaction so future generations don't have to wait until 2158 for gender parity. #IWD2025 www.internationalwomensday.com/Theme
Brilliant Ellie, great to see you fighting for equality and being part of the change. Yes there's a long way to go but today is about celebrating how far we've come. I'm delighted to have you as our MP.
Christopher Nolan's film Inception - one of my favourites - clever, complex, deep... the map explains why it makes your brain ache!
Absolutely love the interactivity in the charts for exploring how data vis can be manipulated.
✨ Thursday 13th February 2025 | 1-2pm ✨
Come along to our first Nonprofit Datafolk Club of 2025! We'll be discussing adopting new data tools 🛠️ - how to know when you need a new tool, how to prepare your organisation for the change, and ensuring a smooth transition.
That's good news. I would add 'affordable' to the list of rural transport needs for too. Most of teenagers in cities get free or low cost travel. I have to pay £300 a month on busfares for my two children to get to college.
So so accurate - at least of our subjective experience in the northern hemisphere
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Hello BlueSky. Does anyone here work in #community engagement, organising or community #nature projects? Or worked on tools to help people do community projects? Do you have 30mins on Tues afternoon for a (paid) Zoom call to feedback on a new project idea?
I’ve done my good deed this week.
I’ve just fostered a dog.
Advance your #dataviz skills by joining the weekly 2025 Du Bois Visualization Challenge. Starting on Feb 3rd, re-create visualizations from the 1900 Paris Exposition using modern tools. More details: https://buff.ly/3QjOsaF
Well I guess it would save on vets bills but I'm not sure you'd get the same mutual sense of love, care and joy in simple dumbness as you'd get with a pet. Maybe they should make AI furry?
Well of course we're all impotent...but I like the Buddhist angle.