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Our speakers series, Data Innovations, supports our vision of helping Maine nonprofits think differently about data. Data Innovations feature inspirational speakers from Boston and beyond to highlight innovative ideas and practices that can be implemented right here in Maine.

Space and Place in Evaluation: Free Lecture

with Katie Butler, founder of the GeoLiteracy Project

FREE | April 13 | 5:30-6:30PM | Zoom

A lecture and discussion about the ways geography and its concepts of space and place allow us to see programs and results through different lenses.

In this talk, attendees will:

- - - Learn how and where geographic concepts inform traditional evaluation methodologies (like logic modeling)
    - Explore how geographic information helps answer evaluation questions and how to develop your own geographic information sources during an evaluation
    - Learn a few easy-to-access introductory techniques for displaying and analyzing geographic information.
    - Discuss a few caveats for taking care of geographic data as an evaluator

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Space and Place in Evaluation: Workshop

with Katie Butler, founder of the GeoLiteracy Project

$25 | April 14 | 10-11:30AM | USM Portland Campus

This event is Free for USM students using code USMSTUDENT

This workshop will help us think about the ways geography and its concepts of space and place allow us to see programs and results through different lenses. During our time together, we will dive a little deeper into utilizing geographic information in evaluation with Katie. In this interactive workshop we will put concepts into practice while we explore a case study together and answer evaluation questions using sample geographic data. We will discuss how this sample data informs a logic model and work through a method for displaying analyses and results on a map.

While attending the free Space and Place in Evaluation lecture with Katie the evening before is not a prerequisite to the workshop, it will be a helpful introduction. Katie will revisit basic concepts from the lecture during the workshop.

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Past Events and Speakers

Explore our past events and learn more about past innovations speakers:

- - - Using the 2020 Census Data, a webinar with Angela Hallowell
    - How to Use Data Like You Give a Damn, a webinar with Heather Krause
    - From Data To Impact: Building a Civic Data Ecosystem, a workshop with Dan O’Brien
    - The Urban Commons: How Data + Technology Can Rebuild our Communities, a talk with Dan O’Brien
    - Design Thinking in the Social Sector, a workshop with Kate Howe + Adam Burk
    - Data Feminism, a talk with Catherine D’Ignazio
    - How To Kickstart A Data Culture In Your Organization, a workshop with Catherine D’Ignazio
    - Effective Public Engagement in the Digital Age, a workshop with Eric Gordon
    - Racial Equity, Nonprofit Programming, and Implicit Bias, a lecture with Laura Ligouri
    - Hands-on Approaches to Data Storytelling, a workshop with Rahul Bhargava
    - Reframing Logic Models with Hope, a workshop with Allyson Kelley and Associates

We have a series of skills-based workshops that focus on technical solutions to building a strong data foundation. While we are not currently hosting in-person public workshops we can coordinate a private or custom virtual session for your program or organization. For more information please email Becky (rebecca.wurwarg@maine.edu).

Workshops

Below is a list of our core workshop offerings which we can customize to your organization or program:

- - - - Set the Foundation to be a Data-Informed Organization
      - How to Develop Simple, Effective Data Collection Tools
      - Track Your Impact: A Performance Measurement Workshop
      - Make Data Work for You: Data Dashboards
      - Data Viz 101
      - Tell Compelling Stories with Your Data