WORKSHOPS + EVENTS

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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.

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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:

 

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).

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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