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Scaling data maturity across nations: Lessons from Scotland and Canada

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How can you build data capability at scale? Our partners in Scotland and Canada are doing just that, using Data Orchard’s data maturity assessment as a starting point. Join us for a live, online event to hear from them about the lessons learned across two very different national models for data improvement. 

Who it’s for 

People in networks, membership bodies, infrastructure/umbrella organisations, grant-makers, and government or national bodies focused on building data capability across many organisations at once – across a sector, a membership, or a nation. 

What you'll learn 

  • How Scotland took a data maturity assessment of a single cohort of public sector organisations to a 7-year, 50+ organisation, 8,400+ person national programme – and what made that scaling possible 

  • How the Canadian Centre for Nonprofit Digital Resilience (CCNDR) built a free, bilingual Navigator service using Data Orchard's data maturity assessment as the entry point – connecting nonprofits to journey maps, expert coaching, and peer cohorts 

  • How cohort and network-level assessments work, and how customisation and benchmarking can be tailored to your context 

  • What it takes to adapt an assessment for a bilingual, multi-partner, funded national initiative 

  • How to use the results to build communities of practice, secure buy-in, and evidence progress over time 

  • Practical first steps for launching something similar in your own network, membership, or nation 

  • Plus a live Q&A – bring your questions for Wilfreda, Daniel, Sian and Shona. 

Who you'll hear from 

As well as our Co-CEO Sian Basker, we're delighted to welcome: 

Two different national models, one shared assessment – a government-led programme in Scotland and a funded, partner-driven digital hub in Canada.