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Data4good tips, tools and tales... October 2026
Data4good tips, tools and tales... October 2026

#Data4good tips, tools and tales for October. Scaling data maturity across nations | AI discussion | BHM#26 | and more...

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Data Orchard9 October 2026Data4good, Newsletter, Data Orchard
Why is Scotland doing so well with data?
Why is Scotland doing so well with data?

We're now working with our 7th cohort of Scottish public sector organisations on the Scottish Government’s Data Maturity Programme. If you’re leading data maturity for a network, sector, or group of grantees, this is for you…

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Sian Basker7 October 2026
Black icons in data
Black icons in data

To celebrate Black History Month, we shine a light on some incredible icons in the data community, past and present.

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Data Orchard6 October 2026
What’s your funniest idea for an AI-related t-shirt slogan? 
What’s your funniest idea for an AI-related t-shirt slogan? 

Data Orchard is having a bit of fun this autumn and launching an AI T-shirt slogan contest.  

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Sian Basker5 October 2026Data4good, Data Orchard, Building data culture
Data Orchard's data maturity assessment goes bilingual – powering a new national Navigator for Canadian nonprofits
Data Orchard's data maturity assessment goes bilingual – powering a new national Navigator for Canadian nonprofits

Our Data Maturity Assessment now sits at the entry point of the Nonprofit Data Capacity Navigator – a free, bilingual service just launched in Canada.

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Sian Basker5 October 2026
Data4good tips, tools and tales... September 2026
Data4good tips, tools and tales... September 2026

#Data4good tips, tools and tales for September. Autumn Datafolk Club events are here...

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Data Orchard14 September 2026Data4good, Newsletter, Data Orchard
Data4good tips, tools and tales... July 2026
Data4good tips, tools and tales... July 2026

#Data4good tips, tools and tales for July. Advice: Work on your data maturity before your AI rollout…

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Data Orchard27 July 2026Data4good, Newsletter, Data Orchard
Advice: Build your data maturity before your AI tool
Advice: Build your data maturity before your AI tool

The UK Government Digital Service has recently said what we’ve long been saying: data maturity comes before AI rollouts. Read more about this, data maturity and our efforts to help people get better at data.

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Data Orchard23 July 2026
Diving into Data for Leaders
Diving into Data for Leaders

Our series following the latest cohort of the Data for Leaders training course

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Data Orchard18 May 2026Data for leaders deepdive
Diving into Building Data Culture
Diving into Building Data Culture

Our series following the first open cohort of the Building Data Culture training course

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Data Orchard18 May 2026Data4good, Data Orchard, Building data culture
Data4good tips, tools and tales... May 2026
Data4good tips, tools and tales... May 2026

#Data4good tips, tools and tales for May 2026. How to build a data culture | Upcoming training and free events. News, events and more.

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Data Orchard11 May 2026Data4good, Newsletter, Data Orchard
We're finalists at the British Data Awards
We're finalists at the British Data Awards

We’ve been named a Finalist at the British Data Awards 2026!

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Data Orchard5 May 2026
Data4good tips, tools and tales... Mar 2026
Data4good tips, tools and tales... Mar 2026

#Data4good tips, tools and tales for March 2026. Launch: New building data culture course + What leaders should focus on. News, events and more.

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Data Orchard12 March 2026Data4good, Newsletter, Data Orchard
How to build data culture together
How to build data culture together

Our associate Jay talks about some top tips for building data culture, how we tested out applying these in our recent pilot training course and how we’ve made the new course even better.

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Jay Dev6 March 2026Building data culture
What leaders should focus on to improve data maturity
What leaders should focus on to improve data maturity

Our Co-Chief Executive, Sian focuses in on what our latest State of the Sector report tells us leaders should focus on if they want to improve data maturity in their organisation.

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Sian Basker26 February 2026
Data4good tips, tools and tales... January 2026
Data4good tips, tools and tales... January 2026

#Data4good tips, tools and tales for January 2026. Our impact, State of the Sector, CRMs in nonprofits, news, events and more.

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Data Orchard6 February 2026Data4good, Newsletter, Data Orchard
Our latest impact report
Our latest impact report

Recently, we’ve been taking stock and looking back at the impact we’ve had. Our Co-CEO Sian Basker summarises our Impact Report 2024-25.

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Sian Basker12 January 2026
Data4good tips, tools and tales... Nov 2025
Data4good tips, tools and tales... Nov 2025

#Data4good tips, tools and tales for November. An AI rethink, leaving & learning, Welsh placenames and more...

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Data Orchard10 November 2025Data4good, Newsletter, Data Orchard
Things I learned working at Data Orchard
Things I learned working at Data Orchard

Our former Analytics Engineer and Product Lead, Libby, has gone on an exciting new adventure and she’s written about what she learned during her time at Data Orchard.

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Libby Harkins10 November 2025
Artificial Intelligence: Data Orchard's position and recommended reading
Artificial Intelligence: Data Orchard's position and recommended reading

An update on our thoughts and plans around AI, plus our pick of recommended reading and resources on AI for nonprofits.

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Data Orchard5 November 2025Data4good, Data Orchard, Vacancy
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