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10 key findings about the state of the sector’s data maturity
10 key findings about the state of the sector’s data maturity

Our report - State of the Sector - Data Maturity in the Not-for-Profit Sector 2020 - explores the data from the first 15 months of use of our Data Maturity Assessment tool. So, what does the data tell us?

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Sian Basker21 July 2021
A brief history of Data Orchard and data maturity
A brief history of Data Orchard and data maturity

People often ask us how Data Orchard came about and how we came to develop our Data Maturity Assessment tool, so we thought we’d write a blog to tell our story.

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Sian Basker8 July 2021
Data4good tips, tools and tales... June 2021
Data4good tips, tools and tales... June 2021

The latest Data Orchard Newsletter:
Data4good tips, tools and tales... June 2021.

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emh group’s data-driven journey towards equality, diversity and inclusion. Part 2.
emh group’s data-driven journey towards equality, diversity and inclusion. Part 2.

Part two of our two-part blog featuring emh group’s data story, explains how tackling their EDI data has been a springboard for enabling wider organisational change.

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Data Orchard10 June 2021
A fine balance – how we share leadership of Data Orchard
A fine balance – how we share leadership of Data Orchard

In 2018, when we agreed a restructure with Sian and Mads as Co-Chief Executives, job-sharing a leadership role in the UK was relatively uncommon. Here, Mads shares why we love this way of working, and what we think is important to make it work.

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Madeleine Spinks10 June 2021
Five reasons I recommend the Data Basic materials to non-profits
Five reasons I recommend the Data Basic materials to non-profits

Databasic.io is a set of tools and workshops to help organisations kickstart their data culture. Ben explains why they work so well, and why we are working with Data Cymru to offer a brand new training programme for Wales .

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Ben Proctor10 June 2021
Data4good tips, tools and tales... May 2021
Data4good tips, tools and tales... May 2021

The latest Data Orchard Newsletter:
Data4good tips, tools and tales... May 2021.

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Why we’ve joined the Collaborative Future programme
Why we’ve joined the Collaborative Future programme

We’re thrilled to be working with Collaborative Future on a really innovative programme, which may be of interest to many of you. The programme matches young talent with businesses for six-month internships aimed at encouraging diversity of background and experience.

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Sian Basker19 May 2021
emh group’s data-driven journey towards equality, diversity and inclusion. Part 1.
emh group’s data-driven journey towards equality, diversity and inclusion. Part 1.

In 2019, emh group agreed a five-year strategy to ensure equality, diversity and inclusion was part of the DNA of the business. A key focus was to ensure that they were making data-driven service delivery decisions that reflected the needs of their residents, clients and staff.

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Data Orchard7 May 2021
Data4good tips, tools and tales... April 2021
Data4good tips, tools and tales... April 2021

The latest Data Orchard Newsletter:
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Using the Data Maturity Assessment with a cohort of organisations
Using the Data Maturity Assessment with a cohort of organisations

In 2020 we began a trial with Superhighways to test out using our organisational Data Maturity Assessment with one of their cohorts of organisations – Datawise London.

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Sian Basker15 April 2021
Data Orchard named finalists in the British Data Awards
Data Orchard named finalists in the British Data Awards

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been named finalists in the British Data Awards 2021, for both the ‘Data for Good Initiative of the Year’ and the ‘Not-For-Profit of the Year’ categories.

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Sian Basker15 April 2021
Connecting our past and our future
Connecting our past and our future

The national census is a rare and momentous occasion, especially if you’re a champion of data for good. Understanding our changing population and changing needs are vital for planning for our future.

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Sian Basker19 March 2021
Data4good tips, tools and tales... March 2021
Data4good tips, tools and tales... March 2021

The latest Data Orchard Newsletter:
Data4good tips, tools and tales... March 2021.

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The public sector gets serious about data maturity, but how serious?
The public sector gets serious about data maturity, but how serious?

The public sector appears to have taken a bigger interest in data maturity recently, with a spate of new strategies launched. So what’s happening, and how seriously is data maturity being taken across the different parts of the UK? Ben Proctor gives us a summary...

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Data Orchard11 March 2021Comment
Data Orchard launches new monthly data4good newsletter
Data Orchard launches new monthly data4good newsletter

Data Orchard Newsletter: February 2021
Welcome to the first of our regular monthly newsletters!

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Three reasons why not-for-profits should take a Data Maturity Assessment
Three reasons why not-for-profits should take a Data Maturity Assessment

In November we asked people who had completed an assessment for some details on the impact it had had on their organisation. Wondering why you should take a data maturity assessment? Here are three reasons based on the findings of that report.

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Ben Proctor28 January 2021
It's (sort of) official data4good folk prefer books over brownies
It's (sort of) official data4good folk prefer books over brownies

We are pleased to announce the winners of the prize draw we organised to thank people for taking part in our Data Maturity Assessment user survey.

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Data Orchard21 December 2020Comment
Three outstanding new members join Data Orchard’s Board
Three outstanding new members join Data Orchard’s Board

We are very excited to announce three outstanding people have joined Data Orchard’s Board: Edafe Onerhime, Mark Sellors, and Suraj Vagdama.

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Data Orchard18 December 2020Comment
Early adventures in sonification: creating MIDI files from data
Early adventures in sonification: creating MIDI files from data

Jamie Whyte’s published some R code which takes some input data and turns it into a sound file. I have experimented with forcing the data onto musical scales and creating MIDI files with the data.

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