Newsletter | January 2024 What data projects are on your to-do list?
It's a new year, and that means we are all planning out new projects. Maybe you
have a goal to design and implement a new survey. Maybe you have a big reporting project that you need to work on this year. Maybe you are confident that you have the skills and time to work on the project - but maybe you don't. Did you know that CTData provides consulting services to step in when you either don't have the time, the staffing, or the skills to complete an important data project? We have pulled together some case studies that describe the kind of consulting work that we have done for nonprofit and state agency clients over the last couple
of years (with more to come). Projects have included: - Developing a data platform to make it easier to explore ACES and PACES data for Connecticut.
- Developing a data story and dashboard to make it easier for people to identify where to focus their election registration and education
efforts.
- Creating a survey, analyzing the responses, and creating a report for Head Start in Connecticut.
- Assessing the data skills needs for Community Action Agencies, and designing training and tools to improve their needs assessments.
- Creating infographics to make data findings more accessible.
On our new Consulting page, you can read all of these case studies and reach out for a consultation about your project. Understanding Census Geography When we work with data, we are always working with a place – a state, the nation, a town,
etc. In data-speak, these are called “geographies.” It simply means a physical place to where the data are connected. Explore this blog post to understand the census geographies that are most commonly used in Connecticut. Read more. Equity in Data Community of Practice: Dashboards
Join us on January 16 for an engaging discussion on the strategic steps
involved in creating effective and accessible dashboards. With special guest Mica Knox, Data Analyst at COMPASS Youth Collaborative. Sign up here. Intro to Data: Build Your Data Literacy Learn to evaluate data quality, become a critical consumer and creator of data, and improve your data work in this introductory workshop. Sign up here. Job Opening at the Connecticut GIS OfficeCome work with the Connecticut GIS Office and help us continue to make an impact on the geospatial community in Connecticut. We are hiring a GIS Coordinator to help
coordinate, manage projects, collaborate on, and perform advanced analyses to support state agencies and other stakeholders. This job will focus on the following and more: - Develop collection forms and procedures for datasets required for accurate mapping, such as address data, parcel data, property (CAMA) data, and more from municipalities, councils of government, and other
stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain an up-to-date broadband maps, showing the availability and adoption of broadband service, including publication of map data through the CT
Geodata Portal and the CT Broadband Mapping Portal.
- Perform advanced technical data processing and cleaning to aggregate and organize existing data sets and create new datasets.
The posting will be open unit January 16th, 2023. Apply here. Free Webinar on Demographic Data VisualizationJoin Jonathan Schwabish, co-author of the Do No Harm Guide: Collecting,
Analyzing, and Reporting Gender and Sexual Orientation Data, for a free webinar on January 17 at 3pm. By
understanding changes in how data around gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation, are collected, analyzed, and communicated, researchers, analysts, and other stakeholders can help ensure that such data are used for good—to help address disparities and inequities faced by LGBTQIA+ people and to assess the effects of policies, interventions, and societal attitudes on their lives. Register here. Copyright © 2022 CTData Collaborative, All rights reserved.
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