[ConsortiumShare] Thanks for a great 2019

[Dirk Slater]

Dear Data Literacy Consortium Members,


At the beginning of this year, we began a conversation with IFRC and the
Centre for Humanitarian Data on how we might tap into the ever-growing
and evolving expertise of Data Literacy Practitioners. As a result, the
Data Literacy Consortium was born.  


    So what have we done and learned? 


On February 27th, we held the first online meeting
<https://dataconsortium.net/what-we-learned-during-our-first-consortium-meeting/>,
and we learned that there was a hunger for space where people working on
data literacy could compare notes. Participants in that first meeting
were eager to share, ask questions and hear from others. We realised
that we might be onto something.


On March 27th, we held an online discussion about building a data
culture <https://dataconsortium.net/building-a-data-culture-meeting/>.
Jesus Melendez Vicente and Sona Moldovon talked about their data
literacy initiatives at Mercy Corp, and Catherine D’Ignazio took us on a
deep dive on the Data Culture Project. We learned about how ‘data
culture’ is a robust frame for engaging organisations in becoming more
data-driven.


On May 21st, Delphine Renie and Brian Perai discussed their strategies
for scaling data culture
<https://dataconsortium.net/scaling-data-culture/>at Global Affairs
Canada. They shared their methodology for adapting their outreach and
capacity-building efforts to meet the needs of their stakeholders.


On May 29th, we facilitated a day-long Unconference, ‘Making Data Work
for Open Government <http://dataconsortium.net/unconference/>’ a
pre-event for the OGP Summit in Ottawa. We were amazed by the passion
and openness of the participants to share and learn their data literacy
skills and realised how space for peers to compare notes is needed.


On June 25th, we held our fourth Online Discussion, and we took what we
learned from past discussions. Instead of people presenting, we broke
into small groups to talk about data for leadership
<https://dataconsortium.net/data-for-leaders/>- and then had a large
group discussion to capture the outputs of the group. We found the hour
together much more productive.


At this point, we realised the small group breakouts were of incredible
value. So we came up with a new format, where we all could check-in on
our challenges and priorities, and then do some knowledge exchange
around topics surfaced from the roll-call. 


On September 24th, we held a check-in
<https://dataconsortium.net/data-literacy-september-2019-check-in/>, and
shared knowledge and resources on engaging youth in data literacy,
post-workshop activities and strategy/long-term goals During the October
23rd Check-in
<https://dataconsortium.net/data-literacy-consortium-october-2019-checkin-meeting/>,
we talked about strategy and working in marginalised communities.


We also launched the Data Literacy Consortium Website
<http://dataconsortium.net/>and the mailing list: share at dataconsortium.
The mailing list has close to 200 subscribers.


It’s worth noting that this is not a funded project. Heather, Katelyn,
Lisa and I are contributing effort because we see value in this space
existing. The only resource used is people’s time, including yours. And
we are grateful for it.


    What’s next?


We are committed to continue to develop the Consortium for another year,
with at least four online discussions to happen in 2020. We are also
firmly committed to making this beneficial to everyone.  


So here’s our ask of you for 2020. Please tell us what topics you would
like to see discussed in the next year so we can start organising online
discussions. Also, would you like to articulate your learning about
building data literacy and data culture and post it in the Data Literacy
Consortium Blog? Would you like to get more deeply involved with helping
to plan and implement consortium activities? What specifically? Are
there things you can share on here the mailing list.


Please respond to this email with your thoughts, either to me directly
OR to the share at dataconsortium list.


We are so looking forward to 2020!

Dirk



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Dirk Slater
@FabRider
www.fabriders.net
+447903932817 (Mobile/Signal)
dirkslater (Skype)

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