Datapolitan

Would you like to see your city in data? Join us on Friday April 28th from 10 am -12 pm at Good Coworking in Downtown Dallas for our in-person Introduction to Open Data course. The course is "pay-what-you-can" so grab your laptop and come join us!

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Our long-overdue post on teaching by experience, based on several iterations of our Overview of Design Thinking course

Teaching Design Thinking by Experience More than Post-Its and Sharpies, design thinking is something we have to teach by doing.

An evolution of my thinking on sharing job titles in our introductions for teaching and experiencing , inspired by the fierce and uncompromising
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Join us today at 2pm ET for our introductory open data class "Seeing Your City in Data." It'll be a fun, hands-on exploration of open data in your community. Learn more and sign up at https://buff.ly/3cIagHi

Government data that can be freely shared and accessed? What could possibly go wrong? Check out my video on the concerns of open data: https://buff.ly/3g38SRK

And join us for my 2-hour online introduction to open data tomorrow, Wednesday May 20th at 2pm ET. Find out more and sign-up at https://buff.ly/3cIagHi

Open Data Concerns Overview of concerns with open data

Curious what this thing is and how it benefits you? Check out my video on the benefits of open data: https://buff.ly/36bQt0n

And if you want to find your own benefits, check out our 2-hour online pay-what-you-can class on Wednesday, May 20th (tomorrow) at 2pm ET. You can find out more and sign up at https://buff.ly/3cIagHi

The Benefits of Open Data An overview of the benefits of government open data

Curious about ? Check out this short video as I try to answer the question: What is Open Data? https://buff.ly/2LGVgh6

If you're interested in learning more, check out our 2-hour online Pay-What-You-Can class Wednesday May 20th at 2pm ET. You can find more information and sign-up here: https://buff.ly/3cIagHi

What is Open Data? An overview of Open Data

Going online with our training, I've started sharing some of our lessons learned, including this one about starting our analysis not with the data, but with the question we want to answer

Learning to Ask the Right Question: The Beginning of Good Analysis Data analysis doesn't begin with the data but with the question to be answered.

Some thoughts on and

Innovation and Change, Old and New Two items came into my inbox this morning that accurately reflected what I see is the two faces of innovation in the public sector.