DATA PARTNERSHIPS

You only have to turn on the news or check your online feed to hear how important (and pervasive) data is in our lives today. In our technologically engaged world, collecting and analysing data is becoming increasingly important and complex.

A better way to manage data and gain insights

One effective way to support your organisation to use and analyse data better is to establish a data partnership with a specialist data and social impact team. Working with such a team will help you identify what data you should collect and how to analyse and report on that data for improved effectiveness. This then allows you to build a deeper understanding - both internally and externally - of the impact of your services and programs. Funding applications become more robust and, more importantly, the long-term outcomes for marginalised and disadvantaged cohorts are improved.
Social sector data specialists provide insight gained from years of data management, and they bring sophisticated data analysis tools and programs. 

​For individual social organisations - Data system design tasks can include:

• Support with selection of the best metrics and validated tools for your organisation and datasets;
• Designing the right needs assessments and performance metrics;
• Functional briefs for CMS providers to ensure your IT team delivers the system you need;
• Design of live dashboards and reporting on performance and outcomes (using business intelligence software such as Tableau, Power BI, Salesforce or AWS tools);
• Mapping service models (customer journeys, program logic); and
• Development of segmentation models to better understand specific cohorts and target services more efficiently

​Reporting and training tasks can include:

• Training and support of a strong ‘data culture’ within your organisation;
• Running continuous improvement reports for your Board, funding bodies or the community;
• Reporting on performance for Boards, Parent Entities and Government;
• Running learning labs to support cross-organisational learning and enhance data awareness across the organisation;
• ‘Deep dive’ analysis of data to answer strategic or operational questions (such as how to manage waitlists, which programs work for which cohorts, etc.); &
• Reports to executive and Boards on progress such as monitoring community outcomes against targets

Multi stakeholder data collaborations

Latitude Network specialises in building data collaborations across social sectors - bringing together common data collection and metrics across multiple organisations, often with the leadership of a peak body and government agency.
The benefits of a multi-stakeholder data partnership are - 

• Drive evidence-based learning across the sector to improve client outcomes by understanding impact of different programs, locations, approaches for different cohorts
• Demonstrate the AOD sector’s impact as a whole and its place in health / social services landscape
• Improve accessibility and quality of data and make it useful for service providers
• Capability building across the sector in use of data for decision making
• A true ‘systems change’ viewpoint where insights are shared across different elements of a system
• Ability for the sector to take leadership, tell impact stories and shape policy direction

We’d love to chat to you about your work and what your immediate data needs are. Contact us for a free discussion about your needs and how we can potentially help.

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