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Common Good Vermont: 11th Annual VT Nonprofit Luncheon: The Data Driven Nonprofit 04/18/2017

Spring 2017 Nonprofit Luncheon: The Data Driven Nonprofit

Dates: Tuesday April 18th
Time: 11.30 - 2 p.m.
Location: Doubletree Hotel, South Burlington VT

Nonprofit organizations are vital to making meaningful change in the world and they have significant amounts of untapped potential in their data. Unfortunately, many nonprofits lack the strategies, skills, and guidance to make better decisions based on their data.

Join us for Common Good Vermont’s Spring Nonprofit Luncheon on April 18th at Noon at the Double Tree in South Burlington to learn how “big data” is completely transforming how companies drive their decision making and how Vermont nonprofits can tap the potential of their data, make better decisions and achieve improved community outcomes.

About the Presenter

We are pleased to present Steve MacLaughlin, Vice President of Data & Analytics at Blackbaud, and author of the current Amazon best seller “Data Driven Nonprofits”. Steve brings his 20+ years of experience driving innovation with a broad range of companies, government institutions, and nonprofit organizations. MacLaughlin has been featured as a fundraising and nonprofit expert in many mainstream publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, USA Today, Bloomberg, and has appeared on NPR.

Common Good Vermont: Data on a Deadline: Accessing Quick U.S. Census Reports and Interactive Maps 03/09/2017

Learn how to use a variety of data access tools available online at census.gov that can quickly provide a snapshot of your community. Alexandra Barker, Data Dissemination Specialist with the U.S. Census Bureau, shows us how to use easy to generate reports developed for journalists that quickly visualizes U.S. Census data, including QuickFacts, American FactFinder Data Profiles, Interactive Maps, and Census Reporter.

Common Good Vermont: Consciousness & Social Policy 02/23/2017

Dr. Edwards Smith is a western and AyruVedic doctor and leading practitioner of Transcendental Meditation (TM) as a practice for personal resilience and community well-being. Dr. Smith served in active duty with the U.S. Army Medical Corps, ran the Maharishi College of Vedic Medicine in Albuquerque, and is widely published on subjects ranging from pharmacology and rheumatology to Transcendental Medication. Based on his experience with war veterans and community indicators of well-being, he believes that TM and TM-Shidhi programs are human resource based technologies that offer immense potential for the health care system of any country.

We discuss his experience with Transcendental Meditation and how it can be used to address some of Vermont's most vexing public issues.

Common Good Vermont: Open Data: Vermont Department of Health 01/10/2017

There is a growing movement to open local, state, federal, and shared data sources to provide communities with information about critical resources such as affordable housing, public safety, and environmental protection. The series will discuss how open data can help collective impact initiatives through the presentation of working Vermont examples, national initiatives, and a look at what is ahead for this important trend in sharing community knowledge to unlock new solutions for the common good.

The Vermont Department of Health's David Grass, Environmental Health Surveillance Chief, and Mallory Staskus, Public Health Analyst, will discuss and demo multiple VDH Open Data resources that cover a variety of public health topics, including Data Explorer and Scorecard as well as discussing the Environmental Public Health Tracking Program and Healthy Vermonters 2020.

Common Good Vermont: Open Data: Burlington Police Department & Opiate Addiction 01/10/2017

There is a growing movement to open local, state, federal and shared data sources to provide communities with information about critical resources such as affordable housing, public safety and environmental protection. The series will discuss how open data can help collective impact initiatives through the presentation of working Vermont examples, national initiatives, and a look at what is ahead for this important trend in sharing community knowledge to unlock new solutions for the common good.

The Burlington Police Department's Eric Fowler, Crime Analyst and Jackie Corbally, Opioid Policy Manager will demonstrate how they are using open data sets to assess the scope of the opiate epidemic and guide local public safety efforts.

What is the problem you are trying to solve?

Describe the partnership that is making your work possible?
How are you using data to determine that you are on the right track?
Can you give us some examples?
How does this data feed into strategic decisions and next steps in your effort?
This is a work in progress, what communities are you using for models, what type of metrics do you hope to track as time goes on?

Common Good Vermont: Open Data and the State of Vermont 12/13/2016

There is a growing movement to open local, state, federal and shared data sources to provide communities with information about critical resources such as affordable housing, public safety, and environmental protection. The series will discuss how open data can help collective impact initiatives through the presentation of working Vermont examples, national initiatives, and a look at what is ahead for this important trend in sharing community knowledge to unlock new solutions for the common good.

Casey Cleary, Vermont's Information Enterprise Architect, discusses the growing use of open data, the challenges and opportunities faced in Vermont state government, and current efforts to create an open data portal.

Common Good Vermont: Open Data: Open Addresses and the National Open Data Picture 12/06/2016

Bill Morris, long time open data advocate, discusses the Open Data Movement along with national examples that he is working on, including Open Addresses.

Common Good Vermont: Open Data: Vermont Center for Geographic Information with Leslie Pelch 12/06/2016

Leslie Pelch, VCGI’s Outreach Director, discusses VCGI's longstanding open data leadership in this realm and examples and resources that can help collective impact efforts in VT.

Common Good Vermont: Government Accountability Committee, Part 2 of 2 10/29/2013

This House Committee made up of Rep. O'Brien, Co-Chair along with Sen. Snelling, and Rep Evans, Sen French, Sen. Pollina, Rep. Sharpe, Sen. Starr and Rep. Toleno, discuss RBA (Results Based Accountability) in Vermont's legislature as a way to measure outcomes and impacts of legislation. Agency of Transportation RBA Progreass: Susan Minter, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Transportation, Richard Tetreault, Division Director, Agency of Transportation. Updates from Agency of Natural Resources by Justin Johnson, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources. Report Recommendations by BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative.

Watch part one here.

Common Good Vermont: Government Accountability Committee, Part 1 of 2 10/29/2013

This House Committee made up of Rep. O'Brien, Co-Chair along with Sen. Snelling, and Rep Evans, Sen French, Sen. Pollina, Rep. Sharpe, Sen. Starr and Rep. Toleno, discuss RBA (Results Based Accountability) in Vermont's legislature as a way to measure outcomes and impacts of legislation. Discussion of CT's progress with RBA: Diana Urban, Representative, Connecticut Legislature, Anne McIntyre-Lahner, Program Director, Department of Children & Families.

Watch part two here.

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