1. Open Source Civic Data: Creating Socially Impactful Data Platforms
In keeping with the themes prevalent throughout this conference, I’d like to take you through a short journey through my mind as a data scientist. It’s a departure from a presentation where I show you where to find data, how to code against it and how to present it. I thought a more responsible explanation in our current technological evolution towards the era of innovation is to understand how to make the data “do no harm” as Ramji noted today.

2. Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.
--Clifford Stoll
Guiding principal of my journey with data.
My first project was an EPA data transformation project. Tell story of NJ and Ciba Geiger
The purpose of this talk is to describe the process for using data to develop socially impactful distribution platforms…aka APPs

3. Not User Friendly

5. Paradigm for Open Source Data1
A Perspective on Decoding Data for Socially Impactful Use
My sister calls me crying…
Evaluating workforce data Petersburg VA

6. Questions are a source of perspective
The Question
Questions are a source of perspective
Questions are a an initiation of agency
Questions are the unique input of the human experience
The process---not the data---provides the answer!

7. Creation and Origination
Finding and capturing the process that will result in the outcome—datapoints.
--by engaging how the data is created, we can engineer: aniticipations, projections and results.
--the lack of data illustrates a risk point.
Origination
Finding the source of truth:
--we generate so much data today, we need to know
-- who owns it,
--who regulates,
--who maintains it,
--who access it, when, how often

8. Contextualization v. Correlation
What are the influencers on the processes that create the data?
Correlation
What processes influence another?
What process outcome (data) is input for another’s determinate process (data)?

9. Distribution v. Consumption
How do we transform data into information that will elicit knowledge with the goal of inspiring wisdom?
Consumption Impact
Consumption is a process, therefore, it has outcomes.

10. Want to be an Innovation Magician
Want to be an Innovation Magician? Reflexively Assess Consumption Impacts

11. Let’s review some concepts
Questions!!!!!!
Context
and Correlate
Creation
and
Origination
Distribute
Reflexive Processing

12. I am Vida Williams You can find me on Twitter: @vidachristy
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