1. Sharing Your Findings with Stakeholders
Jocelyn: Icebreaker
Presentation adapted
from one developed by
Emily Rothman, ScD
Boston University

2. Why share your findings?
Increase community support for your program
Highlight a particular need in the community you are addressing
Demonstrate your program’s effectiveness
Increase fundability
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3. Knowing Your Audience
Stakeholder: one who is involved in or effected by a course of action
Who are your stakeholders?
For each group of stakeholders, consider:
How do they like to receive information?
What types of information would interest them? Do they tend to be data-driven or story-driven?
Are there any barriers to receiving information that need to be taken into account? (e.g. reading levels, language, etc.)
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Actually have them write this down

4. Knowing Your Data What story will you tell with your data?
What pieces of data should be highlighted?
Look for data that illustrates something interesting, demonstrates change, or points to a need that should be addressed by future programs
Don’t be afraid to share if a portion of the program didn’t work
What pieces of data are not helpful or confusing?
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5. Ways to Share Your Findings
Highlight sheet
Report
Presentation
Video
Infographic
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Have samples of highlight sheets & infographics
Remind them that they have copies of the report from Gaudet
Video & Presentation can be self explanatory
Presentation can be in person or web-based, site example of data stories created by the Data Hub

6. Things to Keep in Mind Top priority: telling your story clearly
Wording should be clear and concise
Illustrations, tables, graphs, etc. should help to tell your story, not confuse matters
Font should be easy to read
Don’t get distracted with bells & whistles
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