Caroline White, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (NNS); NNS Spotlight: Nonprofit uses data research to spur change in communities
"Numbers can tell only part of a story.
They mean nothing without context.
And that’s where Data You Can Use steps in. The nonprofit works to provide useful local data so organizations can create change on a community level.
“In some of these neighborhoods, people have a fear of research
because they’ve always been the subject, but they never see the results.
That can be very damaging,” said Katie Pritchard, executive director
and president of Data You Can Use. “If you’re only telling one part of
the story, it doesn’t help anyone.”...
“We wanted to find a better way to measure the impact of what we do,”
[Barb] Wesson [the outcomes manager] said. “One of the things Data You Can Use does really well that I
don’t do at all is qualitative data analysis, and that’s what we
needed.”"
Showing posts with label local data collection and use. Show all posts
Showing posts with label local data collection and use. Show all posts
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)