Register: The Year of Problem Solving with Data
Thursday, March 3
Location: Oregon Zoo
Admission is free. Registration includes lunch and zoo admission.
Sponsored by Mo’ Mix and Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)
Recent surveys show that the top local government challenges include a lack of accurate and complete performance data with which to make business decisions. At the same time data is growing and citizens want greater transparency and engagement.
Now, more than ever, harnessing your data in one place and putting it to proactive use is paramount in an organization’s operational and strategic future planning.
Have you thought about creative ways to solve your organization’s ongoing and new business problems? It’s time to consider how to tap the data resident in your operational systems to help you reach your organizational goals.
- See user friendly examples of how to transform raw data into intelligence for effective problem solving
- Learn how to set your own KPIs and reports to identify problems before they occur
- Collaborate with your peers to identify common problems local governments are facing and which Key Performance Indicators are relevant
- Come away with an understanding of common business problems and how your data can be used to lead you to more innovative solutions
Agenda
10:00 – 11:00 How raw data can be used to facilitate problem solving
- Demonstration of examples used by select local governments
11:00 – 12:30 Facilitated group workshop
- Identify common issues facing local governments
- Identify the data that is needed to help solve these issues
- Brainstorm on potential solutions
12:30-1:00 Working lunch
- Summarize conclusions
Refreshments and Lunch included
Full Description
This is the time of year we start fresh with our newly updated strategic plans, and many of us are also about to begin the next Budget planning season. Many times without easy access to your business data, you don’t know you have problems until it’s a major concern. Couple that with the ongoing request for Public Information to be shared through your website as part of the United States’ push to greater transparency – now, more than ever before, harnessing your data and putting it to proactive use is paramount in an organization’s long term fiscal health.
Have you thought about creative ways to solve your organization’s ongoing and new business problems? It’s time to consider how to tap the data resident in your operational systems to help you reach your organizational goals.
This in person workshop will show you examples of how you can easily transform your raw data into intelligence that can be used for effective problem solving, without needing technical expertise. For example, what if you could easily have a set of metrics you define that helps you spot trends, fiscal health, and revenues for better budget planning? In the first half of our workshop you’ll see how you could easily set your own KPI’s and ad hoc reports to help you analyze and troubleshoot problems before they occur.
With the use of easy to install Public Sector Business Intelligence and Transparency solutions, you can connect to your data in a way that presents the problems to you. You no longer have to dig through spreadsheets. This can deliver an immediate return on investment for your organization.
The second half of the workshop will be an opportunity to collaborate with your peers at other local organizations. We’ll work together to identify common problems local governments are facing and which Key Performance Indicators might be used to link to your data to facilitate and present the problems and highlight your next steps toward solutions.
This is the year of using data to solve problems; you’ll come away with a better understanding of common business problems and how you can utilize your data to quickly give you the path forward to innovative solutions.