DataKind
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DataKind is a community of data scientists and non-profits working together to better collect, analyze, and visualize data in the service of humanity.
DataKind encourages local meetups to share ideas, collaborate across communities, discuss new tools and practices, and help bring about a better world through data for social causes.
Duncan Ross from DataKind UK will take us through some of the things they get involved in, how the system works and some of the results so far.
DataKind aims to bring together experts in data science and analytics with social organisations looking to take their data projects to the next level.
Our goal is to help charities answer questions such as:
- What questions can you answer with the data you have and how can you best use it to further your aims?
- How can you better collect data or what other complimentary data would be useful?
NB: By attending, you make no commitment to ongoing work for free, unless you wish to do so. Not a hard sell!
Duncan Ross
Duncan has been a data miner for far too long, and currently works for Teradata leading their data science team. As part of this role he talks to customers and prospects across the world about the joys of data science - which is why he got involved in DataKind. If companies could do this, then why not charities? He twisted Jake's arm to let him set up DataKind UK with Fran, Kaitlin and Hannah. He is a serial volunteer, having been a City Councillor, chair of trustees of a national charity, founder of a farmers' market, press officer for a historic building on reality TV, co-counder of the Society of Data Miners, and one of the first UK Data Ambassadors when DataKind came calling. He lives in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire.