Dear friend
As a social enterprise ourselves, we're passionate about the possibilities that exist for businesses to operate in a more humane, socially- and environmentally-conscious way.
So, it's been really inspiring hearing all the contributions to social enterprise day that demonstrate what us social entrepreneurs have always known - that working in, or with, a social enterprise is one of the most rewarding ways to help bring about a positive difference in the world.
I hope you enjoy reading my blog on that subject, and whilst thinking about the benefits of working for a social enterprise, share the news far and wide that we're recruiting for two fantastic new roles! Find out more below.
Mads
Co-Chief Executive, Data Orchard
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Working for a social enterprise, #whoknew it meant so much?
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Changing how we do business is vital to building a fairer, more sustainable world. In celebration of Social Enterprise Day on 11 Nov, 2021, we asked our employees, board members and associates for a few words on why it's important working for or with a social enterprise.
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Prostate Cancer UK: a journey to data maturity
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Prostate Cancer UK are on a journey to improved data maturity, with a new data strategy in the works. They took a Data Maturity Assessment to kick off their strategy work, and we spoke to Clare Shanklyn, Data Strategy Lead, about how it went.
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Taking your organisation's data maturity to the next level
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We thoroughly enjoyed our webinar series last month, introducing our Data Maturity Assessment tool, as well as our thoughts on data maturity generally. All the webinars are now available to watch back on demand in the news section of our website. If you missed it, we thought you might find the organisational webinar Taking your data maturity to the next level interesting.
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Webinar: Taking your data maturity to the next level
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Do you want to be part of an amazing team, helping organisations use data for better decisions and greater impact? We are currently recruiting for two exciting roles: Data Analyst and Business and Sales Analyst.
Apply by midnight on Friday 3rd December. Or if they're not for you, we'd really appreciate you sharing far and wide!
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Data4Good events and opportunities
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Some training and events you might be interested in:
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24th November 2021 - DataFest21 Data Summit.
An international conference presenting compelling stories on data innovation with keynotes, panels, pitches and lots of inspiration. Free online.
Find out more
16th/30th November + 14th December 2021 - Introduction to Data Ethics and the Data Ethics canvas
2 hour online course by the ODI. £69-99 + vat.
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- This year’s ODI Summit on 2nd November 2021 was all about recognising and celebrating the relationship between people and data. There were fantastic talks on seemingly every possible topic and angle. These included pressing issues of climate change and health and also data as art and culture. Mr Gees Data People Poem was a real highlight. Gavin Freeguard’s first foray as a gameshow host in ‘The Data Game’ was hilarious. Strangely though it has not yet been featured on the ODIs ‘Data as Culture’ webpages. Fortunately there’s a rich collection of inspirational, fascinating, disturbing and fun exhibits to explore.
- The Economist wonders what a world powered entirely by wind would look like.
- We're proud to be part of Mapio Cymru. Jason Evans from the National Library of Wales explains how the project is decolonising mapping in Wales, creating a map that belongs to Welsh people.
- What Works Well Being, together with Turn2Us have published new research on what helps people going through adverse life experiences e.g. financial hardship, to thrive.
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