Big data andthe third sector

Chris Yiu, SCVO

13 October 2014Scottish Universities Insight InstituteUniversity of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Workshop One: How can we use datato better understand the scale and scope

of the Scottish third sector?

Outline for today

Evidence-based policymaking

How we use data

Future opportunities

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In God we trust.Everyone else,

bring data

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”W. Edwards Deming

Understanding ourselves

• Who is involved in our activities?

• What are we good (and bad) at?

• When will the money run out?

• Where should we invest?

• How is government policy affecting us?

Influencing others

Sources of insight

Regulators Registers Panels

Office of theScottish

Charity Regulator

FinancialConductAuthority

ScottishHousing

Regulator

Scottish Councilfor VoluntaryOrganisations

Third SectorInterfacenetwork

Regularpanel

exercises

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Ad-hocconsultationsand surveys

Nationalorganisations

and Intermediaries

Third sector data

Case notes (private)

CRM data structure (simplified)

Organisations

Episodes andinteractions

Volunteering opportunities

Volunteers

PlacementsLocations

Contacts

Opportunities: Volunteer Scotland

www.volunteerscotland.net

www.getinvolved.org.uk

Organisations: Get Involved

Coming soon

Linked platforms

Machine-readable data, APIs

Partnerships for participation

Partnerships for innovation

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The final frontier…?

Contact

Chris YiuDirector, Digital Participation

chris.yiu@scvo.org.uk

@clry2

scvo.org.uk/digital