14. What will you do here to get there?
Data
I get it.
We want to make
a difference.
We will do X.
WHAT?
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DATA + WHAT? = CHANGE
15. • Do I understand?
• Is it new info?
• Is it worse than expected?
• Do I care?
• Is it my responsibility?
• Do I have the skills?
• Can I do anything?
• New ideas for actions?
• Can I achieve anything alone?
• Will others join me?
Source: Lieberman, Posner, Tsai (Twaweza
Evaluators)
17. For data to aid the revolution,
three things that really matter
People RelationshipsPolitics
18. And for us to use the data well
for the revolution
Curiosity Be differentOpenness
Editor's Notes
using tech and data to foster active citizenship, accountability, better services
Mobile phones, radio, leaflets, etc.
Didn’t work – hardly anybody engaged
Why – various reasons, but most fundamentally, they didn’t believe it would achieve anything
This is where I’m coming from, what it all needs to be about
I always have Mama Mwinuka in mind – introduce her
Data for accountability has to be able to help her – to deliver better services to her, to assist her and her family to escape poverty, to hold government, NGOs, donors accountable to her
All too often, the result is something like this
This is where I’m coming from, what it all needs to be about
I always have Mama Mwinuka in mind – introduce her
Data for accountability has to be able to help her – to deliver better services to her, to assist her and her family to escape poverty, to hold government, NGOs, donors accountable to her
Data and what? = change
We could all add more to that list – I would add risk vs reward, for example
All those things are necessary for change, but none are sufficient
Very few of them are about technology or the data itself – it’s about caring, responsibility, skills, actions, sense of agency, relationships
Evan is asking what’s needed for data to persuade citizens to take action – it says nothing about what’s needed for that action to achieve anything? And yet, it’s already about relationships and politics, before it even gets to government
What kind of data revolution do we need?
One that provides people with the information they need
One that challenges entrenched power imbalances
One that builds on existing relationships of trust
What kind of data revolution do we need?
One that provides people with the information they need
One that challenges entrenched power imbalances
One that builds on existing relationships of trust
