Talk Data To Me

When:
Thursday, Apr 06, 2017 6:30p -
8:30p

Where:
GA Boston
125 Summer Street 13th Floor
Boston, MA 02110

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Business, Innovation, Tech

Event website:
https://generalassemb.ly/education/talk-data-to-me/boston/35923

About This Event


Talk Data to Me is a monthly event series where we host thought-leaders from the Boston data community to discuss the possibilities that data brings to life.
Introducing Analyze Boston


In April we are partnering with the City of Boston as they launch Analyze Boston, a new open data hub where you can find facts, figures, and maps related to our lives within the city.


Featured Expert:


Andrew Therriault, Boston's Chief Data Officer and Howard Lim, Product Manager for Analyze Boston will be joining us to present the new open data hub, it's functions, and the motivating vision behind this work.


Why It Matters:


In an era of growing secrecy and misinformation coming from Washington, Analyze Boston is the city's latest step to set a better example by improving government transparency, increasing accountability, and fostering civic participation throughout Boston.


Analyze Boston offers a next-generation open data experience for the city. Sparked by a grant from the Knight Foundation’s News Challenge competition, the city’s Department of Innovation and Technology partnered with the Boston Public Library to create a user-friendly digital catalog of facts, figures, and maps that reflect on life in Boston.


Analyze Boston curates more than a hundred of these datasets, enriches them with descriptive information to broaden their accessibility. Most importantly, they are presented alongside plain language and vivid imagery to spark the imaginations of all city residents, regardless of technical background.


Takeaways


-Learn about the genesis and the motivating vision behind this work
-Hear about what motivated some of the internal functionality
-Learn about what the next generation of open data could look like for the City of Boston

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