[open-sustainability] Big and open data for the common good report from Nesta

[Jack Townsend]

> From: Nesta Newsletter <newsletter at nesta.org.uk>
> Subject: {Disarmed} Big data for the common good
> Date: 25 February 2015 08:04:44 GMT
> To: Jack <jack at jacktownsend.net>
> Reply-To: Nesta Newsletter <newsletter at nesta.org.uk>
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> Update: 25th February 2015
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> Big and open data for the common good
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> Our new report explores how capturing, sharing and analysing data in new ways can transform how charities work and how social action happens. Read the report and recap on the discussion from the launch event.
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> Prediction and learning: Why we need more predictions, including wrong ones
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> It’s common in futures work to emphasise that any comments on the future are not predictions. The future is too uncertain to predict.
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> Geoff Mulgan, 24 February 2015
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> Five tips for launching your digital social innovation idea
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> Great advice from Bethnal Green Ventures on turning an idea into a fully-fledged product.
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> Jessica Stacey, 20 February 2015
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> What did we learn from looking at UK video games Kickstarter data?
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> We used data web-scraped from Kickstarter to study the scale, evolution, geography and role of crowdfunding for UK video games.
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> Juan Mateos-Garcia, 19 February 2015
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> Meet the Food Open Data Challenge winner
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> FoodTrade Menu has won the £40,000 Food Open Data Challenge. The tool will help the public identify allergens in unpackaged food and helps businesses comply with new legislation. Find out more about the winning team.
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> Tech in education
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> We've been trialling different types of digital tech in schools and exploring its potential for learning. The first independent evaluation on the programme has now been published.Find out more.
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> FutureFest, 14-15 March
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> Our flagship weekend event will feature immersive experiences, compelling performances and radical speakers to excite and challenge perceptions of the future.Book your ticket.
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> LabWorks 2015
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> We're convening the biggest ever gathering of public innovation labs in London on 9-10 July. The programme will consist of a major international conference followed by a day of practical workshops designed for and delivered by lab practitioners. This year’s theme will be how labs can make and measure impact. To register your interest please contact labworks at nesta.org.uk
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> How do innovation agencies work?
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> How (and how well) do national innovation agencies work? New research from Nesta aims to find out.
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> Alex Glennie and Kirsten Bound, 20 February 2015
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> Innovation and the Pacific Alliance
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> We're working with leading Latin American think tanks to understand how the UK could collaborate with the region to improve our collective ability to design and implement more effective innovation policies.
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> Kirsten Bound, Benjamin Reid and Florence Engasser, 20 February 2014
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> EVENTS
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> Catch up...
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> Shaping the future of digital social innovation in Europe
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> Recap on last week's conference in Brussels where we discussed how digital technologies and the internet are changing how social innovation happens.
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> Scaling social impact: from exploration to action
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> Last week we hosted a discussion with the BRAC Social Innovation Lab, which started out as a limited relief operation in 1972 in a remote village of Bangladesh and has now turned into the largest NGO in the world.
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> Coming soon...
> 12.03.15	Collective Intelligence: Evidence based activism in patients’ organisations	
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> 23.03.15	Launch of the European Social Innovation Competition 2015	
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> REPORT | 18.02.15
> Data for good
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> REPORT | 16.02.15
> Growing a digital social innovation ecosystem for Europe
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> How to work with corporates
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> Nesta is holding two workshops in March bringing together startups and serial entrepreneurs to discuss and share insights on how to work with big corporates in order to scale. Register for either of the workshops - 4 March or 6 March.
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