Using Drupal to Manage, Distribute, and Visualize Data

Today, data matters, but it is a challenge for many organizations. This presentation explores the many different types of data that your organization likely consumes and produces – from financial data to program data to issue research data - and how Drupal can help your organization manage, distribute, and visualize your data today.

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1. When Data is Everywhere, Where Do You Start? Using Drupal to Manage, Distribute, and Visualize Data
2. Today Data:  Impera+ve  and  Challenge How  Drupal  Can  Help Get  Going!  A  Data  Starter  Task
3. Data: Imperative & Challenge
5. Today Data Matters Accountability Transparency Collabora+on Policy  Decisions Public  Opinion Media  AEen+on
6. Data Filter Visualize Story Rising  Value  to  Audiences Mirko  Lorenz,  2010
7. None  of  us  will  solve  the  problems   we  are  working  on  by  ourselves. Increased  distribu+on,  access  to,  and   understanding  of  your  data   accelerates  the  changes  you  seek.
8. You Have Lots of Data
10. The Many Challenges of Data Mul+ple  Sources  &  Formats Mul+ple  Types Layered  Ownership Frequently  Changing Error  Prone Requires  Specialized  Technical  Skills Expensive  as  “One  Offs”
11. How Drupal Can Help Today Manage, Distribute, and Visualize Data.
12. Get to the Story
15. So,  what’s  the  tweetable   version?
16. Despite  financial  and  other  challenges,   some  school  districts  are  succeeding.
18. .CSV  .XML  .JSON   Drupal  Site Views  Module Feeds  Module Drupal  Na:ve   Content  Items OpenLayers  Module
19. Explore Your Data Drupal to Bring Your Reports (and More) Online
20. Manage “Simple” Data Right in Drupal
22. Treat Basic Data Just Like Content
23. .CSV  .XML  .JSON  .KML Drupal  Site Views  Module Feeds  Module Drupal  Na:ve   Content  Items
24. FreedomHouse.org
25. .CSV  .XML  .JSON  .KML Drupal  Site Views  Module Feeds  Module Drupal  Na:ve   Content  Items JSMap  Module
26. Great Mapping Tools for Drupal OpenLayers MapBox JSMap
27. Put Your Analysts to Work Drupal as Visualization Library Manager
28. CGAP.org
30. Again - Data as Content
31. Manage Data Viz’s Like Any Media...
32. ...Published & Related Anywhere on Your Site
33. Graph, Chart, Compare Manage More Complex Data With the Drupal Data Module
36. Drupal Imports 3rd Party Data
37. Into Separate Tables that Drupal Manages
38. .CSV  .XML  .JSON  .KML Drupal  Site Views  Module Feeds  Module JS  Libraries Data  Module Non    Drupal Data  Tables
39. Graphing Libraries that Integrate with Drupal FLOT High  Charts Google  Charts Fusion  Charts
40. Create Rich Applications Combine Drupal with Other Leading Tools
41. CountyHealthRankings.org
42. Get Your Data Out There Distribute Your Data and Content with Drupal Services
45. The /data Starter Kit A Challenge to Each of You!
46. www.mywebsite.org/about www.mywebsite.org/publica+ons www.mywebsite.org/programs www.mywebsite.org/blog
47. www.mywebsite.org/about www.mywebsite.org/publica+ons www.mywebsite.org/programs www.mywebsite.org/blog www.mywebsite.org/data
48. So what does my /data have in it?
49. Simple Usage Instructions Encouraging  Words Restric+ons  &  Terms
50. A Catalogue Consolidated  List  of  Available  Data  Sets Searchable  &  Filterable HINT:  Start  small
51. Select High Value Data Featured  data  sets,  viz,  charts,  or  apps
52. Developer/Researcher Instructions How  to  access Words  of  Encouragement Available  tools Links  to  what  others  have  done HINT:  Don’t  worry  if  you  don’t  have  a  big  rich  API,   get  the  encouraging  words  up  there.
53. Summing Up Today,  Data  MaEers Drupal  (combined  with  other  tools)  can   provides  the  right  building  blocks Don’t  wait  to  start  /data  on  your  website