Using Data to Inform Strategic Priorities in Your Community

To expand opportunity and well-being for residents, local leaders need the right data and the skills to put the data into action. This session will help participants identify the most relevant data sources to understand their community’s upward mobility challenges …
Indiana Youth Institute’s 2026 State of the Child

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To improve the lives of all Indiana children, Indiana Youth Institute provides access to reliable data and resources to empower, educate, and equip those who impact youth. Join us for a dive into the recently released 2026
SAVI Data Literacy – Visualizing Data with Charts

Charts are a powerful tool for analyzing and communicating information through tables, graphs or diagrams. This workshop provides you with the skills you need to get the most value from charts. Hands-on activities show you how to apply several types …
SAVI Data Literacy – Beyond the Numbers: The Power of Qualitative Data

Quantitative data, such as vital statistics, often play a critical role in community analysis projects. However, the richness of qualitative data such as interviews and historical documents can offer deeper insights into community challenges and opportunities. This workshop explores different …
SAVI Data Literacy – Avoiding Data Pitfalls

Data is most powerful when you understand its limits. This workshop equips participants with some of the fundamental skills necessary to critically analyze data and recognize the impact of various factors on their results.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This …
SAVI Data Literacy – SAVI Data, Tools, and Other Resources

SAVI offers a vast collection of health, public safety, education, and many other demographic characteristics about Indiana communities, with emphasis on central and southwest Indiana counties. This workshop explores the many powerful tools and datasets available in SAVI. It also …
SAVI Data Literacy Skills Training: Framing the Problem

This workshop offers simple techniques for designing meaningful questions that produce clear and actionable answers. It also provides strategies for engaging community stakeholders and other subject matter experts throughout the project lifecycle.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Anyone that needs to design …
SAVI Data Literacy Skills Training – Tell Stories with Data

This workshop teaches the next steps of persuasively communicating what you have learned after gaining initial insight from data. You will learn the skills to put your analysis in the context of a compelling narrative and to build your argument …
Using the Mobility Metrics: A Data-Driven Workshop for Local Leaders

Join us for a virtual workshop featuring experts from the Urban Institute’s Upward Mobility Initiative. This session provides a deeper dive into the practical application of the Mobility Metrics and how they can be used to drive positive change within …
The Value of Place: How to Enhance your Teaching and Research with Free Mapping and Spatial Analysis Tools Webinar

This webinar showcases a range of powerful desktop and online mapping and spatial analysis tools, data, and other resources designed to enhance higher education teaching, service, and research activities. These resources are versatile and applicable across numerous disciplines, including health, …