Narratives from Numbers: How data and analysis can help you to tell stories

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Data without context don’t tell us enough: they might tell us how something is, but they won’t tell us why that is or what can be done to change things. Good analysis can help you to identify the factors that produced a situation and can tell you what needs changing and how. Last year Get […]
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Finding Clarity in Complexity: How to effectively communicate complex findings

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Complexity doesn’t have to be a barrier to understanding. When it comes to effective communication how you say something is just as important as what it is you have to say. At Get the Data we use cutting-edge data analysis tools to show our clients the impact their work is having, to predict how changing […]
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Is It Time for a Data Diet? How to Manage the Data Glut

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A hundred years ago the average person might process the same amount of information in their lifetime that our brains currently receive in a week. I came upon this fact recently – somewhere –  but I couldn’t tell you where. I started to look for the source, but searching my overstuffed digital folder “Interesting Things […]
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Asking Sensitive Questions – Measuring a Sensitive Issue

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Our clients work with people to address an important issue in their life and therefore have to engage with sensitive issues in their beneficiaries lives, such as their financial situations, the strength of their relationships with friends and family, and how they have been feeling generally. If this describes your organisation and you want to measure your impact, then it’s a given that
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