Archive for July, 2011
Community Indicator: High School Graduation
So…what do you think about the patterns revealed in these data?
One way to share perspectives is to respond to the following questions*:
How are we doing as a community, with regard to the qualities of community well-being that these indicators measure?
Who are the [...]
Community Indicator: Infant Health
So…what do you think about the patterns revealed in these data?
One way to share perspectives is to respond to the following questions*:
How are we doing as a community, with regard to the qualities of community well-being that these indicators measure?
Who are the partners who have a role to play in our community doing (and being) [...]
Community Indicator: Unemployment
So…what do you think about the patterns revealed in these data?
One way to share perspectives is to respond to the following questions*:
How are we doing as a community, with regard to the qualities of community well-being that these indicators measure?
Who are the partners who have a role to play in our community doing (and being) [...]
Community Indicator: Homelessness
So…what do you think about the patterns revealed in these data?
One way to share perspectives is to respond to the following questions*:
How are we doing as a community, with regard to the qualities of community well-being that these indicators measure?
Who are the partners who have a role to play in our community doing (and being) [...]
It’s Summertime, and the SCOPE office is ABUZZ!
Summertime is a special season at SCOPE, as the office comes alive with young people. Not only do the Central-Cocoanut Neighborhood Scavenger Hunters set up “headquarters” here, but also we are joined by a cadre of teen interns (thanks this year to the Central-Cocoanut BEST Neighborhoods award, and the Man Up program). This summer, we [...]
Data 2.0 – What Do You See?
Data can help us make sense of what we are seeing and sensing in our neighborhoods and community. It complements our lived experience and often prompts us to ask questions that can lead to change.
At Community Data 2.0, citizens of Sarasota County got together and started in on reviewing TEN YEARS worth of data relating [...]
Data Byte: Gapminder
Millions of people across the world are watching “TEDTalks” on Youtube and other online media distribution websites. What is TED? TED is a non-profit with the goal of spreading ideas through “riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world”.
One of the frequent TED speakers is a Swedish professor who helped create Gapminder, Dr. Hans [...]
A “Social Explorer” Take on Sarasota County
The NY Times has put together an analysis of the 2010 census data using the Social Explorer web application to show what households in America are looking like nowadays. Sarasota has the claim to fame as the oldest large county in the nation; so what do you think households with older adults in our community [...]