KIND network update
Week beginning Mon 30th September 2024
Dear colleagues,
Welcome to our regular KIND network update. We’re coming to the end of the run of training sessions aimed at beginners that has been taking place over the past month or so. Those training sessions will be repeated in the future, but we’ll be concentrating on the more ambitious end of our training offer during November and December this year.
Hope to see you at something soon
Brendan
Wins of The Week
In the spirit of #IAmRemarkable, we do a weekly wins of the week thread to celebrate the professional (and personal) achievements of the community. A random selection from last week:
- I passed my master’s degree with distinction.
- Wrote a snazzy report in Rmarkdown this week. Who knows if it will end up getting used, but I learnt a lot in making it!
- I supported a colleague who was going through some difficulties and gave them space to process their feelings
- I’ve managed to handle my first short-deadline piece of work for an external customer. Confidence is rising!
Training sessions
| Session | Date | Area | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excel formatting | 09:30-10:30 Tue 1st October 2024 | Excel | 🌶 :beginner-level |
| R from scratch (session 5) | 14:30-15:30 Tue 1st October 2024 | R | 🌶 :beginner-level |
| BI for beginners (service version, session 4) | 10:00-12:00 Thu 3rd October 2024 | Power BI | 🌶 :beginner-level |
| Tableau for beginners (session 3) | 13:30-15:30 Thu 3rd October 2024 | Tableau | 🌶 :beginner-level |
Events
- 3-4pm, Mon 30th September 2024. All welcome at the Community Meetup - our regular Monday get-together/webinar/tech demo. Full details and joining links via the community meetup channel. The theme this week is show and tell. Come and show the community your projects. It’s a great way to get useful suggestions and feedback, and sharing knowledge and best-practice is core to what we do.
- 1-2pm, Tue 1st October 2024. The Scottish Community of Data Analysts is a community of practice for those working with data in territorial NHS Boards. Next week, the presenter will be Camillia Somers - PHS Survey on Statistical Publications.
Book of the week
Sarah Morton and Ailsa Cook. 2022. How Do You Know If You Are Making a Difference? A Practical Handbook for Public Service Organisations.
ISBN 9781447361930, Worldcat.
A recommendation this week from Vasudha Singh, an improvement advisor at NHS Lothian, who writes ‘we are trying to move towards outcome map based evaluation of projects. I was recommended How Do You Know If You Are Making a Difference? to understand this better.’ It’s also available via the Knowledge Network.