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Webinar: Assessment in School-Age Care

February 13, 2019 By Apost Admin

Date(s): Feb. 13 & 20, 2019 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm As school-age care staff our goal is to implement experiences and activities that are carefully planned, developmentally appropriate, challenging, and engaging. But how do you know if you are making a difference and supporting youth development? Several assessment approaches and tools for assessing […]

Tagged With: assessment, data, learning, Outcomes, school age care staff, tools, youth development

Data Security Assessment & Best Practices Training

January 25, 2019 By Apost Admin

Fri, January 25, 2019 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania 1250 Penn Avenue, 1st Fl Pittsburgh, PA 15230 As afterschool providers, you receive a vast amount of sensitive information, including medical, school, and household data. With all this data, it’s important to be aware of best practices to keep your […]

Tagged With: Best Practices, data, data security, household, medical, Professional Development, School, security, Training

Excel: Beyond the Basics

January 16, 2019 By Apost Admin

Excel Beyond the Basics Wednesday, January 16, 2019 2:00 PM–4:30 PM  Main (Oakland) Develop your Excel skills beyond basic spreadsheets and formulas. Learn how to sort data, turn your data list into a table, assign a workbook password, create charts and more. Prerequisite: Excel Basics or previous Excel experience.  Please call 412-622-3133 to register. Click here to […]

Tagged With: Carnegie Library, charts, data, Excel, Oakland, Professional Development, workbook

WEBINAR: Using Data to Promote Access to High-Quality Work-Based Learning: Tools and Considerations for States

August 2, 2018 By Apost Admin

Thu, Aug 2, 2018 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM EDT Across the country, states are increasingly looking to expand student access to work-based learning (WBL) experiences as a strategy to improve student college and career readiness. In order to promote equitable access to high-quality WBL, states should consider ways to use data to inform the […]

Tagged With: American Youth Policy Forum, College and Career Readiness, data, geographic information systems, GIS, WBL, Webinar, work-based learning

Nonprofit Resource Center: Using Census Data in Grant Writing

July 28, 2018 By Apost Admin

Using Census Data in Grant Writing Wednesday, July 18, 2018 10:30 AM–12:30 PM  Main (Oakland) Join us for this special presentation on how to use census data to strengthen your nonprofit’s grant proposals.  Attendees will learn: About the statistical tools available through the American Community Survey using American Fact Finder and other data resources. How to access […]

Tagged With: Best Practices, Census, data, Grant Writing, Nonprofit, Nonprofit Resource Center, Professional Development

Beyond Big Data: Mona Chalabi

November 12, 2017 By Apost Admin

Sunday, November 12, 2017 4:00 PM–5:00 PM  Mona Chalabi is a leader in data visualization and a fan favorite among data nerds and newbies alike. After working for a humanitarian organization, she saw how important data was, but also how easily it could be used by people with their own specific agendas. Since then, her work […]

Tagged With: Carnegie Library, CPL Main, data, Mona Chalabi, Oakland, The Guardian, Transparency International

Data Day

October 21, 2017 By Meredith Hoppe

Data is people. You create data every day. Data can change YOUR life and your neighborhood. Curious about data? Drop in and explore the data in your life at this family-friendly community fair. Explore the neighborhoods of Pittsburgh through data and maps. Learn how Census data is used to redraw political districts every ten years. Contribute to citizen science. […]

Tagged With: art, Carnegie Mellon, Carnegie Mellon University, Census, citizen science, CMU, data, data day, maps, university

Telling an Impactful Story with Data

December 8, 2016 By Apost Admin

Telling an Impactful Story with Data Thursday, Dec. 8 from 9 a.m. – noon Finding stories in data can be a challenge. Where should you turn for sources? How can you confidently report them? This workshop will introduce the typical kinds of stories that can be found in data, provide an introduction to economic impact […]

Tagged With: Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management, data, economic reporting, Grant Writing, impact, Robert Morris University, Strategic Planning

Data 101 Training Session – WPA Regional Data Center

May 10, 2016 By Apost Admin

The Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center is excited to partner with the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh on a “Data 101” training series designed to build information literacy, mapping, and data visualization skills for people looking to get started in using data, or more-experienced users looking to brush-up on their skills. Do you want to make […]

Tagged With: collaborative exploration, data, data visualization, David Newbury, literacy, mapping, Professional Development

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