A2 Data Dive brings together local non-profits and community members in the Ann Arbor and Greater Detroit area to collaborate and work on data in context. The goal of the day is to give non-profits a better understanding of their data and what they can do with it, while giving people hands-on experience with data. We aim to build a strong, interdisciplinary community of practitioners who can share knowledge, skills, resources and data to support our broader community needs.

This year, we have some great clients. We’ll be working with data from:

Girls on the Run
Natural Area Preservation - The City of Ann Arbor
Nonprofit Network
Salem-South Lyon District Library

A2 Data Dive is open to anyone who is interested, regardless of background. You volunteer your time and brain power, and we will provide you with the opportunity to meet new people, learn new skills, and give back to the community. We have a variety of possibilities for projects for people with a wide range of skill sets. Past participants have done information visualization, created a web scraper, created heatmaps of populations reached, proposed new database schemes, and much more.

Mark your calendars and keep an eye out for for more details in the coming weeks! If you have any questions, you can reach out to us at datadiveorganizers@umich.edu or view our website at www.a2datadive.org.

The registration for the event is now open! If you want to take a dive at real-world data and help some awesome non-profits along the way, take some time to register here: http://bit.ly/2eVXb2X