LG Inform Plus
London Workshop: 14th October
Ian Carbutt: LG Inform Programme Manager
Jonathan Evans: Senior Analyst Research Team
Rose Pycock: Data Analyst Health and Care Programme
Steven Messer: Engagement Manager. Porism Ltd
Date
October 2016
www.local.gov.uk
[email protected]
www.local.gov.uk
Agenda
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Welcome and Objectives
Part 1 - The Building Blocks
Part 2 - Light Touch Use
Lunch
Part 3 - Advanced Features
Part 4 - Management Information
Wrap up
Objectives for the workshop
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Demonstrate key functionality
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Show ready made features and reports available
Look at building your own reports.
Using the tools
‘Playtime’
What’s next?
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Just released/coming soon
Further Support
Part– 1 (the building blocks)
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The Landing Page
Tools & content available
Searching for available reports
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Out of the box
LGA Research Reports
Part – 2 (Light touch use)
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Creating simple components
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Tables, Bar charts, Maps
Building reports
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Generating your own content
Creating dynamic text
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The Text Token Editor
Part – 3 (Advanced features)
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Creating New Neighbourhoods
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Building new unofficial Geographies
Applying these to your reports
Application programmable interface (API)
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Direct data feed via to local applications
Data Tools
Part – 4 (Management Information)
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Information Standards
Records retention guidance tool
Powers & Duties guidance tool
Open data tools
LG Inform
Help and Support
Agenda
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Welcome and Objectives
Part 1 - The Building Blocks
Part 2 - Light Touch Use
Lunch
Part 3 - Advanced Features
Part 4 - Management Information
Wrap up
Part– 1 (the building blocks)
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The Landing Page
Tools & content available
Searching for available reports
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Out of the box
LGA Research Reports
Agenda
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Welcome and Objectives
Part 1 - The Building Blocks
Part 2 - Light Touch Use
Lunch
Part 3 - Advanced Features
Part 4 - Management Information
Wrap up
Part – 2 (Light touch use)
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Creating simple components
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Tables, Bar charts, Maps
Building reports
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Generating your own content
Creating dynamic text
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The Text Token Editor
Agenda
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Welcome and Objectives
Part 1 - The Building Blocks
Part 2 - Light Touch Use
Lunch
Part 3 - Advanced Features
Part 4 - Management Information
Wrap up
Agenda
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Welcome and Objectives
Part 1 - The Building Blocks
Part 2 - Light Touch Use
Lunch
Part 3 - Advanced Features
Part 4 - Management Information
Wrap up
Part – 3 (Advanced features)
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Creating New Neighbourhoods
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Building new unofficial Geographies
Applying these to your reports
Application programmable interface (API)
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Direct data feed via to local applications
Data Tools
Agenda
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Welcome and Objectives
Part 1 - The Building Blocks
Part 2 - Light Touch Use
Lunch
Part 3 - Advanced Features
Part 4 - Management Information
Wrap up
Part – 4 (Management Information)
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Information Standards
Records retention guidance tool
Powers & Duties guidance tool
Open data tools
LG Inform
Help and Support
LG Inform is…
…the LGA’s free data benchmarking service,
which presents you with up-to-date published
data about your local area and the performance
of your council.
What is LG Inform?
• Single point of access to wide range of data in
a ‘ready to use’ format
– Across the whole spectrum of services
• Reports
– Series of ready made reports
– Report building tools for presentation and/or investigation
– supports comparison and review over time
• Releasing councils from gathering data
– More time to make use of the information!
What Data is Available?
Demographic
Services
Contextual
Outcomes
Expenditure
Are Councils using LG Inform?
• All councils: 4,200 registered users
– 875,000 hits
– 57,000 unique visitors
• LG Inform case studies
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Risk Management & Benchmarking
Transparency: Embedding
Underpinning council reporting frameworks
Saving resources and Direct data feed (API)
• 140 authorities in our local benchmarking club
– Sharing data quarterly
Benchmarking: getting involved
• Benchmarking club posting dates:
– Q2 2016/17 – collection window opens 13 October
and closes 10 November
– Q3 2016/17 – collection window opens 12 January and
closes 9 February
– Q4 2016/17 – collection window opens 13 April and
closes 11 May
• Further information email: [email protected]
Agenda
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Welcome and Objectives
Part 1 - The Building Blocks
Part 2 - Light Touch Use
Lunch
Part 3 - Advanced Features
Part 4 - Management Information
Wrap up
What’s New in LG Inform
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Enhanced percentage change. Additional time periods
Virtual metrics
Embed flexibility
Basic ‘Outliers’ report
Text token editor
Automatic sources ‘Reference’ table
Copy and convert any component
Predominance maps
Full details here: https://khub.net/group/lginform/forum//message_boards/message/27794708
‘Coming Soon’ in LG Inform Plus
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Standard Report
Cloud Search
‘Best Fit’: boundary changes
More Neighbourhoods: NPAs
Point data uploader
Embed code
Key Information
• LG Inform: www.lginform.local.gov.uk
• Help and support:
– Log-in assistance: [email protected]
– Tech Support: [email protected]
– General enquiries: [email protected]
• LG Inform Knowledge Hub Group
– https://knowledgehub.local.gov.uk/group/lginform
Key Information
• LG Inform Plus is here:
– http://about.esd.org.uk
• For subscriptions information go here:
– [email protected]
• Metrics downloaded from here:
– http://standards.esd.org.uk/?uri=list%2FmetricTyp
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Thank you
Have a safe trip home!