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Analytics for a Better World Academy is set up to develop strategic and tailored courses for Analytics Practitioners’ and Data and Digital Leaders within non-profit organizations.

ABW-Academy

Analytics for a Better World Academy is set up to develop strategic and tailored courses for Analytics Practitioners’ and Data and Digital Leaders within non-profit organizations. We provide free courses to our cohort of participants who join the three structured courses offered yearly. Each cohort will include 30-40 participants who are selected based on their motivation.

ABW Academy currently offers three courses targeting different stakeholders within non-profit and development sector organizations

Bootcamp for Non-profit Executives (2 Days)

During this two-day interactive Bootcamp for executives at Non-profit and Public Sector organizations, you will learn how to put together a data science team with complementary skillsets for successful design and implementation of the digital components in your projects. This Bootcamp will include case studies that show what is possible with Data and Digital in your specific field, so you can be a thought leader and initiator of ideas within and outside of your organization. The content will also cover topics such as Data Science Pipeline, how to include Principles of Digital Development in your projects, and how to define goals and targets for the projects.

• Become a thought leader in the field and understand what’s possible with Data and Digital Tools and Techniques
• Understand the structure of the data science pipeline
• Building a Data Science Team for your project and How to complement Development Projects with the right Data and Digital skillsets
• Common pitfalls and how to overcome them while implementing Data Science Projects

Analytics Translators (4 Days)

Analytics Translators are a crucial part of project teams at non-profits, who work in projects with a data and digital components. Analytics Translators are not data scientists, engineers or architects. They’re not even necessarily dedicated analytics professionals and they are not expected to develop models or even know programming. Instead, they play a critical role in bridging the technical expertise of data engineers and data scientists with the operational expertise of humanitarian response, monitoring and evaluation, impact assessment, climate risks and vulnerability, etc. which are very relevant to the activities of your non-profit’s agenda. In their role, translators help ensure that the deep insights generated through sophisticated analytics translate into impact at scale and make sure Analytics is not done for analytics’ sake, but is integrated into the decision-making process.

Practitioner's Fellowship Program (8 Weeks)

A eight-week fellowship program for data science practitioner's within non-profits to guide them to develop their own analytics products, with mentoring support end-to-end from Problem Definition to Deployment. During the programs, the participants will attend lectures and co-create a project/case study for solving a use case within the organization they are currently employed in.

• 8-week intensive hands-on program
• Fully Online
• Beginner-friendly curriculum and pace
• Supported by our Academic, Public & Private Sector Partners
• Free access for all participants (from non-profit and development sector organizations)
• Learn ‘art of feasible’ to be inspired and equip yourself with right tools and techniques to implement data-driven solutions and drive your organization to make data-informed decisions
• Build data-driven culture within your nonprofit and train the next generation of Data Intrapreneurs