Coming to the Local DirectGov really useful day? Then you can use this template to share your groups work. Much better than a flip chart! This slide deck is deliberately plain and generic because we want you to put your group's stamp on YOUR presentation.

1. Our solution*
Really Useful Data Day
Local DirectGov
1 July 2011
Wednesday, 29 June 2011

2. Wednesday, 29 June 2011

3. Presentation tips!
• Pretend you’re pitching to investors!
• No more than five minutes
• Lots of images!
• * signifies “required slides”
Wednesday, 29 June 2011

4. *The problem we want
to solve
• existing problem - a few bullet points on
what it is and why it’s a problem that needs
a solution
• who is it a problem for?
• how do we know it’s a problem
Wednesday, 29 June 2011

5. Hint: Some potential
types of problems
a. poor access to information
b. poor access to services
c. expensive, complicated processes (efficiency gain to be had)
d. not transparent to citizens, poor accountability
e. existing approaches just not working (e.g. difficult, wicked issues)
f. some successful approaches are not scalable or sustainable
g. little or no citizen engagement (opportunities for crowd-sourcing or citizen
engagement)
Wednesday, 29 June 2011

6. *Data status
• Is the data open?
• What kind of data is it?
• Where can you get it?
• Are there barriers to publication?
• How does using/ opening the data address
the problem?
Wednesday, 29 June 2011

7. Hint: Some data issues
• use the data prompts
from the Open Data
Cookbook
Wednesday, 29 June 2011

8. *What’s the solution?
• A few bullet points describing what the
solution is and how it does it...
• Who would use it?
• How would they access the solution?
• What help do you need?
Wednesday, 29 June 2011

9. *Tech Spec
• What’s the technical solution (web service,
mobile app? something else?)
• How would it be built?
• Hosting, language, development costs?
• What help do you need?
• How long will it take?
Wednesday, 29 June 2011

10. Hint: presenting your
solution
• Include some screen shots of similar apps
or web services
• Can you QUICKLY mock it up?
• Pictures really worth 1000 words!
• Don’t forget the cultural issues!
Wednesday, 29 June 2011

11. *Sustainabilty
• What’s the market?
• Risks and constraints
• How can you keep this going? (People and
financial resources?)
• What help do you need?
Wednesday, 29 June 2011

12. *Why our solution is
really useful!
• Quick, quick, very quick summary of:
• the problem you’re trying to solve
• how you’re going to solve it
• wider benefits
• how it will sustain
Wednesday, 29 June 2011

13. *Team stuff
• Who’s on your team?
• Where can people find this presentation?
Wednesday, 29 June 2011