Episode #19: COVID Chaos, Data & Silver Linings: No More Saying “We Can’t” Because We Just Demonstrated “We Can.”

In this episode, we turn the tables. Producer Doug Foresta interviews Kristin Wolff about the impact of COVID-19 on WDQI and partner data projects. The two barely take a breath in this impromptu chat about the crises and opportunities the pandemic has made evident, and the vastly expanded stakeholder networks and partner ecosystems engaged in solutions work.

So many references! Here are a few:

• BrightHive, SPR’s trusted partner in the WDQI effort
• Research Improving People’s Lives (RIPL)
• The Coleridge Initiative/Administrative Data Research Facility (ADRF)
• GovLab
• DataKind
• Jobs for the Future (JFF)
• Civic Software Foundation
• WDQI Round VI Highlights (Summer 2020): https://wdqi.workforcegps.org/resources/2020/08/24/23/53/WDQI-Webinar-Round-VI-Accomplishments

For more information:

• Sign up for the #MakingBetterWork Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/903537e424bb/mbwnews
• US Department of Labor’s WDQI Effort: https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/eta/eta20190722
• Community of Practice/WorkforceGPS:
  https://wdqi.youth.workforcegps.org/

Social:

@kristinwolff

@Social_Policy

SPR on Facebook

#MakingBetterWork

Credits:

Produced with support from the US Department of Labor’s WDQI Technical Support Project and (fantastic) Doug Foresta.