International development case study: Plan International

I’ve been rather busy working away on many projects over the last 18 months. Here’s one of them: a global website relaunch with the development organisation Plan International.

Covid-19 crisis: Free consultation for charities

The current crisis is tough on everyone. I recognise that even in the good times, charities, non-profits, and NGOs can struggle to fund, deliver, and justify their essential work.

We’ve all suffered losses in business, funding, and activity (not to mention the terrible human toll of Covid-19), so I’ve decided to offer some pro bono consultancy to any charities large or small who would like to explore the potential of data analytics.

Visualising open source data with Google Data Studio & data.world

Google Data Studio is becoming the go-to reporting tool for data analysts in many sectors. In this article I take a look beyond the typical marketing data connectors like Google Analytics and delve into open source data from a wealth of freely-available sources, courtesy of data.world.

No need for complex engineering or data pipelines – with just a little bit of SQL and using Data Studio’s native connector, a whole new world of data can be delivered right to your dashboards!