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Newsletter - May 2024
Welcome to our monthly newsletter - where we let you know what's been happening in the world of data.
Welcome to our monthly newsletter - where we let you know what's been happening in the world of data, keep you in the loop with our latest blog releases, highlight our top news picks and share with you exclusive updates from the team at DAMA UK.
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Dear Data People,
In many countries, May 1st is celebrated as International Workers' Day commemorating the labour movement and the economic and social achievements of workers. It’s a day to honour the contributions of workers and to promote fair labour practices.
Of course May Day is also a traditional celebration of spring and fertility. It often involves festivities such as dancing around the maypole, crowning the May Queen, and various other community celebrations.
This May, we’re celebrating all you data professionals who work so hard and sit behind pretty much everything that keeps our maypoles and the modern world spinning!
Top Picks from May
Do all good things come in small packages?
Small is the new big when it comes to data gathering and analytics.
Dylan Anderson provides some top reasons why small data may trump big data in terms of usability, organisation and ease, including:
Quality over quantity
Better accessibility
Agility
Reduction of analysis paralysis
Enhanced governance
Big data isn’t suitable for every organisation. Additionally where small data is said to be more easily manageable - a high quality small data sample will always outperform a low quality big one.
Ensuring our data work actually benefits the organisation is crucial in order to prevent wasted resources.
How we can do this:
Rather than blindly following trends, organisations can invest in developing customised analytics solutions tailored to their specific needs and objectives. This involves leveraging data analytics tools and…
Diary Dates
Wales Calling!
IN PERSON EVENT - WALES
Yes, DAMA UK returns to Wales with a mission! UNLEASHING THE DATA DRAGON: CREATING A DATA DRIVEN WALES
FREE IN PERSON EVENT AT THE PRINCIPALITY BUILDING SOCIETY HEAD OFFICE, CARDIFF
As part of the Data Management Association of the UK (DAMA UK)’s popular series of regional events we are delighted to announce that our next event will be held in partnership with the Principality Building Society and Welsh Water. This whole day conference will take place at the Principality’s Head Office in central Cardiff on Thursday 20 June 2024 from 9:30 to 4pm.
Please join us for this second DAMA meet up in Wales to meet with your data peers to explore the future of data management in Wales, along with a chance to discuss the opportunities & challenges of making Wales a digital, data-driven society. We have an exciting agenda, with speakers from the Principality Building Society, Welsh Water, Welsh Government, Cardiff University’s Data Science Academy, the Intellectual Property Office, Data Orchard, Natural Resources Wales and DAMA UK.
The event will address a broad range of data management topics including:
Data management & data governance
The strategy for a digital Wales
Wales environment information portal
Unlocking water data potential
Transforming the Intellectual Property Office through data
Assessing the data maturity of organisations
Using data science to derive new insights
These events are really popular and successful. There will be an opportunity to network and share ideas about data management with attendees and lunch and refreshments will be provided free of charge.
Open to all but, with LIMITED PLACES, priority will be given to DAMA UK members - for further information and to register your interest see here DAMA UK - Wales Region Meet Up - UNLEASHING THE DATA DRAGON: CREATING A DATA DRIVEN WALES (dama-uk.org)
Webinars Galore!
We’ve had some great Webinars in May and still have more to come.. Take a look at what’s coming up below - you can find out more about all of these and register here DAMA UK - Events (dama-uk.org)
WEBINAR - Data Governance Needs Risk Management – Moving from Data-driven to Business-driven
Mark and Terry’s (Intraversed) have written a book of the same title in which they present a proven and award-winning framework of tools and techniques based on their combined 60+ years of experience. It provides a strategy for managing organisational knowledge without costly technology, thereby reducing the risk of:
regulatory non-compliance, ineffective infotech (information technology) spend, loss of organisational knowledge due to staff attrition, and unreliable information.
June 7th - Members only webinar
AI Sentry: Empowering Data Governance with Intelligent Oversight
Embark on a futuristic transformative journey where cutting-edge AI technology takes centre stage at the data governance table. Discover how an innovative AI bot revolutionises the way organisations govern their data assets. From real-time monitoring to automated compliance checks. This captivating narrative explores the profound impact of AI on ensuring data integrity, security, and compliance.
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Or maybe you missed them?
Don’t worry… you can always catch up with any you’ve missed here in our archive such as:
Grounding Data Governance in Ontological Foundations - Tony Mazarella - 3 May 2024
MEMBERS ONLY WEBINAR - Ask me Anything - Data, People, Process, Technology - Anthony Marlow - 10 May 2024
What you don’t know that you should know about GDPR - 17 May 2024 - Elizabeth Smith
Our Partners & Sponsors
Finally, we would like to say a HUGE thank you to all of our brilliant sponsors, who support DAMA UK on our mission to nurture a talented community of data professionals championing the value of data management across the UK.
