Data on Display: A Workshop for the Beginning Data Gardener

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You are invited to a data gardening workshop designed for the beginning data gardener! We'll share how to get started, provide tips to help identify the weeds (bad data), and provide tools to nurture data flowers. Why work in the data garden? Using data can help organizations make more informed decisions and help them better understand their clients. Participants will walk away with a spreadsheet template, a colorful infographic to print and hang in their garden, links to Canva templates, and a list of free (or almost free) resources for future reference. Let's see what we can grow together!

By the end of this session, the audience will be able to identify sources of data that may be ripe for use.
By the end of this session, the audience will be able to evaluate historical data and determine its potential for use.
By the end of this session, the audience will be able to use the provided templates to effectively display data

Shellie Reid

Shellie Reid is the Manager of the Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project (LSNTAP). During law school, Shellie sought opportunities to gain experience beyond the normal law school path. As an ATJ Tech Fellow, Shellie learned of the many career options available to students who love legal and embrace technology. As a founding member of the Delta Model Lawyer research group, Shellie helped formulate and test a competency model for lawyers. Shellie gained experience working as a law clerk for a legal aid organization, a coordinator for a national non-profit, and as a student in the Center for Law, Technology & Innovation. Before law school, Shellie was a recognized subject matter expert for software used by local governments across the country. Shellie’s writing has been featured in Legal Business World, ABA’s Law Practice Today, and on the blog Frontier of the Law. Shellie is a strong believer in the benefits of building a personal brand and network through social media. Her personal story was so profoundly impacted by the opportunities she found through social media that she funds a social media challenge at Michigan State University College of Law each year.

Susan Bales, MS

Data & Program Analyst

Michigan Legal Help / Michigan Advocacy Program

Susan (Vu Tran) Bales works as the Data & Program Analyst at Michigan Legal Help (MLH); MichiganLegalHelp.org is where people can access resources and information to handle their legal issues. Before joining MLH, Susan spent years collecting and reporting data about non-human animals and later shifted her focus to helping people. Susan earned a Master of Science in Biology, buried herself in academia for over a decade to co-author manuscripts and evaluate human service programs. She also discovered a passion for creating data graphics and has gratefully found a space on an interdisciplinary team to integrate the latter while leading the data and analysis efforts at MLH.