Founder and Principal Jeremy Goodman Consulting, Massachusetts, United States
Session Abstract: Movement from data insights to taking action involves more than access to data, analyses, and reports—it requires leadership, facilitation, and strategic communication to translate information into action. Institutional research and effectiveness professionals are uniquely positioned to bridge the gap between data and making data-informed decisions. This interactive, half-day workshop is based on the Change with Analytics Playbook (AIR, EDUCAUSE, NACUBO, 2024) and will help you learn to navigate the path to data-informed decision making and, more importantly, lead efforts to do so at your institution. Through a series of interactive exercises, you will develop strategies to engage stakeholders, navigate resistance, and foster a culture of data-informed decision making.
You will depart the workshop with a Change Readiness Toolkit that includes a facilitation guide for use at your institution, strategies for stakeholder engagement, and a roadmap for implementation. AIR’s goal is for IR and IE professionals to have the confidence, mindsets, knowledge, skills, and abilities to lead change and help ensure that critical resources like data and analytics become catalysts for change.
As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Assess your institution’s readiness for analytics-informed change
Communicate data and information in ways that spark conversation and create calls to action
Engage stakeholders and colleagues in the data-informed decision-making process
Anticipate, plan for, and overcome resistance to change among stakeholders
Apply the Change with Analytics Playbook to your work
Develop a customized roadmap for analytics-informed change
Create a comprehensive Change Readiness Toolkit to guide and implement your efforts
