Logi Analytics partnered with
United Way of the
National Capital Area (United Way
NCA) to host a month-long virtual hackathon. Participants, both existing and
non-Logi users were given access to a large, anonymized dataset from United Way
NCA's programs and to a virtual instance of Logi Composer as their primary embedded analytics tool. Their task was to
deliver a new analytics dashboard that provided insights into United Way NCA's
dataset.
The solutions are live on the
virtual Logi Composer tool and have also been showcased in short screencast
videos.
"As a first-time user of Logi Composer, I was
impressed by the intuitive, easy-to-use navigation of the product," said Yu Song,
a full-time software engineer and United Way Hackathon participant. "I chose to
participate in this Hackathon as it presented a new challenge for a good cause.
The functionality of Logi Composer allowed me to build a much more
comprehensive solution than anticipated."
"At United Way NCA, our Community Impact
programs allows us to convene the best resources to address a focused set of
community challenges such as providing meals to food-insecure students and
families and assisting people to receive free financial and tax prep services
and counseling," said Nedelka Phillips, Senior Vice President, Marketing and
Fundraising, United Way NCA. "Logi Composer provided us a visual and
interactive solution which helps communicate who benefits from the programs and
in what way. Our Community Impact team is looking forward to digging into these
visualizations for insights that may help guide our future programs."
The winners of the United Way NCA
Hackathon are a team of Data Scientists from STCHealth comprised of four
people: Sawyer Koops, Kaye Kleine, Jordan McKinney, and Roni Salman who
received a $1,500 gift card for their accomplishment. Hackathon participant Yu
Song also received a $500 gift card for his time and effort in building a
solution as a first-time Logi user.
The STCHealth team developed a
two-prong solution providing insight to the target population, supporting
volunteer activity and financials and program outcomes/efficacy. United Way's
Landing Dashboard is the starting point for exploration and descriptive
analysis. It includes volume key performance indicators as well as visuals to
stratify program participation, income/age/race across regions, and
veteran/employment/justice system contact across the dataset. Clicking a
program or region here provides users a link to a filtered view of the United
Way NCA's Outcomes Dashboard. This dashboard provides the "so-what" analysis
for United Way NCA's programs, with visuals representing target vs actual
volumes, target completion percentages, and financial metrics.
"Embedded analytics can help
organizations make better decisions and improve their ability to find
information in the tools that are already at their disposal. Partnering with
United Way NCA for this hackathon provides them the ability to derive
meaningful insights from their programs," said Charles Caldwell, VP of product
management at Logi Analytics.
To learn more about Logi Composer
and Logi Analytics, visit www.logianalytics.com/