A short presentation I gave to a business networking event introducing Open Data. Pretty much all the stuff in here is collated from other sources, so it's not meant to be definitive at all. It was meant to add some context for a little bit of research I'm doing into SME's view of Open Data.

1. SHOULD I CARE
ABOUT OPEN
DATA?

2. ANDY
DICKINSON
researcher &
senior lecturer
journalism

3. InnovateUK & NESTA
hyperlocal demonstrator
Leeds & York
Open data & hyperlocal
content .
MEDIA MILL PROJECT

4. Volume
Velocity
Variety
Veracity
BIGDATA

5. OPENSOURCE

6. Open data and content can
be freely used, modified,
and shared by anyone for
any purpose
http://opendefinition.org/

7. - Open Data by default
- Improved Governance
- Innovation
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-data-charter

8. make your stuff available on the Web
make it available as structured data
use non-proprietary formats
use URIs to denote things
link your data to other data
http://5stardata.info/

9. Raw: A great start at the basics of publishing
open data.
Pilot: Data users receive extra support from,
and can provide feedback to the publisher.
Standard: Regularly published open data with
robust support that people can rely on.
Expert: An exceptional example of
information infrastructure.
https://certificates.theodi.org/about

10. Show
me the
money

11. UK Government took 45% (53 days)
longer than the EU average to
complete an EU compliant tender in
2013. [that] starves the UK’s SMEs of
£734m of cash flow each year
http://theodi.org/news/new-data-analysis-by-odi-startup-shows-uk-businesses-
starved-of-22bn-in-cash-flow

12. “The Centre for Economics and Business
Research estimates that the EU’s move
towards more openness in data will
create 58,000 jobs in the UK by 2017
and add £216 billion to the nation’s
GDP.”
http://thegovlab.org/nhs/

13. an annual turnover of
over £92bn.
over 500k employees.
70% had fewer than 10
employees.
https://theodi.org/open-data-means-business
270 UK open data companies

14. 54% of high growth firms collect and
analyse open data; in the case of low
growth firms the percentage is 36%
http://www.economistinsights.com/analysis/data-directive

15. Show
ME the
money

16. datashine
2011 census
mapped

17. spendnetwork
public tender
data

18. vitalfootprint
menu building
food allergies

19. Geolytix
retail forcasting
planning
location

20. Freemium
Cross-Subsidy
Network effect
Suppliers
Aggregators
Developers
Enrichers
Enablers
http://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/deloitte-analytics/articles/stimulating-demand-for-
open-data-in-the-uk.html
https://theodi.org/guides/how-make-business-case-open-data

21. openstreetmap.com
data.gov.uk
metoffice.gov.uk/datapoint
transportapi.com
postcodes.io
ratings.food.gov.uk
opencorporates.com
ons.gov.uk

22. exploit data
commercially &
non-commercially
as long as you
credit the source
non-end

23. open, attribution
& share-alike
licenses for your
own data

24. WHAT
YOU
TALKIN'
ABOUT

25. Offensive tactic.
Defensive tactic.
Solve collective action
problems.
Forces added value.
Chris Taggart Co-Founder & CEO at OpenCorporates

26. OPEN DATA
IS ABOUT
MAKING LINKS

27. SHOW
ME THE
MONEY

28. ODINE offers financial
support of up to
100,000 € to European
innovators to grow their
open-data idea into a
sustainable business
https://opendataincubator.eu/

29. http://bit.ly/smeopendata

30. @digidickinson
asdickinson@uclan.ac.uk