In case you missed it, want to watch it again, or share it with your colleagues, you can now view the recording from our June 26th Socrata University's 101 webinar:

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This webinar provided an introduction to Open Data and how to use Socrata's Open Data Platform. Topics that were covered included basic site training, data publishing, data visualizations, and data embedding, as well as examples of current open data sites and some of the apps that have been built using the data.

If you have any further questions check out the various support articles in the Knowledge Base section or contact us.

We will have the next Socrata 101 on Tuesday July 10th, so come with your questions and we look forward to speaking to you then!

Registration Now Open for Socrata University!

The Socrata University Webinar Series provides new and experienced Socrata users with first-hand knowledge of the many features within the leading Open Data solution. The Curriculum includes:

• Socrata 101: Held twice a month, this class includes basic site training, publishing, built-in dataset features, data visualization, embedding, and more. There will be 60 minutes of presentation followed by 30 minutes of Q&A.

• Socrata 201: Held once a month, this class includes advanced visualization training, advanced Social Data Player usage, Mondara geospatial skills, dataset routing and approval, and more. There will be 60 minutes of presentation followed by 30 minutes of Q&A.

• Socrata API School: Held at least once a month, this class is led by our engineering team to get you started on using SODA to publish and consume data. There will be 60 minutes of presentation followed by 30 minutes of Q&A.

• Graduation: Socrata students that attend 101, 201, API classes, and pass a publishing and visualization "exam" will receive a certified graduate diploma in mail from Socrata headquarters!

http://discover.socrata.com/SocrataUniversity

In case you missed it, want to watch it again, or share it with your colleagues, you can now view the recording from our April 10th customer webinar:

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This webinar included a live demonstration of Socrata Mondara, a new geospatial extension that allows for native support of KML and Shapefiles wihtin the Socrata Open Data Platform, and the highlights of my trip to Kenya where I participated in the Kenyan Open Government Initiative.

Enjoy the video, and feel free to call or email me with additional questions and feedback. This webinar is a forum built to cater to your needs. Please let me know how we can improve and make the forum useful to you.

Our next webinar will be held on May 8th. I look forward to seeing you there!

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Cam Caldwell
National Account Manager
Socrata, Inc
404-353-6990
cam@socrata.com

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What is GOSDOS?

Government Open Social Data on Socrata (GOSDOS) is a user group for people with the common interest in making government public data more accessible, interactive, engaging and use the Socrata platform to enable the sharing and socializing of public data.  http://socratausergroup.wordpress.com/

The group began after an Information Processing Managers Association (IPMA) professional development event held in Olympia, WA on January 26, 2011. At this meeting, presenters from Socrata, the state of Oregon, the city of Seattle and King County discussed implementation of open data sites on the Socrata platform. Meeting attendees expressed a desire for a user group that would meet virtually and continue the discussion.

We come together to exchange ideas, discuss best practices and share lessons learned about making public data accessible and transparent to all.  Most of the time, this happens through virtual meetings, though we have had one physical meetup.

Meeting agendas are built organically by the group organizers (listed below) and reflect new uses of the tool by our various jurisdictions, new features (thanks to Socrata participation), and problems/solutions/best practices that we share.

Please be cognizant that the 3/8 meeting will be a discussion about group infrastructure/organization and not the actual usergroup meeting; participants in the 3/8 meeting should be interested in being on the usergroup steering committee.

GOSDOS Organizers

• Wally Rogers, E-Government Manager, State of OR Dept of Administrative Services (DAS)
• Gene Newton, Data.Oregon.Gov Pilot Project Manager, State of OR Dept of Administrative Services (DAS)
• Mary Groebner, IT Portfolio & Project Manager, State of WA Dept of Enterprise Services (DES)
• Karen Barrett, Sr. Policy & Planning Consultant, State of WA Office of Financial Management (OFM)
• Sabra Schneider, Director of Electronic Communications, City of Seattle Dept of Information Technology (DoIT)
• Bruce Blood, Citywide Web Mgr & Mgr of the Citywide Web Team, City of Seattle Dept of Information Technology (DoIT)
• Neil Berry, GIS Web Developer, City of Seattle Dept of Information Technology (DoIT)