Technology Tools for Data Work: Questions to Guide Your Planning

Developed by Switchboard, this planning resource helps refugee-serving and community-based organizations evaluate and choose technology tools that best fit their data needs. Through a series of guided questions, users can assess requirements for data collection, storage, analysis, visualization, security, reporting, and system integration. The worksheet also provides examples of common data tools, sample search terms, and considerations related to organizational capacity, privacy, accessibility, and budget, making it a valuable resource for teams seeking to strengthen their data and evaluation practices.