Key Findings

CORE ACTIVITY: Key Findings (50 minutes)

Materials: Key Facts worksheet, Copies of data analysis (survey questions with tallied responses, interview questions with typed up responses, photos with narratives, etc...), Large index cards

• Key Facts worksheet (10 minutes)
  • Divide youth into pairs or groups of three. Give each group a copy of analyzed data. Distribute "Key Facts" worksheet. Ask each group to look through the data and decide on the results that are most surprising, most concerning, and most actionable. If they get stuck, ask them to think about what data is most important for the community to hear. (10 minutes)
  • Groups should write down each key fact on a large index card.
• Grouping Key Findings (40 minutes)
  • We are now going to group together facts that are similar or related, and interpret what they mean.
  • Divide youth into two teams. Ask each team to come up with a team name and write these down at the front of the classroom. Explain that each team will be competing to discover matches between different facts, and will get a point for each match.
  • Shuffle the index cards and divide them evenly among the two teams.
  • One at a time, select an index card and tape it to a surface at the front of the classroom. Ask each team to propose a “match” between this card and one of their own - teams may have the exact same facts, but more importantly they will have facts that are related. Teams must convince the facilitator of the validity of this match. Each successful match earns that team a point. The facilitator should collect the matched index cards and tape them next to each other at the front of the classroom to create a cluster. Once that cluster is finished (teams can no longer produce another valid match), ask participants to create a name for that cluster - what theme groups all of these index cards together? The team that comes up with the best name gets another point. Write the name above the cluster.
  • When each cluster is complete, move on to another index card and repeat the process above. At the end of this activity, you should have several different clusters of index cards at the front of the classroom.
  • When each index card has been discussed, ask youth to look at the clusters that they have created. Explain that each of these clusters represents a key finding, or an important message that our data conveys. Discuss:
    • Should any card be moved from one cluster to another?
    • Do any cards belong in multiple clusters? If so, what is the BEST cluster for that card?
    • Are any clusters too big? How could they be divided up?
    • What do all of our key findings mean when put together?