Suggested citation: TIESS. Brainstorming Tool: 7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Create a Data Social Utility Trust. Montreal: Territoires innovants en économie sociale et solidaire (TIESS), 2023.
This tool is designed to guide you through seven key questions that should be asked during the design stage of a data social utility trust project. The questions will help you reflect on the problem that you are seeking to solve through this project, the characteristics of the data that will be shared, your rationale for considering a data social utility trust, the stakeholders involved, the principles that will guide it, and the long-term goals you want to achieve.
Related resources:
This resource is part of a suite of resources created by Open North and Territoires innovants en économie sociale et solidaire (TIESS) for any individual or organization seeking a better understanding of social utility trusts (SUTs) (fiducies d’utilité sociale). It includes documents explaining the project ideation stage, as well as concrete tools to guide the creation of a social utility data trust or a social utility trust.
- Data Partnerships: An Introduction
- The Social Utility Trust: A Path to Data Partnerships
- Brainstorming Tool: 7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Create a Data Social Utility Trust
- Social Utility Trust: First Steps (Summary Sheet)
- Trust Deed Template: Creating a Social Utility Trust for Sharing and Pooling Data
- Business Models for Data Partnerships
- Decision Support Tool: Questions and Exercises to Help You Design Your Data Social Utility Trust Deed Together
- Trustees: The Heart of Social Utility Trusts: Definition, Roles, and Group Administration
- Collective Governance of Social Utility Trusts: Four Community Engagement Strategies