Tech For Good Live

Hello and welcome back to a new season of the Tech for Good Live podcast. It’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact.  And of course that means that this week we are talking about knitting. Apparently some tech dudes bought knitting.com and it sounds like they’re the absolute worst.  Tom Hanks continues to show his range. He’s leapt into a volcano, he’s dated a mermaid, he got really big that one time, and now he’s selling dental plans online. Only, it’s not really him. We discuss the implications of AI and owning our own identities.  Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Tom Passmore and Paul Jakubowski Our special guest for the next couple of episodes is Aurelie Lionet. Aurelie is a seasoned Service Designer and one of the four co-founding members of Design Declares, which is a group of designers working together to declare a climate and ecological emergency. They’re committed to building a community and creating resources to adapt design practice toward

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast.  Joining host Bex are Tech For Good Live team members, Greg Aston, Tom Passmore and Paul Jakubowski In this episode we chat to Nicki Clegg from STEM Learning UK, finding out more about STEM Learning UK’s vision to have a world-leading STEM education for every young person in the UK. Links from the chat: Smashing Stereotypes in the Tech sector to attract the future workforce Tickets, Tue 26 Sep 2023 at 14:00 | Eventbrite Become a STEM Ambassador ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are a

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast.  In this episode we are talking about some good news for environmental activists, as well as the good, and the bad of social media… and is it possible to have any kind of decent balance there? Joining host Bex are Tech For Good Live team members, Greg Aston, Tom Passmore and Paul Jakubowski Our special guest this time round is Nicki Clegg from STEM Learning UK. Nikki will be discussing our news topics with us this week. Come back for the next episode where we will be finding out more about STEM Learning UK’s vision to have a world-leading STEM education for every young person in the UK. Good story of the week: Some good news on the environment front. 16 young people win a court case in Montana, holding the state to account for failing to protect the environment and investing in fossil fuels. Young people who sued their state over climate change notch their first victory - The Verge  And analysis shows we've been overestimating the amount

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast about tech being used for good, but also how it’s being used for bad and how that needs to stop, please and thank you.  Joining host Bex are Tech For Good Live team members, Greg Aston, Tom Passmore and Paul Jakubowski Our special guest is Rachel Pattinson from Open Lab at Newcastle University, which is a world-leading research group in interaction design and ubiquitous computing. In this episode we talk to Rachel in more detail about all things uni, research, academia and using tech for social good. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right no

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast about tech being used for good, but also how it’s being used for bad and how that needs to stop, please and thank you.  In this episode we are talking about charity donation trends, online identity and Billion Dollar Barbie.  Joining host Bex are Tech For Good Live team members, Greg Aston, Tom Passmore and Paul Jakubowski Our special guest to talk about this week's news items is Rachel Pattinson from Open Lab at Newcastle University, which is a world-leading research group in interaction design and ubiquitous computing. Join us for the next episode where we talk to Rachel in more detail about all things uni, research, academia and using tech for social good. Good story of the week: A good mood might be the key to donations: People who donate to charity seem to have one thing in common - Quartz  Bad news story of the week: Online identity and tokenisation is picking up interest in tech again. But are the tech b

Hello and welcome back to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast all about the ways technology does good in the world. Bex is on hosting duties and she is joined by TFGL team member Greg Ashton. Our special guest this week is Dan Owen.  Dan is a trustee and developer at BanktheFood, a charity on a mission to ensure food banks always have exactly what they need and not just baked beans. In this episode, Dan tells us all about his journey with BanktheFood, from an idea presented to him by a bunch of eager school children, to becoming an award winner at the recent Tech4Good Awards. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships an

Hello and welcome back to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast all about the ways technology does good in the world. We’ll be talking about Threads, obviously. It would be weird not to and we’ll be looking into  how some decisions being made in the US courts are affecting tech.  Bex is on hosting duties and she is joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski Our special guest this week is Dan Owen.  Dan is a trustee and developer at BanktheFood, a charity on a mission to ensure food banks always have exactly what they need and not just baked beans. In this episode, Dan will give us his thoughts on the latest news, but tune in to next week's episode to hear more about the amazing work he is doing with BanktheFood, an award winner at the recent Tech4Good Awards. This week’s topics: Good story of the week: It's goodish news for now because it seems everyone is being nice on Threads. Zuckerberg's Twitter Killer: Threads review: Twitter without the rough edges

Hello and welcome back to yet another season of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast all about the ways technology does good in the world. Starting from next week, we’ve got a jam packed season for you, delving into all things tech and good. And bad. You’ll hear from Dan at BanktheFood. We’ll be talking to Phyllida Swift from Face Equality International, Rachel Pattinson from Open Lab at Newcastle Uni and Nicky Clegg will joining us from STEM Learning  We are looking forward to all of that and hope you are too!  In the meantime, we have something a little different for you for this bonus episode. We often chat to our wonderful guests, but we don’t often tell you much about our team, other than of course important things like what their favourite pizza topping is, or if they were a cartoon character which would it be… so today we chat to the team with a series of mini interviews. Who you will hear (and when) : Tom Passmore (from 02:00) Tom tells us about his work with Dsposal, and their mi

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast all about using technology for social good. If you listened to the last episode you will have heard from our wonderful guest Scott Casson-Rennie as he joined us for our news round up.  We are delighted to say that we have more time with Scott today where we can get to know him a little bit better and we’ll be talking all things fostering, adoption and technology. About Scott: Scott is, amongst other things, COO of NGO FASD Ireland and host of the A and F podcast exploring adoption and fostering and other related topics. ---------------------------- This is the last episode of the current season, we’ll be back in July with more news and more guests including a Tech4Good Award winner and Rachel Pattinson from the Open lab at Newcastle University ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We’d love it if you gave us

Hello and welcome back to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast.  In this episode we are talking about a Manchester-based startup that’s trying to use data and AI to stop child labour. Primark and Apple will be delighted. We also take a look at the rise of religious versions of ChatGPT. Bex is on hosting duties and she is joined by TFGL team member Greg Ashton. Our special guest joining us to talk about our news stories this week is Scott Casson-Rennie, who is, amongst other things, COO of NGO FASD Ireland and host of the A and F podcast exploring adoption and fostering and other related topics. Tune in to the next episode where we get to know more about Scott. Good story of the week: Manchester UK based startup is trying to use data and AI to stop child labour: Data driven solutions to eradicate child labour in supply chains - HACE  Bad news story of the week: Worrying rise of religious versions of ChatGPT including GitaGPT, BibleGPT and Ask Quran: India’s religious AI chatbo

Hello and welcome back to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast! It’s a podcast all about using Technology to have a positive social impact. If you listened to our last episode you would have heard from special guest Arielle Tye. Arielle is Head of Development at ProMo Cymru, a youth and community organisation specialising in digital services. She’s back for an interview where you get to hear less nonsense from us, and more good stuff from Arielle. We’ll be talking about her work in the Digital youth space, and upskilling the Welsh Third Sector in Digital. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our

Welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. It’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact. Basically just a bunch of cool people talking about all the cool stuff that all the cool kids love. We’re super popular and have happy and fulfilling lives. In this episode we’re talking about how the world has gotten a little more accessible. And we’ll be talking about spies. But apparently not in an exciting and fun way. Bex is on hosting duties and she is joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski Our special guest is Arielle Tye, Head of Development at ProMo Cymru, a youth and community organisation specialising in digital services. Good story of the week Great round of accessibility wins: Greece makes nearly 200 beaches accessible with adaptive chairs - Independent.ie And more wilderness will be accessible to wheelchair users thanks to this tank looking wheelchair: These All-Terrain Wheelchairs Are Making Nature More Accessible (and En

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good podcast. We talk about tech that does some kind of social good, but we also like talking about how tech could maybe be a little less evil. In this episode we’re joined by Thomas Young, Creative Director for Looking Glass Creative, a Partner of Flannel & Blade, the Director of Artistic Planning for ReThink Theatrical, and a Co-Founder of Vital Little Plans.  On the agenda is the impact of AI on creativity and the art world at large. Book mentioned: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our prima

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live Podcast, a podcast that is about doing good with tech, or… at the least,  doing less bad. In this episode we talk about how old tech is helping Ukraine and how AI is screwing over writers. Cool cool cool.  Bex is on hosting duties, and she is joined by Tech For Good Live team members, Fay Schofield, Paul Jakubowski and Mille Vardheim Good story of the week: Ukraine war: How old tech is helping Ukraine avoid detection - BBC News  Bad news story of the week: Writers Guild and AI: Hollywood writers go on strike: Here is what to know - Aljazeera  'Plagiarism machines': Hollywood writers and studios battle over the future of AI - Reuters WGA Would Allow Artificial Intelligence in Scriptwriting, as Long as Writers Maintain Credit - Variety   As Writers Strike, AI Could Covertly Cross the Picket Line - Hollywood Reporter  Hollywood screenwriters don’t want robots taking their jobs, either - NBC News  Justine Bateman Tweet And finally… Mille’s mood r

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. We talk about tech that does some kind of social good, but we also like talking about how tech could maybe be a little less evil. In this episode, we have an interview with our old friend Mark Walker from AbilityNet, an accessibility consultancy. We talk about what’s changed since we last spoke (pre-pandemic!) and also about their upcoming Tech4Good Awards. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good live podcast. We talk about tech that does some kind of social good, but we also like talking about how tech could maybe be a little less terrible. This may be our 240th episode, which is very silly. In one we are talking about the news, including Internet Ninjas and Elon Musk doing something new involving AI. Oh, good. Joining host Bex is Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski, and we are also joined by an old face/voice, Mille Vardheim. This week’s topics: Good story of the week: Internet 'ninjas' fighting misinformation on Twitter. But are they in danger of becoming the trolls they hunt: The 'ninjas' fighting climate change denial on Twitter - BBC News  Bad news story of the week: After co signing the recent letter to demand a pause in AI development Elon Musk had started a project to develop his own competitor to ChatGPT: Elon Musk plans AI startup to rival OpenAI, Financial Times reports - Reuters  ---

Hello and welcome to Tech for Good Live a podcast about well, it does what it says on the tin right? In this episode we have a chat with special guest Sarah Miguel, changemaker and tech enthusiast, wearer of a number of different hats, including Head of Fundraising at Safe Passage, Non Exec Director at FutureEverything and Trustee at MASH. If you listen to the podcasts in order (and why wouldn’t you?) then you’ll have already heard Sarah on last week's podcast chatting about the news, but this week we’ll hear more about Sarah's fundraising, lived experience, and of course, the government's response to refugees. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships

Hello and welcome to Tech for Good Live, a podcast about tech that does some good in this world…or is it where we complain about the bad stuff tech does? We don’t know anymore. Or maybe we’ve never known. In this episode we’re chatting about women starting businesses, who’d have thought it eh? We also talk about an unusual algorithm in Rotterdam. Joining host Bex is Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski. Our special guest this time is Sarah Miguel. Changemaker and tech enthusiast, wearer of a number of different hats, including Head of Fundraising at Safe Passage, Non Exec Director at FutureEverything and Trustee at MASH. Good story of the week: More women than ever are founding their own businesses The Alison Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship - Natwest Group And the FTSE 350 hits 40% female representation on their boards FTSE Women Leaders  Bad news story of the week: An algorithm used by the city of Rotterdam is having a huge impact on its citizens. Wired's investigation into the algorithm has

Welcome to another episode of Tech for Good Live! It’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact on the world.  Joining host Bex is producer Paul and Greg Ashton. In this episode, we speak to last week’s news guest in more detail.  Karen Dolva, co-founder of No Isolation talks to us about why the company was created and their mission to reduce social isolation and loneliness by developing warm technology, with the telepresence robot AV1 and the one-button computer Komp. ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at hello@techforgood.live  We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by mak

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of Tech for Good Live! It’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact on the world. In this week's episode we are talking about ChatGPT because of course we are.  We are also partying like it’s 2016 because we're discussing how elections are ripe for abuse. Joining host Bex we have TFGL team members, producer Paul and Greg Ashton. Our special guest this week is Karen Dolva, co-founder of No Isolation, a Norwegian company founded in 2015 with an aim to reduce social isolation and loneliness by developing warm technology. Good story of the week: Many many many years ago we talked about education needing to better adapt to students using Google. Now ChatGPT has presented an even more pressing need to adapt. This article shared by Karen presents some great discussions that are already happening: Artificial intelligence: Are we smart enough? - NRK (Norwegian)  In a weird turn, Bing's new version of ChatGPT has fallen in love with jour