Tech For Good Live

This Tech for Good Live podcast is a three-part series about WorkerTech, made in conjunction with our friends at Bethnal Green Ventures. In this second episode we talk about the importance of workers having a voice. The importance of employees being able to support one another, to organise and take shared action. As union membership declines and tech becomes ever more integral to work and our daily lives, has the ability to come together and to organise faded away? What role is tech playing in this space? We talk about the Google Walkout, hear about a WorkerTech case study to support Amazon employees, and we discuss remote working. Throughout this series we spoke to Dan Tomlinson from the Resolution Trust, Linda Wickstrom from Accenture, Fabian Wallace-Stephens from the Royal Society of Arts, Unman Mohamed from Organise, Guy Levin from Uber, Duncan McCann from the New Economic Foundation, Rachel Carey from Zinc and of course, Jessica Stacey from Bethnal Green Ventures. View a transcript of this podcast on

This Tech for Good Live podcast is a three-part series about WorkerTech, made in conjunction with our friends at Bethnal Green Ventures. In this first episode we explore what WorkerTech is and why we should care about it. We question whether the very nature of work is changing due to technology, and find out what real-world effect artificial intelligence and automation are having on workers in the UK. Throughout this series we spoke to Dan Tomlinson from the Resolution Trust, Linda Wickstrom from Accenture, Fabian Wallace-Stephens from the Royal Society of Arts, Unman Mohamed from Organise, Guy Levin from Uber, Duncan McCann from the New Economic Foundation, Rachel Carey from Zinc and of course, Jessica Stacey from Bethnal Green Ventures. View the transcript for this episode on the Tech for Good Live website. This podcast has been brought to you in collaboration with Tech for Good Live and Bethnal Green Ventures. Thanks to the contributions from Accenture, Royal Society of Arts, Resolution Trust, Organis

It's Christmas in the studio, we have mince pies, port and other festive treats. So get the fire on, grab your favourite blanket, and prepare for what will be the highlight of your Christmas. we're so sorry if that is actually true. Joining us for this festive treat are host Bex, podcast regulars Greg Ashton and Harry Bailey and our guest this week Hilary Stephenson, Founder MD of Sigma.   Things we talked about: 51% of adults over 75 live alone and 6% leave the house once per week or less but research by Lancaster uni says technology can help: https://theconversation.com/how-an-app-can-help-fight-loneliness-in-old-people-at-christmas-108443   Our favourite Christmas campaigns (a few included below): https://lightful.com/blog/social-media/charity-christmas-campaigns-2018/   Solidarity forever...another day another workers group, will 2019 be the year of the next gen unions?: https://news.sky.com/story/video-games-workers-create-union-to-demand-rights-11581699   Or is 2019 the year of ethics washi

This is the final episode in a special series in partnership with The Federation, exploring ethics in tech. In this episode, we talk about 'Functional Sovereignty' with Frank Pasquale. He talks to us about the concepts in his book The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms Behind Money & Information   About Frank: Frank Pasquale's scholarship and public speaking translates complex law and policy into accessible writing and presentations. His research agenda focuses on challenges posed to information law by rapidly changing technology. He is presently researching a book on automation and the professions. Frank has testified before the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives, appearing with the General Counsels of Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. He has also presented before a Department of Health & Human Services/Federal Trade Commission Roundtable (on personal health records) and panels of the National Academy of Sciences (on ubiquitous sensor networks and the IoT). Frank has been a V

This week find drama, intrigue, mystery and stolen data as the gang delve into what’s going on with Amazon’s HQ, take a look at the folks who have collaborated on a new Charity Digital Code of Practise and find out why Facebook are mad about their data being stolen...lolz. Joining host Fay Schofield are Greg Ashton, Harry Bailey and Producer Paul.   Things we mentioned: Stat of the week Amazon HQ hustle - 6.4 miles https://www.recode.net/2018/11/9/18077342/amazon-hq2-headquarters-jeff-bezos-dc-ny-virginia-long-island-kara-swisher-scott-galloway https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/14/amazon_hq2/ http://fortune.com/2018/11/21/amazon-new-headquarters-long-island-city-crystal-tech-jobs-half/   Charity news of the week Charity digital code of practice: https://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2018/11/15/charity-digital-code-of-practice-launches/ Assessment “tool”: https://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2018/11/16/digital-code-of-practice-assessment-tool-launches/ Digital skills for trustees: https://ww

The team break free from our Manchester studio and head down south to the glorious Bath Digital Festival. Regulars @rebeccawho and @jonnyraeevans are joined by Dr Katarzyna (Kathy) Stawarz - Research Associate at University of Bristol and Jessica Lascar - Product Designer at Monzo. We talk about design ethics and where ethical responsibility should lie when building digital products. That’s not all! Designing with friction, privacy and the flaws in gamification as all feature in this jam-packed episode.   Thanks to the magnificent PR Agency One who try to make sense of this mess, and thanks to Bath Digital Festival for having us.   Special thanks to @geekytom for the theme tune   Get in touch:Twitter: @techforgoodliveInstagram: techforgoodliveEmail: hello@techforgood.live

This podcast is a three part series about the Circular Economy we worked on with our friends at Dsposal. It’s part of The Disruptive Innovation Festival 2018. Is The Circular Economy a model that can save us from planetary crisis or just a nice idea that will never work? In this episode we consider Space Age thinking. Which is great - because we love space. We hear that a Blade-Runner-esq future might be on the horizon - and that might not be too bad. Also, and more importantly, we explore the unintended consequences of the Circular Economy. -------------- This podcast wouldn’t exist without Tom Passmore and Sophie Walker from Dsposal. Music has been graciously provided by George Fell. Podcast.co make all of this possible thanks to the shiny podcast studio they provide. Thanks to the Disruptive Innovation Festival. I’ve been, and will continue to be, Rebecca Rae-Evans. Thanks also to Paul Jakubowski and Jonny Rae-Evans from the Tech for Good Live team.   You can find a full transcript of this episode on 

This podcast is a three part series about the Circular Economy we worked on with our friends at Dsposal. It’s part of The Disruptive Innovation Festival 2018. Is The Circular Economy a model that can save us from planetary crisis or just a nice idea that will never work? In this episode we look at the real world examples from some of the UKs biggest retailers. We also find out that Apple have a robot called Daisy that can rip mobile phones apart. But in a good way apparently...     This podcast wouldn’t exist without Tom Passmore and Sophie Walker from Dsposal. Music has been graciously provided by George Fell. Podcast.co make all of this possible thanks to the shiny podcast studio they provide. Thanks to the Disruptive Innovation Festival. I’ve been, and will continue to be, Rebecca Rae-Evans. Thanks also to Paul Jakubowski and Jonny Rae-Evans from the Tech for Good Live team.   You can find a full transcript of this episode on techforgood.live

This podcast is a three part series about the Circular Economy we worked on with our friends at Dsposal. It’s part of The Disruptive Innovation Festival 2018. Is The Circular Economy a model that can save us from planetary crisis or just a nice idea that will never work?   This podcast wouldn’t exist without Tom Passmore and Sophie Walker from Dsposal. Music has been graciously provided by George Fell. Podcast.co make all of this possible thanks to the shiny podcast studio they provide. Thanks to the Disruptive Innovation Festival. I’ve been, and will continue to be, Rebecca Rae-Evans. Thanks also to Paul Jakubowski and Jonny Rae-Evans from the Tech for Good Live team. You can find a full transcript of this episode on techforgood.live

Ben White is in the presenting hotseat this week, welcoming Tash Willcocks from Hyper Island to discuss some of the latest goings-on across the Tech For Good scene. They're joined by the Big Lottery Fund's Jonny Rae-Evans, The Brooke's Fay Schofield and Tom Passmore from our favourite waste crime combatants Dsposal (everyone has a favourite waste crime combatant, right!?)   Things we mentioned: Can a limit of 30 minutes per day of social media reduce feelings of loneliness and depression? https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/09/limiting-social-media-use-reduced-loneliness-and-depression-in-new-experiment/   Whistleblower app fights forced evictions in Kenya: https://thenextweb.com/syndication/2018/11/08/new-whisteblower-app-fights-forced-evictions-in-kenya/   Staff being microchipped: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/11/alarm-over-talks-to-implant-uk-employees-with-microchips   Quick Update to last week’s reporting on the Google Walkout… Google respond: https://www.blog.google/inside-goo

This week the gang (@rebeccawho, @harrybailey, @jonnyraeevans and @paul_yakabowski) bang their heads against the cushioned walls of the studio as they talk about sexual harassment in big tech. Turns out that if sexual harassment is your business, then - annoyingly - business is booming. In honour of Anti-Bullying Week, we discuss the rise of cyberbullying it’s grim effects on society. And that’s not all! It wouldn’t be right if we didn’t throw all kinds of shade at Facebook and their new advertising policy in the run up to the US midterms. We also talk about robots, because, why not?   Things we mentioned: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/technology/sexual-harassment-google.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46054202 https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/04/google-uber-harassment-transgender/ https://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2018/11/05/anti-bullying-week-to-focus-on-cyberbullying/ https://news.vice.com/amp/en_ca/article/xw9n3q/we-posed-as-100-senators-to-run-ads-on-facebook-facebook-approved

This weeks wonderful guest is Eriol Fox, designer at Ushahidi, joining us to discuss knife crime, how this years Budget is tackling the big tech giants and swearing at Piers Morgan (the colossal t*sser) in the name of charity.   Things we mentioned: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46027265 http://www.barnardos.org.uk/news/Children_excluded_from_school_are_at_risk_of_knife_crime/latest-news.htm?ref=130695 https://twitter.com/Channel4/status/1055748086159605761 https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/29/uk_budget_2018_tax/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/maxinemackintosh/2018/10/28/uk-announces-its-vision-for-nhs-technology-and-its-not-sexy/#3fcc1e38178b https://technation.io/news/it-pays-to-be-diverse-in-uk-tech/ https://danhett.itch.io/sorry   Thanks to the magnificent PR Agency One who try to make sense of this mess. Also, thanks to podcast.co for hosting us in a beautiful mirrored studio. Which you can’t see. But it is pretty.   Special thanks to @geekytom for the theme tune Get in touch:Twitter: @te

The wonderful Harry Bailey stepped into Gregs shoes this week to give us our running order using his patented* Tech For Goodness rating system!   Things we mentioned: Contactless topples Chip & Pin as UK's top payment choice [Link] #WeAreNotForSale - Stand in solidarity with victims of modern slavery [Link] Charity Fraud Awareness Week [Link] Google and Harvard team up to use deep learning to predict earthquake aftershocks [Link] Dramatic slowdown in global growth of internet access [Link] Based on “US driverless cars unsafe as they can’t spot iconic British vehicles like the Routemaster bus and Hackney cab, experts warn” [Link] Panasonic's human blinkers help people concentrate in open-plan offices [Link] Dancing Boston Dynamics Dog [Link]   *it's not a real thing   Thanks to the magnificent PR Agency One who try to make sense of this mess. Also, thanks to podcast.co for hosting us in a beautiful mirrored studio. Which you can’t see. But it is pretty.   Special thanks to @geekytom for the

The gloves are off this week, as the gang are joined by Leanne Griffin, service designer with Cancer Research UK to take on the usual contenders Facebook and Amazon but there is a surprise challenge from WordPress, whose upcoming Gutenberg update is coming under fire for its accessibility issues.   Things we mentioned: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/03/post-oxfam-charities-must-come-clean-on-how-donors-money-is-spent   https://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2018/10/11/workplace-introduces-new-features-for-charities/   https://rianrietveld.com/2018/10/09/i-have-resigned-the-wordpress-accessibility-team/   https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/10/amazon-hiring-ai-gender-bias-recruiting-engine   Thanks to the magnificent PR Agency One who try to make sense of this mess. Also, thanks to podcast.co for hosting us in a beautiful mirrored studio. Which you can’t see. But it is pretty.   Special thanks to @geekytom for the theme tune Get in touch:Twitter: @techforgoodliveInstagram:

This week the gang are joined by Simon Wilson from DWP Digital. We talk about building inclusive services. We pick our favourites amongst the D&AD Impact pencil winners and get into a heated discussion about the misuse of the word Impact. Can misguided tech decisions shape catastrophic national policies? Is there space in the world for an Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Impact award and what does David Slaughter think about robot farmers? You know, just a typical week of nonsense on the Tech for Good Live podcast. Thanks to the magnificent PR Agency One who try to make sense of this mess. Also, thanks to podcast.co for hosting us in a beautiful mirrored studio. Which you can’t see. But it is pretty.   Things we mentioned: https://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2018/10/04/social-media-push-highlights-shopping-challenges-for-autistic-people/   https://www.dandadimpact.com/winners/2018   https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/9/26/17902262/border-family-separation-policy-reunification-software   https

No Bex or guest this week so the gang run rampant...well, they get slightly giddy, not sure they can manage full on rampant. This week is on people donating via SMS and how they just made up the numbers last year. They also take an early look at the big charity campaigns of the year, the always entertaining Elon Musk, before discussing those old white folks who are planning to “save the internet”.   Things mentioned:   https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/donations-text-expected-rise-34-next-year/fundraising/article/1494211 https://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2018/09/28/the-best-uk-charity-digital-campaigns-of-the-year/ https://twitter.com/verge/status/1046150132297854976?s=19 www.inrupt.com https://mashable.com/article/google-text-adventure-game-easter-egg/?europe=true   Thanks to The Federation in partnership with The Omidyar Network and the Co-op Foundation also thank you to the wonderful podcast.co.   Special thanks to @geekytom for the theme tune   Get in touch:Twitter: @techforgoodliveInstagram

Bex and her Tech For Good Live pals Harry and Sasha are joined by the wonderful Chelsea Slater from Liverpool Girl Geeks and InnovateHer, to talk about the gender pay gap and question Jeff Bezos' motives, our Greg would be proud.   Things we mentioned:   Stat of the week Only 30% of brits know what the gender pay gap is https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/14/only-30-of-brits-know-what-the-gender-pay-gap-is-but-do-you-7946174/   Charity news of the week Charities, it seems, aren’t down with the kids: https://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2018/09/21/charity-retailers-failing-to-connect-online-with-generation-z/ Prototyping park projects https://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/prototyping-projects-parks/ Student Union platform helps societies get sponsorship http://www.businesscloud.co.uk/news/tech-for-good-platform-helps-student-unions-bag-funds Tech news of the week Has Jeff Bezos done something which isn’t Bond-villain-level-monstrous? https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/13/17855358/jeff-bezos-day-one-fund-nonprofit

This is the fifth in a special series in partnership with The Federation, exploring ethics in tech. In this episode, we talk about 'Toxic Tech' with Sara Wachter-Boettcher. She talks to us about the concepts in her book Technically Wrong, Sexist apps, biased algorithms and other threats of toxic tech. Buying groceries, tracking our health, finding a date: whatever we want to do odds are we can do online but how often do we question the design of these products and experiences? Many of the services we rely on are full of oversights, biases, and downright ethical nightmares. Chatbots that harass women, sign up forms that fail anyone who’s not straight. Social media sites that send peppy messages about dead relatives. Algorithms that put more black people behind bars. The algorithms Facebook and other tech companies use to boost engagement – and increase profits – have led to spectacular failures of sensitivity and worse. How can we fight back? Sara is a Philadelphia-based web consultant and the author of t

Three really is the magic number this week with the three amigos taking the reigns as they discuss another thinly veiled attempt to sell stuff disguised as a report, a fantastic new ad campaign from Channel 4 on hate speech and mental health chatbot that’s been getting some great reviews from its users. The three musketeers also took some time to discuss the ethical conundrum of whether to carry out an ocean clean up job if it runs the risk of causing harm to the marine life. This is all before Greg yet again uses the pod to talk about stuff he’s been up to, this time Spider-Man. He has no-one else to talk about this with so we let him off.   Things we mentioned:   Stat of the week: https://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2018/09/08/new-digital-trends-for-charities-revealed/   Charity news of the week: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45439563 https://twitter.com/Channel4/status/1038158715101298694?s=19 http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/nationwide-maltesers-mccain-confront-online-ab

The whole gang's back together again, not sure we’ve had them on the same pod since perms were in fashion. They’re also joined by new Tech for Good Live volunteer Amelia who thought she was just coming to chat about helping out and got roped into coming on the pod. Amelia is a cyber security specialist with an interest in GDPR and had no idea what she was letting herself in for. This week the team discuss the joys of distance working, YouTube’s new fundraising tools, ‘YouTube Giving’, and the GDS design system. For the first time EVER the rant of the week is courtesy of a letter from a listener who is a little disappointed in Hip-Hop star GZA. His new project on Netflix, to make science interesting to a younger generation, raises the question, should unqualified people with influence be speaking on important topics? Find out as this group of unqualified people discuss...don’t worry, they have no influence.   Things we mentioned: Stat of the week: 62% of distance workers say they feel connected to their o