Tech For Good Live

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live Podcast! We’re still experimenting with our new podcast format (thanks for being our guinea pigs, listeners!) where we take a deep dive on a topic with our guest.  In this episode we’re joined by Westlake, one of the founders and creative director of Flannel & Blade and we are discussing the ‘neo-luddites’, a new wave of teens that seem to be turning their backs on their smartphones. We also take a quick look at some technology that is being used for good (for once!) with the Be My Eyes app. Fay Schofield is your host and she is joined by Greg Ashton and Producer Paul. Luddite Teens: ‘Luddite’ Teens Don’t Want Your Likes - When the only thing better than a flip phone is no phone at all. - New York Times What is ‘neo-luddism’, the rejection of modern technology? . The Star (not that one)  Apps doing good: Be My Eyes  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast! This is our third episode of 2023 and we’re a wee bit excited. If you’re new here, we get together about tech for good, tech for bad and everything in between! In this episode we are talking about the future of social media and AI generated art. Fay Schofield is your host and she is joined by Greg Ashton and Producer Paul. Our guest to discuss this week's topics is Westlake. Storyteller, editor, cultural producer and network weaver with twenty years communications experience. Founder of the creative collective - Flannel & Blade. Born in Blighty, living in NYC. This weeks stories: Co-founders of Instagram think they've found the future of social media. And it's not video. The issues with Twitter seem to have energised new innovation in social media, could this be the start of a new era? Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text - The Verge  Picking up on a topic we touched on a few weeks ago, AI generated "art". Ther

Welcome to the Tech for Good Live Podcast, where, yep you guessed it, we talk about how tech can be used for social good. But also how the bad stuff just keeps getting in the way.  Joining host Bex is producer Paul, Greg Ashton and Tom Passmore. In this episode, we are having a chat with our special guest Alex Nelson, Principal Designer at Hala Systems, who develops cutting edge humanitarian technology for conflict zones, like early warning systems for hospitals and schools in Syria to allow them to evacuate during bombings.  We find out more about the challenges he faces in that role, there’s a plea for tech and design companies to do more to support right to left text and Arabic in their tools, and we hear his thoughts on the tech world at the moment. ---------------------------- 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 p

Welcome to the Tech for Good Live podcast. We’re back after a surprise full season break,  and raring to go trying out a whole new podcast format, discussing the good, the bad and the ugly side of tech. We are talking about how AI might help cheating in exams, but also might help with mental health diagnosis. Sounds like a win win. And we return to our usual segment  “What’s Elon done now!?” Joining host Bex is producer Paul, Greg Ashton and Tom Passmore. Our special guest is Alex Nelson, Principal Designer at Hala Systems, who develops cutting edge humanitarian technology for conflict zones, like early warning systems for hospitals and schools in Syria to allow them to evacuate during bombings. Good story of the week: AI is having a wild ride right now, excitement over ChatGPT turned to fear of cheating in exams and other misuse and back to exciting new uses for these AI tools including mental health diagnosis: Listening For Illness: Your Voice May Soon Help Detect Health Problems - Worldcrunch  Kin

Hello, hello, hello and welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast!  In this bumper episode we are talking about home blood pressure monitoring, the fact that charity staff are paid less than other sectors, Google’s impact on democracy, and partying - Finnish style. Host Fay Schofield is joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Harry Bailey. Our special guest for this episode is Dr Anas Nader - Anas is an A&E doctor whose experience of burnout inspired a health tech initiative, Patchwork Health, which is helping to make NHS careers more sustainable and solve the current staffing crisis This episode was recorded August 24th 2022. Stat of the week  New study finds at home blood pressure monitoring using an app don't make the process any better Apps don’t make at-home blood pressure monitoring better - The Verge  ORCHA Charity news of the week Charity staff paid 7% less than other sectors - UK Fundraising  Tech news of the week Incremental changes to the way Go

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast! If you're new here, this is a show where we gather together to discuss tech being for good, but most likely tech being used for EVIL *manic laugh*.  In this episode we're chatting about a generous (edit: former) CEO, a recruitment crisis in the care sector and iRobot (not the crappy Will Smith film). Host Bex is joined by TFGL pod regular Greg Ashton and Producer Paul. Our guest for this episode is Ume Pandya. Ume is the Design & Product Director at HealthLumen. He is also a Venture Partner at the impact investor Bethnal Green Ventures. This episode was recorded on August 16th 2022 Stat of the week  CEO Dan Price from Gravity Payments paid his staff £66k as standard and is calling for other companies to do the same: CEO who pays staff $80K minimum wage calls for companies to pay a fair wage - LadBible UPDATE:  Dan Price, CEO who cut his pay so workers made at least $70,000, resigns - Washington Post Charity news of the week C

Hello listeners and welcome to yet another episode of the tech for good live podcast. This time we are talking about esports, new charity related domains, and we’ll be answering the question, “is web3 dying?” because it’s a 45 minute show and we can definitely wrap that up in a 10 minute segment. Host Bex is joined by TFGL regular Greg Ashton. Our special guest for this episode is Craig Steele from Digital Skills Education If you know a young gamer inspired by esports - they can get Craigs book “Ultimate Gamer: Career Mode - Everything You Need To Be A Gaming Industry Pro” and learn about all the creative and technical jobs in the gaming industry. It’s available wherever books are sold, and in libraries across the country. This episode was recorded on August 9th 2022 Stat of the week  The Commonwealth Games hosted an esports pilot event. Data from the Commonwealth Games Federation suggests that 16-24-year-olds are more likely to watch esports tournaments (32%) than traditional sports tournaments (

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Tech for Good Live podcast, a podcast for the curious minds out there who are intrigued by the prospects of using technology for people and planet. More often than not it’s a space for us to come together weekly to discuss what’s going on in the tech and civil society world. In this episode we discuss the stagnation of the UK economy and a startup hoping to disrupt the VC experience. Host Dama Sathianathan is joined by TFGL podcast regular Greg Ashton. Our special guest for this episode is Louise Marston from Resolution Ventures, the venture arm of the Resolution Foundation. Stat of the week  The Resolution Foundation delivered their interim Economy 2030 report. Stagnation Nation - The interim report of The Economy 2030 Inquiry Charity news of the week The next wave of dormant assets will unlock around £740m worth of new funding for England.  Matt Leach and Seb Elsworth: Dormant assets distribution – two complementary approaches - Civil Society The Princ

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast! If you’re new here, this is a podcast all about using technology to have a positive impact. If you’ve listened to us before, thanks for sticking around while we normally have a good old whinge. In this episode we’re going to be chatting about the fact that women live longer, digital skills in the charity sector and Eurovision, of course.. Host Fay Schofield is joined by TFGL team member Dama Sathianathan. Our special guest for this episode is Ivy Cavendish, Co-founder and CEO of The Science Writing Revolution. This episode was recorded on July 28th 2022 Stat of the week  Women live longer than men on average but spend about a quarter of their lives in poor health, compared with a fifth for men. New women’s health strategy for England aims to end decades of inequality - The Guardian  First Women's Health Strategy for England to tackle gender health gap - Gov.uk  Charity news of the week The annual charity digital skills report

Hello and welcome back to the hottest pod on record. The Tech for Good Live Podcast. With the entire planet ablaze, some of the volunteers here at Tech for Good Live have decided to spend another hour in front of screens to talk about all the key topics going down this week. And what a blistering show we have lined up for you.  We talk about my Tom’s favourite subject - waste and recycling! What a treat. We hear about the roasting that International aid organisations took from the University of Oxford. And is Meta going to bask in the glow of appreciation for its first annual human rights report? Hold onto your earbuds everybody - this one is going to be a scorcher!!! The heat affected podcast record left us with a skeleton crew of Tom Passmore on hosting duties, joined by fellow TFGL team member Greg Ashton. Stat of the week  The big plastic count results are in and the shocking results suggest that the UK’s homes produce 96.6 billion pieces of plastic packaging waste a year, with only 12% being recy

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. What a week – there’s a heatwave afoot, mountains of ice cream are being consumed and we’ve all become starry-eyed by the photos coming back from the James Webb telescope. We also have an action packed episode for you! This week we are talking about an AI translation project from Facebook, the cost of living crisis, Uber being shady and much more. Host Fay Schofield is joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski. Our special guest for this episode is Sam Wheeler, Director, co-owner and ‘Admiral of Ops’ at tech for good app development and web design company, Big Lemon. Stat of the week  Facebook open sources their AI universal translation project of over 200 languages including what are known as "low-resourced languages": Meta open sources early-stage AI translation tool that works across 200 languages - The Verge  Charity news of the week New NPC report warns funders of the impact of the cost of living crisis and calls for them to a

Welcome 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. Most of the time though we’re just whining about Amazon being the absolute worst. In this episode we are talking about digital poverty and the massive impact it has on society. An open letter has been sent to the Charity Commission and is calling on the regulator to act now to close the gap on diversity data at the senior management and board level in the sector. We explore that a little bit. AND… After the supreme court in the US stripped women of their basic human rights by overturning Roe Vs Wade, tech companies are trying to respond. An update by Google will automatically flag and delete any visits to abortion clinics from a user’s location history.  Joining host Bex are TFGL team members Fay Schofield and Tom Passmore Our special guest for this episode is Rebs Curtis-Moss. Rebs is an Interim Social Media Manager at Shelter. Shelters Renters' Reform Bill cam

Hello and welcome to the Tech for Good Live Podcast. If you’re new here, it’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive impact on people and planet. But more often than not it’s a place for mates to come together and rant about the state of the world, and damn do we have lots to rant about.  This week we cover public perceptions of transgender folk, controversial funding announcements and of course we talk about the what’s going on in the US - where firearms apparently have more rights than people who menstruate. Dama Sathianathan is on hosting duties and she is joined by fellow TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski Our special guest for this episode is Pete Beckett,Tech startup founder at Ethiot.  Stat of the week  New report from the 'More in common' think tank find only 2 percent think ‘the debate about transgender people’ is one of the most important issues facing the country. With most preferring a 'live and let live' approach:  Britons and Gender Identity - More in Comm

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast! This week we’re recording on the eve of the UK’s Jubilee bank holiday, the country is drowning in bunting, the Queen’s face is being projected and everyone is madly trying to fit 5 days worth of work into 3. What a time to be alive.  Thankfully, we’re not going to be spending this podcast talking about the royal family, and instead we’re diving in the world of tech for good… and probably bad.  We’re having a chat about small businesses, love island, coffins and Meta.  Hosting this week is Fay Schofield, and she’s joined by Dama Sathianathan. Our special guest for this episode is Kristen Robinson, Head of Advocacy at Open Contracting Partnership.  Check out their 10 point plan to fix the UK's draft procurement bill. Stat of the week  According to the latest figures, public sector spending with small businesses rose to £19.3 billion in 2021/22, which accounts for 26.9% of government spending: British Government’s plans for procurement overhaul post-Brexi

Welcome to the Tech for Good Live podcast! In case you’re new here, come on in and take a seat, if you’re an old hat - thanks for sticking around. This podcast is all about discussing how we use technology for social good, and how more often than not it ends up being used for evil. In this episode we’re chatting about parents giving their kids career advice, fake social media accounts and The Handmaid’s Tale. Lots of cheery stuff then. Hosting this week is Fay Schofield, and she’s joined by fellow Tech For Good Live team member Greg Ashton. Our special guest this week is Alice Thwaite. Founder of Hattusia, a tech ethics campus, community and consultancy. Discussed in this episode: Stat of the week  More than 75% of parents felt that giving relevant career advice to their children was almost impossible in such a fast-changing jobs market ‘How is that a real job?’ Parents struggle to keep up with children’s career options - The Guardian  Charity news of the week Raleigh international announced it

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast where we talk about technology for good, live. In this episode we talk about bias, privilege, and how rhetoric can take hold of our beliefs even when they can be clearly proven wrong. I know that is a shocker for everyone. And that’s why you listen to this podcast. We also discuss exciting developments in the virtual reality space and how it is being applied to medical science.  Hera Hussain is our host and she is joined by fellow TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski Our special guest this week is Graeme Heyes, researcher in sustainable design innovation and facilitator of sustainable design sprints with a PhD in sustainable business model design and environmental management.  Stat of the week  People from societally advantaged groups think equality-promoting policies will affect them negatively, even if they would actually benefit Privileged people misjudge effects of pro-equality policies on them - New Scientist 1 in 3 U.S. adults belie

Hello and welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. It’s a podcast all about using technology to have a good social impact.  This week we are talking about privacy and how the tech world is shaping the age-old fight for reproductive rights in one of the world’s richest and most powerful nations. And it’s not just about one country, but how it’s a problem for all of us - everywhere. We also talk about what period-tracking apps are tracking, and if and who and what they’re selling about us. But it’s not all grim. We’ve also found the strangest brand collaboration. It’s really bizarre. Hera Hussain is on hosting duties and she is joined by fellow TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski. Our special guest this week is Kathryn Kosmides, joining us from New York. She’s the founder of Garbo, a new kind of online background check. Discussed in this episode: Stat of the week  It costs just over $160 to get a week’s worth of data on where people who visited Planned Parenthood came from, an

Hello and welcome back to yet another episode of the tech for good live podcast. It’s a podcast where a bunch of mates get together and talk about using technology to have a positive impact on people and planet.  In this week's show we talk about e-scooters. Are they an illegal form of transport meeting an unmet need in society, or are they the one thing even more embarrassing than running a podcast about tech for good? In a shocking turn of events, Amazon continues to be what we’ve come to expect of Amazon and workers rights. What next you ask? They’re apparently hiding workplace injury figures by getting staff to work "light duties" for nonprofits. And some boffins have realized that video calls can curb creativity. Joining host Dama Sathianathan we have TFGL team members Bex Rae-Evans, Greg Ashton and Producer Paul. Our special guest this week is Max Wilson, founder of Spokesafe, who provide cyclists, couriers, delivery drivers, scooter riders and everyone in between with access to a network of sec

Welcome to another episode of the tech for good live podcast, a podcast all about tech being used for social good. Or more likely, tech being used for social bad and how that makes us all really sad.  We are pleased to say that we’ve not been bought by Elon Musk. But Twitter has, we talk about that, it would be weird not to, right? We also discuss VPN’s, Facebook, harassment and other fun. Bex is back in the hosting seat and is joined by TFGL regular Greg Ashton and Producer Paul. Our special guest this week is Amanda Manyame, Digital Law and Rights Consultant at Equality Now. Amanda advises and conducts research on digital laws, policies, human rights and anticipates the legal risks and harms associated with technological innovation. Links from this episode: Stat of the week  8/14 of the top VPNs include trackers How Private Is My VPN? - The Markup  Charity news of the week White co-founder of No White Saviours accused of misuse of funds and harassment of her black co-founder - Twitter / @lovet

Welcome to another episode of Tech for Good Live, a podcast all about using technology to drive positive outcomes for people and planet. But more often than not, highlighting the many ways tech is causing havoc in our daily lives. If you're a long time listener, you’ll know that we’re quite a cynical bunch, but when we do hear stories of tech used to drive positive impact in the world, we’re all the more ecstatic and can’t wait to tell you more about them.  This week we are talking about rampant inequality and its effects on people’s happiness, a new social media platform designed to stop you from doom scrolling (hurrah!), and the metaverse coming for your soul. Dama Sathianathan is on hosting duties and is joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski. Our special guest this week is Kathryn Dingle, Digital Product Manager at NPC, an organisation helping charities, funders and policy makers to maximise social impact. She is also a volunteer Co-Director for IC Change UK, a campaign to cr