Tech For Good Live

Welcome to another episode of “Making Friends With…” - a special series where the Tech for Good Live team sit down for an in-depth interview with someone who is doing exceptional work in the tech industry. This time, Ben White and Fay Schofield from the TFGL team are chatting with Victoria Tran. Victoria is the Community Director at InnerSloth, producers of the wildly popular game Among Us. She is also co-organizer for Game & Colour. Links Deconstructing Among Us’ Twitter Strategy AOC played Among Us and achieved what most politicians fail at: acting normal Charm your communities We hope you enjoy the episode. Please drop us a review on iTunes, and if you’d like to hear more interviews and conversations like this, let us know who you’d recommend we interview. Send thoughts, suggestions and feedback on Twitter @techforgoodlive.

Welcome to another episode of the  Tech For Good Live podcast. We’re officially in March 2021. The main difference between March 2020 and March 2021 is… well… the spelling.  Here in Britain though, March means it’s time to fill up the paddling pool and get the BBQ going, all because it’s a whopping 10ºC In this episode we are discussing social media a whole lot! Facebook has finally reached a lawsuit settlement after 6 years. Will we be “super following” each other on Twitter soon? And are we all suffering from “Zoom fatigue”? Host Bex is joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Kristiana Zunde  Our special guest this week is Emily Casson. Emily is a multi-award-winning fundraiser, digital expert, and speaker. She is currently Digital Marketing Manager at Cats Protection and was named one of Fundraising Magazine’s Top 25 fundraisers under 35 in 2018. This week’s topics: Stat of the week Facebook privacy lawsuit over facial recognition becomes one of the biggest settlements ever leading to $650 m

Welcome to a new episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. Another space rover has landed safely on Mars. But we're still stuck on Earth trying to figure out how to use the mute button on Zoom. On this week’s episode we’re talking about the big existential questions in tech today. Should Artificial Intelligence be used to read our emotions? Can the law keep up with the ever-growing gig economy? Are we all destined to end up as space dust on a barren, rocky planet someday? Ankur Asthana is on hosting duties this week, and he’s joined by Greg Ashton and Marium Navid. This week’s topics: Stat of the week Can AI tell a person's emotions through their expression? Not likely, as people make the expected facial expression to match their emotional state only 20% to 30% of the time - OneZero/Medium Charity news of the week Ocasio-Cortez raises $5 million in under a week for Texas relief - CNN Tech news of the week A clash of culture? UK law says no to the "gig economy" And finally…  Pichu charges yo

Hello and welcome to those who have both read, and understood, the standing orders. We're back with another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. We are “Team Jackie Weaver” and Bex will stand for no nonsense on this episode. This week we’re talking about a more inclusive census. A sincere move or a tokenistic gesture? We discuss cancer charities teaming up to collaborate. We love to see it! And Oliver Dowden is apparently pressuring charities to protect “British culture”. Our social distanced eyeballs are rolling.  Joining host Bex this week we have TFGLs Greg Ashton and Tom Passmore Our special guest is Jodie Ginsberg. Jodie is CEO of Internews Europe. An international non-profit organization that helps provide people worldwide with the trustworthy, high-quality news and information that they need to make informed decisions, participate in their communities, and hold power to account. This week’s topics: Stat of the week Gender question to be updated on the next census - BBC News Charity

Hello friends and enemies, welcome to a new episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. We’re talking about trees, NCVO's horrendous bullying problem and a new project to help the homeless in Manchester. Is there genuine intent there, or just another PR stunt. Joining host Bex, we have TFGL's Greg Ashton and Sam Milsom. Our special guest is Katy Preen. Katy is a reporter for The Meteor, an independent media co-operative for Manchester. This weeks topics: Stat of the week How many trees in Manchester City Centre, inside the inner ring road, are protected by Tree Preservation Orders? Charity news of the week Update on last week's story - Bullying and harassment took place ‘with impunity’ at all levels of the NCVO, report concludes - Third Sector New project to help Manchester's homeless. Is this promising new approach or a flashy stunt - MEN Tech news of the week It might be the most popular but apparently Google isn't the best search engine - The Guardian ---------------------------- Listene

It's finally February. The longest January in existence is finally over! Hope is on the horizon… that was until a rodent in Pennsylvania called Punxsutawney Phil predicted earlier today that we're in for another six weeks of chilly winter. Cheers Phil. That's right folks, it's Groundhog Day.  Fay Schofield is hosting today, she’s joined by TFGL’s Greg Ashton and Ben White. Our special guest this week is Kirsty Marrins. Kirsty is a digital communications consultant who's been working in the charity sector for over a decade, a writer for Third Sector and a Charity Comms Trustee. This week’s topics Stat of the week: More than just a meme, Bernie Sanders mittens raise $1.8m for charity - AP Charity news of the week: Karl Wilding steps down after 18 months as chief exec of NCVO - Third Sector Tech news of the week: The "free" in free market is put to the test as technology opens the door to investing for the general public - BBC News Robin Hood Society had a weird week - Rolling Stone And f

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live Podcast. As always, there’s been tons going on in the world of tech since we last got angry about people taking tech and doing bad things, so we have plenty to discuss. Harry Bailey takes on the hosting duties this week. He is joined by Ankur Asthana and our special guest Phyllida Swift, CEO of Face Equality International. This week’s topics Stat of the week:  WhatsApp loses millions of users after terms update - The Guardian Charity news of the week:  London Marathon announced an overhaul of their controversial bond system - Third Sector Tech news of the week:  Twitter announced the launch of a new pilot program called “Birdwatch” in the US to theoretically fight misinformation on their platform. Guardian | TechCrunch Rant of the week:  Eye opening and terrifying piece in the Guardian this week about the frequency with which rightwing users are getting bombarded with ads for combat gear on Facebook. And finally…  Flaming L

Hello lonely and bored people, welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast! We’re talking about some shocking stories. The Washington Post reports that if you kick liars off twitter, then there is less lying on Twitter. There’s some stats to back up this unbelievable statement. We’ve a Third Sector News report that politicians are having some major beef with campaigners and activists. Again, very new information. There’s also talk of a sweetheart deal between Facebook and Google. This is mostly surprising because Zuckerberg is a lifeless robot; he doesn't have the capability to recognise when something is sweet, nor understand what a heart is.  Who knows, maybe one day Zuckerberg will encounter his own Dorothy Gale. She’ll have a little Toto with her, she’ll be wearing ruby slippers, there will be singing and dancing, and then she’ll throw water on Zuckerburg and we’ll all finally be free of this nightmare. Joining host Bex, we have Greg Ashton and Tom Passmore from the TFGL team, and our special gues

A lot has happened this week. Jonny made some delicious white chocolate and cranberry cookies and went on a wintery hike in the hills. Trump got banned from Twitter, and everywhere else, oh – and there was a deadly attempted coup in the United States. Yep. It’s been a week. Technology and the role it plays in society has perhaps never been under more scrutiny than it is now. We’ve been banging on about Tech for Good for years on this podcast, and as you know, regularly drift into discussing the dangers of technology. How close did technology come to bringing down a republic that has stood for 243 years? Let’s find out in this special ‘WTF America?’ special! Joining host Jonny Rae-Evans, we have Greg Ashton, Fay Schofield and Ankur Asthana. Discussed in the show:  Stat of the week 13 face criminal charges with another 40 facing lesser charges following the assault on the capitol - Metro This is tech news because they're being identified using the images they shared on social media - BBC News Chari

Happy New Year and welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast!  It is a brand new year filled – so far – with the same kind of awful as 2020. I guess a consistent level of horror is better than a rollercoaster of horror? In this episode, we’ll be talking about LGBTQ+ arrests in Egypt, an increase in donations to charities in the US, Google scraping the barrel of evil and finding out that it just keeps on giving and also a heartwarming story about a robot dog in an apocalyptic wasteland. Oh, and a new rant about partnerships in the tech for good sector. Host Bex is joined by fellow TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Ben White Our special guest this week is Human rights centred and humanitarian designer. Eriol Fox!  A multi-skilled designer with 9+ years of experience in the design industry across in-house roles, Eriol actively works to make tech and design more inclusive . Eriol also runs LGBTQIA+ in Tech in Bristol, is part of the leadership group of Tech for Good SW and helps run Fuse Jam. This w

Welcome back to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you listen carefully, you might just hear the sound of sleigh bells ringing. Why? Because it’s the Christmas episode of the podcast! Right now, across the world, parents carry out their most treasured Christmas tradition: sterilising the chimney and immediate areas around the Christmas tree. Remember, Santa is very, very old, and quite overweight so he’s in a high risk category. Protect him please. Keep your filthy diseased hands away from him. The Tech for Good Live team has grown over the last year, so there’s about a thousand of us on this podcast, and we’re going to look back to some of the highlights and low-lights of the last year. Think of it like Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe, but without the talent or audience. Joining host Bex  on this festive treat: Greg Ashton Jonny Rae-Evans Hera Hussain Ben White Fay Schofield Harry Bailey  Ankur Asthana & Marium Navid, Members of the team behind the creation of the Hold the

Welcome to another episode of “Making Friends With…” - a special series where the Tech for Good Live team sit down for an in-depth interview with someone who is doing exceptional work in the tech industry. In this episode, Sam Milsom is talking data and privacy with Anouk Ruhaak, a Mozilla Fellow working on data governance models & data trusts. You can find out more about Anouk at her website anoukruhaak.com and you can follow her on Twitter @anoukruhaak We hope you enjoy the episode. Please drop us a review on iTunes, and if you’d like to hear more interviews and conversations like this, let us know who you’d recommend we interview. Send thoughts, suggestions and feedback on Twitter @techforgoodlive.

On this week's show we’re talking about just how effective the labelling of former president – and future prison inmate – Donald Trump’s social media posts has become by Facebook and Twitter. We discuss MacOS privacy and look at a study on the mental health benefits of gaming. If there’s a comments section to that study though, I wouldn’t recommend looking at it. Regulars Bex and Greg are joined by special guest Maddie Stark from Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations and Digital for Good co-organiser. This show was recorded on 17th November 2020 This week’s topics: Stat of the week  Study proves the anecdotal assumption that trump tweets to distract from topics harmful to him - Sky News And labelling his posts only reduces shares by 8% in Facebook - Buzzfeed Charity news of the week The Catalyst service recipes Tech news of the week Apple and why bragging can be a dangerous advertising tactic. But also, how everyone should be handling these types of stories Apple Responds to ma

Welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. This time we’re talking about how fossil fuels just aren’t that hot any more. It’s all about them renewables, y’know. We discuss The Brooke charity’s use of 360 video, and we’re talking about a new, and fabulous, research study, courtesy of Manchester Metropolitan University. Bex is on hosting duties and is joined by TFGL team members Jonny Rae-Evans and Greg Ashton This week’s special guest is Dr Brendan Keegan, Digital Marketing Lecturer at MMU.   He’s on the pod to talk to us about the amazing funded PhD scholarship opportunity GOGREEN ROUTES  This show was recorded on 10th November 2020. Stat of the week:  Renewables employed three times as many people as fossil fuel during the trump years And yet they're going to pump more money into the industry following covid. Unless Biden can change that. Meanwhile the UK is one of the nation's to focus more on in renewables: Charity news of the week:  Brooke charity for horses, donkeys

Welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. Nothing can stop us. Not the pandemic, not the deep sense of shame we feel at the end of every episode, and not even that online petition that Bex's mum started. Nothing! In this show we're talking about volunteering! We're talking about free school meals! And – just to mix things up – we're talking about Facebook. Bex is on hosting duties and is joined by TFGL team members Jonny Rae-Evans and Greg Ashton Our special guest this week is Matt Williams, self declared Generalist and problem solver. Recorded on Oct 27 2020. Discussed on the show: Stat of the week 24 per cent of people living in ‘social cohesion investment areas’ had volunteered in the last month, compared to eight per cent elsewhere; they also reported feeling more optimistic, happier in their relationships and more positive about immigrants Charity news of the week Matt has done some brilliant working mapping the businesses that helped out with free school meals Tech

Welcome to the Tech for Good Live podcast! It’s a podcast all about technology being used for good. If you’d figured that out already… well… that’s what they call in the biz “good branding”. In this episode we’re talking about Facebook and democracy. We look at some COVID data which is apparently beautifully presented. That seems like the priority right now. AND we’re talking about the charity Reclaim having to go to war with an absolute arse. Bex is on hosting duties and is joined by TFGL team members Jonny Rae-Evans and Greg Ashton Topics discussed: Stat of the week Facebook working hard to stop obstructing voting in the US - The Guardian Amazing analysis of global covid data beautifully presented - FT Charity news of the week Laurence fox picks the wrong name for his new 'political' party - The Guardian Tech news of the week:  Can tech really live up to the hype when it comes to real science? - The Register And finally…  Lego. Dogs. Selfie’s. What more do you want?...maybe not selfies -

The US election is upon us, and since today’s already going to be a complete-nightmare from which we may never awake, we figured... what’s the harm in adding to the horror, by doing a live recording. In this election special we’ll be talking about political facebook adverts. We’ll be talking about bias accusations against social media. We’ll be talking about the Hold the Line – a guide to defending democracy. And we’ll be talking about hackers – not the movie – and online attacks during the campaign. Bex is on hosting duties and the bumper line up for this election special includes TFGL team members Jonny Rae-Evans, Fay Schofield and Greg Ashton And we have multiple guests with us! Marium and Ankur, Members of the team behind the creation of the Hold the Line Guide - a guide for everyday folks to take action to make sure the US election is free and fair. Stat of the week:  Biden campaign pays double for Facebook ads - The Markup And Facebook doesn’t follow its own rules for conservative content over

Welcome to another episode of “Making Friends With…” - a special series where the Tech for Good Live team sit down for an in-depth interview with someone who is doing exceptional work in the tech industry. In this episode, Fay Schofield is chatting with Hardy Merriman and Kifah Shah, members of the team behind Hold The Line, a guide to defending democracy. The guide is designed to help people from all walks of life take action to ensure that the US election is free and fair, and that the results are respected. The guide was put together by Hardy Merriman, Ankur Asthana, Marium Navid, and Kifah Shah, Researchers, organizers, and activists, who've seen how people-powered movements have protected freedom and democracy around the world. You can find out more about Hold The Line at holdthelineguide.com, and on Twitter @TheRedLineGuide. We hope you enjoy the episode. Please drop us a review on iTunes, and if you’d like to hear more interviews and conversations like this, let us know who you’d recommend we

Everything is on fire as local lockdowns are declared. Tech bros are being tech bros on Twitter again, and the US political system is dying in real time before our very eyes. So, not much has changed since March. Don’t despair though, because what better way to bring some joy and delight into your otherwise dreary day, than listen to us prattle on about Tech for Good. We’re talking data and WASTE. And not just any old waste. Waste that the UK is exporting to Malaysia. Never let them tell you that British exports are on the decline… Someone, finally, on the Tech for Good Live team, has become a bit respectable, so obviously we’ll be talking about that. Oh, and Google has finally taken some action against the Proud Boys Guest hosting this week is Sophie Walker. She’s joined by Tom Passmore and our special guest Edafe Onerhime. Edafe is an expert on effective use of data. She has over 20 years of experience working with data in business, for government and with non-profits.  This week’s topics: Stat

It's October so it's officially the start of spooky season. All of the folks on the podcast today are based in the US so it's been the countdown to Halloween for us since April. Gotta love that American capitalism. But scary definitely is the theme of this week's podcast as we'll be discussing the rise of anti masker groups on Facebook, the battle of misinformation and bears. Joining special guest host Fay Schofield on the podcast today we have not one. Not two. Not three. But FOUR guests. We have: Alex "Hocus Pocus" Hudson Angela "Vampire" Velarde Maggie "Monster Mash" McCarthy Abby "RIP" Reutzel  This lovely lot are part of the social media crew over at M+R so expect lots of social chatter from us. This week’s topics:     Stat of the week The number of people who have joined anti-mask Facebook groups has grown 1,800% to more than 43,000 users, since the beginning of August - NY Times Charity news of the week  Nonprofits joining in the #ProudBoys discussion: Far-right group becomes LGBT t