Tech For Good Live

Welcome to a brand new season of the Tech for Good Live Podcast! We’ve been doing this for over 4 years now! Clearly there is no god. We’re talking about the Ice Bucket Challenge. Remember that? Back in the distant past when we used to be able to laugh and have social connections and stuff. Well, we’re going to be talking about that again. We’re also heading up north, metaphorically, to immerse ourselves in the Scottish version of Wikipedia. Host Rebecca Rae-Evans is joined by TFGL team members Tom Passmore and Jonny Rae-Evans. Our special guest is Edward Hibbert from Freegle. This week’s topics: Stat of the week  57,000 Scots Wikipedia articles written by someone with apparently zero knowledge of the language - The Register Charity news of the week  Checking back in on the Ice Bucket Challenge - Positive News/Instagram Household giving could fall by up to 25% - Third Sector The way we think about charity is dead wrong - Dan Pallotta TED Talk Tech news of the week  Who pays for the news?

For the last four years we’ve been talking about how tech can be used to make the world a better place. How’s that working out? Ah. Never ones to let failure get us down, we have an epic show lined up. We’re talking about the radical global shift to working from home and its effect on work-life balance. We’re talking about the National Trust and them facing a backlash for… telling the truth about history… And we're talking about how Elon Musk is the last person on earth you should let mess with your brain. Or use the internet. Or name a child. Or… anything really. Host Rebecca Rae-Evans is joined by TFGL regular Greg Ashton and our special guest this week is Chi-chi Ekweozor, Organiser of a female tech founder meetup and founder of Assenty, an interactive question board platform that helps event organisers make a personal connection with their audiences before, during and after an event. This week’s topics Stat of the week:  51% of tech employees say working from home has improved their work-lif

In this episode we’re talking about how charities - especially those working with the world’s poorest people – are at risk of closing down, discussing the future of fundraising. And, weirdly, a 212 storey skyscraper in Australia.  Host Greg Ashton is joined by Rebecca Rae-Evans and Tom Passmore This week’s topics: Stat of the week  Almost half of UK charities for world's poorest set to close in a year - The Guardian Charity news of the week Does fundraising need to reinvent itself? Fundraising must be prepared to reinvent itself to avoid perpetuating injustices, report suggests - Third Sector Tech news of the week  Amazon investigated by watchdog for abusing dominance during pandemic  Landlords using tech to screw over clients - a map to report it.   And finally…  A 212 storey skyscraper in Australia.  ---------------------------- 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

The sunshine has gone away and normal rainy service has resumed in Manchester. But whilst the weather might be grim, our spirits refused to be dampened. Why? Because we’re here to talk to you about technology being used for social good.  In this episode we’re talking about how an algorithm has screwed over loads of young people awaiting their exam results, especially hitting poorer student and how Liberty have won a landmark facial recognition case. Joining host Bex we have Greg Ashton, Tom Passmore and our special guest this week is Mike Stephens, co-founder of tech for good agency Ayup. This week’s topics: Stat of the week Algorithm downgrades nearly 40% of students - The Next Web As a result we had the big u-turn: A-levels and GCSEs: U-turn as teacher estimates to be used for exam results - BBC Exam results: Where did it go wrong and what happens next? - BBC   Charity news of the week Liberty wins landmark case against facial recognition tech in Cardiff - Liberty Tech news of the week

Welcome to a brand new season of the Tech for Good Live podcast! We’ve not been recording for a few weeks so let’s just quickly check to see how the world is going: Ok, the world is still ravaged by the global pandemic. Racism is still everywhere, and awful, with no sign of improving. Charities are collapsing due to lack of funding. People have given up on social distancing... Cool.  Oh – but Taylor Swift has a new album out though, so it’s not all bad (eyeroll) In spite of this, the podcast team has dutifully assembled. Joining host Bex we have Greg Ashton, Tom Passmore and our special guest this week is Lauren Bevan, Head of Healthcare at health and social care technology specialists, BJSS (who are hiring!) Topics in this episode Stat of the week:  Government to shed 6,000 jobs in a contact tracing pivot to a more local approach - BBC And some people are making it harder: Why some people are giving false information - The Conversation 40 people exposed to Coronavirus in Cornwall  Charit

Welcome to a special edition of the Tech For Good Live podcast, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In the final of three episodes guest hosted by Ian Forrester (BBC R&D, Cubicgarden), he's joined by: David Eastman (Software Developer) Annette Joseph (Founder, Diverse & Equal) Ethar Alali (MD, Axelisys)   To find out more about Black Lives Matter, to support the movement or to download helpful resources, visit www.blacklivesmatter.com.  You can find the full transcript for this episode here.   ---------------------------- 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 mates about this podcast! If you want to get more involved in our community, you can join our Slack channel or sign up to our newsletter. Just visit TechforGood.Live to find out how. Thanks to the wonderful podcast.co for hosting our podcast.

Welcome to a special edition of the Tech For Good Live podcast, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In the second of three episodes guest hosted by Ian Forrester (BBC R&D, Cubicgarden), he's joined by: Ade Adewunmi (Data strategist, FastForwardLabs) David Eastman (Software Developer) Ethar Alali (MD, Axelisys) Vimla Appadoo ( Co-Founder & Chief Culture Officer, HoneyBadgerHQ)   To find out more about Black Lives Matter, to support the movement or to download helpful resources, visit www.blacklivesmatter.com.  You can find the full transcript for this episode here. ---------------------------- 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 mates about this podcast! If you want to get more involved in our community, you can join our Slack channel or sign up to our newsletter. Just visit TechforGood.Live to find out how. Thanks to the wonderful po

Welcome to a special edition of the Tech For Good Live podcast, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In the first of three episodes guest hosted by Ian Forrester (BBC R&D, Cubicgarden), he's joined by: David Eastman (Software Developer) Erinma Ochu (Curator, @sheffdocfest) Ethar Alali (MD, Axelisys), Naomi Mwasambili (Founder, Chanua) To find out more about Black Lives Matter, to support the movement or to download helpful resources, visit www.blacklivesmatter.com. ---------------------------- 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 mates about this podcast! If you want to get more involved in our community, you can join our Slack channel or sign up to our newsletter. Just visit TechforGood.Live to find out how. Thanks to the wonderful podcast.co for hosting our podcast on their podcast

Welcome to a special edition of the Tech For Good Live podcast, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. We are past the halfway point of 2020, a year that has transformed much of our lives. In this episode Sophie Amono, Laura Griffin and Naomi MG Smith, discuss everything to do with design and technology, PR & Communications and how social media and tech can be used to further brand messages with a great ethos at the core of them. Sophie Amono Sophie is the founder of Edinburgh based social media agency Stuffs; a female led creative studio that produces social media campaigns for brands across the UK and Europe. Laura Griffin Laura Griffin is a creative thinker with a strategic mindset. An alumni of Edinburgh College of Art, her work experiences have taken her as far as Amsterdam, Hong Kong and New York. She now specialises in creative strategy for brands with a focus in digital. Naomi MG Smith Naomi is a PR and communications professional. Naomi is participating in the Jolt NAMBA pro

Welcome to a special edition of the Tech For Good Live podcast, in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. As the wave of historic protests that rippled across the world in the wake of the barbaric public execution / murder of George Floyd by police continue, Tech For Good Live is using their platform to make a stand united in solidarity with Black Americans and global citizens to reignite and reinforce an argument around AI and the Technologies baked in bias, accuracy and ethics in the AI systems   Artificial intelligence holds a lot of promise to revolutionise our lives. Still, there's a dark side to the technology that could not only hinder progress on critical equality issues but also exacerbate them. In this episode, Natalie Jameson, Innovation Lead at The Landing, is in conversation with Dr. Caroline Chibelushi, specialist in Artificial Intelligence at the Knowledge Transfer Network, discussing what needs to change to make this technology inclusive.    Links mentioned in the episode: You can

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, Greg and Fay are chatting with Jude Ower MBE, Founder & CEO of Playmob. A serial entrepreneur, startup-mentor and an Entrepreneur in residence with Angel Academe, Jude has a passion for games for good, profit with purpose business models, startups, problem solving and innovation. With Playmob, Jude has created a platform ‘making every click count’ raising huge sums for a variety of causes by connecting socially conscious brands to millions of engaged global gamers. 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.

This podcast is usually filled with fun and frivolity and obviously some trash talk about Facebook and Twitter, and we’ve more to say on those companies later, but first we need to talk about what is happening in our world and communities right now. You’ll all know about the murder of George Floyd by now in Minniapolis at the hands of the police, who were supposed to protect him. Protests, anger, rage and sadness have sprung up across the states and beyond. The president has continued to stoke the fires of racism, and the police are militarised, and driving into protestors, shooting rubber bullets and tear gas into crowds and at journalists, and last night - which was Monday night for us recording - police killed another unarmed black man. The horrifying thing is that this is nothing new. And it isn’t just a US problem. It has been happening time and time and time again. It isn’t that this one cop was racist. It isn’t that this one president is racist. Our very society is one that is built upon and held up

It’s the 4 year anniversary of the podcast. That’s right - we’ve been doing this for an astonishing FOUR YEARS. I’d like to personally thank both of our listeners for sticking with us for so long. This week, we’re chatting about big losses at Macmillian, casting our sceptical eyes on Stripe’s role in a free internet and Google maps being more accessible. The birthday invites went out, and joining the party with host Bex, we have Greg Ashton and Mille Vardheim  This week’s topics: Stat of the week:  Macmillan expects to lose £100million  in revenue this year - they made £236 million in 2018 In contrast 10 million people have volunteered during lockdown and many intend to carry on Charity news of the week:   Google maps to roll out accessible locations information Tech news of the week:  Stripe is the latest on the frontline in the debate on internet freedoms Nice of the week: Service Shop (Norwegian)  And finally…  Gamified public health messages ---------------------------- Listene

This week features stories about “Facebook Giving”, which is all about Facebook’s donation platform. That shouldn’t be confused with “Facebook Taking” - which all about how Zuckerberg and co have systematically destroyed democracy, privacy and, to be honest, the overall fabric of society. We’ll also be taking about TikTok, because we’re cool and relevant, and we’ll be chatting about the hashtag #helpacharity. Joining host Bex today is Greg Ashton and Fay Schofield And our special guest this week is Will Valverde - Senior Creative Director at US based nonprofit focused digital agency M+R. He’s here to chat about M+R's annual benchmarks study which analyses data from around 200 nonprofits to reveal new trends! This week’s topics: Stat of the week:  M&R  benchmarks report Charity news of the week:   Tik Tok are supporting “for good” causes with account management, data and promoted posts: Tech news of the week:  Makers lab style approach to open medicines And finally…  We are launching o

This week’s episode is jam packed with news about tech, charity, goodness and a fair sprinkling of awfulness.  We’re going to be talking about Full Fact’s 2020 report, Positive News are focusing on sending some, well, positive news and Alphabet’s digital city is being shut down.  Joining host Bex today is Greg Ashton and our special guest Ben Fowkes from Delib This week’s topics: Stat of the week 50% of young men breach lockdown rules as opposed to 25% of young women - Guardian And yet the virus is going to have the worst impact on livelihoods for women - MSN Charity news of the week:   Full Fact report 2020 Tech news of the week:  Sidewalk labs of Alphabet has cancelled it’s Quayside project in Toronto - Medium And finally…  Positive news are running a crowdfunder to send paper copies to NHS workers with the aim to give them a little lift with some more positive news stories - CrowdFunder (About the only place we get our positive news from so fully support this!) --------

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, Bex is catching up with filmmaker, content strategist and idea-o-phile, David Dylan Thomas. We're cheating a little bit, having made friends with David back at UX Copenhagen in 2018 but he's such a good guy that we thought we'd find out more about what he's up to at the moment, including his upcoming A Book Apart debut! 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.

We have a jam packed episode of tech-for-goodness lined up for you this week. There’s a large increase of folks using NHS technology, there’s something on the agenda about brain implants and paralysis and feared sale of .org has been stopped. Huzzah! Joining host Bex today are Greg Ashton and Sophie Walker  And our special guest this week is Mike Nolan.  Mike is a software engineer, open-source consultant, AI transparency & ethics researcher, and humanitarian aid worker. He’s working with the UNICEF Innovation Fund to assist in developing sustainable open source community strategies. This weeks topics Stat of the week:  38% of people have increased their use of NHS technology and in March there was a 111% increase in NHS app registrations from February - NHS This comes as NHS goes their own way in tracking the spread of Covid-19 - BBC Most recent and reasonable update from NHSX about the app - NCSC And why some believe that isn't so reasonable - The Register Whilst an Ada Lovelace

On this week’s show we’re talking about the London Marathon. What will be the impact of its cancellation on the charity sector and beyond? We’re talking about a platform that helps match charities with volunteers AND we’ll be having a peek under the hood of the new Responsible Innovation Standards launched by Innovate UK. FUN. Joining host Bex today are Greg Ashton and Sam Milsom.  And our special guest this week is Beckie Taylor - Co-Founder and CEO of Tech Returners. Tech Returners is an inclusive, accessible and positive learning and coaching community empowering careers into and through technology with a focus on removing the barriers which returners face after a career break. This week’s topics: Stat of the week £5m versus £66.4m - what will be the impact of the London Marathon delay and potential cancellation?  London Marathon: Delayed race could feature elite athletes only  Charity news of the week   SpareHand is a platform aiming to help charities find and manage volunteers looking to h

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast! Once again, we’re recording this episode remotely, because the world is on fire. It’s important to stay at home. Stay safe. And be surrounded by cats, dogs and an unhealthy amount of snacks.  In this week’s episode we’re talking about COVID-19 misinformation. We’re talking about the role of the individual too; if Captain Tom keeps walking in his background any longer, we’ll finally be able to afford universal basic income! AND we’re talking about the NHS, data and [checks notes] ... “Clowns without borders". Cool. Journeying through the apocalypse with host Bex, we have Greg Ashton and Fay Schofield. And we have a special guest! Nik Seth - founder of Holm Care an organisation helping people to find care in their home, more easily by allowing them to connect directly with the care workers. This week’s topics: Stat of the week:  Corona misinformation from Department of Health and Social Care Some people have been spreading misinformation: How the 5G

We are back at UX Copenhagen! With Coronavirus taking the conference fully online this year, we’re running a number of special remote podcast episodes called “Making Friends with… " In this series, a member of the Tech for Good Live team will spend some time chatting to one of the UX Copenhagen speakers, and by the end of it we’ll be best friends. GUARANTEED. This time we’re talking to Trina Falbe.. Trine Falbe has been working professionally with Internet related things since 2001.  She is a researcher, consultant, speaker and lecturer who works in the intersection between UX, business and ethical design. She is also the author of excellent The Ethical Design Handbook. In this episode, she talks to Jonny about… you guessed it… ethical design. Find out more about Trine at trinefalbe.com. -------- 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