Tech For Good Live

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you listened to last week’s show, you’d have heard from the wonderful Nicki Lyons, UK Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer at Vodafone.  We're delighted to say she’s joining us this week for another episode so we can get to know more about her, and her fascinating work. ---------------------------- 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 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.So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you’re keeping count, today is something like our ten thousand and five hundredth episode or something. Who knows? The main takeaway is that this has gone on too long.  But this weeks show looks like it’ll be worth the price of admission.  Today we’ll be imagining a world where social media is ruled by people, not algorithms. In the US they’ve banned TikTok apparently, to some extent. So we’ll be talking about this and deciding if it’s a good thing or a bad thing.  Greg Aston is on hosting duties again, and he is joined by Tech For Good Live team member Paul Jakubowski. Our special guest for the next couple of episodes is Nicki Lyons, UK Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer at Vodafone! Nicki became Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability in October 2021. She’s responsible for external communications, government and regulatory affairs, and sustainable business. Before this, she worked in senior role

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. We're your one stop shop for discussion on all things good and bad (normally very, very bad…) in tech and other stuff. Greg Aston is on hosting duties, and he is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Mille Vardheim and Paul Jakubowski Our guest this week is Lily Comlan, a masters student based in Norway who is currently focusing on digital inclusion but specifically for the elderly. In this episode we talk to Lily about her desire to help reduce the digital exclusion experienced by older people ---------------------------- 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.So if you've ever tuned into one

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. We're your one stop shop for discussion on all things good and bad (normally very, very bad…) in tech and other stuff. And this week's episode is no different! We're talking about Apple’s shoddy privacy, Estonia being a boss at digital transformation and ROBOTS! Greg Aston is on hosting duties, and he is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Mille Vardheim and Paul Jakubowski Our guest this week is Lilijean Comlan, a masters student based in Norway who is currently focusing on digital inclusion but specifically for the elderly. This week’s topics: Good story of the week: Estonian government continues it's digital transformation of services and sets a great example of for public services everywhere:  Tallinn tales: Estonia’s digital boss discusses the innovative country’s next wave of tech transformations - Civil Service World  Bad news story of the week: Apple has long pushed better design and security as a benefit but it seems Ap

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Paul Jakubowski and Mille Vardheim. Our special guest is Sarah Peña, Head of Emerging Technology & Business Improvement at Swindon Borough Council. We find out about her path to the role, her work on a generative AI Easy Read solution and why she loves governance. ---------------------------- 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.So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome to yet another season of the Tech for Good Live podcast.  In this episode we’ll be talking about an increase in ethical shopping in the UK. Amazing! Sure we’re a nation of self-centred, awful, monstrous, racist muppets… but we do take our shopping seriously at least.  We’ll also be talking about two poverty porn influencers who are having a fight.  Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team member Paul Jakubowski and taking Greg's place delivering the news is Mille Vardheim.  Our special guest to talk about the news this week is Sarah Peña, Head of Emerging Technology & Business Improvement at Swindon Borough Council. Tune in next week when we will be chatting to her in more detail about her work. Good story of the week: Ethical shopping increasing in the UK:  Ethical shopping on the rise in UK despite cost of living crisis - The Guardian  The online marketplace saving ‘wonky’ beauty products from landfill - Positive.News  Bad news story of the week: When you thought thi

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you joined us for last week’s episode you’ll have heard from Georgia, a freelance writer specialising in tech and we’re super excited to have Georgia back on the podcast this week to chat with us a little bit more. We talk about being a content writer in the data ethics and civic tech spaces, working in the content moderation space, and how social media is effed right now.  ---------------------------- Georgia Iacovou is a freelance tech policy writer and creator of the excellent Horrific/Terrific newsletter ---------------------------- 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.So if you've ever tuned into one o

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech For Good Live podcast!  The world is on fire, so of course we’re spending our time talking about tech for good. That’s fine. We’re all making good choices here. This week's show is what they call “a real humdinger”.  We’re going to be talking about “Introspective Inner Development Goals”. Not sure what that means, but they’re all pretty powerful players on a Scrabble board.  The US Supreme Court, also tentatively titled “Rent-a-Fascist Inc.” have passed another judgement and in other news, Japan has launched a wooden satellite. That sounds fun. Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski.  Our special guest joining us this week to talk about the news is Georgia Iacovou, a freelance tech policy writer and creator of the excellent Horrific/Terrific newsletter.  Georgia will be with us again on the next episode, where we will be talking about being a content writer in the data ethics and civic tech spaces, worki

Hello and welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. It’s a podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact. Jonny Rae-Evans is your host this week and he is joined by Fay Schofield. In this episode we learn more about our special guest, Emma Ockleford.  Emma runs a company called Outcomes Matter, who support Local Authorities through leveraging emerging technology, focusing on strengths, and driving innovation. She tells us about the Local Government AI Summit and some positive outcomes using AI tools. ---------------------------- 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

Hello and 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. In this episode we are talking about the steps that Meta is taking around political content in what is an astoundingly important year across the world for elections. Is Zuck continuing on his mission to destroy the world, or are there some positive steps?  We recorded this on Valentine’s Day, so this means we are talking about AI partners… which is a thing apparently. And we’ll be talking about a law that Australia passed that forbids employers from contacting workers after hours, with penalties including jail time for bosses who do the wrong thing.  Jonny Rae-Evans is your host this week and he is joined by Fay Schofield. Our special guest for this episode is Emma Ockleford. Emma runs a company called Outcomes Matter that supports Local Authorities through leveraging emerging technology, focusing on strengths, and driving innovation. Emma will join us ag

Hello and welcome back to another episode of 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 the world. Uncanny valley resus-puppet Mark Zuckerberg stood up in congress, turned to face the parents of children that Meta has allowed to come to harm, and apologised to them. It was a rare opportunity to see the humanity in Zuck’s programming. Normal service has now returned and Meta is back to harming your children. Taylor Swift continues to be a successful, powerful woman, so of course X (Twitter…) was flooded with AI porn featuring her likeness because oh my god the worst people on earth own and live on that platform.  And in some positive news, we’ll be talking about the social media star helping people fall in love with libraries. This week’s topics: Good story of the week: Mark Zuckerberg apologies to parents for what Facebook/Meta did to their children: Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg apologises to families in fiery US Senate hea

Content Warning: This podcast includes discussion of Child Sexual Exploitation, listener discretion is advised. Hello and welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. If you joined us for the last episode you’ll have heard from the wonderful and very lovely Roy. A long time design and tech entrepreneur, he had a second career as a Higher Ed educator teaching in UK, Europe and China. His third career was as a Senior Digital Forensic Investigator, using tech skills to recover and interpret digital data for use as prosecution evidence. We’ll be talking about a topic that was the main part of Roy’s work, which is Child Sexual Exploitation, so it might be a tough, but important listen.  ---------------------------- 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

Hello and 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. In this episode, we are talking about influencers and whether or not 2024 is the year they’ll finally unionize.  We discuss the Taliban giving away a load of free sim cards. Sure there’s no ulterior motives there. And finally Greg tells us about e-ink finally arriving in… toilets? Can we do a welfare check on Greg please? Is this some kind of cry for help? Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton and Paul Jakubowski We are joined this week by Roy. Over the years he’s been a tech entrepreneur, a design educator, many other things including a job as a Senior Digital Forensic Investigator.  Next week we will find out more about life as a Senior Digital Forensic Investigator, so tune in for that. This week’s topics: Good story of the week: Could 2024 be the year influencers unionize?: The creator economy is ready for a wor

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton, Tom Passmore and Producer Paul. Our special guest this week is Stuart Pearson - formerly working for the Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale and Trafford area of Citizens Advice as Head of Business Delivery; but now on secondment with Manchester City Council as their Senior Digital Strategy Officer. This is the final episode of the season, we will be back in the near year with more fantastic guests! Thank you to everyone that joined us this year. ---------------------------- 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

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast.  In this episode we talk about taking AI seriously. We also talk about not taking AI seriously, because apparently the human manifestation of bin juice, Elon Musk, is getting into the AI business. It’s going as well as you’d expect. NOTE: This podcast was recorded shortly before last weekend's fireworks in the world of AI, when Sam Altman was still the CEO of OpenAI. Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton, Tom Passmore and Producer Paul. Our special guest this week is Stuart Pearson - formerly working for the Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale and Trafford area of Citizens Advice as Head of Business Delivery; but now on secondment with Manchester City Council as their Senior Digital Strategy Officer  Come back for next week's episode where we talk to Stuart in more detail about Manchester's Digital Strategy. This week’s topics: Good story of the week: Given past experience, governments including our o

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact! Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton and Tom Passmore. If you listened to last week’s show you’ll have heard from our guest Christina Cran  as she joined us for our news round up. You wanted more, and we are very happy to say that Christana is here to spend a bit more time with us, and basically become best friends.  Christina is the founder of youth mental health organisation, Wee Seeds and communications consultant for the charity world. Find out all about Wee Seeds here: weeseeds.co.uk  And their socials: Facebook Instagram Twitter LinkedIn ---------------------------- 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 podc

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast. A podcast all about using technology to have a positive social impact! In this episode we talk about the UK Government’s Online Safety Bill. Is this a helpful thing, or just another way for society to stop Greg from going online? Host Bex is joined by Tech For Good Live team members Greg Ashton, Tom Passmore and Producer Paul. Our guest this week is Christina Cran. Christina is the founder of youth mental health organisation, Wee Seeds and communications consultant for the charity world. Come back for our next episode when we find out more about the work Wee Seeds are doing to improve the mental health of the next generation. This week’s topics: Good story of the week: No tech legislation is ever going to be perfect but let's take a moment to appreciate the drive to make the internet a safer space in the UK's new online safety bill: TechScape: How the UK’s online safety bill aims to clean up the internet - The Guardian  B

Hello and welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast. It’s a show where we chat about how technology can be used for positive social change. But also how it’s mostly used to destroy everything we love and hold dear. If you listened to last week’s show (of course you will have done because, how could you not?) you’ll have heard from our special guest Aurelie Lionet. We are delighted to have more time with Aurelie and in this episode we’re going to get to know her a little better, and talk about design, tech and the environment.  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 towards climate action and regeneration.  Links from the show: Project Drawdown Sustainable Web Design Dot Everything's Consequence Scanning Tatot Cards of Tech ----------------------------

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