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
Charity news of the week:
National Trust joins victims of Blackbaud hack
Couldn't have happened at a worse time:
Status of UK fundraising:
- 66% believe their organisation is coping while 29% are not confident they will be able to continue after Covid.
- 60% have done some form of digital fundraising with over ¾ doing this for the first time
Almost a third of charities report decline in voluntary income - Fundraising UK
Tech news of the week:
Social media, algorithms and government roulette - who can we trust?
TikTok Propaganda? - The Verge
Why it matters that TikTok wants to reveal its algorithms - Vox/Recode
Sensitive to claims of bias, Facebook relaxed misinformation rules for conservative pages - NBC News
And finally…
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Tech for Good Live
From rampant AI's and gamification to social fundraising and new ways of donating. Join us on a meandering ramble through the ever changing landscape of tech that makes the world a better place.