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The UK's tech for good ecosystem podcast, brought to you by the Scottish Tech Army.

  1. 28/04/2025

    Founders Reflections Five Years On

    In this special conversation, we look back at the journey of the Scottish Tech Army with the people who were there from the very beginning. Join Alistair Forbes, Pete Jaco, Sandy Finlayson, and Kirsty McIntosh as they reflect on how the STA came to life in just a few short weeks in 2020. From the first spark of an idea to building a thriving community of volunteers supporting charities across the UK, they share the challenges, milestones, lessons learned, and hopes for the future.

    15 min

  2. 09/05/2023

    Series 2 - Ep 10 - Tech for Good Summit 2023 - Keynote - Kathryn Baddeley with Laura Goodwin

    In 2015, Cisco set itself a challenge to positively impact 1 billion lives through its social impact grants and programmes by 2025. As we start 2023, this global technology giant has reported that it is 70% into meeting that challenge. Kathryn Baddeley has led Cisco UK & Ireland's CSR programme for more than ten years. She shares how the programme got started and how this extraordinary stretch target is being met. Interviewed by the BBC's Innovation Correspondent, Laura Goodwin. Shownotes: https://www.scottishtecharmy.org/summit-shownotes/closing-keynote-kathryn-baddeley

    36 min

  3. 08/05/2023

    Series 2 - Ep 9 - Tech for Good Summit - Skilled Volunteering, the value to the Third Sector

    Volunteers are the bedrock of the third sector – it simply wouldn’t function without them. Skilled volunteering, whether from the tech or any other specialist sector can be transformational for charities, but sometimes doesn’t realise its full potential. How can the third sector capitalise on the opportunities that skilled volunteering offers and what is the impact when it works well? Shownotes: https://www.scottishtecharmy.org/summit-shownotes/skilled-volunteering-value-to-the-third-sector

    30 min

  4. 07/05/2023

    Series 2 - Ep 8 - Tech for Good Summit 23 - Open Data for Action

    The value and power of open data was highlighted to everyone during the pandemic. There are many open data sets being generated from multiple sources but there are also many issues with discoverability, consistency and frequency/regularity of updates. How can we encourage governments and other data owners to continue to extend and improve access to data and how can we demonstrate the power of using that data to support a story telling capability for the third sector and civil society? Shownotes: https://www.scottishtecharmy.org/summit-shownotes/open-data-for-action

    30 min

  5. 06/05/2023

    Series 2 - Ep 7 - Tech for Good Summit 23 - Federated Organisations - The Scale Opportunity

    Federated organisations share some characteristics of franchise models. Common processes and systems underpin the operations of successful franchise operations. In principle this lends itself well to federated organisations in the third sector – is this approach being utilised now and what can be done to increase awareness of what works well and encourage greater openness and uptake of this approach? Shownotes: https://www.scottishtecharmy.org/summit-shownotes/federated-organisations-the-scale-opportunity

    33 min

  6. 05/05/2023

    Series 2 - Ep 6 - Tech for Good Summit - Ambassadors Session, Cross Sector Collaboration

    For the last two years, the Scottish Tech Army has benefitted from the insight of its cross sector Ambassadors. This group of leaders brings together insights and experience from the tech, corporate, third and education sectors, a combination that brings together different perspectives and provides the opportunity for innovative collaboration and these sectors.

    40 min

  7. 04/05/2023

    Series 2 - Ep 5 - Tech for Good Summit 23 - Creating Equality of Opportunity

    There is much talk of the digital divide. On one hand, there is a widely-recognised shortage of skilled people in the tech sector and others that rely on technology, and on the other hand there is an urgent problem of digital exclusion and a dearth of equality of opportunity for many individuals in our society. But good work is being done, by both business and education. Whether it’s ensuring that young people can be inspired and learn what they need to learn to secure high value work, or businesses opening new recruitment and career pathways into their organisations. Shownotes: https://www.scottishtecharmy.org/summit-shownotes/equality-of-opportunity

    32 min

  8. 03/05/2023

    Series 2 - Ep 4 - Tech for Good Summit 23 - An Enabling Infrastructure for the Third Sector

    The technology landscape in the third sector is fragmented and where common systems have been created it has often been difficult to get widespread adoption. There is no ‘one size fits all’ tech platform that can serve all the needs of an entire sector, but there are undoubtedly requirements that are common across significant parts of it. These could be horizontal applications like funding application processes, impact measurement and reporting, or vertical applications supporting organisations working in similar areas, such as asylum seekers and refugees, food distribution, and tackling homelessness. Shownotes: https://www.scottishtecharmy.org/summit-shownotes/infrastructure-for-the-third-sector

    33 min
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The UK's tech for good ecosystem podcast, brought to you by the Scottish Tech Army.

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  • Creator
    Scottish Tech Army
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    31
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