Tech for good is all about using digital technology to make a positive difference in the world over profit based motives.
Relevant transformations could involve changing the way children learn, helping people stay healthy, improving public services, helping us respond to disasters like floods and pandemics, and understanding global trends. It can come from nonprofits, governments, or businesses.
We host our annual impact Awards where we celebrate the digital technology innovations that improve people’s lives and the world around us.
Jennifer Jackson, Contributing Editor, TPXImpact
Jen Fenner, Managing Director, DefProc
Harriet Gridley, Director, No Isolation
By Stuart Arthur, CTO, TPXImpact
By Elizabeth Anderson, Chief Operating Officer, Digital Poverty Alliance
By Yetunde Elebuibon, Director, Knowledge Pool
By George Eckton, Director of Advice Services, Citizens Advice Scotland
August 2018
Research by innovation foundation Nesta has shown that not all digital skills are equally ‘future-proof’. Knowing this, what should government, educators and employers do to give the workforce the right skills for 2030? The narrative around the future of work can make people feel powerless. […]
August 2018
Rising fears about monopoly power have led many to call for regulation. But, far from regulating more, argues Rufus Pollock, we need to make the big tech platforms more open like the internet itself. Google’s recent record €4.3 billion (£3.9 billion) fineis the latest action in a […]
July 2018
Matt Hancock’s shuffle out of digital into health caused disappointment in some quarters as another minister getting to grips with his brief moves on. But with the man charged with running the NHS a tech evangelist, could we now witness digital delivering real impact at […]
July 2018
The AI boom shows no signs of letting up, reaching fever pitch not just in the US and China, but also in the UK, Canada, UAE and elsewhere. Most of the focus has been on economic growth (like China’s ambition for a $150bn industry). But […]
July 2018
It matters more than ever today that we get Digital right. From the building blocks of our economy, to the foundations of our democracy, we are seeing the impact of the choices we make around technology. To shape the future, you have to embrace it. […]
July 2018
As Voltaire first said – or was it Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben in Spider-Man? – “With great power comes great responsibility.” This is so true of technology. And we feel that the charity sector is best placed to use technology wisely and for the greater […]
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