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S3E8 Season Three Wrap-Up: Choosing Our AI Future
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S3E7 More Than a Message: Debbie Rogers of Reach Digital Health
In this episode, Jim Fruchterman speaks with Debbie Rogers, CEO of Reach Digital Health. Debbie details the evolution of Reach Digital Health (formerly the Praekelt Foundation), which was founded on…
S3E6 Design as a Lifeline, Jonathan McKay on Supporting LGBTQI+ Youth with SameSame
In this episode of Tech Matters, we sit down with Jonathan McKay, the founder of SameSame, a social enterprise dedicated to providing mental health support and access to services for LGBTQI+ youth.…
S3E5 The Farmer-to-Farmer Playbook, with Rikin Gandhi of Digital Green
Inspired by astronauts and grounded in the realities of rural India, the founder of Digital Green shares a 15-year journey of using technology to support smallholder farmers. In this episode, we hear…
S3E4 Helplines Reimagined, with Dee Luo and Nick Hurlburt of Aselo [added commentary]
In this special episode, we revisit the origin story of Aselo, the open-source contact center platform transforming how child helplines operate around the world. Jim talks with Aselo's leaders, Dee…
S3E3 Decolonizing Drones, with Sonja Betschart of WeRobotics
What if drones weren't symbols of surveillance and warfare, but everyday tools for local communities to protect forests, cities, and coastlines? Sonja Betschart is the co-founder of WeRobotics and…
S3E2 Breaking the Silence: Helping Survivors of Assault with Tracy DeTomasi of Callisto
CONTENT WARNING: This episode makes reference to sexual assault. In this episode, Jim speaks with Tracy DeTomasi, CEO of Callisto, a nonprofit using secure technology to connect survivors of sexual…
S3E1 From Idea to Fruition: Accelerating Nonprofits, with Shannon Farley and Kevin Barenblat of Fast Forward
What do you do when you have a great social impact idea but no experience with making it a reality? With all its risks, is Artificial Intelligence something that replaces human ingenuity or can it…
S3 Introducing Season 3: Flipping the script from harmful tech to Tech For Good
Welcome to our third season, featuring amazing guests: Shannon Farley and Kevin Barenblat of Fast Forward, Tracy De Tomasi of Callisto, Sonja Betschart of WeRobotics, Rikin Gandhi of Digital Green,…
S3 Helplines Reimagined, with Dee Luo and Nick Hurlburt of Tech Matter's Aselo
In this special episode of the Tech Matters Podcast, we dive into the inspiring story of Aselo, a groundbreaking contact center platform designed to empower child helplines worldwide. Aselo is…
S2E9 Season Two wrap-up: What We Heard and Where To Next
In wrapping up Season Two, Jim extends his heartfelt gratitude to our devoted listeners and the extraordinary tech nonprofit leaders who've shared their impactful stories. Furthermore, this season…
S2E8 The Balcony and the Dance Floor: Jim's Journey Towards a Better Deal for Data
For our final episode of season 2, this time it's Jim who sits on the other end. Our special guest host is his longtime mentee — and CEO of Nexleaf Analytics — Nithya Ramanathan. What led to the…
S2E7 Mapping the Global Supply Chain, with Natalie Grillon of Open Supply Hub
Open Supply Hub is more than just a database; it's a movement towards a more ethical and sustainable future. By crowdsourcing data and providing a unique identifier for facilities, they've created a…
S2E6 Bridging the Education Gap: Talking Points' Heejae Lim on Tech-Driven Family Engagement
Dive into the heart of social tech innovation with Heejae Lim, the trailblazing founder and CEO of TalkingPoints. Heejae recounts the inception of her groundbreaking app, which stands out as a rare…
S2E5 Uniting Data Science and Social Good, with DataKind co-founder Jake Porway
"What could the nonprofit sector do if every nonprofit had Google's engineering team?" (J. P.) In this thought-provoking episode, we sat down with Jake Porway, the visionary co-founder of DataKind,…
S2E4 Exposing Global Corruption: Tech For Investigative Journalism, with Drew Sullivan of OCCRP
"It takes a network to fight a network" (D. S.) In the labyrinth of global corruption and organized crime, a beacon of truth shines through the data-driven work of the Organized Crime and…
S2E3 Fortifying Truth in the Age of Deepfakes: Lessons from Yvette Alberdingk Thijm, ex-Director of Witness
"Seeing is no longer believing. You need to fortify the truth." (Y.A.T.) Generative AI, deepfakes… we've known the risks for a while, but the dangers feel ever closer given the amazing advancements…
S2E2 Part 2 - Overcoming the Market (Failure), with Owen Barder of PxD
Picking up where we left off with Owen Barder, Jim digs deeper into how tech enters the discussion, in particular what Precision Development has been doing to tackle major sustainable agriculture…
S2E1 Part 1 - Overcoming the Market (Failure), with Owen Barder of PxD
Throughout Owen's journey, one central question has been: How do you navigate market failure, especially when the stakes are sky-high? The typical choice between government intervention vs. private…
S2 Coming Soon: Tech Matters Season 2, on the Power of Data!
As we learned from Nithya Ramanathan in Season 1, data = money = power. To understand what this means for our future, and what we can actually do about it, we're coming back strong with a whole new…
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