Virtue & Virtuosity

Stuart talks with Craig Hogan about his experiences of running hackathons with charities - and discusses how corporate partnerships can work better for both sides.

Live Panel Debate recorded at 2024 Charity IT Leaders Conference, hosted by Stuart McSkimming. Featuring Kevin Adams, Anna Hoskins and Giri Gopalan. The panel discuss the role of the CTO/CIO in organisational transformation - and how increasingly the CTO/CIO is the senior leader responsible for leading on 'how' an organisation delivers on its goals.

Stuart is joined by Jane Huntington from Guide Dogs who co-hosts this episode. There is an interview with Paul Smith, CIO at Amnesty International who talks about running great teams, recruiting talent into the sector, and how Amnesty have taken advantage of technology and AI to deliver on their aims.

In this episode Stuart reviews the best bits of the series with some of our regular listeners, including Sian Prime from the NSPCC, Arti Sharma from Nurture UK, and of course Tree Hall from Charity IT Leaders

Stuart talks with Chief Digital Technology Officer, Trevor Gordon, from Save the Children about what he's seen in how technology can effectively deliver for organisations. He reflects on what he has seen in the commercial sector - and looks to what the charity sector can learn from it.

Stuart is in conversation with industry veteran, Laura Dawson. They take a long hard look at what makes technology work for organisations, and what execs and trustees can be doing to improve how technology works. Here some great insights, along with analogies ranging from Persian rugs to Christmas Cakes to Donkeys of the Apocalypse.

Stuart co-hosts with Liz Gupta from BRAC Enterprises Tanzania. They discuss how technology is enabling innovation in Tanzania. Stuart interviews Jannik Henrick, Managing Director of Tiny Toto's - a social enterprise based in Kenya that uses mobile app-based technology combined with processes and training to enable the growth of childcare micro-businesses.

Stuart is joined by Mary O'Callaghan from BHF, who discusses some news on AI advances in predicting heart attacks. He then talks with Sanjoy Lobo MBE who is the CEO and founder of OnHand. He describes the model he has created, where volunteers are matched with those requiring help - but using technology for the matching, rather than the infrastructure of a traditional charity. He discusses how big charities might benefit from taking different approaches to innovation using technology.

Stuart discusses the bigger picture on AI, and where it is going. Stuart talks with Karin Woodley, Chair of the Race Equality foundation about her concerns with bias and AI - and also what the charity sector, governments and the tech industry can be doing about this.

In this episode we're focusing on small charities. We talk with Ivan Delany, a digital trustee with Cambridge House, and with Pratish Kotecha, an adoption consultant.

Ivan describes his five priorities for leaders, trustees and digital specialists to focus on in smaller organisations, and we also get down to practicalities with Pratish, hearing about how you can implement AI tech in your organisation.