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Founders Reflections Five Years On

Season 3 · Episode 1

Monday, April 28, 2025 • Duration 15:21

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.

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

Season 2 · Episode 10

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 • Duration 35:57

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

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Series 2 - Ep 1 - Tech for Good Summit - Opening Address, Alistair Forbes

Season 2 · Episode 1

Sunday, April 30, 2023 • Duration 35:39

The Tech for Good Summit 2023 marks 3 years since the launch of the Scottish Tech Army at the height of the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic has faded but the need and the opportunity for tech for good has not, indeed it could be said to be greater than ever. At the Tech for Good Summit in 2022, the Scottish Tech Army announced the launch of the Tech for Good Alliance - join our co-founder and CEO as he shares highlights from the past year and looks ahead to the challenges facing the third sector and the opportunities for the tech for good ecosystem to join forces to create positive change. Shownotes: https://www.scottishtecharmy.org/summit-shownotes/opening-address

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Episode 20 - Series 1 ends with a look back and forward

Wednesday, December 23, 2020 • Duration 34:10

Graham and Kirsty look back on 2020 with Alistair Forbes and Joanna Allen. Wishing all a peaceful and safe Christmas and New Year. See you all in 2021.

Episode 19 - Global Stories 1 - AIME Mentoring, Australia

Thursday, December 10, 2020 • Duration 29:07

A chance connection on LinkedIn brought the amazing work of Australia's AIME Mentoring programme to the STA's attention. Kirsty McIntosh met Brenden Newton across an 11 hour time difference to find out more. This is the first in a periodic series of tech-for-good stories from around the world.

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Episode 18 - Rise of the CodeClan

Wednesday, November 25, 2020 • Duration 42:34

Kirsty McIntosh takes a tour around the motivations and experiences of 6 graduates of Scotland's Digital Skills Academy, CodeClan and who have all volunteered their time and new skills to the Scottish Tech Army.

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Episode 17 - Eirini Komninou, data science and sonification

Tuesday, November 17, 2020 • Duration 25:06

Graham Johnston and Kirsty McIntosh talk data science, sonification, PhDs and more with STA volunteer Eirini Komninou. Eirini's story is a classic example of diverse thinking, teamwork and dedication.

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Episode 16 - Return to the Town Hall

Tuesday, November 3, 2020 • Duration 28:43

Alistair Forbes joins Kirsty in the co-hosts chair as we return to the scene of last week's Town Hall announcements about the future of the Scottish Tech Army. Volunteers Stacy Munro, Jean Ferguson and Brian Baglow give their thoughts on an event that really showed both the scale and the strength of the STA.

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Episode 15 - Grace Chocolates changing lives

Tuesday, October 27, 2020 • Duration 17:08

Graham and Kirsty talk to Joyce Murray about how a realisation that we are all just one decision away from getting into trouble led her to set up a chocolate making business that works with women who've brushed up against the justice system. During lockdown she asked for help from the STA who managed to help in more ways than she imagined.

Plus - there's a big announcement at the start of this episode.

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Episode 14 - Digital Access to the National Library of Scotland

Tuesday, October 20, 2020 • Duration 28:30

Stewart Lewis of the National Library of Scotland and STA volunteer Project Manager Alec Davies join Graham and Kirsty to talk about how a team of STA volunteers worked together with the NLS to bring https://opentexts.world online during lockdown. 8 million digital texts are now available to anyone who wants or needs them, with about 32 million left to go. There's some deviation into talk of Hibs and Edinburgh Rugby and we get Alec's view on good Project Management - a topic for another episode.

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