Virtue & Virtuosity

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Podcast by Stuart McSkimming

Virtue & Virtuosity

Hear from Charity Technology Guru, Stuart McSkimming, as he interviews CIO's, CTO's, Business leaders, Tech Experts and Industry Leaders about their experiences of how Charities and Not-for-profits are embracing the opportunities of Artificial Intelligence.

Latest episodes

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09 January 2025

Making an Impact - Simon Vaux, The King's Trust

Stuart talks to Simon Vaux, Head of Data and Analytics at the King's Trust and hears how they have developed their approach to data to help them understand how they make an impact

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12 December 2024

Buildathon - Building an AI workforce for the Charity Sector

Stuart interviews a variety of participants at an AI focused Buildathon with charities. At the event hosted by 42London, Stuart hears from students, charities, AI mentors and 42London all about their plans to build a virtuous mix where students are paired with expert mentors, and charities to help those organisations develop AI products.

[note - on a couple of interviews, there is poor sound quality - apologies, I was trying out a new microphone designed for noisy environments that didn't work so well!]

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14 November 2024

Focus, Focus, Focus, Focus, Focus - Bringing an Entrepreneurial mindset to larger organisations

Stuart is joined by Avril Chester - founder of Cancer Central, patron of SimPal and CTO at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, and also regular co-host Mary O'Callaghan.

In a wide-ranging chat we talk about how to bring an entrepreneurial mindset to larger organisations, and also delve into the future of AI and what our name would be if we were an AI assistant.

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31 October 2024

Hackathons - how can charities benefit from them, and how companies can help

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

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17 October 2024

The Chief 'How' Officer - Panel Debate live at CITL Conference 2024

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.

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27 September 2024

Attracting great talent into the sector with Paul Smith and Jane Huntington

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.

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