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Charity Chatbots in 2020: all talk or still worth a conversation?
Chatbots have been the next big charity digital trend for years now. Sure, chatbots have certainly made some waves in the charity sector, but in 2020, is this a digital tool every charity should be exploring, or a passing fad that’s already fading?
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The smell of Parkinson’s: A design sprint
Walking into a group meeting for people with Parkinson's, Joy Milne, a retired nurse, recognised a smell that she had noticed on her husband 12 years prior to his diagnosis. This was the smell of Parkinson's.
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Voice technology. Can charities harness the power of words?
Voice technology is something we're all still getting to grips with. Sure, it makes flicking to the next track simple but is it eavesdropping on our lives? Does it make us lazy? In the charity sector there is a similar level of uncertainty. How can it help charities? How are organisations already using it? We decided to explore the concept of Voice in the third sector.
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Design sprints for social change
The concept of a product design sprint isn't anything new. It’s a process created by Google Ventures (the venture capital investment arm of Google) and design agencies have been been using it to help companies such as Uber to quickly ideate, test and validate a product idea during a 5 day sprint.
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Sex, murder, rape and apps
Will you be raped or seriously assaulted at work today? For female sex workers, the chance of being raped or seriously assaulted at work is 50 / 50. And 3 in 4 have experienced physical assault at the hands of pimps or punters.
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