Who is building Community Tech, and what are they doing with it?

This blog post is the third of three outlining the research that Promising Trouble has undertaken for Power to Change, answering the question, “How can Power to Change inspire greater uptake of Community Tech?”.

by Anna Dent

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Exploring the risks and benefits of independently owned and made technologies

This blog post is the second of three outlining the research that Promising Trouble has undertaken for Power to Change, answering the question, “How can Power to Change inspire greater uptake of Community Tech?”.

Community Hardware and Software is…

The case for independently owned and made technology

This blog post is the first of three outlining the research that Promising Trouble has undertaken for Power to Change, answering the question, “How can Power to Change inspire greater uptake of Community Tech?”.

When digital experts talk about the non-profit sector…

This is not so much a weeknote as a “two-year note” — an attempt to pull together the different strands of work we’re doing at Careful Industries and our (very new) not-for-profit arm, Promising Trouble and explain why we’re doing it. …

A new project to show a plurality of possible futures, rooted in communities not board rooms.

Very often, the people who get to tell the most plausible and the most listened to stories about the future — the people who get to set the tone and the parameters for others’…

Let’s make a scene and rebel against Big Tech

This is more or less what I meant to say at a talk I gave at Nerd Nite this week called “Can we occupy technology with love?”. …

This is a rundown of the course themes and structure, in case you want to recreate it at home.

What we learnt running the pilot | More about the programme

This programme was funded by Co-op Foundation, in partnership with Luminate

Before you dive in, it’s worth noting the videos…

A short rundown of what the pilot was meant to achieve, what we did, and what we learnt

This programme was funded by Co-op Foundation, in partnership with Luminate

What we wanted to achieve

The aim of the programme was to see if we could inspire a group of dynamic community leaders in Greater Manchester…