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Hello dear readers,

A lot is going in tech and we’ve been eagerly reading up on the feedback you’ve provided about the nature and format of this newsletter. If you haven’t yet had a chance to provide us with some feedback, please do fill in our survey - we promise it won’t take more than 4 minutes.

For now, please enjoy a segment which we dub <micro tales>, a collection of links with what’s happened in tech this week. We alsoo have a new section called <how to>, providing you with tips and resources to build your tech for good products and services.

Have a great weekend,

Dama

< Micro Tales >

Hype – A Beginner’s Guide to Non-Fungible Tokens, a look behind Dispo, the latest invite-only app for sharing photos; four countries, one Clubhouse.

The future of news – Facebook made drastic changes on how sharing and viewing news no longer works for Australian publishers - NewsCorp and Google struck a deal, giving the latter yet more power of the future of news. 

Gig economy workers win – The Supreme Court has ruled that Uber drivers in the UK are workers.

New funds for social impact – Check out Revent (Germany), Remagine (Germany) and Founders Future (France) all ready to support the next generation of tech for good entrepreneurs. 

Open repos – Explore open source projects on Ovio and contribute to a better future. 

Longreads inspiring hope – rest of world published a fascinating piece on decade-long efforts to bring a language to the future. Read about the people bringing Urdu online.
 

The tech for good newsboard 📍

#Research, Guides and Communities

#Funding

If you have a funding challenge, grant opening, speaking gig or another opportunity that you want to share - let us know!

<How to>

determine your legal structure for your tech for good endeavour.

The beauty of the tech for good space is that really, no one governance structure rules them all. We see great examples of tech for good in civil society, from non-profit companies limited by guarantee, to coops, to community-interest-companies, to companies limited by

shares taking the route of angel investment, and venture funding. But all these choices have varied levels of funding available to them, and a different view on who will ultimately benefit.

For charitable organisations it’s arguably a little easier to determine your objectives and ensure no mission drift occurs. If you’re a business just getting started, try out Purposely. Purposely is a tool for founders to determine what your business is set up to achieve and clarify your purpose, who will benefit from your company’s activities and how it’s governed.

Try it out

What’s going on? 📅

Check out the tech for good near you map.

  • Tech for Good startups in the North! Join this investment readiness workshop with NorthInvest x BGV event on 24th Feb. 
  • Sign up to Shift 2021, a new virtual event with some of the most passionate players in the social and environmental space, rallying to make business a force for good (14-16th April). 
Want an event publicising? Add your event to our website! We’ll make sure to pop it in the next edition.

Working in tech for good 💼

We’ve trimmed the job section to new arrivals and featured ads only. For the full list head to our website.

If you have an opening or know of a job opportunity to do with tech for good, please head to our website and we can look into adding it to the jobs board.
 

We'd love your feedback! 💌

 

For something completely different:
121.36 terawatt-hours - that’s how much energy was consumed by mining bitcoin a year, which is more energy than the entire country of Argentina consumes.

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