Event overview
We invite our community members to come and experience the incredible Digital Impact Pitch for themselves!
This unique and interactive event, based on visual storytelling, is designed to help the audience uncover the impact of digital & AI on our planet and tips on how to act at an individual and company level. We’re lucky to have the orginator of the concept, Sandra Sydow, running this session along with her colleague Rupert Horlick.
What is a Digital Impact Pitch?
Typically a 60 – 75 min workshop that helps the audience discover what is hidden behind the daily use of multiple digital devices, and technology in general. One of the main messages is around the importance of understanding the link between our so-called “virtual” activities and their associated “material” impact.
It consists of four key elements:
- Discovery – the presenters walk through a large drawing in interactive storytelling mode to reveal how digital and AI is an increasingly powerful technology that has simplified our lives, allowing us to make impressive advances in many sectors, it leaves a very significant environmental and societal footprint.
- Understanding our role – a moment of audience exchange to better understand the importance of our role.
- Taking action! – This part covers key responsible practices at the individual and collective/company level.
- A time for discussion – participants ask questions and discuss with each other and the presenters.
About Sandra
Sandra has 20+ years of experience in communication and advertising. A firm believer in the power of words, storytelling, and gamification, she integrates these elements into all her workshops, fostering motivation and optimism—both essential for engaging people in the global sustainability movement.
As President of Planet On Stage, a non-profit organisation, she is dedicated to accelerating the transition to a sustainable future through public speaking training and innovative communication tools on environmental challenges.
She’s also actively involved in other non-profit organisations aiming to the same goal, like The Digital Collage and Climate Fresk.
Fun facts: She is passionate about musical theatre and also the extraordinary beauty of flowers, specifically orchids!
About Rupert
Rupert has a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge and has worked for over 10 years as a software engineer. He is now a Climate Educator at Climate Clarity running workshops and conferences in companies and to public to spread awareness and engagement on a variety of complex environmental topics.
Sandra and Rupert’s slides
Digital-Impact-Pitch_public_ACTIONS_0525Community 60 second intros
An opportunity for you, our community, to (very quickly) share something with the rest of us. This can be anything from a green tech project or initiative you are working on, a request for help or guidance or even some knowledge/resource you’d like to share with others
Oliver Cronk – Oliver leads on Technology Strategy and Research and Development at Scott Logic (a UK based B Corp software and data consultancy – and generous hosts of Green Tech South West!). Oliver also leads the Sustainable Technology practice. He and his team published an open source Tech Carbon Standard to guide technology sustainability – https://www.techcarbonstandard.org
Melissa Gregg – Professor of Digital Futures at the University of Bristol, with appointments in the Digital Futures Institute and Business School, wonderful sponsors of Green Tech South West! Also consulting for Meta Reality Labs on climate futures influencing the design context for innovation.