{"id":174,"date":"2016-11-02T13:07:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T13:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/?p=174"},"modified":"2017-01-30T10:22:46","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T10:22:46","slug":"spotlight-speaker-lucy-gill-technology-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/employeesmatter.co.uk\/spotlight-speaker-lucy-gill-technology-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight Speaker \u2013 Lucy Gill, technology expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gmail-m3011543890812997840msolistparagraph\"><strong>Lucy, what is your area of expertise?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-m3011543890812997840msolistparagraph\">I\u2019m fascinated by how technology affects real people and have dedicated my career to ensuring it is as much of a benefit as possible. I\u2019m most well known for creating the Good App Guide and helping to found Fundamentally Children \u2013 born out of a desire to help families choose good, developmentally beneficial\u00a0apps for their children. I reviewed well over 400 apps for children, particularly educational apps, observing children playing these first-hand has given me a wealth of insights. I\u2019m also a qualified Engineer and user researcher and spend most of my time now as a consultant supporting those developing new apps, games or digital toys for children. I\u2019ve worked on a huge range of products from tech to help the elderly stay in their home to the new McDonalds Happy Studio app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-m3011543890812997840msolistparagraph\"><strong>What is it that you like about addressing audiences?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-m3011543890812997840msolistparagraph\">It gives me real pleasure to share my knowledge with others and feel that this may in some way help them. I also love how giving seminars always challenges me to stay up to date giving me a great excuse to research all the new products out there.\u00a0In the world of apps and tech not only the products themselves change all the time but also the preferences, concerns and priorities of children and families \u2013 listening to audiences at seminars helps me stay in touch with this. I tend to change the content of my seminars after every one \u2013 adding new products or tweaking what I say in response to questions to better resonate with and so help the audience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-m3011543890812997840msolistparagraph\"><strong>What do you see as the new ideas to address in 2017?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-m3011543890812997840msolistparagraph\">Modern families have so many challenges with tech being one of the major problems as well as potential solutions. I\u2019d love to steer more families to use it as a benefit wherever possible. So far I\u2019ve spoken mainly on children\u2019s apps (a topic close to my heart which I\u2019ll never tire of) but there are so many other areas I\u2019d like to help families with if I get the chance: practical ways for parents to manage screen time and keep children safe online, how to inspire a love of science\/tech (STEM subjects) in children (particularly girls), giving parents a grounding in coding\/programming, tips and tools to make tech a positive influence in your family, and technology to support older relatives from getting them online to products for dementia sufferers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucy, what is your area of expertise? I\u2019m fascinated by how technology affects real people and have dedicated my career to ensuring it is as much of a benefit as possible. 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