A healthy digital space for the Responsible Tech community. All Tech Is Human’s Slack has a diverse mix of 6k members across 82 countries.
One of the biggest issues with building community in the Responsible Tech movement is: How do you find the others? This is a major “pain point” for individuals looking to learn about issues, socialize their work, and find people and organizations to collaborate with. All Tech Is Human, a non-profit committed to strengthening the Responsible Tech ecosystem so we can tackle wicked tech & society issues at the speed of tech, has been heavily focused on creating spaces for people to come together. This allows us to better understand values, best practices, and pathways to co-create a tech future aligned with the public interest.
A scene from our Responsible Tech Mixer that took place in NYC on May 31, 2023. Each month in NYC we bring a capacity crowd of 200 people, along with gatherings in SF, London, DC, and additional cities to be added.
All Tech Is Human started a Slack group for the Responsible Tech community on November 23, 2020. Our Slack has now grown to over 6k members across 82 countries, mixing the emerging with the established with a diverse range of backgrounds and perspectives across civil society, government, industry, and academia.
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Why Is This Important?
Our Slack community directly leads to impact. People not only build community online but often utilize our Slack to meet up in person. Individuals new to Responsible Tech gain a better understanding of the ecosystem, find mentors, and have a space to share their ideas. And for people looking for roles in Responsible Tech, our Slack has directly led to individuals getting hired.
All Tech Is Human’s Slack ties into our larger theory of change which is that having a stronger Responsible Tech ecosystem will enable us to better tackle complex tech & society issues. Our Slack fits into the three key areas we are fixing:
We need to diversify the traditional tech pipeline with more backgrounds, disciplines, and lived experiences. Our environment is welcoming and conducive for a broad range of individuals to come together under a shared mission.
We need to be more collaborative as a movement. Our Slack is a space for knowledge-sharing and collaboration, which leverages the immense amount of previous work that has been done and taps into a desire to have collective action.
We need to move at the speed of tech. Our Slack allows us to move quickly by collecting feedback, curating resources, and convening people in person or online.
Insight into our Slack community
People find out about our Slack through word of mouth along with our numerous engagement points with the Responsible Tech community. We have a mentorship program that over 1k people have participated in, regular summits and mixers that have been attended by thousands, working groups that nearly 1k people have participated in, a talent pool of 2k people, a widely-used Responsible Tech Job Board, our reports (including our Responsible Tech Guide). Founded in 2018 and supercharged in the summer of 2021 when we became a funded non-profit, All Tech Is Human is synonymous with the Responsible Tech movement.
For this post, we wanted to provide insight into our Slack community. All Tech Is Human recently brought on a full-time researcher, Sara M. Watson, who is sifting through our significant amount of information to better understand the Responsible Tech ecosystem and the people in it.
What countries are represented on All Tech Is Human’s Slack?
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Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Canada
Chile
China
Columbia
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Egypt
England
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Greece
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea
Kuwait
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malaysia
Mexico
Montenegro
Morocco
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Northern Ireland
Norway
Pakistan
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Scotland
Serbia
Singapore
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uruguay
Vietnam
Wales
Zambia
What cities have the biggest pockets of activity?
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All Tech Is Human is based in NYC with a global audience and lens. Given that we are based in NYC, where we hold in-person gatherings for 200 people each month, NYC is a most represented city.
NYC: 895 members
SF Bay: 428 members
Washington, DC: 360 members
London: 360 members
Boston: 182
LA: 140 members
Toronto: 122 members
Seattle: 86 members
Raleigh-Durham: 54 members
Philadelphia: 50 members
Austin: 45 members
*European community: 482 members (seeing major activity in Amsterdam, Berlin, and additional cities for future channels)
*We are also seeing significant engagement from Kenya and Nigeria and will be establishing channels soon. In addition, we have a significant amount of members from various cities in India.
While we have had official in-person gatherings in NYC, SF, London, DC, and previously Seattle, there have been independently organized casual gatherings launched from our Slack happening in Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and more discussed in Toronto, LA, and Berlin.
Here is how the numbers track against our followers on LinkedIn
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New York City Metropolitan Area 1,962 (9.8%)
London Area, United Kingdom, United Kingdom 1,203 (6%)
San Francisco Bay Area 1,177 (5.9%)
Washington DC-Baltimore Area 934 (4.7%)
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area 446 (2.2%)
Greater Boston 412 (2.1%)
Greater Seattle Area 379 (1.9%)
Greater Toronto Area, Canada, Canada 322 (1.6%)
Greater Chicago Area 298 (1.5%)
The Randstad, Netherlands, Netherlands 281 (1.4%)
Berlin Metropolitan Area, Germany 274 (1.4%)
Greater Delhi Area, India 214 (1.1%)
Greater Dublin, Ireland 207 (1%)
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region, France 207 (1%)
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area 193 (< 1%)
Greater Bengaluru Area, India 181 (< 1%)
Singapore 166 (< 1%)
Denver Metropolitan Area 164 (< 1%)
Greater Philadelphia 160 (< 1%)
Atlanta Metropolitan Area 158 (< 1%)
Greater Sydney Area, Australia 152 (< 1%)
Brussels Metropolitan Area, Belgium 129 (< 1%)
Greater Melbourne Area, Australia 128 (< 1%)
Greater São Paulo Area, Brazil 122 (< 1%)
Nairobi County, Kenya 121 (< 1%)
Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area, Canada 120 (< 1%)
Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area 117 (< 1%)
Greater Munich Metropolitan Area, Germany 116 (< 1%)
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area 111 (< 1%)
Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area, Spain 109 (< 1%)
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex 107 (< 1%)
Mumbai Metropolitan Region, India 104 (< 1%)
Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area, Spain 101
What are some of the organizations represented in All Tech Is Human’s Slack?
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Access Now
Accountable Tech
Ada Lovelace Institute
ADL
Alan Turing Institute
Algorithmic Justice League
Algorithm Watch
Aspen Institute
Atlantic Council
Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
Center for Democracy & Technology
Coding It Forward
The Centre for Social Impact Technology
Creative Commons
Data & Society
DataKind
Digital Trust & Safety Partnership
Encode Justice
Fast Forward
Ford Foundation
Glitch (UK)
The Future Society
IEEE
Integrity Institute
Internet Archive
Internet Society Foundation
The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop
LookUp
Mozilla Foundation
New America
New_ Public
Omidyar Network
Oversight Board
Oxford Internet Institute
Partnership on AI
Pollicy
Project Liberty
Schmidt Futures
Search for Common Good
Siegel Family Endowment
Surveillance Technology Oversight Project
TechCongress
TechSoup
Thorn
TSPA
UN
UNDP
UNICEF
USAID
US Digital Response
Wikimedia Foundation
World Economic Forum
World Wide Web Foundation
What are some of the companies represented in All Tech Is Human’s Slack?
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ActiveFence
Adobe
Airbnb
Amazon
Apple
Avanade
Bumble
Cisco
Credo AI
Crips, a Kroll Business
Dataiku
DeepMind
Deloitte
Discord
EY
Genpact
Google
HP
IBM
Intel
JP Morgan Chase
LinkedIn
McKinsey
Meta
Microsoft
Milltown Partners
Mozilla
Ofcom
Palantir
Pinterest
Reddit
Salesforce
Snapchat
Social Finance (UK)
Spotify
Thomson Reuters
Thoughtworks
TikTok
Tremeau
Twitch
Unitary
Vimeo
WebPurify
Yoti
YouTube
Zoom
What are some of the universities represented in our Slack?
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American University
Arizona State University
Australian National University
Babson College
Barnard
Boston University
Brooklyn Law School
Carnegie Mellon University
Colorado Technical University
Columbia University
Concordia University
Constanta Maritime University,
Cornell Tech
CUNY
Dartmouth College, undergraduate researcher
Drexel University
Duke University
Florida Institute of Technology
Florida State University
Georgetown University
George Washington University
Georgian College
Goethe University
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Harvard
Indiana University
Indian Institute of Technology
Johns Hopkins University
London School of Economics
Queensland University of Technology
Maynooth University
Mohawk College
New Jersey Institute of Technology
The New School
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Norwich University
Notre Dame
NYU
Ohio State University
Oregon State University
Oxford University
Pace University
Penn State University
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Princeton University
Queen Mary University of London
Rhodes College
Seton Hall University
Simon Fraser University
Smith College
Stanford University
Stevens Institute of Technology
SUNY- University at Albany
Tallinn University of Technology
Tampere University
Technical University of Denmark
Technical University of Munich
Toronto Metropolitan University
Tufts
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UC Riverside
UCSD
UNC Chapel Hill
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Amsterdam
University of the Arts London
University of Bristol
University of British Columbia
University of Buffalo
University of Cambridge
University of Chicago
University of Colorado - Boulder
University of Denver
University of Maryland
University of Massachusetts Boston
University of Michigan
University of Montreal
University of New South Wales
University of North Dakota
University of North Florida
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pretoria
University of Pittsburgh
University of San Francisco
University of Technology Sydney
University of Toronto
University of Turku
University of Vermont
University of Vienna
University of Wisconsin, Madison
University of Zurich
Uppsala University
Vanderbilt University
Webster University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Youngstown State University
What are some of the job titles of people on All Tech Is Human’s Slack?
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Anti-Disinformation Strategy Lead
Associate, AI Governance
Child Protection, Safeguarding and Mental Health
Community Manager
Cyber Risk Consultant
Data Engineer
Data Ethics Lead
Data Scientist
Digital Inclusion Specialist
Digital Services Expert
Director of Artificial Intelligence
Director of Trust & Safety
Ethics & Compliance Counsel
Global Lead, Digital Policy
Global Threat and Social Insights Analyst
Head of Human-Centered AI
Head of Risk and Response
Head of Tech Policy
Information Security Manager
ML Engineer
Online Safety Manager
Platform Moderation and Support Specialist
Policy Specialist
Postdoctoral Scholar
Product Manager
Responsible AI Lead
Responsible Data and AI manager
Senior Manager, Trust and Safety Compliance
Safety and Policy Manager
Senior ESG & Social Impact Manager
Senior Fellow Trustworthy AI
Senior Policy Specialist
Senior Program Manager, Responsible AI
Senior Researcher
Senior Threat Investigator
Software Engineer
Trust and Safety Core Operations Specialist
Trust & Safety Lead
Trust and Safety Operations Manager (Child Safety)
Trustworthy AI Consultant
UX/UI Designer
UX Researcher
We are continuing to learn from our Slack community and will be sharing additional insights in the coming weeks. If you have a question about All Tech Is Human, send us an email!