<description>&lt;p&gt;The I Am Not a Typo campaign managed to get tech companies' attention. So what happened next?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We hear from one of the campaign organisers about the conversations with tech giants - and whether anything actually changed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;--&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;New to the series? Start with &lt;a href="https://pod.fo/e/369c2f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Part 1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Listen to the &lt;a href="https://pod.fo/e/365d0e" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;trailer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Enjoying the show? Leave a rating to help others discover it, or share your autocorrect story at &lt;/em&gt; madeforuspod@gmail.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;--&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Cathal Wogan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cathal Wogan is a lead collaborator with I Am Not A Typo, a collective aiming to create social change so no one feels like an oversight. I Am Not A Typo looks at the link between identity and technology, and its flagship UK-based campaign asks tech giants to update their name dictionaries to better reflect the modern multi-cultural United Kingdom.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cathal is a Senior Consulting Director at communications consultancy Blurred, the agency that convenes I Am Not A Typo and its many cross-industry collaborators.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Learn more about I Am Not A Typo: https://www.iamnotatypo.org/&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow Cathal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathal-wogan/&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;--&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Connect with Made for Us&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Show notes and transcripts:&lt;a href="https://made-for-us.captivate.fm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="https://made-for-us.captivate.fm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://made-for-us.captivate.fm/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Newsletter: &lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="https://madeforuspodcast.beehiiv.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://madeforuspodcast.beehiiv.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Social media: &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/madeforuspodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/madeforuspodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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Tosin Sulaiman

What's in a name? Part 2: Did tech companies actually change?

DEC 20, 202516 MIN
Made For Us

What's in a name? Part 2: Did tech companies actually change?

DEC 20, 202516 MIN

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The I Am Not a Typo campaign managed to get tech companies' attention. So what happened next?We hear from one of the campaign organisers about the conversations with tech giants - and whether anything actually changed.--New to the series? Start with Part 1 Listen to the trailerEnjoying the show? Leave a rating to help others discover it, or share your autocorrect story at [email protected] Cathal WoganCathal Wogan is a lead collaborator with I Am Not A Typo, a collective aiming to create social change so no one feels like an oversight. I Am Not A Typo looks at the link between identity and technology, and its flagship UK-based campaign asks tech giants to update their name dictionaries to better reflect the modern multi-cultural United Kingdom.Cathal is a Senior Consulting Director at communications consultancy Blurred, the agency that convenes I Am Not A Typo and its many cross-industry collaborators.Learn more about I Am Not A Typo: https://www.iamnotatypo.org/Follow Cathal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathal-wogan/--Connect with Made for UsShow notes and transcripts: https://made-for-us.captivate.fm/Newsletter: https://madeforuspodcast.beehiiv.com/Social media: LinkedIn and Instagram