TEQ Talks: Recent Episodes

Vernette John-Joiles

Welcome to TEQ Talks, brought to you by Vernette John-Joiles, founder of Women on the Rise.
Vernette brings her wealth of online knowledge as a digital consultant to share valuable advice and insight about apps and digital tools, and how to make the best use of them.

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Can you relate to the struggle of trying to keep up with tasks or commitments, but yet can't seem to get things done? It's all a bit much!  Sometimes the practice of keeping things in our heads can make it difficult for us to move forward - especially when there is so much to remember and so much information coming at us.
Listen in to hear some ideas about what you can do to make things easier on the mind, and make the apps available on your devices work for you.

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Nowadays, it seems like we can't get very far without having to create a new password. If you need to create an account to access something online, chances are that you'll need a brand new password to go with it... or maybe just revamp the trusted one that you use across everything that you have an account for...

However, taking the time to create secure and safe passwords is becoming more critical for safe digital functioning. Let's look at a few things that we can do around this.

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Tracking technology is on the rise and has become more sophisticated over the years. No matter what we use or how we interact online, there are likely to be instances where technology is being used to track what we do or how we interact with online content.

Don't worry... it's not all bad news. There are a few things that you can do to restrict tracking and to be more aware when you're online.

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Have you noticed this trend where we doing double time on our communication? Not only do we send emails, but we have to send text messages too?!

In this bitesize podcast, I'm going to share my thoughts about how we can make our email communication more efficient, and with less work!

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We don't know what we've got til it's gone! 

A lot of us are carrying our life around on our mobiles and laptops That's how important our devices have become to us. And then one day... it's all gone! The videos... the selfies.... All lost!

Listen in to a few simple tips that can help you avoid any unforeseen accidents!

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WhatsApp has upset a lot of people recently with its latest privacy policy update. There has been a lot of controversy regarding its processes for data sharing and also that users can continue to use the app, as long as they agree to the privacy changes by 8th February.

What to do, what to do? How should we take this on? Let's talk the tech.