Using “Tech for Good” to Improve the Lives of Young People | Paul Irwin | TEDxNewcastle

Paul Irwin has dedicated much of his professional life working to help disadvantaged young people.

In the age of both austerity and entrepreneurial opportunity, he looks at how we can use the incredible power of social and digital media to make significant progress in this area despite diminishing levels of government support.

He’s taking the slogan “tech for good” seriously and already touching the lives of millions of people around the world with his interactive film making.
Follow Paul on @TryLife_tv Paul Irwin has a background in working with disadvantaged young people. He created an interactive film series “TryLife” aimed at educating young people about the consequences of their actions. If you remember the old choice-based adventure books, TryLife is interactive digital video version of those books. He has now created 4 interactive films with a further three in development.

Paul’s talent at creating and curating content has also seen incredible success in social media. He has a huge following and reaches up to 188,000,000 people per week. In one month TryLife managed to reach 65% of all Facebook users in the USA with no marketing spend and using one mobile phone.

Paul was the first winner of the HRH Pitch at the Palace awards which is a prestigious competition for tech startups. Recently, he started developing an interactive film with the heads of the Bloods, Crips and Mexican Mafia in South Central Los Angeles with the support of Facebook and the producer of Bladerunner. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx