Touch-A-Life
What’s your corporate responsibility, post-COVID? What we’re doing to improve our local communities with technology
COVID-19 has created a very unexpected disruption to life. As we continue to endure its effects on people and the economy for over half a year, it’s important to look back at how things were handled in the beginning, and the support that corporations gave during these crucial times. Many organizations from around the world donated money and resources during the onset of the crisis, and are still continuing to do so today—but many surely weren’t prepared to do so, leading to delays of life-saving resources. (more)
Seeking the truth in an information-saturated world
We live in an increasingly information-saturated, plugged-in world. Long gone are the days where an entire family gathers around the only television in the house to watch the 6 o’clock news. Between our 24-hour news cycle, constant push notifications on our phones and tablets, and the ever-growing presence of social media, information overload is, like it or not, part of our day-to-day lives. Therefore, the information we need to make important decisions can often be easy to find—or on the other side of the coin, that information might be obscured by misleading data, untrustworthy “news” sites, and sometimes, blatant disinformation campaigns run by organizations and governments with nefarious intent. As business leaders, it is important to be able to cut through the noise and have a good system in place to decide who to listen to and who to tune out. (more)
A Message from Our Founder & CEO
For many across the country, today marks the one-month anniversary of an unprecedented lockdown of the American economy. Many of you are now working from home, attempting to collaborate and operate as best you can. Safeguarding the health and well-being of our employees, customers, and their families is the top priority for every business around the globe. (more)
How Touch-A-Life Foundation is revolutionizing giving platforms using the ABCs of data
The proliferation of big data in recent years has contributed to the rapid acceleration of next-generation, data-driven technologies. Three of these top technologies are AI, Blockchain, and the Cloud—which we can call the “ABCs” of data. Together, these technologies are transforming many industries with a myriad of applications, such as banks using AI and the blockchain to automate transactions with “smart contracts”, and healthcare organizations bringing their complex and fragmented systems to the cloud to enable real-time, centralized access to data. Another unique industry leveraging the ABCs of data is the non-profit sector. (more)
How to transform workforce diversity with AI and analytics
Four key areas of your data worth looking into for workplace diversity transformation. For decades, organizations around the world have suffered from a lack of workforce diversity in race, gender, age, and more. In America alone, men named John outnumber all women in leadership roles. (more)
How To supercharge operations efficiency with an enterprise virtual assistant
The average enterprise manages over 350 Terabytes of data—seven times as much as a small business. With so much data, modern enterprises should seek creative and smart ways to manage the wealth of information they collect on a daily basis, while being mindful about important factors like compliance. With the help of AI and Machine Learning, an enterprise virtual assistant can tap into enterprise data and help augment common human processes across many departments, including finance, HR, and leadership. Below is a step by step guide to optimizing your infrastructure for virtual assistants, and specific use cases. (more)