ABOUT TANYA
Tanya is a trailblazing author, pioneering thinker and campaigner on tech ethics and digital wellbeing, and founder of the digital detox movement Time to Log Off.
“Over the last two decades I’ve watched emerging technologies morph from faithful servants to manipulative masters. My work on digital wellbeing, tech ethics, and responsible technology is all about putting you, me, and the next generation back in the driving seat.”
Tanya Goodin
BIOGRAPHY
Tanya is a trailblazing author, pioneering thinker and campaigner on tech ethics and digital wellbeing, and founder of the digital detox movement Time to Log Off.
Tanya is a trailblazing author, pioneering thinker and campaigner on tech ethics and digital wellbeing, and host of the popular tech podcast It’s Complicated. Her game-changing books ‘My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open’, ‘Off’ and ‘Stop Staring at Screens’ are published in ten languages. An award-winning digital entrepreneur and an instinctive trend spotter, she started her online business three years before Google launched, and founded digital detox movement Time To Log Off long before concerns about excessive screen-use first appeared on the public radar. An inspiring speaker, once described as a “digital canary”, Tanya is an expert in the field of tech-life balance and regular media commentator, helping a global audience forge a healthier, happier relationship with digital devices.
Tanya is a trailblazing author, pioneering thinker and campaigner on tech ethics and digital wellbeing, and host of the popular tech podcast It’s Complicated. Her game-changing books ‘My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open’, ‘Off’ and ‘Stop Staring at Screens’ are published in ten languages. An award-winning digital entrepreneur and an instinctive trend spotter, she started her online business three years before Google launched, and founded digital detox movement Time To Log Off long before concerns about excessive screen-use first appeared on the public radar. As an expert in the field of tech-life balance, Tanya is helping a global audience forge a healthier, happier relationship with digital devices.
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a graduate of the University of Oxford, Tanya was a founder member of the Digital Wellness Institute, a global think-tank that advocates for research and policy on the healthy use of tech. She works as an adviser to corporations and educational organisations all over the world and has presented evidence to the UK House of Commons Science & Technology Committee, and APPGs, on the impact of social media and screens on young people’s health.
An inspiring speaker, once described as a “digital canary”, she has shared her insights with senior management from Vodafone, Standard Chartered, Siemens and Nomura, and the teaching staff at some of the UK’s most celebrated schools. Tanya is also known as an expert media commentator who regularly appears in print and on television.
Awards
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2022 Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
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2020 ‘It’s Complicated’ Host, Top 3 Tech Podcasts, London Standard
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2018 Selected as one of the UK’s 400 ‘Women of the Year’
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2014 Finalist, Media Category, ‘First Women’ Awards
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2009 Semi-Finalist, Ernst & Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year‘
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2008 Finalist, Blackberry ‘Outstanding Women in Technology‘
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2007 London Finalist, Ernst & Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year‘
BIOGRAPHY
Tanya is a trailblazing author, pioneering thinker and campaigner on tech ethics and digital wellbeing, and founder of the digital detox movement Time to Log Off.
Tanya is a trailblazing author, pioneering thinker and campaigner on tech ethics and digital wellbeing, and host of the popular tech podcast It’s Complicated. Her game-changing books ‘My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open’, ‘Off’ and ‘Stop Staring at Screens’ are published in ten languages. An award-winning digital entrepreneur and an instinctive trend spotter, she started her online business three years before Google launched, and founded digital detox movement Time To Log Off long before concerns about excessive screen-use first appeared on the public radar. An inspiring speaker, once described as a “digital canary”, Tanya is an expert in the field of tech-life balance and regular media commentator, helping a global audience forge a healthier, happier relationship with digital devices.
Tanya is a trailblazing author, pioneering thinker and campaigner on tech ethics and digital wellbeing, and host of the popular tech podcast It’s Complicated. Her game-changing books ‘My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open’, ‘Off’ and ‘Stop Staring at Screens’ are published in ten languages. An award-winning digital entrepreneur and an instinctive trend spotter, she started her online business three years before Google launched, and founded digital detox movement Time To Log Off long before concerns about excessive screen-use first appeared on the public radar. As an expert in the field of tech-life balance, Tanya is helping a global audience forge a healthier, happier relationship with digital devices.
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a graduate of the University of Oxford, Tanya was a founder member of the Digital Wellness Institute, a global think-tank that advocates for research and policy on the healthy use of tech. She works as an adviser to corporations and educational organisations all over the world and has presented evidence to the UK House of Commons Science & Technology Committee, and APPGs, on the impact of social media and screens on young people’s health.
An inspiring speaker, once described as a “digital canary”, she has shared her insights with senior management from Vodafone, Standard Chartered, Siemens and Nomura, and the teaching staff at some of the UK’s most celebrated schools. Tanya is also known as an expert media commentator who regularly appears in print and on television.
Awards
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2022 Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
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2020 ‘It’s Complicated’ Host, Top 3 Tech Podcasts, London Standard
-
2018 Selected as one of the UK’s 400 ‘Women of the Year’
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2014 Finalist, Media Category, ‘First Women’ Awards
-
2009 Semi-Finalist, Ernst & Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year‘
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2008 Finalist, Blackberry ‘Outstanding Women in Technology‘
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2007 London Finalist, Ernst & Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year‘
KIND WORDS
Tanya is a digital detox expert and digital wellbeing evangelist and speaks in workplaces, schools, colleges and at public events on digital detox, digital wellbeing, tech ethics and tech-life balance.
"Tanya's talk was engaging and interactive and generated lots of questions and discussion from the pupils, I would have no hesitation in recommending Tanya to other schools."
Head of Year, St Paul's Girls' School
"Tanya is a joy to work with. She is an expert in the field of tech-life balance, a subject that is relevant for all employees to be reflecting about in today’s fast-paced connected world. Tanya delivered a session for International Women’s Week that resonated across 20 markets and different job roles. As a client, I found Tanya to be flexible, evidence-based, credible – but most importantly – she made us laugh."
Talent & Diversity Senior Manager, Vodafone
"The feedback we have had from Tanya’s session was just how brilliant she was. The host found her professional and knowledgeable, other sources have told us that they felt they got lots of takeaways with lots of top tips. It was also incredibly well attended."
Head of Programming, StylistLIVE
"We were hugely impressed with Tanya’s presentation to our Year 8 pupils and a separate session to parents. Tanya has a wealth of experience to share, and she conveys her knowledge and digital wisdom engagingly and with authority. We look forward to welcoming her back to our school in the near future."
Deputy Head, Magdalen College School
"The feedback from Tanya’s digital detox keynote at our client dinner has been excellent. It was definitely an enjoyable evening for all who attended. I was asked a few times – “How did you find Tanya? She was so good, she pitched it at just the right level”. Others were sure it was going to be anti-tech and were pleasantly surprised. She really made the evening memorable."
Managing Director, Aon
"I've had the pleasure of having Tanya speak twice now for me in a corporate setting and both times she has been exceptional. Her ability to command an audience and bring stories to life is second to none. Her talks are engaging and very relevant. I would have no hesitation in recommending her as a speaker and am looking forward to future engagements."
Head of Information Security
"We have had some fantastic feedback from Tanya’s talk at the Big Retreat Festival, a few stating it has been life-changing for them. I really hope she can join us again next year!"
Co-Founder, The Big Retreat Festival
"Tanya presents a fascinating and, inevitably, concerning picture of the wide range of online pitfalls awaiting the unprepared. Her talk is highly accessible, but equally, very well exemplified with hard (and very current) data. I would thoroughly recommend this talk to anyone teaching or bringing up teenagers today. It is pitch perfect, in every respect.”
Academic Director, Radley College
"We have had fantastic feedback from Tanya’s ‘Digital Wellbeing’ talk, I think she got a lot of people thinking and her presentation style was amazing – natural and engaging.”
Executive Director, Nomura
“Tanya Goodin you were fabulous!”
Audience Member, StylistLIVE
"Tanya gave a talk to our Year 6,7 and 8s on navigating the digital world. The messages given to the pupils were clear, sensible and reinforced everything that we have been teaching them through form time and PSHCE lessons. Her presentation to the parents in the evening on ‘Teens and Screens’ was spot on! It was lively, entertaining and full of practical advice which the parents found very informative. Thank you, Tanya!"
-Deputy Head (Pastoral), Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls
"What can I say about Tanya? We couldn’t have asked for a better presenter for a topic like digital detox, which is so relevant to most adults. Tanya is insightful, fun, full of content and makes her points in a very effective and thought-provoking way. She had her audience’s attention throughout with her easy presenting style and left very practical and achievable tips to improve our wellbeing, as well as pushing across some bigger challenges. I would have no hesitation in recommending Tanya for content/presentations on this topic."
-Managing Director, Standard Chartered Bank
"Tanya´s combination of science, research, guidance and advice was clear, accessible, fascinating and entertaining. Feedback from our colleagues has been very positive and many of our teams are now using that advice to improve their work environment and interaction. An hour spent in Tanya´s company was a great investment, and I have no hesitation in recommending her to other companies and organizations.”
Head of Corporate Affairs, Siemens Gamesa
“Tanya spoke at our General Counsel Forum to our senior clients on digital wellbeing. She engaged very effectively with what could potentially have been a cynical or challenging audience and delivered a serious message in a relaxed manner, generating a range of questions and demonstrating her depth of knowledge through Q&As. She was most definitely a hit and I have no hesitation in recommending her.”
Partner, Eversheds Sutherland
"Tanya's talk was engaging and interactive and generated lots of questions and discussion from the pupils, I would have no hesitation in recommending Tanya to other schools."
Head of Year, St Paul's Girls' School
"Tanya is a joy to work with. She is an expert in the field of tech-life balance, a subject that is relevant for all employees to be reflecting about in today’s fast-paced connected world. Tanya delivered a session for International Women’s Week that resonated across 20 markets and different job roles. As a client, I found Tanya to be flexible, evidence-based, credible – but most importantly – she made us laugh."
Talent & Diversity Senior Manager, Vodafone
"The feedback we have had from Tanya’s session was just how brilliant she was. The host found her professional and knowledgeable, other sources have told us that they felt they got lots of takeaways with lots of top tips. It was also incredibly well attended."
Head of Programming, StylistLIVE
"We were hugely impressed with Tanya’s presentation to our Year 8 pupils and a separate session to parents. Tanya has a wealth of experience to share, and she conveys her knowledge and digital wisdom engagingly and with authority. We look forward to welcoming her back to our school in the near future."
Deputy Head, Magdalen College School
"The feedback from Tanya’s digital detox keynote at our client dinner has been excellent. It was definitely an enjoyable evening for all who attended. I was asked a few times – “How did you find Tanya? She was so good, she pitched it at just the right level”. Others were sure it was going to be anti-tech and were pleasantly surprised. She really made the evening memorable."
Managing Director, Aon
"I've had the pleasure of having Tanya speak twice now for me in a corporate setting and both times she has been exceptional. Her ability to command an audience and bring stories to life is second to none. Her talks are engaging and very relevant. I would have no hesitation in recommending her as a speaker and am looking forward to future engagements."
Head of Information Security
"We have had some fantastic feedback from Tanya’s talk at the Big Retreat Festival, a few stating it has been life-changing for them. I really hope she can join us again next year!"
Co-Founder, The Big Retreat Festival
"Tanya presents a fascinating and, inevitably, concerning picture of the wide range of online pitfalls awaiting the unprepared. Her talk is highly accessible, but equally, very well exemplified with hard (and very current) data. I would thoroughly recommend this talk to anyone teaching or bringing up teenagers today. It is pitch perfect, in every respect.”
Academic Director, Radley College
"We have had fantastic feedback from Tanya’s ‘Digital Wellbeing’ talk, I think she got a lot of people thinking and her presentation style was amazing – natural and engaging.”
Executive Director, Nomura
“Tanya Goodin you were fabulous!”
Audience Member, StylistLIVE
"Tanya gave a talk to our Year 6,7 and 8s on navigating the digital world. The messages given to the pupils were clear, sensible and reinforced everything that we have been teaching them through form time and PSHCE lessons. Her presentation to the parents in the evening on ‘Teens and Screens’ was spot on! It was lively, entertaining and full of practical advice which the parents found very informative. Thank you, Tanya!"
-Deputy Head (Pastoral), Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls
"What can I say about Tanya? We couldn’t have asked for a better presenter for a topic like digital detox, which is so relevant to most adults. Tanya is insightful, fun, full of content and makes her points in a very effective and thought-provoking way. She had her audience’s attention throughout with her easy presenting style and left very practical and achievable tips to improve our wellbeing, as well as pushing across some bigger challenges. I would have no hesitation in recommending Tanya for content/presentations on this topic."
-Managing Director, Standard Chartered Bank
"Tanya´s combination of science, research, guidance and advice was clear, accessible, fascinating and entertaining. Feedback from our colleagues has been very positive and many of our teams are now using that advice to improve their work environment and interaction. An hour spent in Tanya´s company was a great investment, and I have no hesitation in recommending her to other companies and organizations.”
Head of Corporate Affairs, Siemens Gamesa
“Tanya spoke at our General Counsel Forum to our senior clients on digital wellbeing. She engaged very effectively with what could potentially have been a cynical or challenging audience and delivered a serious message in a relaxed manner, generating a range of questions and demonstrating her depth of knowledge through Q&As. She was most definitely a hit and I have no hesitation in recommending her.”
Partner, Eversheds Sutherland
BOOKS
Tanya is the author of three books on our complicated relationship with technology:
‘My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open’, ‘Off.’ and ‘Stop Staring at Screens’ are all out now.
My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open
“Highly readable…attainable and realistic ways to reduce technology use and alleviate the burdens it can place on us as individuals and on our relationships.”
OFF: Your Digital Detox for a Better Life
"She presents simple ideas alongside practical suggestions for how to implement them - leaving you inspired and motivated by the end."
Stop Staring at Screens!
"Perhaps the best compliment I can pay this is that as soon as I started reading this, my 13-year-old son started looking over my shoulder, and in short order said, "I want to read this as soon as you're done. And I want to do this."