In my experience, often these kind of recommendations make a lot of sense for running a university group in US/​UK universities, but perhaps less so in mainland Europe. Or more precisely, in universities with a large natural pool of potential interest in EA, vs universities where fewer people have heard of EA or where there is a much weaker culture of having university groups in the first place, etc.
Having done around five years of university group organizing at various levels of engagement, I am not sure how impactful it was, but it was certainly more often than not a slug and unrewarding. This was mostly because group sizes were so small that meetings often felt awkward and not fun, and consequently advertising and preparing talks did not feel like a good use of time. Things might have changed since two or three years ago, but I cannot confirm that the existing resources and knowledge from orgs like CEA or in various fora helped us in a substantial way.
In my experience, often these kind of recommendations make a lot of sense for running a university group in US/​UK universities, but perhaps less so in mainland Europe. Or more precisely, in universities with a large natural pool of potential interest in EA, vs universities where fewer people have heard of EA or where there is a much weaker culture of having university groups in the first place, etc.
Having done around five years of university group organizing at various levels of engagement, I am not sure how impactful it was, but it was certainly more often than not a slug and unrewarding. This was mostly because group sizes were so small that meetings often felt awkward and not fun, and consequently advertising and preparing talks did not feel like a good use of time. Things might have changed since two or three years ago, but I cannot confirm that the existing resources and knowledge from orgs like CEA or in various fora helped us in a substantial way.