at London EA meetups I try to spend the bulk of my time talking to people who I don’t recognise and asking what their impressions are. Within EA, one of the main things I do is try to feed back those outside impressions and use that to shape how we approach things. Am I really one of few people deliberately doing this?
Kudos to organizing meetups! Not too many people do that, actually, so I think you might be rarer than you think.
Also, do you ever get a chance to talk to people who don’t go to the meetup groups?
Sam Hilton does most of the organising, I mostly just turn up :)
Less so. I have my extended network of friends and acquaintances, obviously, but I’m cautious about bothering people where it doesn’t come up naturally or they haven’t indicated interest. One of the points of the donation match Denise and I are currently running is to flush out people who might have interest.
Mostly I just want to talk to those in my extended (non-EA) network who donate, thank them for donating, and work out where they are w.r.t. EA ideas. I don’t currently have a more detailed plan than that.
Kudos to organizing meetups! Not too many people do that, actually, so I think you might be rarer than you think.
Also, do you ever get a chance to talk to people who don’t go to the meetup groups?
Sam Hilton does most of the organising, I mostly just turn up :)
Less so. I have my extended network of friends and acquaintances, obviously, but I’m cautious about bothering people where it doesn’t come up naturally or they haven’t indicated interest. One of the points of the donation match Denise and I are currently running is to flush out people who might have interest.
That’s a smart idea! I hadn’t thought of that.
What are your plans on following up with them?
Mostly I just want to talk to those in my extended (non-EA) network who donate, thank them for donating, and work out where they are w.r.t. EA ideas. I don’t currently have a more detailed plan than that.