Perhaps a little more discussion about actual causes e.g. what should be done about AI
In addition to the 1-1s(which were really useful), the could have been some more structured socialising (eg having people come together in groups of 3 and talk about what they care about, what their problems are, etc and switch groups in eg 5 minute intervals)
Maybe one minute intros could be on a post it on a wall so that people coming a day late still know who does what.
We also had some event ideas ourselves that we decided not to include in the weekend:
Community health session (a discussion of ways to improve the health of the EA community, be that through more diversity, more mutual support etc.)
Self-care for the altruistic (discussion and support session)
Discussions/anti-debate on cause prioritisation
Watching a video of a talk together and then discussing it (vote on a talk to watch during the event)
Values session: discussing why we have certain moral values
Problem-solving circle (participants raise problems they have and others try to help them)
The Humane League Work Party (Encouraging companies to commit to improving conditions on farms—writing letters & emails, phone calls, petitions. Would have been an option throughout the event.)
Gathering and interpreting data relating to the impact of charities for SoGive
3) Because of your question I added a link to the summary of the responses to the feedback form to the article. Here are responses I see that suggest different activities:
Perhaps a little more discussion about actual causes e.g. what should be done about AI
In addition to the 1-1s(which were really useful), the could have been some more structured socialising (eg having people come together in groups of 3 and talk about what they care about, what their problems are, etc and switch groups in eg 5 minute intervals)
Maybe one minute intros could be on a post it on a wall so that people coming a day late still know who does what.
We also had some event ideas ourselves that we decided not to include in the weekend:
Community health session (a discussion of ways to improve the health of the EA community, be that through more diversity, more mutual support etc.)
Self-care for the altruistic (discussion and support session)
Discussions/anti-debate on cause prioritisation
Watching a video of a talk together and then discussing it (vote on a talk to watch during the event)
Values session: discussing why we have certain moral values
Problem-solving circle (participants raise problems they have and others try to help them)
The Humane League Work Party (Encouraging companies to commit to improving conditions on farms—writing letters & emails, phone calls, petitions. Would have been an option throughout the event.)
Gathering and interpreting data relating to the impact of charities for SoGive