Totally agree—I’ve been noticing that the later stages of the funnel are neglected as well. These are great suggestions! I hope people are inspired to follow them.
I’m especially optimistic about the potential for local meetups and student groups. Regular, discoverable, newbie-friendly EA meetups have already been a big source of growth for the Boston scene (and I imagine other places as well). I’d just like to plug Weeatquince’s great guide for running them efficiently, to anyone who’s considering starting one!
I agree with this and would add that even monthly meetings only could be very valuable if they’re combined with good online follow-up. When you know someone from a meeting first you’re probably more likely to ask them lots of questions that if they were just recommended to you over the internet. Nevertheless, I also think it could be promising to invest into personalized online guidance. Michelle mentioned below that the buddy-system wasn’t used much, but maybe something similar could work well especially if the demand from new people increases as expected.
Just to add—Weeatquince is Sam Hilton (he’s happy for the article not to be anonymous) - I’m sure he’d be happy to chat about it in person too if people are interested in setting up groups!
Totally agree—I’ve been noticing that the later stages of the funnel are neglected as well. These are great suggestions! I hope people are inspired to follow them.
I’m especially optimistic about the potential for local meetups and student groups. Regular, discoverable, newbie-friendly EA meetups have already been a big source of growth for the Boston scene (and I imagine other places as well). I’d just like to plug Weeatquince’s great guide for running them efficiently, to anyone who’s considering starting one!
I agree with this and would add that even monthly meetings only could be very valuable if they’re combined with good online follow-up. When you know someone from a meeting first you’re probably more likely to ask them lots of questions that if they were just recommended to you over the internet. Nevertheless, I also think it could be promising to invest into personalized online guidance. Michelle mentioned below that the buddy-system wasn’t used much, but maybe something similar could work well especially if the demand from new people increases as expected.
Just to add—Weeatquince is Sam Hilton (he’s happy for the article not to be anonymous) - I’m sure he’d be happy to chat about it in person too if people are interested in setting up groups!