My notes on what I liked about the post, from the announcement:
Every day, thousands of people around the world work on building the EA community — whether they’re organizing a conference or just talking to a friend about effective giving.
Organizations like CEA try to collect reports on this work and share overall lessons with the rest of the community, but much of our experience remains locked in the memories of the individuals who ran particular projects.
“High School EA Outreach” is a brilliant attempt to solve this problem in one particular area — as the name implies, outreach to high school students. Catherine Low compiled stories from a dozen contributors into a post that offers valuable lessons to anyone who ever wants to run a high school project, whether it’s a class, a fundraiser, or a distribution of lesson plans.
One especially notable feature of this post: Multiple contributors shared their own separate conclusions, each with slightly different takeaways. This spares any one author the need to create a comprehensive summary and lets readers see the data from multiple perspectives. It’s rare that co-authored pieces actually acknowledge where authors differ in their views, but I wish that it were more common.
This post was awarded an EA Forum Prize; see the prize announcement for more details.
My notes on what I liked about the post, from the announcement: