Could you elaborate on your definition of “high impact professionals” as your target audience? I’m not sure I understand who exactly you’re hoping to reach. Some examples (real or fictitious) of the types of people you have in mind would be helpful!
Hi Kyle, thanks for your question. With ”High Impact Professionals” we mean working EAs who understand their main path to impact as NOT through their day-to-day work and want to increase their impact besides their regular jobs.
We can imagine a lawyer or a web-designer who wants to offer pro-bono services, a banker or consultant doing earning to give, a successful entrepreneur who wants to mentor growing charities or someone at a startup or a big tech company who wants to promote impactful initiatives in their company, like hosting fundraising events or introducing donation matching.
Great question! I like User Stories as a format to explain things like this: As an X, I want to Y, so that I can Z
For HIP, one example that describes what I’m looking for is:
As a mid-late career professional, I want to learn how to leverage my professional network to advance EA causes and help EA organizations, so that I can have an immediate high impact.
Our multi-disciplinary team consists of internationally renowned researchers who work at the interface of biology and engineering and share a common vision: to use the most advanced and innovative biotechnology to address urgent societal needs in energy, environment, and health.
From what I’ve seen, one HIP User Story might be written:
As a working professional, I want to learn how to build a workplace EA group, so that I can align my professional interests with my EA interests.
Devon / Federico: I’d love to hear some User Stories from your perspectives!
Could you elaborate on your definition of “high impact professionals” as your target audience? I’m not sure I understand who exactly you’re hoping to reach. Some examples (real or fictitious) of the types of people you have in mind would be helpful!
Hi Kyle, thanks for your question. With ”High Impact Professionals” we mean working EAs who understand their main path to impact as NOT through their day-to-day work and want to increase their impact besides their regular jobs.
We can imagine a lawyer or a web-designer who wants to offer pro-bono services, a banker or consultant doing earning to give, a successful entrepreneur who wants to mentor growing charities or someone at a startup or a big tech company who wants to promote impactful initiatives in their company, like hosting fundraising events or introducing donation matching.
Great question!
I like User Stories as a format to explain things like this: As an X, I want to Y, so that I can Z
For HIP, one example that describes what I’m looking for is:
As a mid-late career professional, I want to learn how to leverage my professional network to advance EA causes and help EA organizations, so that I can have an immediate high impact.
Specific actions along this line would include:
Building connections between the University of Toronto BioZone and EA groups such as Effective Environmentalism
From what I’ve seen, one HIP User Story might be written:
As a working professional, I want to learn how to build a workplace EA group, so that I can align my professional interests with my EA interests.
Devon / Federico: I’d love to hear some User Stories from your perspectives!