There are a number of reasons that people drift away from the community. Ben West has a sequence of posts about this here.
I don’t know what led your friends to drift away, but it’s often the case that people are still interested in EA ideas but other events in their life take higher priority for a while. If that applies to your friends, then we think the main benefits of attending this event are:
Give and receive feedback on career, study, or donation plans
Make new connections and reconnect with old contacts
Discover and discuss interesting ideas
We’ll also have a session at the event exploring the different retention factors that Ben identifies in his posts (e.g. balancing parenting with EA, or finding a way to contribute if you don’t have experience that’s relevant to the field you want to work in). Hearing different people in the community sharing their experiences about this may also be helpful to your friends.
There are a number of reasons that people drift away from the community. Ben West has a sequence of posts about this here.
I don’t know what led your friends to drift away, but it’s often the case that people are still interested in EA ideas but other events in their life take higher priority for a while. If that applies to your friends, then we think the main benefits of attending this event are:
Give and receive feedback on career, study, or donation plans
Make new connections and reconnect with old contacts
Discover and discuss interesting ideas
We’ll also have a session at the event exploring the different retention factors that Ben identifies in his posts (e.g. balancing parenting with EA, or finding a way to contribute if you don’t have experience that’s relevant to the field you want to work in). Hearing different people in the community sharing their experiences about this may also be helpful to your friends.
Thanks Barry!