Feedback: We gave out books we ordered through this form at a student org fair last week and it was a success!
We were moderately exclusive in giving out books, but still gave out nearly all of the 50+ books we had. By moderately exclusive, I mean that we only gave out books to people who seemed genuinely interested in EA and joining EA UW-Madison. We also tried to match the books we gave out to what people were studying (e.g. Superintelligence to CS majors, Poor Economics to econ students), although this likely doesn’t need to be forced since that’s what the students themselves would choose.
Even just having the books on our table at the student org fair made us more interesting, per a friend and new members feedback. People who joined our Slack after the follow-up email also again expressed their gratitude for having received a book – I think this is a really good first impression for a club (they gave me meaningful free stuff!).
We are now ordering more books for an upcoming Intro to EA presentation, an intro fellowship, and tabling on campus.
Feedback: We gave out books we ordered through this form at a student org fair last week and it was a success!
We were moderately exclusive in giving out books, but still gave out nearly all of the 50+ books we had. By moderately exclusive, I mean that we only gave out books to people who seemed genuinely interested in EA and joining EA UW-Madison. We also tried to match the books we gave out to what people were studying (e.g. Superintelligence to CS majors, Poor Economics to econ students), although this likely doesn’t need to be forced since that’s what the students themselves would choose.
Even just having the books on our table at the student org fair made us more interesting, per a friend and new members feedback. People who joined our Slack after the follow-up email also again expressed their gratitude for having received a book – I think this is a really good first impression for a club (they gave me meaningful free stuff!).
We are now ordering more books for an upcoming Intro to EA presentation, an intro fellowship, and tabling on campus.