This is a great post, thanks for writing it. Iāve thought about this topic a lot, specifically about the value helping others in the movementāI used the term āsoft impactā, because it improves coordination and community and interconnectedness. These actions often are illegible, but donāt have to be.
EAs do this a lot anyways, but making the value of such action explicit or trying to track it could be really useful (and I think more of the following would only help!)
Examples:
connecting people to each other with the goal of them collaborating, one person getting advice, or just having shared interests.
providing detailed feedback on projects, posts etc.
sending people relevant resources
encouraging someone
maintaining connections with people whether thatās in person, email, at conferences etc.
To track soft impact, you could send a message to people you know (maybe annually) and ask for feedback. Some people send out feedback forms so that it can be anonymous and people can give honest answers.
I currently have kept a list of introductions I have made and update it occasionally. I also track projects where I have given feedback. I will need to send out feedback forms at some point and see the actual impact, but even if only 1ā5 introductions is very useful, I think this is worth the few minutes it takes to make an intro.
Iād be curious to know how much time people put aside to do these kind of thingsāespecially for people who arenāt very involved in meta stuff.
This is a great post, thanks for writing it. Iāve thought about this topic a lot, specifically about the value helping others in the movementāI used the term āsoft impactā, because it improves coordination and community and interconnectedness. These actions often are illegible, but donāt have to be.
EAs do this a lot anyways, but making the value of such action explicit or trying to track it could be really useful (and I think more of the following would only help!)
Examples:
connecting people to each other with the goal of them collaborating, one person getting advice, or just having shared interests.
providing detailed feedback on projects, posts etc.
sending people relevant resources
encouraging someone
maintaining connections with people whether thatās in person, email, at conferences etc.
To track soft impact, you could send a message to people you know (maybe annually) and ask for feedback. Some people send out feedback forms so that it can be anonymous and people can give honest answers.
I currently have kept a list of introductions I have made and update it occasionally. I also track projects where I have given feedback. I will need to send out feedback forms at some point and see the actual impact, but even if only 1ā5 introductions is very useful, I think this is worth the few minutes it takes to make an intro.
Iād be curious to know how much time people put aside to do these kind of thingsāespecially for people who arenāt very involved in meta stuff.