Background: I’m running two retreats this week whilst working with Swarthmore College EA. Both retreats are along the lines of what you described as a bootcamp (“where newer organisers, facilitators & similar are skilled up and gain lots of motivation from interacting with others in-person”), but for ~18 people. I think talking together about this sounds promising!
I agree with your response to casebash:
It’s true that if we had perfect organiser training either locally in the groups or in one big bootcamp, it’s unclear the bootcamp would cost less organiser hours. However organisers locally often don’t have the time/skills to train new organisers. So the comparison probs isn’t decisive.
How are you thinking about the intended ‘quality’ (broadly defined, somewhat similar to production value) of the proposed bootcamp, relative to: the quality of generic EA retreats, the retreat mentioned in your post, or a larger event like Icecone? I’d love more details on this.
Background: I’m running two retreats this week whilst working with Swarthmore College EA. Both retreats are along the lines of what you described as a bootcamp (“where newer organisers, facilitators & similar are skilled up and gain lots of motivation from interacting with others in-person”), but for ~18 people. I think talking together about this sounds promising!
I agree with your response to casebash:
How are you thinking about the intended ‘quality’ (broadly defined, somewhat similar to production value) of the proposed bootcamp, relative to: the quality of generic EA retreats, the retreat mentioned in your post, or a larger event like Icecone? I’d love more details on this.
Ah, super exciting! I’ll DM you