I’m a big fan of different “tracks” which are appealing to people in different stages of their EA journey. Let people self-select into things that are more valuable.
E.g. “career journeys”are more valuable if you’re new to EA but interested in EA career paths, whereas a in-depth discussion on a obscure critique may be less interesting.
how you advertise what the conference is probably matters—you probably want to think about the limitations of the EA brand to attract such people. Maybe we need a non EAG branded conference to get really promising people who are more skeptical of EA.
That being said, how can we build on the messaging to be more informative?
E.g. give a sample agenda, talk about the benefit people can receive (how can we frame the value of 1-1s to be more intuitive and attractive to newcomers)
do a lot of pre-event programming that could be Q&As or just a sample of the conference to get people interested and excited to sign up (maybe 2 months before).
For accepted attendees, have some programming leading up to conference to prep them on what it’s like, how to get value, make plans, engage in conversations.
I’m a big fan of different “tracks” which are appealing to people in different stages of their EA journey. Let people self-select into things that are more valuable.
E.g. “career journeys”are more valuable if you’re new to EA but interested in EA career paths, whereas a in-depth discussion on a obscure critique may be less interesting.
how you advertise what the conference is probably matters—you probably want to think about the limitations of the EA brand to attract such people. Maybe we need a non EAG branded conference to get really promising people who are more skeptical of EA.
That being said, how can we build on the messaging to be more informative?
E.g. give a sample agenda, talk about the benefit people can receive (how can we frame the value of 1-1s to be more intuitive and attractive to newcomers)
do a lot of pre-event programming that could be Q&As or just a sample of the conference to get people interested and excited to sign up (maybe 2 months before).
For accepted attendees, have some programming leading up to conference to prep them on what it’s like, how to get value, make plans, engage in conversations.
Of the cuff, feel free to ping me for more!