A lot of what I have seen regarding “EA Community teams” seems to be be about managing conflicts between different individuals.
It would be interesting to see an organization or individual that was explicitly an expert in knowing different individuals and organizations and the projects that they are working on and could potentially connect people who might be able to add value to each other’s projects. It strikes me that there are a lot of opportunities for collaboration but not as much organization around mapping out the EA space on a more granular level.
A lot of what I have seen regarding “EA Community teams” seems to be be about managing conflicts between different individuals.
Not sure I understand this part—curious if you could say more.
It would be interesting to see an organization or individual that was explicitly an expert in knowing different individuals and organizations and the projects that they are working on and could potentially connect people who might be able to add value to each other’s projects.
I like this idea. A related idea/ framing that comes to mind.
There’s often a lot of value for people having a strong professional network. Eg. for finding collaborators, getting feedback or input etc.
People’s skills/ inclination for network building will vary a lot. And I suspect there’s a significant fraction of people working on EA projects that have lower network building inclination/ skills, and would benefit from support in building their network.
eg. If I could sign up for a service that substantially increased my professional network/ helped me build more valuable professional relationships, I would and would be willing to pay for such a service.
Just when I have seen efforts to improve community relations it has typically been in the “Community Health” context relating to when people have had complaints about people in the community or other conflicts. I haven’t seen as much concerted effort in connecting people working on different EA projects that might add value to each other.
A lot of what I have seen regarding “EA Community teams” seems to be be about managing conflicts between different individuals.
It would be interesting to see an organization or individual that was explicitly an expert in knowing different individuals and organizations and the projects that they are working on and could potentially connect people who might be able to add value to each other’s projects. It strikes me that there are a lot of opportunities for collaboration but not as much organization around mapping out the EA space on a more granular level.
Not sure I understand this part—curious if you could say more.
I like this idea. A related idea/ framing that comes to mind.
There’s often a lot of value for people having a strong professional network. Eg. for finding collaborators, getting feedback or input etc.
People’s skills/ inclination for network building will vary a lot. And I suspect there’s a significant fraction of people working on EA projects that have lower network building inclination/ skills, and would benefit from support in building their network.
eg. If I could sign up for a service that substantially increased my professional network/ helped me build more valuable professional relationships, I would and would be willing to pay for such a service.
Just when I have seen efforts to improve community relations it has typically been in the “Community Health” context relating to when people have had complaints about people in the community or other conflicts. I haven’t seen as much concerted effort in connecting people working on different EA projects that might add value to each other.