First, this strikes me as a great example of the value of the EA community. Most individuals / orgs, like me, will not find the bandwidth to make their own resources and strategies for better response to uncommon scenarios from scratch. Thank you for these.
Second, I think the decision making tool for triage / resource allocation in particular might be really valuable to share. I’m curious if other readers of this comment would agree. I suspect many individuals and orgs in EA struggled to reprioritize around covid, for example. So, sharing may improve overall community calibration. (With the Response Plan & guidelines you’ve shared adding very valuable context and content for adjustment as you recommend in the post.)
Third, is there an EA temp agency somewhere? I’m imagining the fit difference between that and a normal temp agency is valuable enough even for a temp role, though I’m not certain of it. I ask because ALLFED has had the talent, desire, and mission fit for activating response teams and has thought through this for 3 years. Rapid access to organization capacity may help others make up their shortfall as needed. This seems worth some funder attention, I think.
Lastly, to the degree that collaboration with key stakeholders is practical, I also think a resilience centre and a rapid response task force in EA both have immense value. So I want to voice my public support for these. I’ll also reach out to see what help I can most sensibly provide.
Side note: My experience community building in Toronto has given me the strong intuition that really healthy relationships are a vital safety feature of high potential action networks such as a Task Force, rather than a nice-to-have. So I really appreciate that your P Planning meetings 4, 5, and 6 are assessment oriented, that you clarify ALLFED’s role in a disaster to include reducing poor decision making, and that your response team response includes team wellness meetings. Thank you for these too.
I appreciate the time you have taken to write this comment.
Ref 1: For sure, it takes thought, design, testing, and a bit of relevant background to produce tools from scratch… It was the Covid-19 pandemic that galvanised us to crack on with it. So, if someone wants to adapt them for their org, that is obviously more efficient and they would be very welcome.
Ref 2: I was indeed considering linking to and/or sharing more info on our triage and decision-making aid when writing this post. The reason I decided against it on this occasion is, quite simply, it is not yet in a sharable state (we are still calibrating how it calculates scores and exact weighting).
Ref 3: No idea if there is an EA temp agency—maybe somebody else here can advise.
Ref. your closing comments, great, and thank you for your support of the EA resilience centre idea, and of a rapid response task force. And yes, ignore your team’s needs at your peril. We are all humans, and if your response team—or indeed any team—crumbles, it’s a downward spiral from there. So hurrah to team well-being (as you can see from the pics, ours includes ALLFED sporks and tardigrades :).
First, this strikes me as a great example of the value of the EA community. Most individuals / orgs, like me, will not find the bandwidth to make their own resources and strategies for better response to uncommon scenarios from scratch. Thank you for these.
Second, I think the decision making tool for triage / resource allocation in particular might be really valuable to share. I’m curious if other readers of this comment would agree. I suspect many individuals and orgs in EA struggled to reprioritize around covid, for example. So, sharing may improve overall community calibration. (With the Response Plan & guidelines you’ve shared adding very valuable context and content for adjustment as you recommend in the post.)
Third, is there an EA temp agency somewhere? I’m imagining the fit difference between that and a normal temp agency is valuable enough even for a temp role, though I’m not certain of it. I ask because ALLFED has had the talent, desire, and mission fit for activating response teams and has thought through this for 3 years. Rapid access to organization capacity may help others make up their shortfall as needed. This seems worth some funder attention, I think.
Lastly, to the degree that collaboration with key stakeholders is practical, I also think a resilience centre and a rapid response task force in EA both have immense value. So I want to voice my public support for these. I’ll also reach out to see what help I can most sensibly provide.
Side note: My experience community building in Toronto has given me the strong intuition that really healthy relationships are a vital safety feature of high potential action networks such as a Task Force, rather than a nice-to-have. So I really appreciate that your P Planning meetings 4, 5, and 6 are assessment oriented, that you clarify ALLFED’s role in a disaster to include reducing poor decision making, and that your response team response includes team wellness meetings. Thank you for these too.
Hi Yuli,
I appreciate the time you have taken to write this comment.
Ref 1: For sure, it takes thought, design, testing, and a bit of relevant background to produce tools from scratch… It was the Covid-19 pandemic that galvanised us to crack on with it. So, if someone wants to adapt them for their org, that is obviously more efficient and they would be very welcome.
Ref 2: I was indeed considering linking to and/or sharing more info on our triage and decision-making aid when writing this post. The reason I decided against it on this occasion is, quite simply, it is not yet in a sharable state (we are still calibrating how it calculates scores and exact weighting).
Ref 3: No idea if there is an EA temp agency—maybe somebody else here can advise.
Ref. your closing comments, great, and thank you for your support of the EA resilience centre idea, and of a rapid response task force. And yes, ignore your team’s needs at your peril. We are all humans, and if your response team—or indeed any team—crumbles, it’s a downward spiral from there. So hurrah to team well-being (as you can see from the pics, ours includes ALLFED sporks and tardigrades :).
Look forward to connecting with you further.