Executive summary: Community building in effective altruism encompasses a wide range of activities aimed at growing the movement and developing talent, with debates around the merits of cause-specific versus general EA outreach and “big tent” versus targeted approaches.
Key points:
Community building activities include running local groups, organizing events, providing career advice, seeding opportunities, and addressing bottlenecks in the EA pipeline.
Community building roles offer valuable skill development in areas like project management, strategy, and operations.
There are tradeoffs between EA-focused and cause-specific community building, with both approaches having merits depending on the context.
Tension exists between being inclusive to grow the movement and targeting high-impact individuals/opportunities.
Targeted outreach to underrepresented groups (e.g. older professionals, conservatives) may be especially impactful.
Community builders should consider their comparative advantages and local context when deciding how to focus their efforts.
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Executive summary: Community building in effective altruism encompasses a wide range of activities aimed at growing the movement and developing talent, with debates around the merits of cause-specific versus general EA outreach and “big tent” versus targeted approaches.
Key points:
Community building activities include running local groups, organizing events, providing career advice, seeding opportunities, and addressing bottlenecks in the EA pipeline.
Community building roles offer valuable skill development in areas like project management, strategy, and operations.
There are tradeoffs between EA-focused and cause-specific community building, with both approaches having merits depending on the context.
Tension exists between being inclusive to grow the movement and targeting high-impact individuals/opportunities.
Targeted outreach to underrepresented groups (e.g. older professionals, conservatives) may be especially impactful.
Community builders should consider their comparative advantages and local context when deciding how to focus their efforts.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.