I’m curious what prompted this change—did organizers encounter a lot of difficult converting new conference attendees to more engaged EAs?
They were often stretched so thin from making the main event happen that they didn’t have the capacity to ensure that their follow-up events were solid. We think part of the problem will be mitigated if the events themselves are smaller and more targeted towards groups with a specific level of EA understanding.
I’m also curious about what sort of support CEA will be providing to smaller, less-established local groups, given that fewer groups will receive support for EAGx.
Local groups can apply for funding through the EAGx funding application, as well as use the event-organizing resources we generated for EAGx. Depending on the size and nature of the event, they can receive individualized support from different CEA staff working on community development, such as Harri, Amy, Julia, and/or Larissa. If they’re running a career or rationality workshop they may be able to get 80,000 Hours’ or CFAR’s advice or direct support.
Depending on the size and nature of the event, they can receive individualized support from different CEA staff working on community development, such as Harri, Amy, Julia, and/or Larissa.
Could you say more about what kind of (smaller, local, non-EAGx) events CEA would like to see/would be interested in providing support for?
In brief, large speaker events and workshops, depending on the needs of a local group. Perhaps self-evidently, large speaker events are best for nascent chapters trying to attract interest; workshops for augmenting the engagement and/or skill of existing members. There’s some information about this in the Organizer FAQ, as well a prompts about this in the EAGx organizer application and on the “Get Involved’ tab of effectivealtruism.org.
They were often stretched so thin from making the main event happen that they didn’t have the capacity to ensure that their follow-up events were solid. We think part of the problem will be mitigated if the events themselves are smaller and more targeted towards groups with a specific level of EA understanding.
Local groups can apply for funding through the EAGx funding application, as well as use the event-organizing resources we generated for EAGx. Depending on the size and nature of the event, they can receive individualized support from different CEA staff working on community development, such as Harri, Amy, Julia, and/or Larissa. If they’re running a career or rationality workshop they may be able to get 80,000 Hours’ or CFAR’s advice or direct support.
Here are the event-organizing resources, if you’d like to check them out: https://goo.gl/zw8AjW
Could you say more about what kind of (smaller, local, non-EAGx) events CEA would like to see/would be interested in providing support for?
In brief, large speaker events and workshops, depending on the needs of a local group. Perhaps self-evidently, large speaker events are best for nascent chapters trying to attract interest; workshops for augmenting the engagement and/or skill of existing members. There’s some information about this in the Organizer FAQ, as well a prompts about this in the EAGx organizer application and on the “Get Involved’ tab of effectivealtruism.org.
Thanks!
For future readers, I think here are a couple links Roxanne was referring to:
https://www.effectivealtruism.org/get-involved/run-a-local-ea-event/
https://www.effectivealtruism.org/get-involved/run-a-large-speaker-event/
Thanks! This makes sense.