Thanks Ben. I’m very happy to see CEA gathering and publishing all this detailed feedback.
I imagine it is easier to get feedback from the people that are already communicating the most with you. I was wondering whether or how much you have tried to get feedback from people and groups in the EA community who you have less contact with.
For example, I imagine that the group leaders attending the retreats (and possibly those having the calls) may be the group leaders that already get the most support from CEA. The comment that made think this was
most of our groups, including some of our strongest groups at key universities, have never received a visit from CEA staff
While it would be wonderful if CEA was able to visit groups in person, that seems like an unusually large ask, so I was surprised it was singled out in the feedback. I believe there are groups who have had little or no personal contact with CEA (email or call), and this seems like a more important and easier thing to address.
Thanks for asking about that. I agree that calls and emails are valuable, in addition to in-person visits. I think it’s accurate that there are groups who would say they’d like more support from CEA, of various forms. The respondents here weren’t current group leaders, though, so I believe the comment you’re pointing to might not provide much data for your question. But it’s a good question, and we’ve invested this year in building connections with more groups.
For example: Alex Barry, our Groups Associate, worked with LEAN on a group organizers survey this year, so we could get feedback from a wide range of groups and update our list of contacts. Alex has also had about 100 calls with group organizers this year, answered ~500 emails from group organizers, and had about 50 meetings during EA Globals. He can be booked by emailing groups@effectivealtruism.org.
We also have a Slack channel for group organizers, as well as a Facebook group. This post on our groups support has more information – if you are a group organizer, please check out the resources listed there or let others know about them!
Thanks Ben. I’m very happy to see CEA gathering and publishing all this detailed feedback.
I imagine it is easier to get feedback from the people that are already communicating the most with you. I was wondering whether or how much you have tried to get feedback from people and groups in the EA community who you have less contact with.
For example, I imagine that the group leaders attending the retreats (and possibly those having the calls) may be the group leaders that already get the most support from CEA. The comment that made think this was
While it would be wonderful if CEA was able to visit groups in person, that seems like an unusually large ask, so I was surprised it was singled out in the feedback. I believe there are groups who have had little or no personal contact with CEA (email or call), and this seems like a more important and easier thing to address.
Thanks for asking about that. I agree that calls and emails are valuable, in addition to in-person visits. I think it’s accurate that there are groups who would say they’d like more support from CEA, of various forms. The respondents here weren’t current group leaders, though, so I believe the comment you’re pointing to might not provide much data for your question. But it’s a good question, and we’ve invested this year in building connections with more groups.
For example: Alex Barry, our Groups Associate, worked with LEAN on a group organizers survey this year, so we could get feedback from a wide range of groups and update our list of contacts. Alex has also had about 100 calls with group organizers this year, answered ~500 emails from group organizers, and had about 50 meetings during EA Globals. He can be booked by emailing groups@effectivealtruism.org.
We also have a Slack channel for group organizers, as well as a Facebook group. This post on our groups support has more information – if you are a group organizer, please check out the resources listed there or let others know about them!