Well, one day I was volunteering at a climate change rally, and I got into a really interesting conversation with an EA who was there. The next day he decided to come to a meeting for the climate change group I was part of, and he added me on FB. He invited me to things such as the LW Canberra meetup and we talked (about EA ideas) pretty regularly on FB. And because of that, I got involved with EA quite quickly :)
Aha cool, that’s a helpful explanation, as it’s not what I was thinking of as mentoring. It’s more like person-to-person introduction or local outreach.
Well, one day I was volunteering at a climate change rally, and I got into a really interesting conversation with an EA who was there. The next day he decided to come to a meeting for the climate change group I was part of, and he added me on FB. He invited me to things such as the LW Canberra meetup and we talked (about EA ideas) pretty regularly on FB. And because of that, I got involved with EA quite quickly :)
Aha cool, that’s a helpful explanation, as it’s not what I was thinking of as mentoring. It’s more like person-to-person introduction or local outreach.
I would STRONGLY recommend that more EAs do this informal kind of mentoring. I’ve been trying it myself, with quite a lot of success.