Thanks for this post—I think I needed to hear this.
Other than my replies to the annual forum post, I haven’t written much about my giving, but I suspect there could be quite some leverage in me doing so, given how committed I am (the TLDR is I have taken something similar to a Further Pledge, and have lived off less than ~30,000 USD in the last ~3-4 years), and I’d love to inspire others to show them what’s possible.
Do you have any recommendations for where to publish, and who might be interested in editorial support? (Maybe the folks over at GWWC?) I’d also consider approaching a bigger news outlet if you (or someone else) thought this was wise, though maybe your recommendation is “Just put it on LinkedIn, it’ll be fine”.
No need to respond to this at all—I just wanted to put this out there to signal my willingness to come clear about my addiction to effective giving ;-)
GWWC has a blog, so you could ask them about publishing there!
There’s always the option of pitching your story to news outlets; occasionally we do see a GWWC member pop up in mainstream media, like Allan Saldanha in the Guardian (who also gives well over 10%). But I don’t know how those stories tend to come together — whether it’s through GWWC helping out or the subject making their own connections. Probably worth asking GWWC about that, though.
Hi @Aaron Gertler 🔸 !
Thanks for this post—I think I needed to hear this.
Other than my replies to the annual forum post, I haven’t written much about my giving, but I suspect there could be quite some leverage in me doing so, given how committed I am (the TLDR is I have taken something similar to a Further Pledge, and have lived off less than ~30,000 USD in the last ~3-4 years), and I’d love to inspire others to show them what’s possible.
Do you have any recommendations for where to publish, and who might be interested in editorial support? (Maybe the folks over at GWWC?) I’d also consider approaching a bigger news outlet if you (or someone else) thought this was wise, though maybe your recommendation is “Just put it on LinkedIn, it’ll be fine”.
No need to respond to this at all—I just wanted to put this out there to signal my willingness to come clear about my addiction to effective giving ;-)
GWWC has a blog, so you could ask them about publishing there!
There’s always the option of pitching your story to news outlets; occasionally we do see a GWWC member pop up in mainstream media, like Allan Saldanha in the Guardian (who also gives well over 10%). But I don’t know how those stories tend to come together — whether it’s through GWWC helping out or the subject making their own connections. Probably worth asking GWWC about that, though.