WOW! Every organization should read this; what a fantastic summary on creating a solid work culture and navigating change management. I’m hoping to share many of these ideas with my current org if they are open to them. Thank you for your excellent post!
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Thank you for this excellent post, Deena! As an ops professional, I really resonated with everything you wrote and feel you represented ops accurately and accessibly. I anticipate I’ll be signing up to chat with you soon—always great to be connected to more impact-minded ops professionals!
Thank you for this comment! As someone fairly new to the EA space, this has been one of the things I’ve noticed (and honestly, had made me terrified to post anything—even this reply). Rationality and truthseeking are essential, but so is considering HOW your argument/point will be interpreted or received—especially if a main goal is to build the movement (which I don’t think anyone would disagree with).
Thank you for asking this question! I definitely agree we should be exploring EAs treatment of mid-size donors and whether we are ready for them (especially in the context of EA fund diversification). I’m not confident that we need more research tools or rankers for such donors—I think there are already many resources for those (ex: Giving What We Can provided a wide range of recommendations across cause areas for such donors, not to mention others like GiveWell, Giving Green, Founders Pledge, ACE, Longview Philanthropy, Ultra Philanthropy, Ark Philanthropy, Ellis Impact, and more).
I think perhaps the more important question for preparing for midlevel donors is does EA have the cultivation and stewardship practices (professionalized fundraising) in place to keep these donors giving and increase their giving. I think this is a massive opportunity within the EA ecosystem.