Amazing! Things I would add for newcomers:
(If corrolated with your goals) Reach out to speakers/filter 10+ years of exp beacuse it is usually a good filter for people who you can learn from the most
Ask friends/EA staff who have already been to conferences if they can reccomend who to talk to
Order a motel close to the conference is usually very comfortable (use on booking filters: less than 1 mile + over 8 rating + best price to rating ratio)
Sleeping together with other members of your community is fun for feeling comfortable at the conferences, and having someone from ‘back home’ to share you experinces with (however, this might make it a comfort zone to not get to know other people)
Hey, thanks for the long comment! I hope that not a lot of people missed the post because the original title wasn’t clear enough.
We didn’t consider the option to make it more intensive because people attending are generally busy (work, life). But I wouldn’t stop it of course if the need came from a specific group :)
We selected people we knew mostly from events and from ‘discussing effectiveness’ that seemed high-potential (marked them in the CRM). We didn’t post it to the broader community at all yet so there aren’t any requests, but we excpect that there will be many because of the low fidelity of the program
I think they are not more active then the reading groups we hosted, but I don’t know a lot about how other reading groups are facilitated.
I find it hard comparing to the fellowship because it is more thorough and the particpants found projects at the end, and the course it to a much wider group and gives us ‘status’ and credentials. I do however personally belive fellowships could be much shorter if the facilitation and follow-ups are right