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SOP for EAG Conferences

1 - clarify your goals

2- clarify types of people you’d like to have 1-1s with to meet these goals

3- pick workshops you want to go to

4- in Swapcard app, delete the 1-1 time slots that are during workshops

5- search Swapcard attendee list for relevant keywords for 1-1s

6- make 1-1s, scheduled in location where it will be easier to find ppl (ie not main networking area) — ask organizers if unsure of what this will be in advance

Notes

-don’t worry about talks since they’re recorded

-actually use 1-1 time slot feature on Swapcard (by removing... (read more)

Just looked this up- very interesting. I agree that’s along the lines of what I was thinking , with the added attempt to vaguely begin to quantify . And yeah mutual aid efforts could be another type of action to include in a map/model like this.

Re how much exists - I hope it’s a lot. But I fear there may be not that much based on personal experience. Also sometimes in activist & social justice circles there can be a resistance to quantifying a bottom line.

Quantifying Impact of Allyship

Intro 

Uncertainties 

• Should ally be the one to write this given the many potential blind spots
• Is it correct for an investigation of this type to be allied-centered (from the perspective of those in identity locations of societal privilege)
• Problem of disempowering societally marginalized & of painting a one-directional picture
• Reinventing the wheel / being dismissive of well established experts, particularly those who are members of societally marginalized groups)
• Other blind spots related to social justice nuance

Goa... (read more)

Really appreciate that notion.  It is something I've thought a lot about myself.  I also tend to find that my personal spiritual practice benefits from a mix of many short meditation retreats, daily formal meditation sessions & ongoing altruistic efforts in daily life.  I don't feel that I would make a good teacher of meditation if I did that full time or that my practice would reach greater depth faster if I quit my job & practiced full time.  

Interesting essay, thanks for sharing.  Buddhist practice is the central focus of my life & is how I became interested in EA.  I see the two as fairly compatible.  I'm assuming the essay's focus is on Buddhists that have a primarily physicalist ontology (that subjective experience is an epiphenomena of brain chemistry).  If that is the case, then I think engaged Buddhism, when taken to the highest degree of intensity, converges fairly well with EA.  

Things become arguably more interesting if we adopt the traditional Buddhist on... (read more)

Survey Studies on Perception of EA Ideas

Has anyone looked into the possibility of doing survey studies on the perception of EA ideas?  I'm thinking of surveys that might include questions that prompt the participant to choice between 2 statements.  Each statement might contain an EA idea, but phrased in a different way.   The goal would be to determine which verbiage is more palatable.   Another type of question might measure which statement is more likely to convince the participant of a given view, or to take a certain action.  T... (read more)

Copy that, thanks. I primarily access the forum on mobile. Not sure if that’s the overall trend though.

I’m on mobile & don’t see the add me button available.

Thank you, I did see that in going down the EA critiques rabbit hole. That thread was very helpful .

Thanks. I’ll do a search for “common objections” articles.

Thank you for the feedback, Harrison!  Good things to think about.  I think it would be best if I could do a proof of concept first to clarify the exact nature of my suggestions.