“Your group needs all the help it can get (FBB #1)” by gergo

Epistemic status: I’m pretty sure some version of this could provide value, but I’m not part of one of the teams in charge of supporting university/city groups. This means that I have less insight into this work, and they might have already considered something like what I’m suggesting but decided to prioritise other projects, such as EOSP. TLDR.:  Organisers have a lot of ops work to do, part of which could be outsourced to a central team, empowering community builders to shift their focus to other activities such as upskilling and running more ambitious projects locally. The case for scalable course coordination City and university groups need all the help they can get. They have a lot of projects going on, such as courses, career advice, socials, introductory talks, retreats, reading groups, and more. I don’t think many organisers realise this, but something I wish I could tell [...] ---Outline:(00:26) TLDR.:(00:42) The case for scalable course coordination(03:53) Some understandable objections:(07:13) Conclusion and call to actionThe original text contained 10 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: January 7th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/DMz8NmKyHZCFddoAj/your-group-needs-all-the-help-it-can-get-fbb-1 --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.