Start a Mini-EA Group
Read the complete guide here
This guide for starting a mini-EA group is a slight modification of Markus Over’s Forum post “Start a Minimal Local Group for Passive Outreach” to fit the Finnish conditions. It is created by Effective Altruism Finland (eafinland@altruismi.fi)
This guide is for you, if…
you agree with the core principles of EA like scope sensitivity, scout mindset, tradeoffs and impartiality
there is not yet an EA group where you live
you could invest 1-3 hours within the next few weeks in creating one
Why start a group now?
Due to increased media attention more people hear about EA independently without having direct contact to a group. If interested people are actively looking for a local entry point to the EA community and don’t easily find one, their enthusiasm may fade. If, however, they find a way to connect with others, they’re much more likely to stick around and get more involved.
Objectives
The mini-group has one simple goal: being an entry point for people that come to the group on their own. You can set this up in 1-3 hours even if you don’t have the time to actually run a local group.
A minimal local group should primarily do the following:
Be easy to find online
Be easy to contact
Be responsive
Ideally, if people do contact the group, they should be able to take the next steps from there which could mean that you additionally organize a group kick-off event with the interested people to make some plans and distribute responsibilities and move the group beyond its minimal state.
Read the simple step-to-step guide for starting a group here.
