Elliot Billingsley
Bio
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Educator and coach passionate about supporting individuals along their goals.
-Into EA since '16, highly engaged since '22.
-EA Forum Personality: Ninja Lurker. Never post, but most of my votes tend to be strong, up or down regardless.
-I took the OFTW Pledge in 2023 and will graduate to the GWWC Pledge this year.
-I've got a 2-year-old, so I guess that makes me at least a squishy-soft-longtermist by default.
-USA/Canada
How others can help me
- I would love to meet people who would consider engaging with me as a coach.
- I also hope to make connections that may lead me to a full-time job.
- In addition, I would be interested in learning more about Charity Entrepreneurship, and connect with people who may consider potentially working with me in some capacity on a startup (co-founder, board member, etc.)
How I can help others
I genuinely believe all the above listed are already win-wins.
So I will leave you with something that will require just one minute. This.
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I’m sorry, but after reading the article I’m still unsure what the final decision is.
“ Upon reflection, “Funding Diversification Week” is a bit of a misnomer. From now on we’ll call it “Funding Strategy Week”.”
But the title of this post is still Funding Diversification Week. So what will it be called?
Thanks for doing the yeoman's work of building a chapter, gathering applications, reviewing them thoroughly with local context, and sharing your findings here! I'm sorry to hear that you found the most of applications of a low quality, and hope that in time, excellent locally organized charities emerge.
A couple questions that would help me get a fuller picture:
- How did the cash value of the contest winnings compare to other grants that local charities may have spent their time working on? If it was a large value, I would expect these applications to be approximately the best they could do and therefore an higher-fidelity assessment of the charity landscape in your vicinity. If the pot was of a smaller or comparative value to what local charities occupy themselves with, I would imagine they would just throw an application together and not put the diligence you would hope for. The amount it would be over and above normally valued contest entry (or grant application, what have you) would help show if the contestants took your contest as seriously as you did.
- Who were the contestants? Were the contest participants the same 'we' who held the seminars in 2021-2022?
This was really cool to read. All quite reasonable predictions IMHO. I'm interested in seeing another one of this type when you get a chance.
I was pulled in by your narrative at the beginning. Maybe end it off with something fun and cultural, maybe a little hint at what dating will be like in the future :)
Was a great talk! I felt really validated in my inspiration to start a podcast focused on telling EAs' stories! Thanks Zack, excited to see the community grow through thick and thin.