I am an Australian with an entrepreneurial spirit based in Barcelona. I have a background in linguistics and English teaching, but now I'm doing community building for our EA Barcelona city group and really enjoying it. I'm also a music artist, producer and video maker on the side.
I would agree with Rebecca here. In my case, attending my first EAGx dramatically changed the course of my career (I'm now doing community building professionally), and if I hadn't attended, I think there's a fairly high chance that I'd now be in a totally different non-EA related career, and most likely a less impactful one (but that bit's harder to measure, of course). In comparison, I attended EAG London this year, which was my second in-person conference. And while it was a really great experience all round - I learned a lot, made a lot of useful connections & strengthened old ones, and also gave (hopefully useful) advice to others - it was definitely less impactful than my first EAGx in terms of how much it directly affected my career path.
What a great initiative!
Just a quick question regarding this:
Phase 2: Community members receive funds (Aug 20)
- We’ll give everyone $100 to donate; more if you’ve been active in the EA community. Fill out a 2-minute form to claim your $100, plus bonuses for:
I'm writing this on August 20th - is it too late to claim the $100? If not, where is the 2-minute form you mentioned that we need to fill out? Thank you!
Done! Thanks a lot, Ben, for bringing this opportunity to our attention and explaining how to navigate the survey. Fingers crossed for a positive outcome for Scottish chickens <3
Edit: It took me around 15 minutes to read through the main points of the forum post and complete the survey (I only did the pages on Animal Welfare, Public Policy, Further Comments and About You). The survey website is very easy to navigate.
Thanks for your comment, Laura! Children Change Colombia doesn't have a connection with EA as far as I know. However, one of our members felt an affinity for the charity and wanted to support them with her video. But in order to avoid further confusion, I've asked the author of this post to remove it from the list of EA-aligned charities. Thanks!