It’s a rare privilege to lead an organisation that embodies the very ideals that shaped your life. I’ve been fortunate to have been given that opportunity for the last four years. My journey with Giving What We Can began long before I became its CEO. Like many members, I started as a curious onlooker, lurking …
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve just started my new role as Head of Giving What We Can at The Centre for Effective Altruism. Giving What We Can has been a meaningful part of my life since I took The Pledge in 2016 (and engaged with the ideas even earlier), and I’m honoured to dedicate my next …
These are crazy times with COVID19 and the health, work and daily life impact that’s had – and it’s still only early days. We all process this it in different ways. For me it turns out that music has been one of those ways. Thank you to everyone who sent videos and audio tracks. The …
Communities often demand a constant source of nurturing for healthy maintenance and growth. Meet-up events are a great way to do this but organising such events can be exhausting and time consuming. Especially, the complex ones that need preparation and a hired venue – speaker events, presentations and discussion groups, for instance. A great strategy …
Everything has wrapped up with EAGxAustralia thanks to the help of my organising team and volunteers! All up we had 330 people attending the keynote, 180 participants across the weekend, 32 speakers, 30 volunteers, and a further 20 people at the retreat – but more important than those numbers was the 88% of feedback survey …
As promised, here’s the next instalment of what I’ve learned living on less. If you haven’t yet read the prequels this may make very little sense to you. Go read them first. I’ll wait. The power of habit While doing this challenge I re-read one of my all-time favourite books, The Power of Habit. The timing …
As promised, here’s the next instalment of what I’ve learned living on less. If you haven’t yet read the prequels this may make very little sense to you. Go read them first. I’ll wait. I’ve already discussed some of the parts of fundraising relating to people’s psychology so without further adieu here’s what I’ve learned about …
As promised, here’s the next instalment of what I’ve learned living on less. If you haven’t yet read the prequels this may make very little sense to you. Go read them first. I’ll wait. Without further adieu here’s what I’ve learned about poverty during my first 23 days of living on less to help raising money for highly effective poverty-alleviation charities. …
As promised, here’s the next instalment of what I’ve learned living on less. If you haven’t yet read the prequels this may make very little sense to you. Go read them first. I’ll wait. Today I’m covering off what I’ve learned about food during my first 22 days of living on less to help raising money for highly effective poverty-alleviation …
As promised, here’s the next instalment of ‘what I’ve learned living on less‘. If you haven’t yet read the prequel and the pre-prequal this may make very little sense to you. Go read them first. I’ll wait. Today I’m covering off what I’ve learned about people during my first 21 days of living on less and raising …