“EA North 2025 retrospective” by matthes

intro

EA North was a one-day conference in Sheffield (UK) aimed at people in the North of England (Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds, etc.). The event had 35 attendees on the day.[1] The cost per attendee was £50 and the cost per new connection was £11. The total cost was £1765.

The attendee feedback was quite positive (see below). I am happy with how it all turned out and think it was a very worthwhile use of my time.

Thank you for everyone who attended! Special thanks to the speakers and meet-up facilitators.

venue

Our venue was The Showroom in Sheffield. I booked two rooms. The main room had a projector and was used for the talks. The second room was laid out like a cafe/bar. This was to allow space for 1-1s to happen at any point during the day.

agenda

Here is the schedule for the [...]

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Outline:

(00:20) intro

(01:02) venue

(01:38) agenda

(02:44) feedback from attendees

(02:52) big ones

(03:20) other things people care about with events

(04:21) what people found the most useful

(04:46) what people liked the least

(05:01) applicants and attendees

(05:19) numbers

(05:36) who applied?

(06:19) what I would do differently next time

(07:10) resources for you to steal

The original text contained 2 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
May 2nd, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/eQcpxyLfXoA8bXY6K/ea-north-2025-retrospective

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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