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May 26, 2023 • 51min
GiveWell's new interventions | Olivia Larsen | EAG Bay Area 23
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In 2022, GiveWell allocated over $80 million to 18 new interventions, including an RCT of footbridges in Rwanda, Kangaroo Mother Care, and in-line chlorination.
In this talk, Olivia Larsen, GiveWell Philanthropy Advisor, is sharing about some of the more experimental grants that GiveWell is currently excited about–including funding RCTs, programs to build and scale future giving opportunities, and programs that work with outcome metrics outside of lives saved and incomes increased!
Find out more about EA Global conferences at: www.eaglobal.org
Learn more about effective altruism at: www.effectivealtruism.org

May 26, 2023 • 47min
Workshop: How can we have better online discussions? | Lizka Vaintrob | EAG Bay Area 23
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In this workshop about online communication (on the EA Forum and elsewhere), we’re brainstorming and developing thoughts on the following questions:
What can online communication and discussions achieve? What’s the point?
Given the goals we have, what makes discussions or communication more useful?
What norms do we want to support to encourage that?
Practical tips: What tools can we use? When should we take discussions offline? Etc. And more.
Then we’ll spend a bit of time talking about how we can apply this to specific discussions we think are important.
Lizka runs the EA Newsletter, the EA Forum Digest, and the non-engineering side of the EA Forum at the Centre for Effective Altruism, and helps with a wide range of other content projects.
Find out more about EA Global conferences at: www.eaglobal.org
Learn more about effective altruism at: www.effectivealtruism.org