“EA Switzerland - Strategy (v2024)” by Alix Pham, marcel.steimke

Version 1.1 - July 2024 Thanks to everyone who contributed directly or indirectly, e.g. our board, our peers from the Community Building Grants Program, our group organizers and community members. Overview This document offers an overview of the strategic vision for EA Switzerland. It is intended to be aspirational—a resource to guide our thinking when we consider our work on a higher level. We intend to review this document yearly. In this document, “we” is EA Switzerland's team. Who? We start with a brief history of EA Switzerland. Then, we follow with an analysis of the characteristics of Switzerland, and in particular the EA Switzerland subcommunity, that we anticipate to be comparative advantages and disadvantages. We describe our values as an association and a community. Why? In this section, we describe our approach to Effective Altruism (EA) and community building. We lay out our framework, based on the definition of EA [...] ---Outline:(00:22) Overview(02:52) Who? - EA Switzerland(02:56) Our History(03:24) Our Comparative Advantages and Disadvantages(03:30) Financial Comfort and Wealth(05:22) Multicultural Community and International Hub(06:38) Low Emigration(07:49) Our Values(09:32) Why? - Our approach to Effective Altruism and community building(09:39) Our Framework(09:50) Trajectories: What are people's journey to impact?(13:07) Tracks: What structures do we build to support people in their journey?(16:47) Our Priorities(16:51) Track Portfolio(19:06) Operational Work(19:44) What? - Activities we want to be doing(19:49) Our Theory of Change(20:34) Annual Calendar(21:02) Resources(21:29) How? - Processes we follow(21:36) Staff Handbook(21:39) Impact Framework(22:22) Team Framework(24:17) Logistics(24:28) Operational Handbook(24:40) Annexes(24:43) Annex 1: Strategizing Considerations(24:49) Funding Considerations(26:51) Additional Considerations(28:33) Annex 2: Maintain and Improve vs. Develop and Create(30:49) Annex 3: Social Support Ecosystems and EA Community Building(33:23) Annex 4: Team Dynamics - Details(37:05) GlossaryThe original text contained 8 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: July 22nd, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/dFFt62acoktuLDCvh/ea-switzerland-strategy-v2024 --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.