“Turning into Smarter Givers” is the identify of my presentation about EA.
I’m 80 years previous and a retired professor. Like many seniors, my spouse and I’ve discovered our option to a retirement group in Florida. One of many sights of this specific group is the senior studying facility that presents many “programs” and single subject lectures over the yr. In 2015, I heard a podcast with Will MacAskill discussing his newly revealed ebook Doing Good Higher. I purchased it instantly and after studying it, I discovered it was a ebook that really modified my life. It launched me to a mind-set about charitable giving that was logical, enlightening and motivational.
I wished to do one thing extra than simply contribute cash, which we eagerly do; I wished for others to have an identical expertise. I approached the training heart and proposed a two hour program on EA. My targets have been to stimulate the viewers to rethink a few of their resolution processes about charities and to undertake a few of the EA philosophy. I’ve developed a Keynote presentation for this objective. I present handouts with a top level view of the presentation in addition to two pages of sources and references with hyperlinks for additional exploration.
The presentation is split into two sections. Within the first half, I outline efficient altruism, biases that impression altruistic giving and Singer’s ethical crucial — all with examples and some brief movies to reinforce understanding. The second half is about motion steps: how a lot to present, which causes may excite their ardour and which organizations inside these causes to think about for contributions. (Once more with a couple of brief movies and several other examples.) I distinguish between charity evaluators that concentrate on monetary and organizational construction information to offer rankings info and people like Give Properly which concentrate on outcomes.
I’ve given this presentation about 5 occasions by our studying facility, every time with about 35 folks attending. That is thought of good attendance since there are such a lot of competing lessons and actions right here. I’ve additionally been invited to present the presentation to the Humanists and Freethinkers teams right here and in another senior communities.
So what is the backside line? I do not know as a result of I don’t do any follow-up. The shows are effectively acquired and there are a lot of questions. The individuals remark that the concepts have been enlightening and informative. All of them take the handouts and a few make the most of the sources to hunt extra info. All I do know is that I used to be actually excited once I was launched to EA and I really feel it’s a part of my accountability to the EA group to introduce others to EA.
