“Retrospective for Inaugural EA SA Summit 2024: Its Impact and What We Learnt” by Estelle Novenka Florens, Imaan Khadir 🔸, Hayley Martin, Ashura Batungwanayo

The EA South Africa Summit took place on October 5th 2024 at UVU Africa in Cape Town. The event brought together 52 members of the EA community for the first time in South Africa. This retrospective is to give a brief overview of what went well, the impact the summit had and what we intend to improve on in the future.Group Photo of Attendees of the EA SA Summit 2024  The summit marks a significant milestone in the growth of EA in South Africa. It began in 2018 with a student society at the University of Cape Town that has since gained substantial traction. The broader EA community expanded since then, including an online community and the establishment of a WhatsApp community of ≈150 people and a mailing list of 850+ people. The community also organised and hosted the EA African Organisers Summit in 2022, gathering community builders [...] ---Outline:(01:39) Objectives(02:39) Key Takeaways(03:52) Outcomes and Survey Feedback(03:57) The impact of this event(04:44) Intended Actions of Respondents(06:40) Cause Areas(06:43) Respondents' Average Rating of Cause Areas by their Importance(06:59) Respondents' current engagement in the field of their most important cause area(07:27) Content, time and community(07:46) Conference content and logistics(08:41) Additional Information(08:57) Program(10:59) Applications and Attendance(11:21) Attendees' Level of Engagement with EA(11:36) Application Outcomes(13:27) Attendees' Country of Residence(13:43) Costs(14:29) Breakdown of Costs (Excluding Travel Support and Remuneration)(14:44) Venue(15:47) Catering(16:37) Marketing(17:09) Social Media Ad Results by Platform(17:45) EA SA Summit Social Media Ad Costs (in USD)(18:37) Photography and Videography(19:10) Merchandise(19:41) Accommodation and Travel(20:03) Swapcard(20:35) Team Composition and Collaboration(20:39) Organising Team(22:12) Volunteers(22:39) Closing ThoughtsThe original text contained 9 images which were described by AI. --- First published: January 29th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/h9yca8ER7tn2BYZFx/retrospective-for-inaugural-ea-sa-summit-2024-its-impact-and --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.