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"<p><strong>Building effective altruism</strong> refers to the family of interventions aimed at growing, shaping, or otherwise improving <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/effective-altruism\">effective altruism</a> as a practical and intellectual community.</p><p>Examples of building effective altruism include starting <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/university-groups\">student groups</a> and <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/effective-altruism-groups\">local groups</a>, writing articles, and organizing social gatherings for people interested in effective&nbsp;altruism.</p><p>An influential model in effective altruism community building is the Awareness/Inclination model, developed by Owen Cotton-Barratt.<span class=\"footnote-reference\" role=\"doc-noteref\" id=\"fnref7kc2d9bhbrk\"><sup><a href=\"#fn7kc2d9bhbrk\">[1]</a></sup></span>&nbsp;Awareness and inclination are both limiting factors for movement growth: in order to join effective altruism, a potential new member both needs to know what the movement is (awareness) and have a positive impression of it and desire to be involved (inclination). Ideally, EA movement-building work would increase both awareness and inclination, but there is sometimes a trade-off between the two. For instance, some social movements draw attention to themselves by generating controversy, which increases awareness while decreases inclination.<br><br>There has been debate about the <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/value-of-movement-growth\">value of growing the effective altruism movement</a>. A larger movement means more people trying to do good effectively, but there may also be downsides to a larger movement. For example, it may be more difficult to have nuanced discussions, protect key effective altruism priorities, or coordinate.</p><h2>Evaluation</h2><p><a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/80-000-hours\">80,000 Hours</a> rates building effective altruism a \"highest priority area\": a problem at the top of their ranking of global issues assessed by <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/itn-framework-1\">importance, tractability and neglectedness</a>.<span class=\"footnote-reference\" role=\"doc-noteref\" id=\"fnrefsrtlc2g8s8h\"><sup><a href=\"#fnsrtlc2g8s8h\">[2]</a></sup></span></p><h2>Further reading</h2><p>Bachmann, Michael (2018), <a href=\"https://medium.com/@michelbachmann/start-with-who-15b8857ed718\">Start with who</a><br><br>Centre for Effective Altruism (2017, updated 2021), <a href=\"https://www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org/blog/the-fidelity-model-of-spreading-ideas\">The fidelity model of spreading ideas</a><br><br>Cotton-Barratt, Owen (2015), <a href=\"How valuable is movement growth?\">How valuable is movement growth?</a></p><p>Duda, Roman (2018) <a href=\"https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/promoting-effective-altruism/\">Building effective altruism</a>, <i>80,000 Hours</i>, March (updated July 2020).</p><p>Whittlestone, Jess (2017) <a href=\"https://www.effectivealtruism.org/articles/cause-profile-building-an-effective-altruism-community/\">Building an effective altruism community</a>, <i>Effective Altruism</i>, November 16.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Related entries</h2><p><a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/altruistic-coordination\">altruistic coordination</a> |&nbsp;<a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/coworking-spaces\">coworking spaces</a>&nbsp;| <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/effective-altruism-education\">effective altruism education</a> |&nbsp;<a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/global-outreach\">global outreach</a> | <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/moral-trade\">moral trade</a>&nbsp;| <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/movement-collapse\">movement collapse</a> | <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/network-building\">network building</a> | <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/retreats\">retreats</a> | <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/social-and-intellectual-movements\">social and intellectual movements</a> | <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/value-of-movement-growth\">value of movement growth</a></p><ol class=\"footnotes\" role=\"doc-endnotes\"><li class=\"footnote-item\" role=\"doc-endnote\" id=\"fn7kc2d9bhbrk\"><span class=\"footnote-back-link\"><sup><strong><a href=\"#fnref7kc2d9bhbrk\">^</a></strong></sup></span><div class=\"footnote-content\"><p>Cotton-Barratt (2015) <a href=\"https://www.effectivealtruism.org/articles/how-valuable-is-movement-growth-owen-cotton-barratt\">How valuable is movement growth?</a>, <i>Effective Altruism.org</i></p></div></li><li class=\"footnote-item\" role=\"doc-endnote\" id=\"fnsrtlc2g8s8h\"><span class=\"footnote-back-link\"><sup><strong><a href=\"#fnrefsrtlc2g8s8h\">^</a></strong></sup></span><div class=\"footnote-content\"><p>80,000 Hours (2021) <a href=\"https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/\">Our current list of the most important world problems</a>, <i>80,000 Hours</i>.</p></div></li></ol>"
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