Elliot Billingsley
Bio
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Educator and coach passionate about supporting individuals along their goals.
-Into EA since '16, highly engaged since '22.
-EA Forum Personality: Ninja Lurker. Never post, but most of my votes tend to be strong, up or down regardless.
-I took the OFTW Pledge in 2023 and will graduate to the GWWC Pledge this year.
-I've got a 2-year-old, so I guess that makes me at least a squishy-soft-longtermist by default.
-USA/Canada
How others can help me
- I would love to meet people who would consider engaging with me as a coach.
- I also hope to make connections that may lead me to a full-time job.
- In addition, I would be interested in learning more about Charity Entrepreneurship, and connect with people who may consider potentially working with me in some capacity on a startup (co-founder, board member, etc.)
How I can help others
I genuinely believe all the above listed are already win-wins.
So I will leave you with something that will require just one minute. This.
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Thanks for doing the yeoman's work of building a chapter, gathering applications, reviewing them thoroughly with local context, and sharing your findings here! I'm sorry to hear that you found the most of applications of a low quality, and hope that in time, excellent locally organized charities emerge.
A couple questions that would help me get a fuller picture:
- How did the cash value of the contest winnings compare to other grants that local charities may have spent their time working on? If it was a large value, I would expect these applications to be approximately the best they could do and therefore an higher-fidelity assessment of the charity landscape in your vicinity. If the pot was of a smaller or comparative value to what local charities occupy themselves with, I would imagine they would just throw an application together and not put the diligence you would hope for. The amount it would be over and above normally valued contest entry (or grant application, what have you) would help show if the contestants took your contest as seriously as you did.
- Who were the contestants? Were the contest participants the same 'we' who held the seminars in 2021-2022?
This was really cool to read. All quite reasonable predictions IMHO. I'm interested in seeing another one of this type when you get a chance.
I was pulled in by your narrative at the beginning. Maybe end it off with something fun and cultural, maybe a little hint at what dating will be like in the future :)
TLDR: I am an educator and coach interested in FT employment that complements my freelance coaching practice.
Skills & background: I am a people person, a strong communicator, and reliable collaborator. My education and professional background is working with languages, teaching English in half a dozen countries and learning a little of each along the way. I love being even a small part of people's growth journey, though I don't love the spotlight. That's what got me into coaching, starting at a US non-profit coaching company. My coming-to-EA story is found here. Lately I've been serving as EA Virtual Programs facilitator, with largely positive feedback so far. In addition to English as my mother tongue, I speak Spanish fluently, and Turkish at a novice level.
Location/remote: Sooke, BC, Canada, Pacific Time Zone. Interested in remote work, but may consider moving for an exceptional opportunity. Open to travel as needed.
Availability & type of work: Available mid-March for full-time work. I have a couple 1-2 week breaks scheduled in for this year.
Resume/CV/LinkedIn: Here's my LinkedIn. Here my coaching website. Here's my Resume (password: howdy) (yes, I'm originally from Texas; no, sorry, I don't have a charming Texas accent)
Email/contact: The best way to find is to DM me via LinkedIn. If you want to cut to the chase, you can book me via this Calendly link.
Other notes: I am mostly cause-neutral but am most fired up by old-skool EA, i.e., GHD, and have pretty solid, recent community building cred. I thrive in ops-type work, especially when my creative side is activated. I like to think that I'm high-integrity, so if you aren't sure if I'd be a good candidate, consider reaching out anyway. I would probably agree, and do my best to help you find someone else!
Questions: I'm helping organize EAGxToronto this year. Want to come?
When I ran a search in GiveWell's website for "employer match", I got an post from 2017 promising another post addressing employer matching (which does not come up) and another article that mentions it offhand.
I didn't go the whole way through the donation flow to check your work (maybe you missed something?) but I think you've found a boo-boo. Well done @Neil Warren; may your little leaf symbol be outgrown.
If GiveWell isn't even mentioning it on its site anywhere, I can assure you they're leaving money on the table. I recall donating to GiveDirectly a couple years ago and got this nifty search tool. I don't know if it was from DoubleTheDonation or someone else.
I've been an avid listener to the 80k Podcast for much of the past decade. I've heard Rob's, Luisa's, and Kieran's voices more than my annoying uncle who just doesn't ever stop talking. I wanted to suggest you invite Michael Simm on to make the case for the charity he founded. I think there's been a shortage of young innovators working in GHD. And his counter-intuitive focus on the US poverty challenges the black-and-white dichotomy between poor and rich countries.
Congratulations! One thing I notice about the board is that it's fast! The filters filter and the pages load quickly. Has a nice feel to it.