{"id":"35bd26ba-e97a-44d1-a76b-67627daa60d7","title":"Let’s research some cost-effective interventions!","description":"There are a lot of problems in the world, and a lot of potential solutions, and it's hard to know what to focus on.\r\n\r\nIn this event, we'll use resources from charity incubator AIM (formerly Charity Entrepreneurship) to come up with, narrow down and evaluate interventions to help with significant problems in global health and development. \r\n\r\nWe will:\r\n\r\n-brainstorm potential interventions\r\n-narrow our list down to some particularly promising options\r\n-do more in-depth research into the most promising interventions\r\n-have lots of fun!\r\n-meet like-minded nerds who want to know more about charity and intervention evaluation\r\n\r\nThe activities will be based on AIM's research process for finding cost-effective interventions: https://www.charityentrepreneurship.com/research-process-2023-2024\r\n\r\nNote that I (Amber) am not a researcher myself; although some experienced researchers may attend, we’ll mainly be using resources to learn and experiment together.\r\n\r\nAdd potential ideas to research here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vVJYlff_jzZfcqEUYG7uCsOO6dN-mJuqUL24WjRJ8pQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0\r\n\r\nBraindump doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gEjxYu33114vCPUJLzPeKxMYpIkRXdbvcmcgFNYUcis/edit\r\n\r\nProvisional plan for the day:\r\n\r\nMorning: focussed on brainstorming and whittling down ideas, ‘Stage 1 and 2’(https://www.charityentrepreneurship.com/research-process-2023-2024)\r\n\r\n9.30-10.00 arrivals, settling in\r\n10.00-10.15 Introduction (whole group)\r\n10.15-10.45 Brainstorm ideas (whole group)\r\n10.45-12 Rate interventions (individually)\r\n12-12.20 Break\r\n12.20-1 Discuss interventions (groups of 3)\r\n\r\n1-2.30 lunch; people may want stop by the GWWC picnic which will be at Lincoln Inn’s Field, 15 mins walk and 5 mins bike from the event location.\r\n\r\nAfternoon: focussed on identifying and researching crucial considerations, Stage 4 (https://www.charityentrepreneurship.com/research-process-2023-2024)\r\n\r\n2.30-3 introduce the activity and get tips from researchers \r\n3-3.45 Discuss crucial considerations (groups of 3)\r\n3.45-4.15 Break\r\n4.15-5.15 Research crucial considerations (individually)\r\n5.15 share research with the group, closing, final thoughts. Optionally people can get dinner together.","theme":"light","is_all_day":false,"recurrence_rule":null,"is_guest_list_visible":true,"visible_location":"Farringdon","ticket_price":0,"tip_reason":null,"visibility":"hidden","attendance_limit":25,"guests_can_invite":true,"guests_can_post":false,"attendee_stats":{"going":13,"maybe":2,"payment_required":0,"cannot_go":1,"invited":2},"max_additional_guests":0,"source_url":null,"primary_start_time":"2024-08-04T09:00:00Z","primary_end_time":"2024-08-04T17:00:00Z","start_time":"2024-08-04T09:00:00Z","end_time":"2024-08-04T17:00:00Z","url":"https://occasionly.io/s/KudUVpMa","web_page_source":null,"photo_url":null,"location":{"source":"google","source_id":"ChIJiTa_2U0bdkgR6wGJSmpgHBI","formatted_address":"34-35 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8DX, UK"},"hosts":[{"id":"bb9a097a-4dff-4004-acf7-ba49f7079ce9","name":"Amber Ace","photo_url":null}],"attendances":[]}