“Learnings from running programs for busy people (MCF 2025 memo)” by Nina Friedrich🔸, High Impact Professionals

This memo was originally written for the Meta Coordination Forum 2025. I’m sharing this here (with some edits) in the hope it will be useful for others as well. (my other MCF memos are here: How High Impact Professionals (HIP) can support you; More Sharing of Top Candidates - Easy, High-Impact, Underused) Disclaimer: I wrote this fairly quickly - no further research done compared to the data we have already available. I’ve learned a lot from running programs for experienced professionals who are short on time but eager to make a bigger impact. Below are a few of the most transferable lessons - especially relevant if you're designing programs, courses, or communities in the high-impact space. Drive action Build actions gradually We don’t ask participants to quit their job in Week 1. Instead: Start with lower-bar, outward-facing actions (e.g. adding their mission statement to their LinkedIn, reaching out [...] ---Outline:(01:00) Drive action(01:03) Build actions gradually(01:30) Celebrate actions and wins(01:46) Offer people impactful steps inside their control(02:12) Keeping your top performers engaged(02:16) Maximise value per 15 minutes(02:41) Select top participants(03:04) Build a high-trust environment(03:09) 1:1s in Week 1(03:30) Mastermind sessions(03:56) Design around your high-performers(04:15) Make networking easy and low-effort(04:19) Make it easy to find connections(04:34) Include weekly 1:1 nudges(04:50) Build in-person connections around conferences--- First published: September 22nd, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/34MLDQN3f2LLkouvz/learnings-from-running-programs-for-busy-people-mcf-2025 --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.