“Reflecting on Hive’s 2024: What Worked and What Didn’t in Our Community Building Efforts” by Hive, Kevin Xia 🔸, SofiaBalderson

This is a link post. [We just shared a blog post about some of our learnings doing community building in farmed animal welfare. Some of these are Hive-specific, but many may be relevant for others, especially those involved in community building or running an org.] As 2024 is coming to a close, we want to take a moment to reflect on our work. It has been an incredibly eventful year, full of significant growth and impact. At the same time, we have learned a ton about the intricacies and challenges of our work - and we look forward to another impactful and insightful year. We want to be transparent and share some of our learnings and what we consider to be achievements, in case other advocates find them interesting and/or useful. An Active Slack Community Can Drive Meaningful Impact (warning, this one is number-heavy) In 2024, we grew [...] ---Outline:(00:55) An Active Slack Community Can Drive Meaningful Impact(03:35) The Value of Personal Prompts: Understanding When an Engaged Community Isn’t Enough(05:09) Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) in Meta is Hard(08:00) Reaching 3,000 Subscribers: A Well-Curated Newsletter Can Keep the Movement Connected(09:19) Partnerships with Other Capacity Builders Can Amplify Impact with Greater Efficiency(10:32) More Than Just a Name: How Our Rebrand from IAA to Hive Changed our Game(11:37) Mental Well-Being Remains a Constant Need in the Community(13:00) Identifying Actionable Insights through Community Analysis is Hard(14:21) The Challenge of Working on Short Runways and its Effect on Organizational Performance(15:42) Knowing When to Let Go: Deprioritizing “Nice to Have Programs” to Focus on The Best Programs(16:30) Plans to Become More Inclusive: Addressing  Limitations of Slack in Other Regions(17:24) Community Support Could Surprise You - Members are Happy to Chip-in(19:01) While Our Community Enjoys Events, We’re Still Figuring Out How Impactful They Are(20:45) Leveraging Talent for Impact: AI for Animals’ Growth(21:37) The Importance of Transparency in Daily Work: We Should Have Shared More About What Happens Behind-The-Scenes of HiveThe original text contained 2 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. The original text contained 2 images which were described by AI. --- First published: December 19th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ved48hxhW4P32bNv6/reflecting-on-hive-s-2024-what-worked-and-what-didn-t-in-our --- 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.