Hive Slack Threads: September
Useful conversations & resources from our Slack community
So many exciting projects and news mentioned on Slack — learn about them in less than 10 minutes! ⏰ Huge thanks to Em Stokes, who helped us putting together this edition!
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Slack channels covered:
🧡 Introductions
💡 Discussions
❓ Help requests: open
🙏 Help requests: answered
🤖 AI channels
💼 Jobs
👩💻 Slack feature updates
💻 Content and Marketing
🔥 Funding
👋 Opportunities and help offered
🎁 Tools & Resources
🧡 Introductions
Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community. Haven’t had a chance to introduce yourself? It’s never too late! Here are some recent intros:
My name is Emmanuel Sani, I'm a Nigerian Lawyer and Programmes Officer at PROMAD Foundation
I’m Karry! I’m currently a Design Director but am now transitioning to align my career with my passion for animal welfare.
I'm Wendy. I’m an ethical vegan, dog foster, and tech geek! I work at the Humane Society of the US as the Program Manager of Tech Training.
I'm Heidi Røneid. I work as a journalist, I have started and run a vegan festival and I can contribute with press ideas and tips, as well as tips on how to run a festival.
I'm Zuleka Waldman. I’m based in Bulawayo Zimbabwe. My country is very behind when it comes to the vegan movement and I would like to be a part of the solution.
I'm Oisín (pronounced "uh-sheen") and I'm a recent university graduate from Ireland. Over the past year, I've been coordinating the Plant-Based Universities campaign at my university, Trinity College Dublin. I hope to use Hive to learn from all of you amazing people.
💡 Discussions
Want to start a discussion or get other opinions? Ask away in the #02-discussions!
Coming soon to the EA Forum: Animal Welfare vs Global Health Debate Week. (Oct 7-13th). It would be great to see some well-thought-out discussions about this topic, which often seems like an elephant in the room. Please put any debate points and requests for feedback on draft posts in the thread.
Something that puzzles me is why public opinion surveys consistently show people say they care a lot about animals... and yet do nothing about it. One explanation may be that real-world decisions always involve tradeoffs. Is this something that people have investigated?
At the recent International Animal Rights Conference, I watched three presentations that made me think deeply about the balance between wild animal suffering and rewilding. What are your thoughts on this topic?
Could Neural Interfaces lead to a better understanding of the sentience and suffering of animals, leading to a societal push towards improving animal welfare?
❓ Help requests: open
Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! Can you assist with any of these unanswered requests?
Is anyone familiar with the project management system SmartSuite, or has knowledge of how to move auto mass email action pages to something coded and embedded into a website?
Hive is looking for ten people to help improve our resource pages – a collection of helpful articles, tools and information to support your animal advocacy.
Alpha, founder of Animal Smile Africa, an NPO in Tanzania, is looking for a financial expert preferably from the US to discuss/help with financial compliance for non-US-based organisations.
Is anyone familiar with hydrology, river flows or surface water pollution? Would love to pick your brain on a research idea (relating to factory farms)
🙏 Help requests: answered
Did you know you can ask farmed animal advocacy questions in the #03-help-requests channel? Whatever you’re struggling with, or are curious about. There is no such thing as a stupid question!
Has there been research on what specifically motivates people to give up meat?
Looking for a list of initiatives or projects aimed at promoting plant-based alternatives that also include data on their real-world effectiveness.
Hi everyone! I'm seeking advice around CRMs and advocacy forms for a small nonprofit.
🤖 AI channels
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Is anyone attending the Oxford Generative AI Summit 2024?
20 EU animal organisations submitted a contribution to the EU AI Code of Practice to represent animals’ interests.
Stray Dog Institute has launched an AI-generated art contest: AI Loves Animals – Images 2025. First prize is $5000!
💼 Jobs
Our #06-job-postings channel is one of the most popular ones! We now have an automation set-up that scans various job boards and posts a daily list of available positions.
Faunalytics is looking for a Research Director (Remote in the US or Canada). Apply by October 18.
Switch4Good is hiring a Web Developer (Remote, Pacific Time).
User-Friendly is looking for a freelance Digital Ad Specialist (Remote, UK Time compatible).
The Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) is looking for a Programme Lead for Sustainable Food Systems (On-site, Delhi).
The National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre is looking for a Communications and Outreach Manager (On-site, Leeds). Apply by October 9.
👩💻 Slack feature updates
New Hive Fellows 🧡 Please welcome our new fellows, @Angel Lau, @Maggie Casas and @Nazlı Elvan Gökgöz! These three amazing advocates bring in a variety of skills, knowledge and expertise to help advocates like you help animals. You will see a lot more of their work in the coming months!
Did you know? ❓ You can organize your sidebar with custom sections.
Spotlight 🌟 Our #s-content-marketing channel has seen some great activity! Here are some of the highlights. 👇
💻 Content and Marketing
User-friendly is producing a free marketing 101 course! Register your interest here!
Community Member @Sandra Nomoto gave a different version of her "Everyone's a Marketer" talk at the Vancouver Vegan Festival focused on individual vs. business action.
If you have a nonprofit account with Canva, you now get free access to Affinity which is an Adobe competitor.
Demand Curve is a free resource hub and newsletter for marketing advice.
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🔥 Funding
Have a question about fundraising? Ask in our #s-fundraising channel and check out our fundraising resource page!
Here are some enlightening research findings about fundraising, taken from the book Alchemy by Rory Sutherland.
Social Change Lab has released a new research report, where they asked 100 funders about their attitudes to funding campaigners and activists.
Did you know that Hive has monthly Fundraising community calls? Everyone is welcome and they’re free to attend, here is a recap of the last one!
Here are some donor stewardship tips from Amber Melanie Smith’s Changemaker newsletter.
👋 Opportunities and help offered
Keep an eye on the great offers in our #04-help-offered channel 🤩
Brad West just launched Commissions for a Cause. With this program, you can support the New Roots Institute with the money you spend on life insurance, without paying anything extra (available in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico)!
Chris Bryant does graphic design, website design and motion graphics and is open to a paid and volunteer basis.
Economists at the University of Chicago are offering to run RCTs with non-profits.
Brieanah works with nonprofit orgs and vegan entrepreneurs on their varied marketing needs. Reach out if you would like to workshop your branding.
User-Friendly is now offering a Templated Report service.
🎁 Tools & Resources
Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is the channel for you! You can also find an extended list in our Hive Resource Library.
80,000 hours offers free, personalised career advice to help you find paths where you can have a meaningful impact.
Veganactivism.org has many ideas for easy ways you can help animals and promote veganism.
Check out this guide to writing emails and messages that get replies – the “one-minute test”.
If you missed our Behind the Scenes of AVA International with @Julia Reinelt last Friday, here are some key takeaways and an event recording!
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