​Doing good strategically.
We are a community of consultants, who use evidence and reason to figure out how we can help others as much as possible. We want to maximise our social impact by finding and funding solutions to the worlds most pressing problems as well as spreading the idea of effective altruism.
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Effective altruism advocates using evidence and reasoning to determine the most effective ways to make the world a better place. We believe you can multiply your social impact x100 by doing good strategically and prioritizing what to focus on. Here are three steps and key articles to get you started.
1. Understand core ideas
What is Effective Altruism? Why is it important to evaluate the effectiveness of charities?
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2. Donate effectively
Donating money to evidence-backed, effective charities is one of the easiest, yet most impactful ways to multiply your social impact.
3. Invest your time strategically
There are a lot of different ways to pursue a high impact career that you might not have heard of. Check them out.
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Whether you want to find out more about effective techniques to maximise the impact for organisations, identify to most effective causes to donate, pledge your salary or find like-minded people to organise EA events, we would love to have you on board. It is for free and always will be.
Jona Glade, Consultant
Jona founded the EACN and is Vice-president of Effective Altruism Austria. He is a consultant with BCG and pledged to give 10% of his income to effective charities.
Lisa Soder, Student
Lisa is currently doing her Masters at Vienna University of Economics and Business, has previously led an NGO and is involed in politics. During her studies she gained first consulting experience within BCG.