“80 People attended our animal welfare career event. Why you should host one too.” by Ruben van den Bulck, Lotte_de_Lint

This summer, we organized our first animal welfare career event, and the response exceeded our expectations. We brought together over 80 students and professionals for a half-day in-person event, all united by a single question: How can I make the biggest possible difference for animals through my career? We designed the day to answer that question practically. At the event, speakers from research, nonprofits, and business shared concrete strategies for creating impact. A hands-on workshop also helped attendees translate these insights into personalized next steps for their own career paths. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive; attendees described the event as inspiring, motivating, and immediately valuable. If you're passionate about animal welfare and want to help others turn that passion into a high-impact career, organizing a similar event could be highly valuable. In this post, we'll share: Why you should consider organizing a similar event in your region What it actually takes to pull it off Key lessons learned from our first editionYou should do it too!Low time investmentWith five organizers, we held seven 90-minute meetings spread over several months, plus an estimated 15-20 hours per person for outside work and event logistics. Strong untapped demand Despite minimal [...] ---Outline:(01:24) You should do it too!(01:27) Low time investment(01:41) Strong untapped demand(01:56) Effective outreach framing(02:16) Planting seeds of effectiveness(02:38) Personal and professional benefits(03:09) How We Organized the Event(03:13) Build the right team(04:21) Lets get physical!(04:37) Event logistics(04:58) Speaker curation(05:54) Promotion(06:14) Workshop(06:32) What we would do differently(06:46) Structured networking(06:59) In-person workshop(07:10) Better pacing(07:25) World Vegan Career Day --- First published: December 17th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/Ts9jkL67xEaDLbJpA/80-people-attended-our-animal-welfare-career-event-why-you --- 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.

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