Course curriculum
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Day 1: Introduction
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Lecture: Welcome (26 mins)
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Crowdsourced Lecture Notes
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Lecture: Impact of Charity Entrepreneurship (16 mins)
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Feedback: Impact of Charity Entrepreneurship
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Lecture: When to Start a Charity (19 mins)
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Feedback: When to Start a Charity
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Introduction To Projects (10 mins)
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Project 1: 10 Minute Presentation (3 hours)
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Project 2: 'Working with me' Documents (3 hours)
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CE Resource Hub
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Day 2: Charity entrepreneurship as a career path + comparing cause areas (pt 1)
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Lecture: Plan B (5 mins)
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Feedback: Plan B
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Lecture: Gathering Support for Your Decisions Part 1 (9 mins)
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Lecture: Gathering Support for Your Decisions Part 2 (13 mins)
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Feedback: Gathering Support Videos
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Lecture: Comparing Moral Reasons to Support Different Cause Areas (27 mins)
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Feedback: Comparing Moral Reasons to Support Different Cause Areas
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Lecture: Evidence and Epistemology in Different Cause Areas (17 mins)
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Feedback: Evidence and Epistemology in Different Cause Areas
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Project 3 : CE's Research Process (3 hours)
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Project 4: Philosophical Scenarios (2 hours)
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Day 3: Comparing cause areas (pt 2) + 2023 charity ideas (pt 1)
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Lecture: The Logistics of Working in Different Cause Areas (31 mins)
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Feedback: The Logistics of Working in Different Cause Areas
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Lecture: Introduction to Top Ideas (2 mins)
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Lecture: Top Idea Report - Tobacco Taxation (17 mins)
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Lecture: Top Idea Report - Road Traffic Safety with Vicky Cox (25 mins)
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Project 5: Moral Parliament (2 hours)
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Project 6: One Minute Pitch Practice (2 hours)
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Day 4: 2023 top charity ideas (pt 2)
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Lecture: Top Idea Report - Milkfish in Philippines (18 mins)
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Lecture: Top Idea Report - Banning live baitfish (13 mins)
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Lecture: Top Idea Report - Banning low-welfare imports (19)
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Feedback: Top Idea Videos (collectively)
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Project 7: Cause Comparison Spreadsheet (3 hours)
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Project 8: Research Summaries (2 hours)
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Day 5: Feedback day (and miscellaneous lectures)
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Feedback Friday Instructions
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Lecture: Feedback (24 mins)
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Feedback: Feedback
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Lecture: Handling Failure (3 mins)
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Feedback: Handling Failure
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Day 6: Working with people
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Lecture: Importance of People (9 mins)
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Feedback: Importance of People
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Lecture: Working with People - When To Be Cautious (7 mins)
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Feedback: When To Be Cautious
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Lecture: Picking a Co-founder (15 mins)
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Feedback: Picking a Co-founder
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Lecture: Working with Your Co-founder (19 mins)
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Feedback: Working with Your Co-founder
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Lecture: Strengthening Your Co-founder Relationship (22 mins)
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Feedback: Strengthening Your Co-founder Relationship
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Project 9: Co-founder Agreement (3 hours)
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Project 10: Co-founder Interview (3 hours)
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Day 7: Decision making + spreadsheets
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Lecture: Importance of Decision Making (13 mins)
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Feedback: Importance of Decision Making
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Lecture: Meta Decision Making (17 mins)
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Feedback: Meta Decision Making
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Lecture: Spreadsheets Theory (21 mins)
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Feedback: Spreadsheets Theory
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Lecture: Spreadsheets Application (26 mins)
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Feedback: Spreadsheets Application
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Project 11: Compare Interventions (3 hours)
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Project 12: Values and Culture (2.5 hours)
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Day 8: Theory of Change + Effective Altruism (as a tool)
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Lecture: Theory Of Change (5 mins)
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Feedback: Theory Of Change
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Lecture: Effective Altruism Theory (31 mins)
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Lecture: Effective Altruism Examples (7 mins)
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Feedback: Effective Altruism Theory & Examples
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Project 13: Theory of Change (3 hours)
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Project 14: Effective Altruism (2 hours)
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Day 9: External stakeholders
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Lecture: Talking to and Speaking for Beneficiaries (9 mins)
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Feedback: Talking to and Speaking for Beneficiaries
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Lecture: Online Communications (35 mins)
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Feedback: Online Communications
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Project 15: Stakeholder Map (3 hours)
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Project 16: Inclusive Research and Programming (2 hours)
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Day 10: Feedback day (and miscellaneous lectures)
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Feedback Friday Instructions
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Lecture: Managing Your Organization - Patrick (19 mins)
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Feedback: Managing Your Organization
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Lecture: Operations - Working with PPF
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Feedback: Operations - Working with PPF Title
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Day 11: Rationality
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Lecture: Rationality Theory (24 mins)
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Lecture: Rationality in Practice (14 mins)
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Feedback: Rationality Videos
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Project 17: Project Pilot (3 hours)
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Project 18: What's Your Endgame? / Scaling (2.5 hours)
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Day 12: Experts + Advice (pt 1)
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Lecture: Experts Theory (16 mins)
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Lecture: Experts Practice (8 mins)
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Feedback: Experts Videos
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Lecture: Importance of Advice (9 mins)
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Feedback: Importance of Advice
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Lecture: Getting Advice from Mentors and Funders (14 mins)
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Feedback: Getting Advice fro Mentors and Funders
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Lecture: Structuring Your Board (14 mins)
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Feedback: Structuring Your Board
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Project 19: Strengths, Weaknesses and Mitigation Measures (3 hours)
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Project 20: Mentor Connection (1.5 hours)
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Day 13: Advice (pt 2) + Scaling
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Lecture: Getting Advice from Academic Experts (6 mins)
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Lecture: Getting Advice from Policymakers (8 mins)
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Lecture: Getting Advice From Your Cause Community (9 mins)
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Lecture: Getting Advice From Other Organizations (7 mins)
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Feedback: Getting Advice Videos
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Lecture: What Animal Advocates Can Learn From Medicine And Global Development (26 mins)
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Feedback: What Animal Advocates Can Learn From Medicine And Global Development
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Project 21: Expert Consensus (2 hours)
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Project 22: Project X - The Missing Puzzle Piece 🧩 (3 hours)
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Day 14: Science + M&E
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Lecture: Science Theory (19 mins)
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Lecture: Science Application (6 mins)
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Feedback: Science Videos
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Lecture: M&E Theory (15 mins)
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Feedback: M&E Theory
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Lecture: Policy M&E (23 mins)
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Feedback: Policy M&E
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Project 23: Project Concept Development (3 hours)
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Project 24: Interpreting and Summarizing Studies (3 hours)
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Day 15: Feedback day (and miscellaneous lectures)
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Feedback Friday Instructions
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Lesson: Evidence & Measurement Worksheet (optional)
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Feedback: Evidence & Monitoring Worksheet
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Lecture: Budgeting and Financial Planning (31 mins)
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Feedback: Budgeting and Financial Planning
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Lecture: Finance (35 mins)
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Feedback: Finance
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Charity idea and co-founder WFM
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Day 16: Policy
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Lesson: Policymaking Worksheet
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Feedback: Policymaking Worksheet
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Article: Seven (more) Learnings from LEEP
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Project 25: Policy Advocacy Template (3 hours)
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Project 26: Policy Intervention Pre-Mortem (3 hours)
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Feedback: Policy Projects
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Day 17: Long-term planning
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Lecture: Long-term Planning Theory (21 mins)
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Feedback: Long-term Planning Theory
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Lecture: Communications Part 1 (31 mins)
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Lecture: Communications Part 2 (32 mins)
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Feedback: Communications Videos
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Project 27: Five Year Plan (2.5 hours)
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Project 28: 15-30 Minute Pitch Practice (3 hours)
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Day 18: Fundraising (pt 1)
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Lecture: Importance of Funding (8 mins)
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Feedback: Importance of Funding
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Lecture: Fundraising Part 1 (23 mins)
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Lecture: Fundraising Part 2 (29 mins)
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Lecture: Fundraising Part 3 (27 mins)
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Project 29: Budget (3 hours)
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Project 30: HQ Location Plan (2 hours)
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Day 19: Fundraising (pt 2) + CEAs
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Lecture: Fundraising Part 4 (19 mins)
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Feedback: Fundraising Videos
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Lecture: Cost-effectiveness Analysis (36 mins)
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Feedback: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
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Lecture: CEA Practice (15 mins)
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Feedback: CEA Practice
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Project X: The Missing Puzzle Piece 🧩 Part 2 (3 hours)
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Day 20: Feedback day (and miscellaneous lectures)
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Feedback Friday Instructions
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Lecture: Geographic Assessment (23 mins)
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Feedback: Geographic Assessment
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Day 21: In-person week - Geographic assessment (practice)
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Project 32: Geographic Assessment (4 hours)
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Day 22: In-person week - CEA (practice)
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Project 33: CEA (4 hours)
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Day 23: In-person week - Fundraising and pitching
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Project 34: One Year Plan (3 hours)
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Day 24-25: In-person week - Proposal writing
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Project 35: Project Proposal (3+ hours)
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Day 26-27: Charity development: Geographic selection (for final proposal)
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Announcement: Projects Going Forward
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Bonus: Q&A videos
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Project 36: Geographic Assessment (Again)
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Day 28-29: Charity development: CEA (for final proposal)
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Project 37: CEA (Again)
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Day 30: Charity development: Proposal feedback
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Project 38: Values and Culture (Again)
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Project 39: Co-founder Agreement (Again)
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Project 40: Name Search
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Day 31: Charity development: Theory of change
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Project 41: Theory of Change (Again)
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Day 32: Charity development: M&E
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Project 42: M&E Concept and Testing
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Day 33: Charity development: One year plan
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Lecture: Strategy with Sam Hilton (11 mins)
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Lesson: Organizational Strategy Worksheet
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Project 43: One Year Plan (Again)
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Day 34: Charity development: Budget
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Project 44: Budget (Again)
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Day 35: Charity development: Proposal feedback
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Feedback Friday Instructions
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Day 36: Charity development: Pitching
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Project 45: 3-5 Minute Pitch Practice
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Day 37: Final proposal
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Project 46: Project Proposal
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Feedback this week
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Day 38: Sharing content for peer feedback
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Submitting content for peer feedback
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Day 39: Giving and receiving feedback on draft proposal content
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Giving feedback
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Day 40: Handing in project proposal
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You know what to do :)
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