Hive Slack Threads: May
Useful conversations & resources from our Slack community
So many exciting projects and news mentioned on Slack — learn about them in less than 10 minutes! ⏰
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Slack channels covered:
🧡 Introductions
❓ Help requests: open
🙏 Help requests: answered
💡 Discussions
🤖 AI channels
💼 Jobs
👩💻 Slack feature updates
🔥 Funding
🎁 Tools & Resources
👋 Opportunities and help offered
🧡 Introductions:
Our #01-introductions channel is a great way to get to know the community.
In fact, someone might even reach out to you with a job offer! Here is what Wasseem Emam, Founder, Director & Head of Research at Ethical Seafood Research, has to say:
Through the various introductions that people have made as they join the Slack in which they describe their experience and what they can offer to the community, I have found about and subsequently reached out to a number of people who have ended up providing services for us or working for us directly.
Haven’t had a chance to introduce yourself? It’s never too late! Introducing yourself improves the chances of connecting with more advocates. Here are some intros from new members:
Hi I'm Meg Duff - Independent Journalist based in Brooklyn, NY
Hi I'm Nazlı Elvan - Volunteer and Training Manager at Kafessiz Türkiye.
Hi I'm Laura - PhD Student at University of Oxford based in Oxford, United Kingdom.
I'm Devs, a passionate vegan of 20 years and an engineer working in energy efficiency to combat climate change.
❓ Help requests: open
Our #03-help-requests channel is one of our most valuable channels! We believe that by utilizing the wide network, talent and knowledge of the movement, we can overcome almost any struggle. Here are some help requests that are left unanswered — can you help them out?
Hello everyone, I am currently researching toe trimming in turkeys. Does anyone know in which countries this practice is (legally) carried out? Perhaps someone has read studies on this?
Has anyone here set up a Mixpanel account before? If there are any Mixpanel folks who would be willing to take a look at our initial account setup for Connect For Animals, I would greatly appreciate it!
🙏 Help requests: answered
Did you know you can ask *any* farmed animal advocacy question in this #03-help-requests channel? Whatever you’re struggling with, or are curious about. There is no such thing as a stupid question!
Hi everyone! Do you know any existing platform that could make raising fund from individual donors a bit easier?
Hey! Wondering if anyone has tips for (ideally secure, free and simple) online tools to reduce the admin burden of multiple parties signing contracts?
Hi all! I'd like to know if anyone knows of any publishers who publish books on animalism (non-academic) or if anyone here is a publisher.
Does anyone have an easy tool to calculate the carbon footprint of certain meals, by inputting the ingredient and quantity?
💡 Discussions:
Want to start a discussion or get other opinions? Ask away in the #02-discussions!
Do you use common moral principles in your activism and do you think it is effective?
Has anyone thought explicitly about how each individual decision to eat some meat causally affects the production of animals through the supply chain?
What [other] tactics do you think are underrepresented compared to consumerist solutions?
🤖 AI channels
Did you know that we have 3 AI channels to complement our AI and Animals Wiki: #c-ai-discussion, #s-ai-tools and #s-ai-images?
BioRaptor and Aleph Farms use AI to lower the costs of cultivated beef
A team of cellular agriculture, biology, and machine learning scientists surveyed the opportunities for ML techniques to address technical and economic challenges in cultured meat. Read the preprint here!
A commercial perspective on "AI in Pest Control: A Game-Changer For The Industry"
💼 Jobs:
Our #06-job-postings channel is one of the most popular ones!
Christspiracy is hiring a Customer Success Manager for the documentary's digital release.
Community Member @Koen van Pelt is looking for a co-founder for a fish welfare technology venture.
Community Member @Tom Cohen Ben-Ayre is looking for a CEO & Co-founder Opportunity for a Revolutionary Alt Protein Startup.
New Harvest and Amii are looking for a Machine Learning Resident (12 months).
Greener by Default is seeking a Communications Intern!
👩💻 Slack feature updates
Join our new targeted channels:
#s-media-strategies: Discuss animal agriculture media narratives and animal advocacy media strategies.
#x-memes: A channel for strategizing, sharing memes, and helping them go viral.
#e-care: A channel for attendees and advocates interested in Conference on Animal Rights in Europe (CARE) 2024.
#r-ontario: A regional channel for Ontario, Canada.
#rc-berlin: A city channel for Berlin, Germany.
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🔥 Funding
Have a question about fundraising? Ask in our #s-fundraising channel and check out our Fundraising wiki!
Here are three resources that could help with fundraising:
10 Donation Page Best Practices for Nonprofits - I reviewed the advice, and it all seems solid.
The Ultimate Guide to Marketing Automation for Nonprofits - Note, they will ask for your email, but I've found their newsletter to be very useful.
The Top 3 Charity Rating & Badge Programs for Nonprofits - for US-based organizations. You’re probably familiar with Charity Navigator, but the other two might also be valuable
Applications have just opened for the Tiny Beam Fund's Fueling Advocates Initiative.
The SPCA (Singapore) is granting $1,000 in seed funding "to encourage and empower youth interested in implementing impactful animal welfare projects."
🎁 Tools & Resources
Have a resource to share? #05-tools-resources is a channel for you!
The Middle East Vegan Society launched the Vegan Islam Initiative
Animal Ethics has recently released, Senti - an Ethical AI assistant, powered by Claude, designed to answer questions related to animal ethics, wild animal suffering, and longtermism.
You can still use your career to help animals even if you don't work in charities – key insights from Animal Advocacy Careers by community member @Rakefet Cohen Ben-Ayre
👋 Opportunities and help offered
Keep an eye on generous offers in the #04-help-offered channel😍
If ever helpful, I'd love to offer my support on any of the following topics:
VC fundraising
Business / pricing model
Go-to-market strategy
B2B sales + partnerships
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