Effective Giving & Impactful Careers: A Webinar Series

This is a joint post by James Rayton🔸 from Giving What We Can and Nina Friedrich🔸 from High Impact Professionals

On October 23rd, we kicked off our joint webinar series “Effective Giving and Your High Impact Career Path”. Our first session focused on addressing two of the most common concerns people have about effective giving. The discussion offered practical insights and evidence-based responses to these widespread hesitations. Here's what we covered:

"I Can't Afford to Give"

This concern often stems from misconceptions about how much one needs to give to make a difference. Our discussion highlighted that:

• Many people in high-income countries are among the richest people globally, even on modest incomes
• Giving can start small - even 1% of income through a Trial Pledge can have significant impact
• There are various approaches to giving sustainably, from giving what you won't miss to setting aside a fixed percentage

Research suggests that giving can actually increase happiness and life satisfaction, especially when done thoughtfully and within one's means.

"My Donations Won't Be Effective"

We explored how this concern often arises from past experiences with charity or media coverage of ineffective aid. We discussed how:

• Careful evaluation of charities can identify those that are exceptionally effective
• You can often 100x your impact by donating to the best charities
• Modern charity evaluation methods provide strong evidence for impact
• Expert-led funds can help ensure donations are directed effectively

Join Our Next Webinar: “Leveraging Your Career Beyond Effective Giving”

Building on these insights, we're excited to announce our next webinar: "Leveraging Your Career Beyond Effective Giving" on November 28th at 5pm GMT.

We'll explore practical strategies for expanding the impact of effective giving beyond your own personal donations, discussing how to leverage your personal and professional networks in a way that works for you:

• Starting conversations about effective giving
• Building giving circles within your networks
• Addressing common questions and concerns
• Corporate fundraisers
• Advocacy e.g. social media outreach and simple strategies to start a conversation about effective giving.

This kind of advocacy and communication about effective giving is an amazing way that we can all multiply our impact. For every person who follows our lead, we are multiplying our impact and making it easier for the next person.

Register for the webinar here

Whether you're new to effective giving or already actively involved, this session will provide valuable tools for expanding your impact through your networks.

Giving What We Can helps people give more effectively to the world's most pressing problems. High Impact Professionals enables working professionals to maximise their positive impact. Together we’ve signed a pledge partnership to promote effective giving. Take a giving pledge with HIP or make a donation today.