November 2025
Brief
Headlines
Updates from the consulting industry + the world's biggest problems
US Congress moves to prohibit minors from using AI companion chatbots -TIME
WHO develops plan to help low- and middle-income countries respond to severe health funding cuts disrupting maternal care, vaccination, and disease surveillance -World Health Organization
Nearly a decade after the Paris Agreement, COP30 may resolve how countries track climate adaptation-Carbon Brief
Impossible Burger becomes first plant-based protein to earn top sports nutrition certification -Nutritional Outlook
OpenAI shifts from its nonprofit roots and signals plans to go public to fund AI development -Reuters
Quick wins
Courses, tools, and other impact hacks
Pledge by November 30 to match donations to cost-effective organizations like Against Malaria Foundation on Giving Tuesday -Charity Navigator + High Impact Professionals
Bring an effective giving talk to your workplace and inspire colleagues to support top charities -One for the World
Create a custom fundraising page to raise money for effective charities -Giving What We Can
Sign this petition to join experts calling for a more measured approach to the race to build superintelligence -Future of Life Institute
This free biosecurity course helps you understand the landscape, identify opportunities, and get funded to start building solutions-apply by November 13 -BlueDot Impact
Deep reads
Nuanced takes worth your time
"What if I had 10 years left?" An interview with Consultants for Impact CEO Sarah Pomeranz -Michael Peres Podcast
Maybe the answer isthrowing money at the problem-Natalie Cargill for TED
We want to help others. But how can we be sure we're having the best possible impact? -Giving What We Can
If we build an AI superintelligence, do we all die? -The Power Law
Cheap, medium-effort, and high-effort tests to see if policy careers are right for you. -Emerging Tech Policy
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Coming up
Events worth changing your Slack status to OOO for
November
- The Hinton Lectures, November 10
- Effective Animal Advocacy Meetup: Berlin, November 18
- AI Safety Unconference, Melbourne, November 28
- EAGx Australasia, November 28-30 (Apply by Nov 9)
December
- San Diego Alignment Workshop, December 1
- Post-AGI Workshop, December 3
- The Athens Roundtable on AI and the Rule of Law, Virtual Livestream, December 4
- Foresight Institute: Vision Weekend USA 2025, December 5-7
- EA Connect, Virtual Event, December 5-7 (Apply by Dec 3)
- EAGx Amsterdam, December 12-14 (Apply by Nov 23)
Meet the member
We sat down with Anne Schulze to discuss her transition from a career in consulting to co-founding Effektiv Spenden, a giving platform for the German-speaking world that has raised almost 100 million euros for effective charities in 6 years!
Why consulting?BCG provided a steep learning curve, a competitive environment, and a range of projects and clients, which helped me better understand what I really wanted to focus on.
I don't know where to donate. Any ideas?We are currently raising money in five cause areas: global health and development, climate change, animal welfare, global catastrophic risks, and protecting democracy.
Anything else?Many people give, so why not give more effectively?
Jobs
Get paid to solve the world's worst problems!
- Global Corporate Relations Lead - The Humane League (Apply by November 12)
- Manager, People Operations; Associate, People Operations -GovAI (Apply by November 16)
- Program Development Associate - Notify Health (Apply by November 17)
- Senior Generalist Roles, Global Catastrophic Risks Team - Open Philanthropy (Apply by November 20)
- People and Culture Manager - The Good Food Institute (Apply by November 24)
- Impact Evaluator - Future of Life Institute (Apply by November 26)
- Research Specialist / Research Assistant; Podcast Producer / Content Strategist - 80,000 Hours (Apply by November 30)
- Chief of Staff - Goodfire(Rolling)
- Research Associate, Keystone Defense Initiative - Hudson Institute (Rolling)
- Operations Director - Humans in Control(Rolling)
Member moves
Consultants taking off in high-impact new roles
- Kali Iyer has started a new role as Manager, Strategic Initiatives at The Hospital for Sick Children
- Ed Fage will be joining the AI Security Institute's Control team as a Strategy and Delivery Adviser
- Bruna Avellar is an AI Policy Fellow at the Institute for AI Policy and Strategy (IAPS)
- Joanna Ruan has recently joined the AI Security Institute as Transformation Lead
- Jakob Graabak has taken on the role of Managing Director at the Effective Institutions Project
- Niklas Hermes-Bohlefeld started a new position as Food Transition Fellow at The School for Moral Ambition
- Nora Kyte has joined the Section for Energy as an Adviser at the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
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