How we work

Editorial Standards

The library exists so a conversation that happened once keeps being useful. These are the rules it is held to.

  1. 01

    One real session per page

    Every page in the library maps to a single recording of a session that actually took place, with a named founder, in front of Boa members. There are no round-up pages, no pages assembled from other people's writing, and no pages about sessions that did not happen.

  2. 02

    The transcript is the source

    Notes are written from the recording, not from a press release or a speaker's bio. Each transcript is speaker-attributed and published in full so anyone can check a takeaway against what was said.

  3. 03

    Nothing is added

    Numbers, company names, credentials and claims come from the session. If a speaker was vague about a figure, the note stays vague. If something was unclear in the room, it is left out rather than tidied into something more confident than it was.

  4. 04

    Dates are only published when we know them

    Some older recordings came to us without a reliable date. Rather than estimate one, those pages carry no date at all until it is confirmed. A wrong date is worse than a missing one.

  5. 05

    Takeaways have to be useful on their own

    A takeaway that only describes who the speaker is, or tells you to watch the recording, is not a takeaway. Each one has to give you the actual tactic, with the specifics the speaker gave, so the page is worth reading even if you never join.

  6. 06

    A named person is accountable

    Kirsten Scott, Co-founder of Boa, hosts these sessions and reviews the notes against the recording before they are published. Corrections go to her.

  7. 07

    The recording stays with members

    Notes and transcripts are free and public. The recordings, the live sessions and the room itself are what Boa membership is for. We say so on the page rather than hiding it behind a sign-up wall.

Spotted something wrong on a page? Tell us and we will fix it against the recording. Reviewed by Kirsten Scott.

Editorial standards for the Boa session library