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Zoo Advisors Welcomes Anna Musun-Miller!

Zoo Advisors Welcomes Anna Musun-Miller!

We’re pleased to welcome Anna Musun-Miller as a Senior Advisor, whose wealth of experience from cultural institutions will inform the team’s work on strategic planning and leadership project engagements.

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Continuing the Climb: Join Us in Our Commitment to DEAI

Continuing the Climb: Join Us in Our Commitment to DEAI

These three themes: the value of representation, the need for change in organizational cultures, and the importance of broadening the availability of professional development opportunities, give us a road map for the path ahead, next steps on this hill we’ve agreed to climb together.

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Musings on Optimism and Hope: Part Two

Musings on Optimism and Hope: Part Two

Jackie Ogden explores two elements critical to both optimism and hope: gratitude and forgiveness. Plus, the importance of looking outward, and seeking meaning in your life.

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Remembering Betty White

Remembering Betty White

On December 31st, we lost a unique champion for animal care and welfare when Betty White died. We highlight how Betty was a role model for all of us in the animal community by using her time, expertise, and resources to help animals.

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Reframing Our View of Zoos & Aquariums

Reframing Our View of Zoos & Aquariums

Last week, the Zoo Advisors team met face-to-face for the first time since the pandemic began & discussed our plans for the future, including our musings on the reframing of zoos & aquariums in the next 5-10 years.

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Planning for Zoo Advisors’ Future

Planning for Zoo Advisors’ Future

What are our team’s top insights & takeaways looking back on Zoo Advisors’ first 10 years, looking ahead to the next 10+ years, & looking within our team composition?

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Many Voices Help Plan a Garden’s Future

Many Voices Help Plan a Garden’s Future

The Canopy Blue Ribbon Panel’s greatest value is to comprise the perspectives of people internally and externally, leading to a strategy that not only represents stakeholders but the community as a whole. 

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“Conjuring Our Own Power” to Create MIAZS

“Conjuring Our Own Power” to Create MIAZS

Jennie Janssen of the National Aquarium discusses ethnicity barriers and sterotypes, why she helped found MIAZS, and advice for other racial or ethnic minorities in this field in part two of our interview.

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Dr. Frederick Lahodny

Even though using “lorem ipsum” often arouses curiosity due to its resemblance to classical Latin, it is not intended to have meaning. Where text is visible in a document, people tend to focus on the textual content rather than upon overall presentation.