The recent announcement that two female friends will be moving into executive leadership roles in high-profile zoos made Lori Perkins think: does it make a difference to have two women join the CEO ranks?
Project Dragonfly represents one of the closest approximations of the kind of community-based conservation that we’re trying to achieve in zoos & aquariums. Learn more about the recent Earth Expedition to Belize led by our own Kathayoon Khalil PhD.
Guest blogger Grayson Ponti, Conservation Interpretor at Dallas Zoo, shares how his criteria for evaluating leaders shifted this past year & how he’s using that knowledge to be the best at his beloved profession.
Kathy Wagner reflects on the progress women have made as we commemorate the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution granting women the right to vote, and finds that we still have much work to do to achieve gender and pay equity.
Ally vs. supporter. Which is preferred to assist minority representation? Learn from guest blogger Craig Saffoe how to support the minority professionals of AMZAP from the sidelines by stepping up & also stepping back.
The reliance of zoos and aquariums on visitor-generated revenue is clear. As they begin to navigate a post-COVID landscape, they must be strategic with living collections to remain economically viable and meet their conservation objectives.
This year has been incredibly tough–for all of us. As a follow up to my first blog post on this topic, I’m exploring gratitude and challenging you to let go of the not-so-good parts yet keep the good parts, because one benefit of great change is the opportunity to more easily implement more change.
It has been an interesting “year-ish” –particularly in the sense of the ancient saying, “may you live in interesting times.” During this year, I have written about the importance of caring for yourself, of being gentle with yourself, of continuing to find meaning. All that still applies. But equally important is pure fortitude.
The Los Angeles Zoo announced its 1st strategic plan for conservation that identifies a set of focused objectives for future work while strengthening existing conservation partnerships. The plan features a broad range of conservation initiatives & seeks to engage the unique diversity of the City of Los Angeles.
In our work, we do a lot of plans – strategic plans, master plans, governance plans, business plans. After we are done, we often wonder how and even if they’ll get implemented. Well, this week, I had the privilege of seeing a big payoff of planning.
How can we recruit and hire diverse candidates to open positions and create supportive environments for the people we hire?
Stephanie Ratcliffe shares her insight on the iterative process of deciding what content works in the context of an exhibit and what content to let go, featuring examples from The Wild Center’s new Climate Solutions exhibit.
Considerations to help you start evaluating DEAI in your institution to improve equity accountability.
We explore the differences in visitation between seasonal and year-round zoos and how holiday lights programs affect the distribution of visitors.
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