For a zoo or aquarium, being awarded new or increased public funding can seem like an insurmountable task. Read on to learn the ins and outs of public funding types, timing, process and strategies via our interview with Ben Lewinger, a new ZA associate who helps shepherd non-profits through this daunting landscape.
The most recent UN report estimates that one million species are threatened with extinction due to our activities. Guest authors Maria Clara Dominguez and Hap Fatzinger, plus ZA’s Eric Miller and Jackie Ogden, explore what is our role, what more we must do, and how we can achieve conservation success.
The ZA team is freshly back from last week’s ECHO Conference, a gathering of professionals from zoological facilities to learn new strategies and approaches to apply to their daily careers. Read on to explore the “bless and release”, “Yes AND…”, and “OF/BY/FOR” strategies to effect organizational change.
How hard can it be to write a mission statement? After all, it’s just a statement about who you are, your reason for being, your core purpose. Not hard at all. Unless you’ve tried it… Read on to learn key strategies to make this seemingly impossible mission very possible.
As a country, we’re becoming more and more diverse. But those leading and governing our organizations are not. How do we change the system to address these concerns?
Recently, we shared a high-level introduction to feasibility studies, what they are, and why you would conduct one. Now, we’re diving deeper into our process to discuss how we approached a recent engagement with Brevard Zoo in Florida. Click through to learn about our approach.
Read David’s key takeaways from last week’s Mid-Year AZA Conference that embodied the themes of ‘We’re All Here Together’ and the ‘Why?’ of zoos and aquariums, as discussed by renowned speakers Chelsea Clinton, Dan Ashe and Eric Bailey.
How to build a high-performing board is a perennial topic amongst our client base. Presidents and Directors regularly share what works, what doesn’t and their frustrations on how best to effectively work with their boards. When it’s working, it can really take your organization to the next level.
One of the areas Zoo Advisors is focused on in 2019 is public funding: that is, the various mechanisms by which zoos (and a few aquariums) receive financial support from public sources. Learn how we’re working to create the path to get you there.
Zoo Advisors is committed to helping responsible zoos and aquariums achieve meaningful conservation impact while maximizing your conservation investment. How can you develop an integrated, comprehensive conservation strategy?
Addressing inequity in wages by developing compensation strategies to alleviate challenges and frustrations of leaders and workers.
Guest author Dr. Judy Mann provides takeaways from the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums 2022 conference.
Learn steps to create a personal mission-driven leadership development plan.
Part two of an industry-wide audience analysis of the performance of AZA organizations.
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