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About Thirza Loffeld
My background is mainly in species conservation, education and capacity development. I researched mother-young interactions in gorillas and chimpanzees, in captivity and the wild. After that, I worked for three years in Indonesia, where I developed and implemented youth ambassador and community engagement programmes on local and regional scales. I obtained a PhD on capacity development for conservation and work as Community Manager at WildHub and as a Lecturer in Conservation Social Science at DICE, University of Kent.
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Capacity development in nature conservation: New approaches to strengthen individual professionals
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Capacity development in nature conservation: New approaches to strengthen individual professionals
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Ways to help people decide on field work or what to do when stranded because of cancelled flights, closed borders, etc.
Hi all, Could I perhaps ask you to introduce yourselves by mentioning where in the world you are right now, what the situation is there and whether you had plans to go elsewhere (e.g. for field work or to return home)? Also, please add any thoughts on what helped you or prevented you from continuing with your plans. I am currently gathering advice for people who have to make these decisions still (e.g. MSc students) - so any of your thoughts can really make a difference to someone else at this stage. Many thanks for your time and hope you are all well and safe!Best,Thirza
Has anybody joined this free webinar on e-learning before?
Hi people, has anyone joined this free webinar on creating and launching your online courses by Jeanine Blackwell before? If so, was it any good? It's a sponsored ad on Facebook so I am not sure if worth my time. Seems to emphasise the profit-side of online courses as well. Many thanks for your thoughts!
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@Jamie Copsey, @Mark O'Connell @Helen Gath and @Lucy Tallents : would you perhaps be able to share this survey to some of your contacts if not done already? Thanks for your help!
A warm welcome to WildHub, Amanda! It's lovely to have you join us - selamat datang! How long have you been working at the Orangutan Rehabilitation center in East Kalimantan?
@Marrian Tendai Rwizi , one of our WildHub Core Community members, may be interested in interviewing you for your lessons learned, based on your background :) What do you think, Marrian?
Sama sama and no worries, Amanda! Once you would like to share some lessons learned/expert insights, feel free to get in touch with me so I can team you up with one of our Conservation Catalysts :)
A warm welcome to WildHub, Martin! I like what you wrote about mentoring young people to become even better than us :) Which training course will you be starting?
Hi Martin, Great to hear that you had a good first live session yesterday with @Léa K and your cohort. I look forward to following your progress; feel free to share your lessons learned based on the Grant Writing course with our WildHub members after you've completed it - your insights could be of value to the rest of the community.
Thanks for sharing, Emily!
@Lara Reden : maybe of interest?
you're welcome, Lara :)
Hi Chrissy, many thanks for sharing your insights on using the power of wildlife storytelling in your content marketing strategy; you present a clear and useful overview here. Would you have any advice on how we can use the power of storytelling to promote our WildHub community? I realise it's slightly different because of the focus on conservation professionals instead of wildlife, but any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks in advance!
@Aiita Joshua Apamaku and @Oliver Dauert : Chrissy's lessons learned may also be of interest to you because of your initiatives and feel free to chime in on the above question I'm asking advice on :)
Hi Chrissy, thanks for your thoughts! Yes, that's a good idea and actually in line with our previous two WildHub festivals (links here and here). I look forward to picking up this work in 2023 and will keep you posted on it :) Thanks!
A warm welcome to WildHub, Sheillah! It's great to have you join us :) Which benefits are you hoping to gain from joining our community (e.g. learning about certain topics, increasing network)?
Hi conservation leaders,
I am Damilare Ayokunle, a PhD student and assistant lecturer currently based in Nigeria. I work at Bowen University Iwo Nigeria. My love for conservation has led to my research interest in bat ecology and conservation. It's been interesting so far and I hope to broaden and sharpen my skills in this regards.
It's nice to be here.
Hi Damilare, thanks for adding your comment. Please could you add your introduction as a post to our "Let's welcome new members" room? This way, our members will be notified of your post and will be able to welcome you to our community and get to know you. Please follow the above instructions on how to publish your introduction post in this room (video and written instructions can be found in the above post). Let me know if you have any questions.
My name is Nishchal Mahato kushwaha and I am from Nepal. I am a student of bachelor of forestry.i want to contribute in wildlife conservation in future. I hope I will get some important knowledge in this community so I can apply in my conservation career. If I get some good information from this community then I will tell my friend to join this community.
Hi Nishchal, thanks for adding your comment. Please could you add your introduction as a post to our "Let's welcome new members" room? This way, our members will be notified of your post and will be able to welcome you to our community and get to know you. Please follow the above instructions on how to publish your introduction post in this room (video and written instructions can be found in the above post). Let me know if you have any questions and great to read that you will introduce your friend to our community, once you've experienced the benefits of your membership.