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Story Map Platforms
Hello Wildhub community! I was interested as to whether anyone had any suggestions for free, online platforms for the creation of story maps? I am asking my graduate students to create story maps for their Urban Ecology course, but I am always interested in new resources to share with them. We often see them using Knight Lab, Google tour builder, Arc GIS, but if there are any others you would recommend, please let me know.
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Prioritizing Project Focus Tool
Hello Community! I am looking to see if anyone out there uses any sort of tool/framework/Rubric for identifying and prioritizing your conservation projects? We are in the process of identifying what the conservation priorities will be for our organization and know we will need to develop some sort of mechanism to help us do that. We are aware of the tool used in the Open Standards, but just wondering if anyone else had something they had developed or a resource you could recommend. Thank you!
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Welcome Jose! I am so glad you found Wildhub!
Thank you Natalie for this post and for sharing your passion! I really enjoyed reading about your experiences and how Elizabeth has been such an inspiration and guiding force for you. Your post provided some great reminders for me to bring back to my team and my organization as we continue to define conservation leadership within our own organization and how it should be aligning with the field of conservation leadership. Thank you again!
Good point Molly. In our coaching sessions our communication expert suggested us to avoid the use of the word stakeholders and specify who they are: for example tour guides, landowners, travel agents, etc . So, when possible, we try to avoid the use of "stakeholders" although It helps to save words in many space limited texts.
Wow, thank you so much for this information Pablo. This is very helpful. We fully recognize that this word is so deeply ingrained in our field, our work and our brains and it will take some time to shift the culture around its use and its origins. However, we are really open to conversations to learn how other organizations and groups are moving away from this word (and other words) and how they are influencing others to do the same. Thank you!
Hey Molly! That's a really interesting point! I haven't come across any sensitivities surrounding this as yet (maybe we just haven't consulted enough on it) but I'll definitely consider it and look a little more into it moving forward with work here in southern Africa. However, all organisations that I've worked for until now have also used this term in the same way that @Felicia Lasmana mentions e.g., project partners/collaborators - other NGO's Gov. dept's, corporates, etc.
Hi Beckie! Great to hear from you. Yes, I think the conversations around this word are just starting and are emerging in different places. However, here in Colorado it has become a high priority conversation given the history and the significance of Native American communities here. If I get anymore information or resources that could be helpful to folks, I will certainly share them.
Hey Molly! Great to see your name pop up in my inbox. I was unaware of this, but I did a quick search and it does seem like there is a reason for it. This organization advocates for the term "rights and title holders" instead of "stakeholders." Thanks for bringing this topic up and I hope this information is useful! It's these kinds of conversations among non-affected parties that can really enhance allyship and ultimately conservation objectives that benefit all sides.
Hi Alejandro! Great to hear from you. Thanks so much for the response. I have shared the website to the organization you shared with my colleagues. Yes, this is a topic that is generating a lot of discussion at our organization and we want to make sure we have as much input and information as possible. We want to make sure as an organization we are not perpetuating a culture that is not inclusive and safe. Thank you!