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Dr Carrie Goucher | How to stop wasting precious time in mediocre meetings!

Conservation Careers Podcast - April 15, 2024 13:14 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Meetings are a core part of our working lives, and yet studies have found that 50% of time spent in meetings is often wasted. When viewed as a whole that's often billions, if not trillions, of dollars wasted annually, which could be put to much better use. But why do we spend so much of our ...

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Dr Stephen Green | Course Leader MSc Conservation Project Management

Conservation Careers Podcast - April 01, 2024 13:18 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Have you considered going back to university and doing a Master's Degree in order to become more employable within the sector?   Perhaps you’ve looked at many programmes and wondered if they are tooling you up with the right skills employers value.   In today’s podcast, we’re speaking with...

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Cristianne Close | Deputy Global Conservation Director WWF International

Conservation Careers Podcast - March 19, 2024 20:19 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
In this episode we’re speaking with the Deputy Global Conservation Director at WWF International, Cristianne Close.  Cris describes herself as ‘passionate about creating positive change in the world, especially aiming to make the impossible, possible’.  In this episode, we discuss how she ga...

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How to plan for a gap year or career break? Julia Rogers | EnRoute Consulting

Conservation Careers Podcast - March 04, 2024 12:10 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Have you ever felt like escaping the rat race and travelling the world? Seeking impact, adventure and new experiences? Perhaps volunteering for nature conservation organisations, and setting yourself for a career change or education when you return? But with the world as your playground … wher...

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Biodiversify-ing businesses and beyond with Michael Burgass (Director of Biodiversify)

Conservation Careers Podcast - February 19, 2024 12:54 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Increasingly, the private sector is taking a growing interest in their impact on wildlife, and this could lead to a much-needed step change in conservation efforts. But why do companies care about nature? How can they assess and minimise their impacts? And what sort of jobs are opening up for ...

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Lise Aangeenbrug | Chief Program Officer at the National Park Foundation

Conservation Careers Podcast - February 05, 2024 14:03 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
How do you raise nearly $100,000,000 per year to protect and conserve America’s 420+ National Park Sites?  Sites important for recreation, education, and the conservation of endangered landscapes, natural communities and species.  We discuss this, amongst many other things, with Lise Aangeen...

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Burnout in conservation

Conservation Careers Podcast - January 23, 2024 15:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Have you ever felt like you’re energetically exhausted, mentally distant from your job, or less able to produce results at work? There’s a chance that these symptoms could be related to burnout. According to The World Health Organization (WHO), burnout is a syndrome “…resulting from chronic ...

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Patience Thody | Deputy Chief Executive The Wildlife Trusts

Conservation Careers Podcast - January 08, 2024 13:23 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
If you’ve spent time in the UK and visited a local nature reserve, then chances are you’ve been to a site managed by one of the 46 individual Wildlife Trusts that collectively represent 2,000 staff, 35,000 volunteers and nearly 1 million members.   Helping to coordinate this huge force for nat...

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87. So…I Have A New Job (Again)

Life of An Ex-Fashion Student - December 29, 2023 18:04 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
I'm back...and I have a new job (again)! From moving out on my own to quitting my job and starting a new one, I'm getting into all of the major life updates throughout the past couple of months I've been away. As we approach the new year, tune in to also hear me talk about some of my new year'...

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How important are volunteers in conservation? Rhoda Ludford - Volunteering Development Consultant with the RSPB

Conservation Careers Podcast - December 13, 2023 20:25 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
How important are volunteers in conservation?  What are the different types of work you can do as a volunteer, and how can it benefit your career?  We answer these and many more questions in discussion with today’s guest Rhoda Ludford.  Rhoda is the Volunteering Development Consultant with ...

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Charu Mishra | The world’s foremost expert on snow leopard conservation

Conservation Careers Podcast - December 04, 2023 21:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
We ran a live event in partnership with Conservation Optimism, to explore and celebrate the work of Dr Charu Mishra - the world’s foremost expert on snow leopard conservation, and double Whitley Gold Award Winner. Conservation Optimism is a global community dedicated to inspiring people to mak...

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Dr Rebecca Jefferson | The power of social science for conservation

Conservation Careers Podcast - November 20, 2023 17:46 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Why should more conservationists learn to study people?   To better understand them as individuals, communities and societies, alongside their complex behaviours and interactions.  This is what today’s podcast is all about, and it’s something termed social science.  Here to discuss the powe...

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How to raise more funding for wildlife conservation

Conservation Careers Podcast - November 06, 2023 17:32 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
  What can Coca-Cola teach us about how to better save wildlife, in Australia and beyond?  And why should more governments set up charitable foundations to protect their national parks and threatened wildlife?  We discuss these and many other issues with today’s inspiring guest - David Goldma...

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The Importance of Communications for Conservationists

Conservation Careers Podcast - October 23, 2023 16:30 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Why is communications so important for conservationists? What communications skills are employers are looking for? And how can you start developing these skills, today? We answer these questions and more in this special edition of the Conservation Careers Podcast. Sir David Attenborough said...

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Podcast | Laura Dempsey | Collaboration, Education & Innovation (Volunteers for Future) 

Conservation Careers Podcast - October 09, 2023 16:48 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
    What role do schoolchildren play in conservation efforts?   Why target them specifically, and how do you successfully establish and grow a conservation enterprise from scratch - now empowering over 13,000 young people to help tackle climate change and wildlife conservation.  That’s wha...

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Renewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach (RENEW) with Professor Kevin Gaston

Conservation Careers Podcast - September 25, 2023 16:08 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
How do people and nature interact? How does nature benefit people? Which interactions have the greatest impacts, and how can research into these questions help tackle some of the biggest issues facing wildlife today?  These are some of the questions which today’s guest has dedicated his career...

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86. Answering Your Questions About Entering the Fashion Job Market

Life of An Ex-Fashion Student - September 21, 2023 04:23 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
I asked you all to share your burning questions about entering the fashion job market and as always, you guys did not disappoint! Tune into this week's episode where I share my hot takes on everything related to the topic of jobs in the fashion industry. We discuss everything from understanding ...

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85. I Quit My Job…Now What?

Life of An Ex-Fashion Student - September 14, 2023 16:04 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
After a three-month-long break, I'm back and better than ever to share one of the hardest things I have ever had to do in my career: quitting my first full-time job. Throughout the past few weeks, I found myself lost and unable to find happiness in the work I was doing and that's when I ultimate...

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How to save species, sites and ecosystems with Nina Seale from Synchronicity Earth

Conservation Careers Podcast - September 11, 2023 18:56 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
In conservation, some issues tend to get a lot of attention from the donors when other, equally important issues, can be ignored.  What do you do in this situation to raise the profile, and much-needed funding, to conserve the overlooked species, sites and ecosystems?  To discuss this and mo...

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Podcast | How to follow your passion as a career switcher … Developing The Soil Centre with Tara Phillips

Conservation Careers Podcast - August 28, 2023 17:50 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Have you ever had a BIG idea that grabbed your attention and got you excited? And if you have, did you know how to start turning your idea into reality? Todays’ guest is a career switcher doing just this.  Tara Phillips is a Ted-X speaker coach who is developing an exciting idea to start an in...

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How can Aquariums support conservation efforts?

Conservation Careers Podcast - August 14, 2023 17:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Many of us will have visited aquariums and marvelled at the marine life on display. But what role can an Aquarium have in supporting conservation efforts?  Here to discuss this and other topics is today’s guest Elizabeth Stephenson.  Elizabeth is the Program Director of the New England Aquar...

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Celebrating Episode 100 of the Conservation Careers Podcast

Conservation Careers Podcast - July 31, 2023 19:28 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
In this special conversation we're celebrating the 100th episode of the Conservation Careers Podcast! The CC Podcast was launched on 21st June 2018, and over the past five years we've talked to so many different people within the conservation sector, played with the format and enjoyed the ride...

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How to rescue dying national parks with Dr Niall McCann | National Park Rescue

Conservation Careers Podcast - July 17, 2023 22:33 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Our guest in this episode is a good friend and someone I’ve wanted to get on the show since day one.   Described as the real-life Indiana Jones, Niall McCann is a TV Presenter, Explorer, and Biologist.  Niall has travelled the planet on biological expeditions in some of the most remote parts...

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The Conservation Pathway Programme

Conservation Careers Podcast - June 27, 2023 18:02 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
In this very special episode of the podcast, we take you behind the scenes of our NEW Conservation Pathway Programme. The Conservation Pathway Programme is designed to help career switchers like you discover how to confidently switch your career to conservation with expert guidance and support...

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From corporate to conservation: How Edward found his purpose

Conservation Careers Podcast - June 23, 2023 18:15 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
How do you switch careers from something entirely unrelated to wildlife and start to carve out a role for yourself in the conservation sector? How do you find your purpose, network effectively, get training support and secure high-quality experiences which can transform your work? In this epis...

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84. Next in Fashion’s Eliana Batsakis on her Television Debut, Turning Doubt into Self-Confidence and Being Yourself in the Industry

Life of An Ex-Fashion Student - June 22, 2023 02:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
As an alumni of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and past recipient of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Design Scholar Suntchi Image-Maker Award, Eliana Batsakis is no stranger to success in the fashion world. Her work, which is characterized by the use of imaginative...

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Dr Malcolm McAdie | Wildlife Veterinarian

Conservation Careers Podcast - June 13, 2023 18:42 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Can you picture yourself rescuing, rehabilitating or even releasing individuals from a Critically Endangered species in the wild? Or translocating wolves from Canada to be released in Yellowstone National Park in the US? Those are just two examples of the work of Dr. Malcolm McAdie, a Canadian...

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Dr Helen Gath | Durrell Conservation Academy

Conservation Careers Podcast - May 29, 2023 19:22 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
What role do zoos play in conservation, why is diversity important and how can you get upskilled to have more impact?  We discuss these topics in front of an audience from within our CC Pro community on today’s podcast with Dr Helen Gath from the Durrell Conservation Academy.  Helen is a con...

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Catherine R Moore, DOO. Care of the Family Affected by Foster Care

CCHFtalk - May 22, 2023 19:06 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Be inspired by CCHFtalk, a monthly podcast produced by Christian Community Health Fellowship. Join Steve Noblett and the CCHF staff as we explore topics related to healthcare to marginalized communities. Listeners will be refreshed, encouraged, inspired, empowered to continue in your ministry &...

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Stella Diamant | The Madagascar Whale Shark Project

Conservation Careers Podcast - May 15, 2023 21:02 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
Stella Diamant is a passionate conservation biologist who founded the Madagascar Whale Shark Project, introduced a code of conduct for whale shark tourism, initiated an environmental education programme for Malagasy youth, and has identified almost 500 individual Whale Sharks.   She’s now work...