Learning from the Best - Right at Your Desk

A Phone Conversation with Conservation Professionals

Young or old, are you in the early stages of your land conservation career? Looking to fine-tune your processes and learn from the best? Then take part in our new phone series featuring seasoned land conservation professionals sharing their tips for conservation success. Our team of veteran conservation leaders have protected some of the most important special places and environmental resources in the southeastern U.S and want to share what they have learned with you, the next generation of land conservation practitioners.

How Does It Work?

This is a series of one-hour conference calls over the course of the year, with one professional per session, who speaks for 15-20 minutes and then responds to your questions or leads the discussion for the balance. Join us for one or all.

Next Call

Crispy Fritters: How to Avoid Burnout

Thursday, May 30 | 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET
With Henrietta Jordan of Trailmarker Associates

Registration

To register, please send ONE question for our experts in an email to southeast@lta.org, subject line "Conservation Professional Conference Call." Prior to the call, we’ll provide registrants with the call-in phone number. There is no registration deadline.

Summary

Nobody likes a burnt fritter…

Conservation work is thrilling. Yet it can also be exhausting if you or your land trust staff, board members, and even volunteers are required to wear multiple hats; jump from one priority to the next; develop good relations with their members and donors and still remember to check on the easement on their drive home. How can you manage it all and still stay fresh?

Join us this month for a conversation with Henrietta Jordan, principal at Trailmarker Associates, to explore strategies for avoiding burnout and making what often seems an impossible job manageable and even enjoyable! Don't think you’re getting crispy? Join us to share your strategies with others.

Previous Calls

Opening Doors to Opportunity: How Protected Land Can Improve People's Lives

Thursday, April 25, 2013
Discussion leaders: Wendy Jackson, Freshwater Land Trust and Robyn Carlton, Lookout Mountain Conservancy

Recruiting and Managing Volunteers for Land Management Projects

Thursday, March 21, 2013
Discussion Leaders:  Kristy Urquhart and Chris Coxen of Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy

A Conversation with All Volunteer Land Trusts in the Southeast

Thursday, February 21, 2013
Discussion Leaders:  Chuck Roe, Heidi Hannapel, Donna Erickson

Conservation Easement Amendments

Thursday, January 31, 2013
Discussion Leaders: Sylvia Bates and Leslie Ratley-Beach

Building Relationships and Negotiating with Land Owners and Others

Thursday, November 29, 2012
Hosts: Rex Boner and Shannon Lee, with The Conservation Fund, Atlanta, Georgia

Superb Land Trust Board Members

Thursday, October 18, 2012
Hosts: Suzi Wilkins Berl and Susie Hamrick Jones

A Broader Mission for Land Trusts? A Case Study in South Carolina

Thursday, September 19, 2012
Host: Brad Wyche and Erin Knight from Upstate Forever

Partnerships for Land Protection

Date: June 28, 2012
Host: Fred Annand, Director of Protection, The Nature Conservancy

Adaptive Management and Natural Lands

Date: May 24, 2012
Host: Sam Pearsall, Southeast Regional Manager of Land, Water and Wildlife at the Environmental Defense Fund

Doing the Deal

Date: April 26, 2012
Host: Don Morrow, Transactions Director for the Trust for Public Land