Interview 34507 – Caption Index: 355
What, what type of collection should small or medium zoos be focused on?… Read More
What, what type of collection should small or medium zoos be focused on?… Read More
What do you think should be the focus of their type of collection?… Read More
I i, you gotta have a team, you know, to make you look good. You cannot do it yourself Well. But with the small zoos or the medium zoos, they have financial resources, big and small. Read More
Well, it’s an interesting question for me because I went from big to small instead of small to big. ’cause now I’m in a very small organization, long neck manner. So, but I got the experience from the larger zoos. There are differences, obviously the resources. But basically the, the,… Read More
You don’t have a lot of the other resources. I’m learning that now. I don’t have an executive assistant anymore. That used to keep me so organized. A a, a good executive assistant is, is really what saves you in a big organization. You, you have to have somebody that’s… Read More
Either nationally or could it be internationally?… Read More
I think those, there, there’s a lot of qualities, other qualities. When you read the job descriptions, there’s so many, there’s so many other, you have to have good writer. You have to be a good writer, good verbal skills. And, and even then sometimes it, it, it doesn’t work. Read More
What do you think though that a small or a medium, medium size zoo, particularly a municipal, municipal one, could do today to be involved in wildlife conservation?… Read More
And sometimes that doesn’t make you a good director in certain senses, but it makes you a good person. Read More
Well, today you have to be very charismatic. ’cause you’re raising money all the time. Most of the zoos are, are not municipal anymore. So they have to raise their own money. And, and that, I think that is number one is fundraising skills. But you should have a good… Read More
Well, but what then, what kind of skillset do you think as your director needs today as compared to when you started?… Read More
You know, it depends on the time period. But I would think that I did okay as a zoo director. ’cause I had good communication skills. You have to have good people skills. It’s not about the animals, it’s about the people. You know, you, you board especially, you have… Read More
What, what’s the definition of a good director?… Read More
Well, first of all, I’m not sure I was a good director. Read More
Tell me to begin with, what made you a good director?… Read More
What do you think?… Read More
She’s so steady and, and it’s just, I had a, another photographer capture that picture. And then we had her with the rhinos too. And she just, she really enjoyed it. I know she did. And that was, you know, that, that was really special. She got to meet the… Read More
So, and then it was even more special because now she’s gone. But she has a, a memorial on Tuesday in Washington DC at the National Cathedral. And Diana going to that. Joe Roddy’s going, bill, con’s going. A lot of people will be there. Read More
I had, I had, I had some, we had families come up, we had some two, two girls. A friend of mine’s girls that are really Jane Goodall fans. They’re 10 and 12. They were amazing with Jane. And Jane was amazing with them. And then my dogs, you know,… Read More
So, so it was intimate. She got to, everybody got a book signed, she got a pic. Every it was, it was, it was a special night. And Joe Rody was there, you know, and he introduced Jane. I had, because he’s an, he’s just an amazing, he’s so dynamic… Read More