Not in the middle of summer in Tampa but every other part of the year. But she just knew that she was loved at the zoo. And when the security guard at the back gate calls her out by name when she comes in to drop off her recycle stuff,… Read More
Why do you think zoos have not picked up the challenge in more numbers?… Read More
Financial?… Read More
We’ve never had that comment. It’s like, well, great. Love it, love it to death. So the donor thing, as you know, is highly personable and a lot of time and a lot of effort spent with donors. Our biggest donor was a wonderful, wonderful woman who has since passed… Read More
When she showed up, you made time for her, it might not have been the most convenient time in your schedule, but you made time for her. And whether it was just, Jackie, you know, loves seeing you, you got 15 or 20 minutes, let’s walk around a little bit. Read More
You know what?… Read More
To what extent?… Read More
What happened?… Read More
I didn’t do the ask. I was, you know, the color guy in a lot of cases, giving all the background information and letting our development department do the ask. But again, as we talked, it’s all about relationships. And so, you know, ask to be part of this tour,… Read More
Were you as director involved in fundraising?… Read More
Yeah. Yeah. Read More
Yeah, it’s the way we have to communicate with this generation. That’s the way we communicate with this generation. They want to see that. You know, the cameras, doing “Secrets of the Zoo” with Nat Geo and I mean their GoPro inventory is incredible. I mean, they got cameras for… Read More
And so we’ve gotta be right there in step with ’em communicating that way. Otherwise, we’re not on their radar. And again, that’s a tough group. As I said before, it’s a really tough group. So whatever we can do to get into their media stream is incumbent upon us. Read More
How do you see these new technologies, Instagram, Facebook, nest cameras, helping the zoo and helping wildlife?… Read More
It was cool. Yeah. Read More
It’s not like that anymore. And I think our vice president of marketing and public relations, Sandra, has done a fantastic job nurturing that behavior. You know, calling them out when they do a misquote or misidentification or something. But also then giving them opportunities to see things, you know,… Read More
How did you nurture the relationship with the press?… Read More
Well, there was some rough road, as I said during the period of distraction. We were in the newspaper every other day it seemed like. I think our approach, I don’t think, I know our approach has been, we’ve been open and honest. And I know that sounds like maybe… Read More
Well, if you don’t have ’em out, you don’t have ’em looking. You’ll never know. And we’ve never, I mean they’ve all come away going, man, this is fantastic. I love every part of it. So, you know, might be one of the reasons we’re getting grants and state funding… Read More
We’re not this like Tampa, who’s that?… Read More