It’s, it’s a tremendous tool because most of our marketing now, it’s much cheaper to market now because, you know, we, you, you, you put something on a a, a YouTube video. One of our, one of our hospitality people, she, we used to pay her to do all our… Read More
As we look at things today, how does, how do you feel new technology can assist in promoting zoos?… Read More
There’s Twitter, there’s Facebook, there’s remote cameras. Read More
How did you nurture that?… Read More
Did you have a good relationship with the, the press?… Read More
I, I had a good relationship with the press almost every place because I, I I, I don’t think I ever had a bad relationship unless they were looking for something bad. But we’d always invite them out and, and, and if we had a, if we had a, if… Read More
Did they ask?… Read More
But the initial conversation, and this was off, this was off the line because I wasn’t part of the selection committee, I was told not to be involved, but this is Lee, he’s my friend, you know, and he wanted to know from me and I worked with the, I… Read More
Well, Lee Empty is a good friend of mine, so I knew him really well. I convinced him to apply. He, he wasn’t sure ’cause he was really happy in Minnesota, so I, you know, I didn’t have to give Lee advice. I I, I just said, Lee, you got… Read More
You want, you want them to really seem to be active or comfortable in their exhibits, in, in ways that you only know by watching, you know, watching your animals and not, I try to, you know, which they also, interacting with the public really helps I think the animal… Read More
When you retired as zoo director, did you give the new Zoo director any advice?… Read More
Oh, I would think so. The way things change nowadays, you know, if you, if you can’t design it, build it and open it within five years, you better not do it. First of all. The other thing is you got donors that, you know, they don’t wanna give you… Read More
Extremely important. I think the Houston Zoo would send more people to workshops and conferences than most zoos of its of its size. You have to be careful ’cause they all want to go to conferences no matter what. But I said if you’re gonna go to a conference, you… Read More
Is there a shelf life for a zoo master plan?… Read More
People that are willing to omi their mistakes are more likely to grow more professionally and be better leaders than ones that just think that they’re always right and demand, you know, that and dominate everybody else. I, I always surrounded myself with, with good people that were always better… Read More
And what did you learn from it?… Read More
How important to you was professional growth for your staff?… Read More
You know, you know, you had a great career, but, you know, what decisions did you make that that were not a, a good decision at the time?… Read More
I mean, that’s a question I would ask a lot in interviews. Read More
Because rather than looking for people to making mistakes, you, you encourage them to, did you, what’d you learn from that mistake?… Read More