Keywords:
Conservation leadership.
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Environmentalism-History.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
No detailed description available for "An Environmental Leader's Tool Kit".
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (261 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781501768613
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=6961247
DDC:
333.72
Language:
English
Note:
an environmental leader's toolkit -- contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- What This Book Is About -- About the Tools in This Book -- Three Underlying Realities -- part I Tools for Getting Where You Want to Go -- 1. Don't Hammer Nails with a Saw: How to Problem-Solve Effectively -- Assessing Your Immediate Inclinations -- Tools That Look Good but Maybe Aren't -- Ferreting Out What You Really Want -- The Divide-and-Conquer Method -- The People Factor -- Some Closing Thoughts -- 2. Becoming an Ace Researcher: How to Find the Answers You Need -- The Allure of Baseline Data and Inventories -- Scrutinizing Your Research Question and Data Needs -- Developing a Tailored Data Collecting Plan -- Launching a Pilot Study -- Getting Good Advice from Experts -- Some Closing Thoughts -- 3. Things You Need to Know about Data Collection and Statistics: How to Take Your Research Skills to the Next Level -- Identifying Your Research Question Type -- The Importance of Hypothesis Testing -- The Essentials of Statistics, Statistical Analysis, and Variability -- How to Randomly Sample a Place -- Creating a Compartment Map -- Describing Your Data Collecting Methods -- A Few Data Collecting Suggestions and Reminders -- Some Closing Thoughts -- part II Tools for Working with People -- 4. Do You See What I See? How to Connect with Future Allies -- Getting Past the Us versus Them Dynamic -- Connecting with People through Indirect Approaches -- Connecting with People through Presentations -- Some Closing Thoughts -- 5. Becoming an Ace Leader: How to Get the Most Out of Your Team -- Personality Traits That Get Your Teeth Grinding -- Why Meetings Make People Scream -- Running an Effective Meeting -- Generating New Ideas at Meetings -- Getting People in a Meeting to Say What They Are ReallyTh inking.
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The Difference between Offering Ideas, Evaluating Options, and Making Decisions -- Some Closing Thoughts -- 6. When Town Hall Becomes Battlefi eld: How to Survive Contentious Public Meetings -- Running Productive Public Meetings -- How Things Go Wrong (and What You Can Do about Them) -- The People Factor, Redux -- Experimenting with Unfamiliar Approaches -- Some Closing Thoughts -- part III Tools for Finding Support-for Your Cause and for Yourself -- 7. Getting the Word Out: How to Communicate Your Cause to the World -- Directing Your Energy Where It Needs to Go -- Targeting Your Message -- Marketing Your Cause -- Some Outreach Strategies -- Letting People Know That They Matter -- Handling Propaganda and Spin -- Some Closing Thoughts -- 8. Fundraising, Proposal Writing, and More: How to Find Money for Your Cause -- Asking Individuals for Help Is Not Begging! -- The Ins and Outs of Successful Fundraising -- Convincing Businesses to Support Your Cause -- Funding from Foundations and Government Agencies -- The Art of Grantsmanship -- Some Closing Thoughts -- 9. You Are Your Most Valuable Resource: How to Save the World without Going Nuts or Burning Out -- Don't Treat Assumptions as Truths -- Is There Really Too Much to Do? -- When It Seems That There Is Not Enough Time -- Stop Judging Yourself -- Making Good Things Better and Unpleasant Things Less Bad -- Choosing the Right Staff and Volunteers -- Some Final Closing Thoughts -- Appendixes -- 1. Telling Stories with Your Graphs -- 2. Suggestions for Conducting an Effective Inventory -- 3. Statistical Jargon That You Are Likely to Encounter -- 4. Some Data Collecting Tips -- 5. Site Clues and Indicators -- 6. Some Ways to Make Meetings Better -- 7. What an Effective Agenda Looks Like -- 8. What Minutes from a Meeting Look Like -- 9. Checklist of Reminders When Preparing for a Public Meeting.
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10. Overview of Parliamentary Procedure and Rules of Order -- 11. Common Parliamentary Procedure Jargon and Expressions -- 12. What an Effective Memo Looks Like -- 13. Some Fundraising Reminders -- 14. What the Main Elements of a Funding Proposal Look Like -- 15. Some Grant-writing Reminders -- 16. Some Everyday Tasks, Situations, and Activities That Might Drag You Down -- 17. Some Everyday Tasks, Situations, and Activities That Might Lift You Up -- 18. Querying References to Learn More about Candidates -- Recommended Reading -- Index.
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