Here are some tools I made…
Feel free to download them and use them to help you navigate the early career stage.
Conservation Connection Forum: Building Supportive Communities Through Advocacy, 2024
Post-event zine
Check out this zine all about advocacy and navigating the early career stages. It’s full of great advice from seasoned professionals, and Q&As from fellow students and emerging conservators. (download below)
Opportunity Tracker Excel Book, 2025
Over the last 10 months I’ve been using this excel book I’ve designed to track my applications and keep all my collected professional advice and information. I created a blank template for you to use, but I have left a couple good resources like job boards and fellowship/internship application dates. Feel free to customize it and make it yours!
I love vintage videogames, so I turned it into a pseudo-game to give me that dopamine hit to stave off the pain of rejection that comes along with being an emerging professional on the job hunt grind.
Download the excel file below (I use it in google docs):
How to Organize a Conference 2024
Presentation
After organizing two conferences while at West Dean College, and navigating complex systems of funding proposals, call for papers, speaker compensation, event IT, etc. I decided to create a presentation that would compile everything I learned.
Download the presentation and use it to organize your own event!