T&cps defragmentation presentation

Please get out your cell phones.

You will need them for this presentation!

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Social restoration: Defragmenting our conservation community Cassidy Johnson, PhD President, Coastal Prairie Partnership Biology Professor, Houston Community College Faculty Lecturer, Rice University

Welcome to the prairie movement!

+ We are all here because we are losing something 9 million to less than 90,000 acres...

This is only 3X the size of the city of Lafayette....

+ Habitat fragmentation is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity.

Conservation efforts are also hindered by our own community’s fragmentation!

+ Instructions Get out your smartphone (or partner with someone that has one!)

Go to: www. menti.com Put in the access code on the top of the screen!

Survey

+ Time to take action!

+ Make a connection with someone that you do not know 1)

Meet someone from a different place with a different role in conservation.

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Discuss your opinion of the current state of conservation and what we could be doing better.

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Talk about your expertise and what you want to learn more about.

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Your challenge: Based on the discussion with your new connection, brainstorm an ides that the two of your could work on together to enhance our conservation efforts.

+ This was a fun activity for after lunch, but does making these type of connections really work?

+ Not only do we need to connect with our own community, we need to start looking beyond our organizations

• How can we make connections between people and the prairie environment?

• What should our message be?

Community college students checking out Houston toad

• What actions do we need people to take?

CPP is currently designing a Prairie awareness survey GOALS??

Assess how to rebrand prairies to generate interest in a wider audience Assess how to increase giving

TARGET A WIDER AUDIENCE Reach out to a broader demographic; with a greater emphasis on diversity PLAN OF ACTION Information from survey will ultimately guide how CPP communicates Guide future education events and symposiums

Let’s “defragment” our community!

Connectivity is essential if we want to succeed.

Your image here!!!

Thank you.

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