Transferable Skills
Tracking Transferable Skills
An easier way to document your experience
Tania Marien
Transferable Solutions Environmental Skills, Reimagined
Experience
Engagement Just Got Easier
One less step
Identity
The moment that made me question the field
When do you know it's time to explore a new path?
Experience
How to Ask For Testimonials
While social media might get you in front of new strangers, it may not increase your visibility with those you want to engage with. That is, your smallest viable audience (i.e., the core audience of people who will pay for your workshops or services). Your visibility can increase if
Experience
Stay Focused While Growing Your Network
The problem... You're invisible. People don't even know they should look for you. Have you ever felt this way? If so, I hear you and know the feeling. It doesn't feel positive or productive. How might you move past this? I fall back on
Living Wage
Informal science education and the privilege of low-pay
"A higher individual at my institution said being an informal educator is 'a calling' and as such those called to do it should expect not to be paid very much." – Respondent in a survey administered by Rende et al. (2021) Kathryn Rende and her colleagues shared
Identity
Changing Your Mind
How are you with change?
Sensemaking
How to frame the environment in conversation
Why messaging needs to change
Identity
There are Other Ways to Do Environmental Education
What does environmental education (EE) look like for me today? Journalism. I don't do EE the way I used to. I no longer do events, activities, botanical art classes, museum presentations, or travel to events with my bookstore. I do, though, continue to do something I've
Experience
Create a Professional Development Program
Train nontraditional informal science educators
Sensemaking
When Questions Sting
Addressing unanswered questions
Experience
Growth or Professional Development
What’s your preference?