Learning Hub

Take a look at some of the featured courses below or browse all available courses here.

Personal Development:

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• Work/Life Balance and Wellbeing: This course helps you prioritise self-care, reducing stress and improving your personal wellbeing, an often-overlooked aspect in conservation.
• Unconscious Bias: Understand and mitigate unconscious biases that affect your work, whether it’s related to gender, age, race, or other factors.
• Receiving and Seeking Feedback: Discover how to build a positive relationship with feedback, understand its significance, and overcome any apprehensions.
• Learning from Failure: Understand the importance of learning from failure and improve your team culture in recognizing and exploring failure.
• Persuading People: Gain the power of persuasion to influence donors, government officials, and other key stakeholders to support conservation initiatives.

Data Basics: Let’s explore the data world together with this comprehensive course.

• Demystifying data: Available in Bahasa Indonesia, English, Español, Français, ខ្មែរ, မြန်မာ, Português, Tiếng Việt
• Planning your data with the end use in mind: Available in Bahasa Indonesia, English, Español, Français, ខ្មែរ, မြန်မာ, Português, Tiếng Việt
• Good data: Available in Bahasa Indonesia, English, Español, Français, ខ្មែរ, မြန်မာ, Português, Tiếng Việt
• Managing data responsibly: Available in Bahasa Indonesia, English, Español, Français, ខ្មែរ, မြန်မာ, Português, Tiếng Việt
• Data basics – check your understanding: Available in English, Español, Français, ខ្មែរ, မြန်မာ, Português, Tiếng Việt

Team and Leadership:

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• Team Development: Explore how teams evolve using Tuckman’s model, and learn techniques to advance your team’s growth. မြန်မာ, Español, Português)
• The Power of Support Networks: Learn the value of personal networks and how they can aid your development as a conservation leader.
• Managing Change: Explore your responses to change and develop strategies to lead your team effectively through transitions using Lewin’s change management model.(Español)
• Conflict Resolution: Develop conflict resolution strategies, understand sources of conflict, and learn principled negotiation.
• Motivating People: Discover strategies for motivating and energizing individuals in a conservation setting, even amidst its unique challenges.
• Giving Effective Feedback: Master the art of giving feedback with the CEDAR model, which provides a structured approach to constructive communication.
• Active Listening: Improve your listening skills and understand how active listening can enhance your effectiveness as a leader.

Project Management:

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• Introduction to Safeguarding (Module 1). Learn how to define safeguarding, explain the relationship between power and risk of abuse and identify safeguarding risks.
• Introduction to Safeguarding (Module 2): Develop an Organisational Approach to Safeguarding, including roles and responsibilities.
• Introduction to Safeguarding (Module 3): Encouraging, reducing barriers and responding to Reports.
• Introduction to Safeguarding (Module 4): Use a self-assessment to identify where your organisation/team is on its safeguarding journey.
• Social Safeguards: Gain insights into the role of social safeguards in biodiversity conservation and how they contribute to fair and effective practices. (မြန်မာ, Español, Português, Tiếng Việt, Pусский)
• Introduction to Communications Strategies. Including how to structure a communications strategy, focus and save time, list your priority audiences and write key messages
• Gender in Conservation Projects: An introduction to gender in the context of conservation, including some suggestions on how you can promote gender equity within your projects. (NEW! Español)
• Outputs, Outcomes, Impacts, Oh My: Clarify project terminology and understand the differences between inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impacts for effective proposal writing.
• Good Fund Management: A comprehensive course covering contract and grant agreements, procurement, fund monitoring, and audit preparation.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Learn why engaging with community stakeholders is crucial for equitable conservation, and how to do it effectively. (NEW! Español, français)
• Grievance Mechanisms: Explore how grievance mechanisms can ensure fair and effective conservation activities. (NEW! Español)