Pamela Reed Sanchez's guest appearances

Pamela Reed Sanchez

Destination On The Left

For the EVOLution of Business

How It Looks From Here

Drew McLellan

Jessica Lewis

Rick Antonson

Paula White

Charles Darwin

Robert Frank

Mike Rea

Sarah Morris

David Gilbert

David Sloan Wilson

Eric Patrick

Stacy Jones

Raj Sisodia

Joe Pulizzi

Richard Arnold

OwlTail

For the second episode of Season 2, Mary interviews Pamela Reed Sanchez, the president and CEO of the Seneca Park Zoo Society in Rochester, NY. Pamela holds close the connection of people with the natural world - with their truest nature. She sees supporting that connection as activism of the highest order. As a public leader and a writer of literary nonfiction, she describes what it means to be part of the solution.Music this week by Cedar Mathers Winn and Gary Ferguson. Find us online, at https://howitlooks.captivate.fm/

For the second episode of Season 2, Mary interviews Pamela Reed Sanchez, the president and CEO of the Seneca Park Zoo Society in Rochester, NY. Pamela holds close the connection of people with the natural world - with their truest nature. She sees supporting that connection as activism of the highest order. As a public leader and a writer of literary nonfiction, she describes what it means to be part of the solution.Music this week by Cedar Mathers Winn and Gary Ferguson. Find us online, at <a href="https://howitlooks.captivate.fm/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://howitlooks.captivate.fm/</a>

HILFH #11 Pamela Reed Sanchez

[1:00] The seeds of Pamela's interest in sustainability [2:30] Pamela's career path from teaching at Arizona State to non-profits with at-risk youth agencies to The George Eastman Museum and now to The Seneca Park Zoo Society [5:30] The evolving purpose of Zoos: from menagerie to education to conservation - "Our Mission is 'to inspire our community to connect with, care for and conserve wild life and wild places.' It's not about animals, it's about changing human behavior so that we can save animals" [11:00] ZooBrew - "Drink Beer, Save Elephants" - Raised $15,000 for elephant conservation last year, but also empowering attendees to understand that "collectively, our individual actions will make a difference for species survival" [13:15] How the Zoo integrates their "Connect, Care, Conserve" mission into every aspect of the guest experience - from education and awareness to gift shop items that enhance sustainability to concessions that use only compostable/biodegradable products [17:30] Community outreach to share the Zoo's mission outside its walls - "raising the environmental literacy of the entire community" -"Cultural organizations have a responsibility to help solve a community's biggest problems. We are not just 'nice to have,' in a community, we dont JUST contribute to a better quality of life (although we certainly do that). Our primary problems in this community are high crime, high poverty, poor city school district and in my mind, a disconnection from nature...If you're disconnected from nature, you're likely not practicing sustainable habits (which can save you a lot of money if you do them correctly)" [25:45] Urban Ecologists program to increase diversity in conservation [28:30] Pamela's influences from Simon Sinek's "Start With Why" to CEO of Yum! Brands (Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC) David Novak's "Taking People With You" - "If you really want to know the business, talk to the people on the front lines. They are the ones that know how the processes can be changed, whats working, what's not working. They have to feel listened to and that you're going to act on what they tell you." -Pamela does the staff trainings at the Zoo to connect them with "why each person has the opportunity to transform people's lives through working at the Zoo Society" [30:50] "The people on the front lines have much more of an opportunity to have a personalized experience with guests and inspire and transform their lives than I do from my office...so it's really important that they feel heard" [31:20] "If you want to grow your business by 2-3%, you do pretty much the same things you're doing and tweak them a little bit, but if you want to grow by 20-30%, you need to blow up your business model...and even if you end up at 10%, it's still a whole lot better than 2-3%...it's about thinking about how can you do business differently? How can you have more people be transformed by their experience there? How can we reach more people with our message? How do we serve this ENTIRE community to get everyone involved in making a difference for species survival?" [32:30] How Pamela measures success at the Zoo [36:00] Center for Biodiversity Exploration, an immersive gaming space for intergenerational play [38:30] Environmental Innovation Awards and Symposium Goals: -Telling stories to honor people that have invested in sustainability, but also to inspire others in the community -Creating awareness in the corporate community of the Zoo as a conservation organization -Small Business Winner: i-Square -Large Business Winners: Diamond Packaging, Harbec [46:15] The importance of human capital in sustainability and connecting to nature for wellbeing More information on the Seneca Park Zoo: https://senecaparkzoo.org/ More information on the Environmental Innovation Awards: https://senecaparkzoo.org/innovation/

[1:00] The seeds of Pamela's interest in sustainability [2:30] Pamela's career path from teaching at Arizona State to non-profits with at-risk youth agencies to The George Eastman Museum and now to The Seneca Park Zoo Society [5:30] The evolving purpose of Zoos: from menagerie to education to conservation - "Our Mission is 'to inspire our community to connect with, care for and conserve wild life and wild places.' It's not about animals, it's about changing human behavior so that we can save animals" [11:00] ZooBrew - "Drink Beer, Save Elephants" - Raised $15,000 for elephant conservation last year, but also empowering attendees to understand that "collectively, our individual actions will make a difference for species survival" [13:15] How the Zoo integrates their "Connect, Care, Conserve" mission into every aspect of the guest experience - from education and awareness to gift shop items that enhance sustainability to concessions that use only compostable/biodegradable products [17:30] Community outreach to share the Zoo's mission outside its walls - "raising the environmental literacy of the entire community" -"Cultural organizations have a responsibility to help solve a community's biggest problems. We are not just 'nice to have,' in a community, we dont JUST contribute to a better quality of life (although we certainly do that). Our primary problems in this community are high crime, high poverty, poor city school district and in my mind, a disconnection from nature...If you're disconnected from nature, you're likely not practicing sustainable habits (which can save you a lot of money if you do them correctly)" [25:45] Urban Ecologists program to increase diversity in conservation [28:30] Pamela's influences from Simon Sinek's "Start With Why" to CEO of Yum! Brands (Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC) David Novak's "Taking People With You" - "If you really want to know the business, talk to the people on the front lines. They are the ones that know how the processes can be changed, whats working, what's not working. They have to feel listened to and that you're going to act on what they tell you." -Pamela does the staff trainings at the Zoo to connect them with "why each person has the opportunity to transform people's lives through working at the Zoo Society" [30:50] "The people on the front lines have much more of an opportunity to have a personalized experience with guests and inspire and transform their lives than I do from my office...so it's really important that they feel heard" [31:20] "If you want to grow your business by 2-3%, you do pretty much the same things you're doing and tweak them a little bit, but if you want to grow by 20-30%, you need to blow up your business model...and even if you end up at 10%, it's still a whole lot better than 2-3%...it's about thinking about how can you do business differently? How can you have more people be transformed by their experience there? How can we reach more people with our message? How do we serve this ENTIRE community to get everyone involved in making a difference for species survival?" [32:30] How Pamela measures success at the Zoo [36:00] Center for Biodiversity Exploration, an immersive gaming space for intergenerational play [38:30] Environmental Innovation Awards and Symposium Goals: -Telling stories to honor people that have invested in sustainability, but also to inspire others in the community -Creating awareness in the corporate community of the Zoo as a conservation organization -Small Business Winner: i-Square -Large Business Winners: Diamond Packaging, Harbec [46:15] The importance of human capital in sustainability and connecting to nature for wellbeing More information on the Seneca Park Zoo: <a href="https://senecaparkzoo.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://senecaparkzoo.org/</a> More information on the Environmental Innovation Awards: <a href="https://senecaparkzoo.org/innovation/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://senecaparkzoo.org/innovation/</a>

Make Your Mission Meaningful with The Seneca Park Zoo Society's Pamela Reed Sanchez

As tastes and sensibilities change, your organization needs to change with them, or else deal with a shrinking market share. If your organization has history, another challenge is perceptions that change more slowly than your brand message. That’s what was happening at Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester, NY. The zoo was growing as a leader in wildlife conservation from upstate New York all around the world. On this episode of Destination on the Left, I speak with Pamela Reed Sanchez. Pamela has served as president and CEO of the Seneca Park Zoo Society since 2014. She’s a passionate advocate for species survival and brings this focus to the zoo society’s guest experience, education, and conservation programs. Prior to the zoo, she worked across various cultural and arts organizations, including the George Eastman Museum, her well-received TEDx Talk, “What The Killing of Cecil the Lion and Harambe the Gorilla Should Have Taught Us,” is a great example of the provocative ways Pamela encourages people to make changes in their everyday lives on behalf of conservation and species survival. Full show notes available here: https://breaktheicemedia.com/podcasts/pamela-reed-sanchez/

As tastes and sensibilities change, your organization needs to change with them, or else deal with a shrinking market share. If your organization has history, another challenge is perceptions that change more slowly than your brand message. That’s what was happening at Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester, NY. The zoo was growing as a leader in wildlife conservation from upstate New York all around the world. On this episode of Destination on the Left, I speak with Pamela Reed Sanchez. Pamela has served as president and CEO of the Seneca Park Zoo Society since 2014. She’s a passionate advocate for species survival and brings this focus to the zoo society’s guest experience, education, and conservation programs. Prior to the zoo, she worked across various cultural and arts organizations, including the George Eastman Museum, her well-received TEDx Talk, “What The Killing of Cecil the Lion and Harambe the Gorilla Should Have Taught Us,” is a great example of the provocative ways Pamela encourages people to make changes in their everyday lives on behalf of conservation and species survival. Full show notes available here: <a href="https://breaktheicemedia.com/podcasts/pamela-reed-sanchez/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://breaktheicemedia.com/podcasts/pamela-reed-sanchez/</a>

Episode 93: A Consistent Message from the Moment They Arrive, with Pamela Reed Sanchez