The Outdoor Communicators Podcast is a production of the Association for Conservation Information. Your hosts Ashley Zeme and Tim Akimoff talk about the craft of conservation communication with luminaries from around the world of conservation with topics that focus on writing, video production, graphic design, marketing, media relations, education and other quirky or unique aspects of communicating conservation. ACI is an organization of communicators that plays a major role in providing con ...
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A storyteller's podcast. Life as a missionary kid. Traveler tales. Adventures, lost love and life in 15-minute increments.
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If you attended the annual ACI Conference in Roslyn, Virginia in July, 2024, then there's a good chance you saw us make this episode on stage in front of a live audience. Jason Harmon, Communications Manager for the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, and Emily McCabe, Information and Education Director for the Maine Department of Fisheries and wi…
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Imposter Syndrome with Dr. Rob Munjal
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The Outdoor Communicators Podcast hosts Ashley Zeme and Tim Akimoff talk imposter syndrome with a varied group of guests this episode, including Wisconson Department of Natural Resource's Katie Grant, PayIt's Samantha Pedder, former Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation social media coordinator Sarah Southerland, historian and influencer Ash…
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If Virginia is for Lovers (the state slogan) then it stands to reason all the members of ACI, who are lovers of the outdoors, hunting, fishing, conservation and communicating about all of the things we love, then Virginia is also for ACI. It's also the place where most of us (we'll miss you Ashley) will be gathering in July for the annual ACI Confe…
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Ron Kabele, now retired, has more than 40 Emmy Awards as a video producer for Texas Parks & Wildlife over the course of his career. Garrett Graham is the newest member of the the legendary team that has produced so many award-winning, personality driven videos for the TPW Television Series. Ashley Zeme of the Nevada Departmen of Wildlife and Tim Ak…
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Hosts Ashley Zeme and Tim Akimoff tackle the world of conservation marketing with the legendary Jenifer Wisniewski of the National Deer Association in this episode of The Outdoor Communicators Podcast. Marketing has long been a whispered term around many state fish and wildlife agencies, but that is no longer the case, according to Wisniewski, who …
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Crisis Communications with Faith Heaton Jolley
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Crisis communications is a big part of what we all do working in the conservation communication realm. Utah Department of Natural Resources Public Information officer and Outreach Section Assistant Chief Faith Heaton Jolley talked about this subject last summer at the ACI conference Lake Tahoe, and your hosts Ashley Zeme and Tim Akimoff wanted to f…
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Exploring the socialverse with Sarah Southerland
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Sarah Southerland is part of the secret sauce in the legendary social media presence of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. What you may not know is that she works with a team of amazing creatives to achieve that perfect tone and to stay atop the digital zeitgeist. In this first episode of ACI's The Outdoor Communicators Podcast, host…
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This is the final episode of the second season of the "Truth as I see it" podcast. And what's more final than death, right? In this episode, I explore death through a conversation with my then 3-year-old son Cole. That conversation still has ramifications today. Proving that there is no such thing as a small conversation. This is not an attempt to …
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When you suffer from panic attacks, smoking weed is never a good idea. This is the story of a fishing trip gone terribly wrong. A 45-minute ambulance ride from a remote lake in the Cascade Mountains and a chance to talk about something most Americans are reticent to ever discuss - our mental health. So here it is, another look into the darker parts…
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High Cost Of Bachelor Parties by Tim AkimoffBy Tim Akimoff
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"I wondered what it would be like to date a fat guy"
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I was a fat kid. Or maybe chubby kid is more polite. The world of dating terrified me, and for good reason. I was lucky enough to find my one and only early on. The few adventures in dating that I did have were not my finest moments. This is one of them. Music: "Cupid's Revenge" by Kevin McLeod at Incompetech.com.…
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Mexicali has long been the place for North American youth groups to focus their attention when it comes to doing "foreign" mission trips. It's conveniently close, for one thing, and it's a hub for the desperate and destitute looking for a better life just across the chain-link fence in Calexico. Mexicali has changed a lot in recent years. It's a bi…
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I once saw a witch doctor for some help with some back pain. It wasn't as bad an experience as people might make it out to be. Proof once again that not all juju beads and shrunken heads are indications of dark magic. Sometimes a person just really knows which herbs will make you feel better.By Tim Akimoff
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It was like Fight Club. Participants are not supposed to talk about it. So I call it kidnapped missionary survival training. It was a weeklong test of our survival skills, and I was 13 and trying to figure out my place in the world. I faced some serious monsters on this particular camping trip, the biggest one being myself.…
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Contrary to popular opinion, there are moments when you can restart your life. Not your physical being, but the things that surround that which we call life. I had a pretty significant relaunch when Princess Diana died, because it coincided with a pretty horrific accident that required four surgeries to fix. Now as Diana's legacy continues in the l…
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There are many ways to go home. Many roads to drive. But at the end of every journey, the road home is always the same.By Tim Akimoff
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For Father's Day, I wanted to tell something about how dads, in this case, my father-in-law, can push you to do something that may not make sense at the time, but when you think back to it later in life, you find you're very thankful they did.By Tim Akimoff
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