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The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc.

Natural Encounters, Inc.

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Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 287

Join co-hosts Chris and Ari for a discussion of animal training, behavior, human-animal relationships, and all things NEI-TEC (the Natural Encounters Inc Training and Education Center), and featuring guests from the NEI team and around the professional animal care world! Email us at podcast@naturalencounters.com if you have a question or something you'd like us to discuss on the show!

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Episode 240: When Everyone You Look Up To Says "Read A Book," You Read A Book (with Kaitlyn Wiktor, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium)

Thursday, November 21, 2024 • Duration 01:02:19

Ari and Chris are excited for the return of Kait Wiktor, Manager of Animal Behavior and Wellbeing at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium! Kait joins us to talk about her recent adventures through all things "Crucial": the resources and certification programs from Crucial Learning, the organization behind our favorite professional (and personal) development resource, Crucial Conversations. Kait walks us through the six sources of influence, the importance of opinion leaders, the vital role of deliberate practice, why its good to have a suitcase of interventions when troubleshooting behavior challenges, and why you shouldn't "avoid the chainsaw."

If you have a shout-out you’d like us to share, a question or a topic you’d like us to discuss, or a suggestion for a guest we should have on the show, let us know at podcast@naturalencounters.com!

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Episode 239: THE BEE IS ALIVE?!?!? (with Morgan Belle, Disney's Animals, Science, and Environment)

Thursday, November 14, 2024 • Duration 49:38

A biologist? At Disney?? That's right, it's the return of Morgan Belle, Conservation Programs Manager with Disney's Animals, Science, and Environment!

After a brief recap of her history in the field, Morgan chats about life as "everyone's 'bug lady'", the (somewhat controversial) difference between bugs and insects, how improv classes were the scariest and most transformative thing she's ever done, and modern advancements in butterfly telemetry, before partnering with Ari to tell the most epic entomological tale ever: the story of "The Bee."

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Episode 231: The Bizarre and Circuitous Route of a Lifetime of Learning (with Ken Ramirez, Karen Pryor Clicker Training)

Thursday, September 19, 2024 • Duration 56:48

After wayyyyy too much time of talking about making it happen, Chris and Ari finally sit down to chat with the legendary Ken Ramirez! Ken shares his inspiring and unique journey through the animal training field—from his early passion for guide dogs, to his long career in marine mammal training, all the way up to his current role leading up Karen Pryor Clicker Training. He also discusses how teaching a Masters Course led to writing his renowned book, Animal Training: Successful Animal Management Through Positive Reinforcement. Ken's journey highlights how taking advantage of unexpected opportunities can create a lifetime of teaching and learning.

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Episode 141: Many People Talking into Many Microphones (aka NEI Says Goodbye to 2022)

Thursday, December 29, 2022 • Duration 24:37

For the last episode of 2022 we're featuring...everyone! The staff of NEI share some of their highlights of the year as we stare down the barrel of 2023. Thanks for listening, and here's to another great year!

Have a question or a topic you'd like us to discuss on a future episode? Let us know at podcast@naturalencounters.com!

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Episode 140: Attitude Determines Your Altitude (with Dave O'Connell, Bearizona Wildlife Park)

Thursday, December 22, 2022 • Duration 54:16

Ari and Chris get a second sit-down with Bearizona Wildlife Park's "Grand Poo-Pah" Dave O'Connell! Dave "returves" to the show to talk about what he and the other staff at BZ do to create high functioning teams: encouraging people to be themselves when they're being interviewed, training humans like they're animals, making time for fun, leaning on the strengths of others, being happy in "crusty situations," and simply letting people fit in.

Do you have a secret to creating great teams that you want to share? A question you'd like us to answer? An offer to come hang out with us as a guest on the show? Let us know at podcast@naturalencounters.com!

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Episode 139: Purposeful Recognition and Reinforcement

Thursday, December 15, 2022 • Duration 28:29

After a quick review of the 2022 NEI Holiday Party, Chris and Ari chat about the importance of specificity when praising and recognizing others, the line between social niceities and behavor strengthening, and the problems with the statement "just let me know if there's anything I can do to help."

To learn more about the upcoming IAATE talk on Raptor Center Culture, please visit http://www.iaate.org.

Have a question or something you'd like us to discuss on the show? Please let us know at podcast@naturalencounters.com!

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Episode 138: Playing Ketchup From Last Week

Thursday, December 8, 2022 • Duration 54:28

Ari and Chris go face to face via "Internet tubes" to talk about keto ketchup, Frank Lloyd Wright, birds that aren't Harris hawks, the 2022 ZAA Annual Conference, and NEI's Professional Contemporary Bird of Prey Training and Management Workshop.

Helpful Links:

NEI Training Workshops: https://naturalencounters.com/workshops/
ZAA: https://zaa.org/
GRAZE Monthly Virtual Support Group: https://zoomentalhealthsupport.com/support-services/
ABMA presents "ABC's: Animal Behavior Chats" for December 8, 2022: https://buff.ly/3utQObH

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Episode 137: Welcome to the BOP Shop! (with Amy Fennell, Dan Blair, and Adam Triska, Natural Encounters, Inc.)

Thursday, December 1, 2022 • Duration 25:47

Welcome to Workshop Week, Bird of Prey Style! Chris sits down for a quick chat with fellow workshop instructors Adam Triska, Dan Blair, and Amy Fennell to talk about the history of NEI's Professional Contemporary Bird of Prey Training and Management Workshop, to reflect on Amy and Dan's experience of being a part of every BOP workshop to date, to talk to Adam about being a first-time workshop team lead, and to share as a team the things we're most looking forward to for this week. Wish us all luck!

Do you have a question or a topic you'd like us to discuss on the show? By all means, let us know at podcast@naturalencounters.com!

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Episode 136: Mom So Hard (with Danielle Poirier Larson, Southwick's Zoo)

Thursday, November 24, 2022 • Duration 01:09:07

Happy Turkey Day in the USA! Ari sits down for some mom-talk with Danielle Poirier Larson, Curator of Birds & Training at Southwick's Zoo! Ari and Danielle chat about the challenges of being a mom and a manager in the animal field, the ever-popular concept of work/life balance, and the importance of setting (flexible) boundaries!

Do you have a question or a topic you'd like us to discuss on a future episode, or a desire to be a guest on the show? Drop us a line and let us know at podcast@naturalencounters.com!

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Episode 135: Telling "White Dog Stories" to Save Lives (with Cindy Benson, Benson Ranch Livestock Guardian Training)

Thursday, November 17, 2022 • Duration 51:23

It's Contemporary Animal Training and Management Workshop Week at the Ranch, so Chris sits down to chat with one of our attendees, livestock guardian dog (LGD) trainer Cindy Benson! Cindy talks about how her work raising miniature donkeys led her to becoming a KPA certified trainer, the similarities between her work raising and training LGDs and the practices of other animals trainers across the industry, the priviledge of being able to teach others as a "big fish that found its pond," and the cool stuff we've been learning from our animals at the workshop this week!

To learn more about Cindy's work raising Maremma Sheepdogs and training LGDs, check out https://www.bensonmaremmas.com/.

Visit Amazon to learn more about Cindy's book, Livestock Guardian Dog Training Manual: Applying the Karen Pryor Academy Dog Trainer Foundations Course to Training Livestock Guardian Dogs.

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