Included:

Session 1

Solving Behavior Problems – Steve Martin and Tim Van Loan

Steve and Tim discuss some of the common behavior challenges that they have dealt with in the professional animal care world, and the strategies they have used to tackle these challenges. Through personal anecdotes and video examples, Steve and Tim will discuss common issues they have seen in zoos, animal shows, and training programs, and the environmental adjustments that they have utilized to help people move past them.   

Session 2

Solving Team Problems – Marty MacPhee and Ari Bailey 

Marty and Ari discuss some of the common team challenges they have dealt with in the professional animal care world, and the strategies they have used to help people at all organizational levels tackle these challenges within teams and when communicating with clients. Marty and Ari will discuss some of the issues that they have seen crop up in the zoological community involving low trust teams, issues with communication, and challenges between staff members and their leadership, and share some of the exercises and resources they have utilized to help teams solve behavior problems in a positive and effective manner. 

Session 3

NEI TEC LIVE!: Solving YOUR Problems – Steve Martin, Marty MacPhee, Ari Bailey, and Tim Van Loan

NEI TEC LIVE! discusses submissions from attendees about any challenges they might be having with the animals in thier lives, whether it’s animals that you work with professionally or it’s your own companion animal. Throughout the week, attendees submitted questions and videos of any behaviors they’re having trouble with so that our panelists could chat with each other, and with attendees, about ideas for strategies that might help move their situations forward.