The Association for Project Management (APM) Channel Islands is delighted to welcome Durrell as a guest speaker for the second APM webinar of 2021.
Durrell’s newsworthy success of their ‘Go Wild Gorillas’ campaign which raised a phenomenal £1,146,500 for their state-of-the-art indoor enclosure for Jersey Zoo’s beloved gorilla family caught the attention of the national papers as well as the APM Channel Isles committee who wished to learn more about the technical delivery and challenges faced.
The event is focused on the project behind the campaign and will provide unique first-hand insight on Durrell’s ‘Rewild our world’ vision for a wilder, healthier, and more colourful future. Hear from the team behind the project on how they delivered such a successful campaign, the fundraising challenges faced in the time of Covid-19, and how the lessons learned influenced Durrell’s My Nature Watch project.
Carl Ibbet, APM Channel Islands Chair commented: “Following an informative discussion with Durrell’s Fundraising Manager, Beth Gallichan, APM learnt about how the Go Wild Gorillas project originated, the campaign objectives, the risks, the highs, and lows and the challenges of managing the project. These are a few elements which are experienced by project professional on a daily basis and therefore, we wished to host the event for all to benefit and learn from.
“The project profession contributes to many industry sectors such as financial services, telecommunications and the building industry, so being able to offer an insight to the public on the project support behind the conservation of wildlife is truly unique”.
Committee Secretary, Alex Knowelden added: “The APM Channel Isles provides an opportunity for those already working in – or wishing to explore – the project profession a forum to swap stories and experiences in an environment with like-minded project professionals. We are hoping to show those who may consider a career in projects what it’s all about and how to get into this most varied and exciting of professions”.
The APM is the chartered body for the project profession. With over 30,000 individual members and more than 500 organisations, the APM is the largest professional body for project management in Europe.
The (free) ‘Delivering for Durrell’ webinar will be held virtually on Tuesday 6th April 2021 from 12.30pm – 1.30pm and is open to APM and non-APM members.
More information and booking for the event can be found here.
