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BYOGUIDES offers capacity building training workshops and webinars for Coral ID, Biodiversity ID, Ocean Literacy and Science Communication. Russell Kelley, author, and recipient of the Australian Coral Reef Society Medal for Science Communication, is in demand for reef related public speaking and edutainment engagements. Please use our contact form to inquire about upcoming or custom design workshops / presentations for your needs.
When: July 12 -13, 2025: 8:30am – 5pm (GMT+10:00)
Where: Biosciences 1, G26/27, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne
Led by: Russell Kelley - author Indo Pacific Coral Finder & Octocoral Finder
November 23 - 26, 2023, 7pm – 11pm (GMT+10:00) Brisbane timezone: good for Australia / central Asia / EU / Africa.
January 19 - 22, 2024, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm (GMT+10:00) Brisbane timezone: good for North America / South America / east Asia / Australia / Pacific.
When: November 23 - 26, 2023: 7pm – 11pm (GMT+10:00) Brisbane timezone
Led by: Russell Kelley - author Indo Pacific Coral Finder
good for Australia / central Asia / EU / Africa
When: January 19 - 22, 2024: 8:30 am - 12:30 pm (GMT+10:00) Brisbane timezone
Led by: Russell Kelley - author Indo Pacific Coral Finder
good for North America / South America / east Asia / Australia / Pacific
BYOGUIDES in collaboration with the Coral Identification Capacity Building Program (CICBP) offer Ocean Literacy and Coral Identification Workshops to build skills and capacity in general biodiversity and coral identification. Our Visual Decision Tool systems train people to train themselves thereby building real capacity. By focusing on visual learning and minimising text, participants make dramatic, rapid real time gains in capacity. Over the course of a workshop the tutor / participant relationship evolves from teaching to mentoring as participants rapidly build meaningful skills. A key difference with our training is how highly motivated participants become due to the instantaneous progress they make. Thereby avoiding the post workshop disappointment often associated with fly in/fly out experts.
Our coral ID workshops take advantage of the Coral Finder’s excellent potential for self directed learning by users of all skill levels. Coral Finder workshops can be run effectively with small or large groups in field and/or laboratory settings. Field sessions can be either snorkel or SCUBA based. Workshops are best facilitated through a partnership with a local organisation and participants are provided with their own copy of the Coral Finder Toolkit. For more information about conducting workshops please contact us.
"A very big thank you for all your expertise and knowledge you shared with us! The course was an absolute blast and I loved every bit of it! I’ve been practicing my ID with photos nearly every night."
Carine Lefevre
Australian Institute of Marine Science
"The best, most well presented, useful, resource rich, and importantly, entertaining workshop I have done in 20 years of marine science."
Peter Barnes
Marine Program Coordinator, Ningaloo Marine Park, Exmouth Western Australia
"I personally really enjoyed the course, as it was very informative, useful, stimulating, interactive and interesting! I would highly recommend the course to any person interested in or working with corals; it brings motivation to learn more and go diving!"
Katarina Damjanovic
Australian Institute of Marine Science
"It hands down was the most interesting, engaging and intriguing course I have ever been on – so thank you for all the hard work you’ve put into it! The course is already being put to use at work and at home to help me identify both living and coral skeletons."
Colette Gibbings
Qualified Keeper – Aquatics, BUGS Department, ZSL London Zoo
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