Miradi Basics for Conservation Practitioners
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Miradi is full-cycle project management software designed specifically for conservation practitioners, by conservation practitioners. In this hands-on course, learn how to develop and manage all of the content needed to guide implementation and adapt your conservation projects. Over the course of eight modules spanning four weeks, students will learn to build their project teams, develop situation models and theories of change, assess target viability and threats, develop work plans, and build monitoring plans to assess progress toward SMART goals and objectives. In addition to developing conservation project content in Miradi, students will learn best practices for maintaining high quality data in Miradi, best practices for collaborating with teams in Miradi, and tools for working with Miradi data in external systems such as Excel, Word and Power BI. Taught by experienced conservation professionals with fifteen years of experience using Miradi in real-world conservation efforts, students will come away from this course with the skills needed to manage all aspects of conservation planning and adaptive management in Miradi. Students will have the option to use their own real-world conservation project for the course, or the case study materials provided in the course.
This course includes a 6-month free trial of Miradi software and access to the full suite of advanced Miradi features typically only available with a team plan. The course will focus primarily on Miradi Share. Miradi Desktop software will be introduced in some modules as companion software to enhance the utility of the online application. -
Recommended but not required: Experience with the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation
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Students will need to sign up for a free trial of Miradi software
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8 60-90 minute virtual lab sessions led by the instructor
Work in teams
Access to online course materials, including presentations, homework assignments, and case study materials
Optional hands-on help sessions, depending on the course option selected
Optional one-on-one office hours, depending on the course option selected
SCHOLARSHIPS
Full scholarships are available to participants from countries designated as “lower income” and “lower middle income” in the World Bank List of Economies. Please see our CWS World Scholars Program page for details.