#TMNTuesdays

On the Second Tuesday of each month at the noon hour (12PM Central Standard Time), the TMN State Office will offer an hour-long virtual advanced training event (sometimes including some fantastic new and returning guest speakers). Click each month below to be taken directly to each event for more information:

January 12 | February 9 | March 9 | April 13 | May 11 | June 8 | July 13 | August 10 | September 14 | November 9 | December 14

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Birdability: because birding is for everybody and every body!

Birding is an activity that can bring so much joy and empowerment to everybody, but not everybody is able to go birding easily. Birdability is a non-profit organization focused on removing barriers to access for birders with mobility challenges, blindness or low vision, intellectual or developmental disabilities (including autism), mental illness, being Deaf or Hard of Hearing and other health concerns; and bringing the joy of birding to people with disabilities and other health concerns who aren’t yet birders. Learn about why this should matter to you (even if you don’t have an accessibility challenge), ways to be a more welcoming and inclusive birder, the Birdability Map (and how to submit a Birdability Site Review) and our resources for birders (and potential future birders) with accessibility challenges… because birding is for everybody and every body! Learn more and find resources at birdability.org

Freya McGregor (pictured), OTR/L, is the Birdability Coordinator and Occupational Therapist. Birding since childhood, her ‘dodgy’ knee often creates an accessibility challenge for her, and she is passionate about enabling all birders and potential future birders to enjoy birding and nature as much as she does.

It’s a NEW Year and new year’s resolutions is a focus for our January TMN Tuesday. In our first monthly #TMNTuesday, we cover a short ‘State of the Program’ summary of 2020 and major focus areas for the coming year. With the remainder of the January TMN Tuesday all about becoming better leaders, both within your chapters and within the communities.

Join us to hear Michelle Haggerty, the Texas Master Naturalist State Program Coordinator, and Mary Pearl Meuth, the Assistant State Program Coordinator, lead a one-hour discussion on Chapter leadership and growth as we head into the new year. Whether you’re a seasoned member, a newly-elected leader within a chapter, are interested in becoming a chapter leader in the future, or simply want to learn more about leadership and growth within the program, then this month’s session is for you!