The document discusses the importance of collaboration and mentorship in EOL communities, emphasizing the motivation to engage others in biodiversity efforts. It highlights resources for proposals, the significance of planning and outreach, and how contributions through mentoring can be credited. Key contacts for support and feedback are provided to assist in these collaborative endeavors.

1. EOL Communities and Collaboration

2. You Are Not Alone Your mentor Colleagues Professional educators Students and volunteers (SPG) “ Infecting” other people with the EOL bug is the whole idea

3. Their Motivation Outside funding EOL funding (very specific- more below) Outreach responsibilities (researchers) Experience (students) Biophilia (everyone)

4. BioSynC Low paperwork overhead for proposals Find participants in advance You can be the organizer Plan ahead- March 1, July 1, Nov. 1, meeting to follow 4 months after Get feedback for your proposal!

5. Contact Points for BioSynC Proposals SPG: Tanya or any of your other regular contacts can give you advice BioSynC: Audrey Aronowsky aaronowsky@fieldmuseum.org

6. Learning + Education + Partners EOL Learning + Education group, EduLifeDesks (EOL top menu>About EOL>Learning and Education) Content partners mentoring students (eg.: Animal Diversity Web) Mentoring students personally on your LifeDesk Contacts: EduLifeDesks: Jeff Holmes [email_address] ADW: Tanya Dewey [email_address] NMNH intern process: Jen Hammock [email_address]

7. What about my page commitment? Collaborative projects can make it hard to count how many pages are “yours”, but EOL wants you to reach out to the rest of the world, so we’ll find a way to give you credit for your efforts. Eg.: if you personally mentor a student contributing to your LifeDesk, all of their content counts toward your commitment. Have a great community-building idea but not sure whether the resulting content will count? Ask us!