{"id":152,"date":"2022-03-17T19:09:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T19:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/2021\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2022-04-18T19:35:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T19:35:20","slug":"the-worlds-largest-community-of-ecologists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/2021\/the-worlds-largest-community-of-ecologists\/","title":{"rendered":"The World&#8217;s Largest Community of Ecologists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The challenges posed by pandemic made it hard for us to be the same kind of well-connected community we\u2019ve been historically, but members\u2019 loyalty to their Society and community was truly inspiring. We are able to grow best when we grow together!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Membership by the Numbers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-5e689798-4245-400e-b1d5-9e34b6864956\"><li>7,751 members<\/li><li>248 joined the new Great Lakes Chapter<\/li><li>3,073 #ESA2021 attendees from 54 countries watched 1,939 live and on-demand presentations<\/li><li>3,731 attended workshops; 282 registered for short courses<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-7ab336f7-a96c-445f-ab21-4b826507b803\"><li>250+ volunteers in leadership, mentoring and other professional development activities<\/li><li>57 International Biodiversity Championship contestants from 10 countries catalogued 3,987 species<\/li><li>~5,000 attendees of dozens of webinars<\/li><li>29,000+ community members on ECOLOG-L sent 12,356 messages<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That togetherness was best represented by the number of members who stepped up to support their peers (and the next generation) through our mentoring and career development activities, both in regular work over the course of the year and during the Annual Meeting, and in service to the Society. And speaking of <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/longbeach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#ESA2021<\/a>, its purely virtual state meant that we were able to significantly internationalize the experience, involving attendees from all over the world for regular meeting programming and such fun networking opportunities as the <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/longbeach\/about\/theme\/international-biodiversity-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Biodiversity Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"895\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2022\/04\/ESA_Annual_Report_Demographics_trim.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image img-fluid\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2022\/04\/ESA_Annual_Report_Demographics_trim.jpg 895w, https:\/\/esa.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2022\/04\/ESA_Annual_Report_Demographics_trim-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2022\/04\/ESA_Annual_Report_Demographics_trim-768x293.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On top of that, we served our membership as well as we could virtually, resulting in tens of thousands of people attending <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/events\/esa-webinars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our webinars<\/a> and taking part in <a href=\"http:\/\/community.esa.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our online community activity<\/a>. We were even able to add a new chapter to the membership mix, welcoming the Great Lakes Chapter to ESA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2022\/03\/ESA_Annual_Report_Map_pub.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"895\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2022\/03\/ESA_Annual_Report_Map_pub.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic showing membership based on geographic location.\" class=\"wp-image-27 img-fluid\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2022\/03\/ESA_Annual_Report_Map_pub.jpg 895w, https:\/\/esa.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2022\/03\/ESA_Annual_Report_Map_pub-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/96\/2022\/03\/ESA_Annual_Report_Map_pub-768x398.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The challenges posed by pandemic made it hard for us to be the same kind of well-connected community we\u2019ve been historically, but members\u2019 loyalty to their Society and community was truly inspiring. 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