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Conference Speaker Spotlight: Meet Jill Kline
The Network Live is happening today, and we caught up with Wisconsin Humane’s VP of Culture and Community Impact for a sneak preview of her panel discussion on keeping families...
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Conference Speaker Spotlight: Meet Doug Plant
The Chief Operations Officer at Michigan Humane shares a sneak preview of what he’ll be sharing during Sunday’s pre-conference event, The Network Live. The Association: We can’t wait to see you...
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Tip of the Week: Getting $ to Assist Pet Owners Facing Housing Challenges
Ideas on how your shelter can secure funding to help renters with pet deposits and fees Is your organization prioritizing programs and strategies to keep people and their pets together?...
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Tip of the Week: Be a Not-So-Secret Admirer
Have a professional idol? Here are strategies for making contact “We all have professional idols we’d like to meet,” writes Dorie Clark in Harvard Business Review, “ people whose careers...
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Jobs of the Month—November 2024
Ready to open the door to new opportunities before year’s end? Peruse a sampling of the latest offerings from The Association’s Career Center. Hiring and HR managers, think on this one: Members...
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Tip of the Week: Online Mental Health Awareness Training
This free one-hour course explores the unique mental health issues faced by rural communities Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and NY FarmNet have teamed up with Rural Minds to...
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Conference Speaker Spotlight: Meet Meredith Jones
The Chief Community Initiatives Officer at Operation Kindness shares a sneak preview of what she’ll be sharing during her session at the pre-conference event, The Network Live, in November. And...
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Tip of the Week: Send Mixed Messages
If you’re actively recruiting kitten fosters, see what happens when you try this If you’re actively leaning into more light-hearted messaging when you put out calls for kitten fosters, you...
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Explore UF Shelter Medicine and Vet Forensics Online Programs
November 15 is the deadline to apply for Spring 2025 certificate and degree programs (and members of The Assocation, you can apply at no cost) We’re thrilled to partner with...
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Meet the 2024 DEI Council
On behalf of The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement, Jasmin Robinson, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives, is delighted to introduce the returning and new members of The Association’s Diversity, Equity,...
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Tip of the Week: ASV Guidelines One-Pagers
Need buy-in for policy changes to improve the wellbeing of shelter animals? These downloadable one-pagers are invaluable Working to remove a barrier to adoption and need buy-in? Or perhaps you’re...
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Tip of the Week: Adopters Welcome Manual
A go-to resource for building and reinforcing an open adoptions program It’s been almost a decade since the groundbreaking guide was published, and today it’s more relevant than ever. As...
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