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On the Shoulders of Giants: A Tribute to Don Mitton
The Association’s President and CEO presents reflections and memories honoring the life and work of an extraordinary leader Last month, the animal welfare community lost one of its most fervent...
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Tip of the Week: Fashion-Forward Foster Hack
Foster volunteers come up with the best ideas. Here’s one “We absolutely love the innovation and ingenuity we so commonly see from our foster families,” Wisconsin Humane shared in a...
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Jobs of the Month—September 2025
A new season always feels like a good reason to assess your career journey. Following is a sampling of the latest opportunities from The Association’s Career Center. Hiring and HR managers, take...
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Tip of the Week: Building Trust 101
Trust is built in small, everyday actions. Here are some ways to set the stage for these actions to take place In her session on The Art of Professional Trust...
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How to Change What’s Not Working, Part 4: Identify & Eliminate Waste
Fourth in a five-part series based on Dan Heath’s keynote at The Annual Conference In his dynamic keynote at last year’s Annual Conference, bestselling author and change expert Dan Heath...
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Tip of the Week: How To Tell A Kitten’s Age (and Get Engagement on Your Socials)
This triple-duty tip is a good one to share with your staff, foster volunteers, and social networks With the Facebook algorithm making organic engagement more challenging than ever, we love...
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Bright Idea: How One Shelter Integrates Pet Insurance Into their Adoption Experience
Foothills Animal Shelter offers 30 days of pet insurance as a part of their adoption package—not as an upsell, but as a safety net that keeps pets in homes “It’s...
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This Is Just the Beginning
The Association’s Vice President of Programs shares our number-one priority in designing our professional development offerings. (Hint: there are 1,600 of them) Over the last few years, I’ve seen interest...
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Roll Call: 2025 Compensation & Benefits Study Participant List
The following organizations have made a commitment to the animal welfare profession and to their staff and communities by participating in the 2023 Compensation & Benefits Study....
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Word on the Street with Kristi Mack
“We can’t sugarcoat it. The best thing we can do for our staff and ourselves is to acknowledge the stress.” While the above sentiment shared by Kristi Mack at last...
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Tip of the Week: Yoga at Your Desk
Got 15 minutes? Watch this and get centered We recently put out a call in the members-only online community for your most effective self-care practices. “You can do this anytime,...
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How to Change What’s Not Working, Part 3: Target the Constraint
Third in a five-part series based on Dan Heath’s keynote at The Annual Conference At last year’s Annual Conference, keynote speaker Dan Heath, bestselling author and change expert, delivered a...
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