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Member Spotlight: Get to Know Art Muñoz Jr.

You’re in for a treat—and maybe some tamales! This month we’re excited to spotlight a new member of The Association’s DEI Council. We’ll be introducing the rest of the members...
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Roll Call: 2023 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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Jobs of the Month—May 2023

Looking to spread your professional wings? Following is a sampling of the latest opportunities from The Association’s Career Center. Vice President of Animal Welfare, Humane Rescue AllianceWashington, DC This new...
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Onboarding 101: New Hire First-Year Timeline

First in a series of tips based on the newly recorded webinar, Employee Onboarding: The Secret for Boosting Productivity, Engagement, & Retention. Heard the one that onboarding a new employee...
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Tip of the Week: Assess Your Community’s Virtual Equity

Are there areas in your community that don’t have access to broadband services? Here are resources for finding out. Are your employment, adoptions & volunteer applications online only? What about...
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Letter from the President: Our People Are Our Most Valuable Assets

The future of our profession is on your shoulders. Has your organization completed the 2023 Compensation & Benefits Study? Dear Friends & Colleagues, In animal welfare work, our people are...
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Animal Welfare Benchmarks: Donor value reaches new heights

The last few years have been – to say the least—a challenge. Through it all, we’ve been navigating a significant shift in the way we speak to our donors, moving...
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Tip of the Week: Busting Biases at Work

Here’s an exercise to try the next time you’ve got an important decision to make in the workplace. Bias—simply defined as a prejudice in favor of or against one thing,...
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4 Tips for Applying DEI to Your Daily Work

Keeping the momentum going, Jasmin Robinson shares post-Expo inspo I recently attended Animal Care Expo as a panelist for one of the sessions on the main stage, “Mission-critical for animal...
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Tip of the Week: The Case for Pet-Friendly Housing

We’re still digging through the tips and insights shared in last week’s  Roundtable on Dog Breeds: Implication for Behavior, Adopter Expectations & Legislation. Here’s another invaluable resource. One of the...
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What Do Our Communities Most Need to Be the Places We Already Think They Are?

3 quick questions with Dalbin Osorio What’re you doing next Wednesday, April 26? If you didn’t already save the date for Virtual Equity: Using Tech to Increase Access for Emerging...
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Update: 2023 Compensation & Benefits Study

We at The Association were thrilled to open data collection for the 2023 Compensation & Benefits Study on March 14. We were also thrilled by your response. This year, we offered...
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