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A CEO’s Thoughts on The Betty White Challenge
In the wake of Betty White’s passing, fans and supporters are calling for donations to shelters and rescues on January 17, what would have been her 100th birthday. Many shelters are...
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4 Tips for Pain-Free Strategic Planning
Yup, we’ve heard it a lot: Setting organizational goals as a group is no walk in the park. “It’s the most painful thing we go through,” half-laughs Shelly Moore, President...
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Meet a CAWA: Linda Anderson
Last year, on this very blog, Dr. Steven Hansen, Arizona Humane Society (AHS)’s President & CEO, challenged the field to the Great CAWA Throwdown, with his goal for AHS to achieve...
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Tip of the Week: Setting the Ground Rules
In case you missed last month’s HASS-hosted webinar, Coalition Building for Animal Care Organizations, today’s tip highlights the importance of setting ground rules for meetings. While The Association’s Katherine Shenar and...
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10 Reasons to Get WiLD Every Year
Dr. Rob McKenna and Dr. Daniel Hallak of WiLD Leaders invite you to The Association’s first webinar of 2022, and share a little background on what to expect at their interactive...
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Tip of The Week: It’s Not About The Toilet Paper…
It’s only the first week of the year, and already we’re on a roll. Here’s a reminder from The Animal Protective Association of Missouri‘s Kim Brown that in order to...
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10 Most Talked-About Resources of 2021
This blog’s all you—all your suggestions, that is. Over the past year, we listened and took notes as you passed along your favorite books, tech tools, websites, links and videos. ...
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Most Popular Webinar Recordings of 2021
Here are the 10 juiciest, most actionable and thought-provoking webinars you kept coming back to. Catch up on those you missed and let us know if they bring you any aha! moments....
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Tip of the Week: A Very Important Date
You are reading the last Tip of the Week for 2021. The clock’s ticking, so we’re getting time-sensitive and tried-and-true, thanks to Humane Network’s Bonney Brown & Diane Blankenburg. While folks...
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Best of the Blog 2021
Here are some of your most-read posts from 2021. Whether you’re a regular visitor or reading for the first time, feel free to leave us a comment on any of...
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Rural Challenges in Animal Welfare, Part 3: One Size Does Not Fit All
In Part 2 of his series on Rural Challenges in Animal Welfare, Cole Wakefield, Animal Services Director for Good Shepherd Humane Society, discussed the availability, and lack thereof, of human resources...
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Tip of the Week: Doing It By the Numbers
We’re back with another juicy nugget from Looking Forward: The Future of Animal Welfare, The Association’s virtual conference held earlier this month. Here’s a little pep talk for data collection, courtesy...
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