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The Future of Animal Welfare: Day 3 Highlights
Day 3, and going strong. We’re loving the feedback we’re getting about the conference format of half-days and just one track–no place to be but together. We’ll be digging into...
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Member Spotlight: Get To Know Phil Arkow
You’re about to meet the real deal. A pioneer in naming and building awareness of the link between animal abuse and human violence, Phil Arkow shares his rich experience in...
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Tip of the Week: These Are The People In Your Neighborhood…
Over the upcoming weeks, we’ll be using this space to roll out tips and resources from last week’s virtual conference, Looking Forward: The Future of Animal Welfare. Here’s an invaluable toolkit...
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The Future of Animal Welfare: Day 2 Highlights
What happens when you get 545 animal welfare professionals together? Lots of learning, hard questions, and the opportunity to be serenaded by The Association’s Pres & CEO, Jim Tedford…. We’ll...
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The Future of Animal Welfare: Day 1 Highlights
While we all hoped to be meeting in person this year, we’re making it work virtually again and…. wow, are you working it! With more than 500 animal welfare professionals...
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Tip of the Week: This Question Can Change Everything
It may be Monday, but we’re looking ahead to, well, Looking Forward: The Future of Animal Welfare. The 3-day virtual conference kicks off tomorrow at 1 ET, and today’s tip is...
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The Great CAWA Throwdown
Yup, you read that title right. It wasn’t our idea, but all props go to Arizona Humane Society’s President & CEO, Steven Hansen, DVM, MBA, and member of The Association’s...
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Tip of the Week: Ditch the Desk
It’s Monday—that means we’re here with tools, time-savers, and just-plain-genius ideas that your colleagues and members of The Association have suggested and tested. Today’s tip, courtesy of Mike Buckley, CFRE, encourages...
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Comps & Benefits Update: This Survey Can Make You Smarter
Here’s one more juicy reason to register for the Compensation & Benefits Benchmarking Survey. And yup, it may be even juicier than the fact that the Early Bird deadline is...
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Tip of the Week: Thoroughly Vetted
It’s Monday, and that means we’re here to pass on a tip or tool that can help you do what you do even better. Up this week is a new resource...
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Cybersecurity in Animal Welfare: How to protect your organization
It’s a scary digital world, friends. We know we’ve got problems when even the FBI gets hacked. But, we’re animal welfare! It’s all kittens and puppies and rainbows and happy endings,...
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Harassment, Threats & Workplace Security in Animal Welfare
Have you ever been harassed, bullied, or threatened because of your job helping animals? Unfortunately, it is not uncommon. And as it’s one of today’s most relevant and pressing topics...
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