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Tip of the Week: Tattoo Who?
In need of some #MondayMotivation? Get yours right here. Every week, we share tools, time-savers and savvy ideas that your colleagues and members of The Association have suggested and tested....
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Tip of the Week: Shout Out Your Colleagues
This week’s tip is a call to help celebrate the inspiring individuals who work in animal care and control. Who can you nominate for a NACA award? The 2023 National...
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Special Edition Jobs of the Month—August 2023
Calling all Directors! We just got in a fresh crop of leadership roles submitted to The Association’s Career Center, and wanted to pass on the hot leads. If you know...
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Letter from the President: The Band Is Getting Back Together
Your personal invite from The Association’s President & CEO Dear Friends & Colleagues, The band is getting back together! OK, not a literal band, but our merry band of animal...
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Tip of the Week: Rave Reviews
Today’s tip digs into the #1 most important content for most job seekers when researching an employer. How do your online reviews rate? Have you reviewed your online reviews on...
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A Place Where All Living Beings Thrive
In 2019, Leah Craig Chumbley was tasked with turning around an organization facing mission creep, a million-dollar funding gap, and a mostly unhappy workforce. Here’s her story. Every day, animal...
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From Where I Sit: Rich Anderson
In this new Guest Voices column, animal welfare professionals share the top 3 trends they’re seeing in the industry. Rich Anderson of Anderson Impact kicks it off. When I launched Anderson Impact...
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Meet a CAWA: jme Thomas
Founder of the rock and roll-themed, foster-based Motley Zoo Animal Rescue who hangs backstage with Nickelback and Snoop Dogg to help promote rescue and adoption awareness…. Meet jme Thomas, the...
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Jobs of the Month—August 2023
Looking to spread your professional wings? Peruse a sampling of the latest opportunities from The Association’s Career Center. Director of Animal Services, City of Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi, TX This position...
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Summer Reading & Listening List
We’re right in the middle of summer, and there’s still time to move into “beach read” mode. Grab an hour and dig into something juicy. Here are some suggestions for...
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Tip of the Week: Walkies!
Best thing about the animal sheltering industry? You readily, generously share with each other. Here’s a list of suggestions received when a colleague asked for recommendations for two-way radios. “Our...
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Introducing the 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 incoming Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council and its members....
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