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Member Spotlight: Get To Know Kate Meghji
Geeking out (and loving it) with predictive spreadsheets, what stats are worth a deeper dive, and the most inspirational quote from Shirley Chisholm…. Read on and get to know what...
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2 Resources to Help You Advocate for Flex-Time & Remote Training Tools
August 11, 2021, The Association
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At last year’s Fall Conference for Animal Welfare, Nicole Belyna of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) shared current research pointing toward a two-tiered workforce—employees whose positions are suited...
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Tip of the Week: Which Communities Most Need Resources? There’s a Map for That
Welcome to Tip of the Week! Every Monday, we’ll be passing along tools, time-savers, and just-plain-genius ideas that your colleagues and members of the Association have suggested and tested. If...
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3 Aha! Moments with Dr. Michael Blackwell
The animal welfare field is lucky to have forward thinkers like Dr. Michael J. Blackwell, whose most recent honors include Maddie’s Fund’s 2020 Avanzino Leadership Award. And we’re super-honored that Dr....
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East Bay SPCA’s 4 Easy Ways to Start an Integrated Care Program
For this week’s Innovation Bank, we wanna shout out East Bay SPCA’s innovative model for collaborating with social services to help community members in crisis. Watch the 30-minute webinar here, and read...
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Hurting Someone You Love: My Ignorance Cut Deep When A Friend Told Me They Are Transgender
By Katherine M. Shenar (She/Her), CAWA Around six years ago I went to dinner with a friend who I hadn’t seen in months. So, I was excited to spend one-on-one...
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How to Host a Moonshot Forum
Josh introduced readers to the moonshot forum in his recent blog, 5 Steps to Psychological Safety in the Workplace. We were intrigued and wanted to learn more, so he graciously obliged....
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5 Steps to Psychological Safety in the Workplace
We got your feedback on the Fall Virtual Conference, and we hear you—Josh Vaisman rocks! We’re cooking up some new Josh content–stay tuned! In the meantime, here’s a recap of...
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5 Things to Consider When Creating a Workplace Flexibility Plan
According to the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), trends are pointing toward a two-tiered workforce—employees whose positions are suited to remote work, and employees who must still be onsite to...
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Your Workplace Activism Playbook: Winning Moves for Employees and Managers
An article in the Winter 2021 issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review—“Business Disruption from the Inside Out: A playbook for Employee Activists and advice for leaders”—is causing a stir with our...
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Conference Catch-Up: Are Good Intentions Contributing to Systemic Racism?
This past summer, The Association’s Katherine Shenar, Dallas Animal Services’ Ed Jamison, and Steve Zeidman of Pethealth, Inc, started an important conversation about systemic racism in animal care and control...
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3 Ways to Help Elevate BIPOC Voices
In our latest podcast, guest host Jorge Ortega, Director, Guilford County Animal Services, hosts CARE President James Evans and Best Friends’ José Ocaño, Senior Director of People and Culture, in...
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