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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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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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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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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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Member Spotlight: Get to Know Jamie Hartman Spiva, CFRE
You know those people who are naturally enthusiastic and energized, no morning coffee necessary? Meet Jamie Hartman Spiva, CFRE Name & Title: Jamie Hartman Spiva, CFRE, Interim Chief Development Officer, Houston...
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Letter from the President: Analysis Paralysis, Innovation & Half-Baked Decisions
Wise words from The Association’s President & CEO Dear Friends & Colleagues, Sometimes I suffer from analysis paralysis. There, I said it. That phenomenon that occurs when an overthinking of...
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Tip of the Week: Take Time, Make Time
Even though your schedule may be jam-packed, there are often ways to make time for what’s most important. In his keynote address at The Solutions Summit yesterday, Dr. Michael Blackwell...
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Tip of the Week: Play It By Ear
Last week we shared three things to remind yourself as you prepare for a potentially challenging conversation. Next up, three practices to build deep listening skills. “We don’t listen just...
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Member Spotlight: Get to Know Tiffany Morrison
Indy Humane’s HR powerhouse talks top trends in animal welfare—and reveals a hidden talent she’s practiced ever since childhood Name & Title: Tiffany Morrison, HR Generalist, Indy HumaneMember of The Association...
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Tip of the Week: Can You Hear Me Now?
Potentially difficult convo coming up? This week’s tip can be a game changer—and a conversation starter. “When we feel like we are going to be in conflict or have tension...
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Open Letter from Dr. Julie Levy: Can Deferring S/N Until Post-Adoption Save Lives?
From: Julie Levy, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DABVP, Fran Marino Endowed Professor of Shelter Medicine Education, Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program, University of FloridaTo: My colleagues in animal welfareSubject: Concerns and benefits of post-adoption...
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DEI Spotlight: How To Be an Intersectional Leader
In the first of her two-part blog series, Jasmin Robinson introduced the concept of intersectionality. In Part II, she takes a critical look at a common hiring practice through an...
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