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Tip of the Week
Tip of the Week: One for Good Measure
The first tip of the year focuses on an issue that’s on top of everyone’s mind. How can we measure the impact of our work as we shift to a...
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Tip of the Week: High-Volume TNR Programs, This One’s For You
The last tip of the year is targeted to groups that perform 1K+ TNR surgeries annually. If that’s not you, please pass it on to qualifying orgs.. Does your organization...
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Tip of the Week: It’s Nice to Share (Especially If It’s Easy)
December 21, 2022, The Association
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This week we’re thinking about data, and the importance of sharing it. Here’s a simple way to make it easier on yourself (and your comms team). It wasn’t always the...
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Tip of the Week: Increasing Your Flexibility
This week’s tip offers a re-thinking of what it means to work flextime. Are you taking WFH to the next level? The new workplace flexibility, shared Swati Patel in her...
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Tip of the Week: What’s Your Type?
This Monday we’re playing by the numbers, courtesy of this tip from Shelter Animals Count. Whether you love spreadsheets or hate them, analyzing data can be overwhelming. That’s why, in...
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Tip of the Week: Hold the Pickles, Hold the Lettuce…
This week’s tip challenges a common feedback technique you may want to take off the menu. Ever served up—or been given—a feedback sandwich? This conventional model for sharing feedback involves...
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Tip of the Week: Power Pose
Get up, stand up—this Monday we’re talking body language. In her keynote address last week at The Fall Conference for Animal Welfare Advancement, Dr. Sarah Wooten shared the work of Amy...
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Tip of the Week: Take It Personally
This Monday, we’re working the core…core values, that is. Core values. When you are clear on them as an organization, says Amy Nichols of GoodFriend by Kinship, “Decisions become easier,...
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Tip of the Week: Checking It Twice
This week we’re sharing a communication skill you can try out today. Give it a whirl during the next interaction you have with a colleague. Think of a time you...
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Tip of the Week: How You Doin’?
This week the focus is on EQ – Emotional Intelligence – and how you can increase yours. Overwhelmed? Anxious? One way to tame these feelings is to uncover what’s behind...
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Tip of the Week: (Extra) Special Events
Looking for inspo for your next fundraising gala? This week, your colleagues share some themes that went over well at their organizations. The thing about animal welfare? Unlike some other...
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Tip of the Week: Leveling Up
This week’s tip looks at some of the field’s early work to gather information on animal-level data—and how to best collect and utilize it. “Animal-level data is the next big...
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