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Tip of the Week: Fashion-Forward Foster Hack
Foster volunteers come up with the best ideas. Here’s one “We absolutely love the innovation and ingenuity we so commonly see from our foster families,” Wisconsin Humane shared in a...
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Tip of the Week: Building Trust 101
Trust is built in small, everyday actions. Here are some ways to set the stage for these actions to take place In her session on The Art of Professional Trust...
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Tip of the Week: How To Tell A Kitten’s Age (and Get Engagement on Your Socials)
This triple-duty tip is a good one to share with your staff, foster volunteers, and social networks With the Facebook algorithm making organic engagement more challenging than ever, we love...
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Tip of the Week: Yoga at Your Desk
Got 15 minutes? Watch this and get centered We recently put out a call in the members-only online community for your most effective self-care practices. “You can do this anytime,...
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Tip of the Week: Learn a New Feline Behavior Assessment
Toronto Humane’s free virtual 8-lesson training module This free online training encompasses response to petting, adapted fear, anxiety, and stress, and participation in play in cats. Proficiency will be assessed...
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Tip of the Week: Kitten Resource Library
Bookmark this space for all things kitten Share this go-to resource from National Kitten Coalition with your staff as well as all kitten caregivers in your community. The library includes...
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Tip of the Week: 2025 State of Shelter Adoption Report
This just-released study provides actionable insights to better address adopters’ needs and your community’s concerns 2024 marks the fifth consecutive year shelters across the nation are experiencing more intakes than...
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Tip of the Week: Stress Continuum Assessment Tool
Use this simple visual to check in on your current stress level, and be sure to share it with your team, too In last week’s members-only Leadership Summit, Certified Compassion...
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Tip of the Week: Capacity for Care Report Card
Are we ensuring that every animal’s needs are met at a time when so many shelters are reporting unmanageable overcrowding? In their November 2024 The Network Live session, Kim Alboum, Sarah Hicks, DVM,...
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Tip of the Week: User’s Guide to the Cone of Fame
This nifty infographic can help promote post-op healing and keep harmful licking at bay If you use Elizabethan collars at your shelter or clinic, you know that pet parents can...
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Tip of the Week: 2025 Pet Ownership Stats
ICYMI earlier this year, Forbes Advisor took a deep dive into the latest available pet ownership statistics What generation comprises the highest percentage of pet owners? Are dogs or cats...
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Tip of the Week: Empathy Protocol
What does empathy look like at your organization? In her recent article in Harvard Business Review, “Empathy Is a Non-Negotiable Leadership Skill. Here’s How to Practice It,” Palena Neale reminds...
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