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Tip of the Week
Tip of the Week: Come Aboard, We’re Expecting You…
What spot’s even hotter than the Lido Deck? Why, the lobby at your shelter, of course. How are you ensuring that visitors feel welcome the minute they enter your facility?...
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Tip of the Week: Getting it Together
Up everyone’s learning game with an all-staff training. We talk a lot about the importance of professional development for staff at all levels. Putting it into practice is another thing....
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Tip of the Week: Get the Word Out
Easy way to help guide your choices and actions this year (and beyond)? Use your words. As part of her New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals, thought leader Beth Kanter...
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Tip of the Week: Say It In a Different Way
January 30, 2023, The Association
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Having a challenging conversation or disagreement with someone? With a simple turn of phrase, you can begin to understand where that person is coming from. Us vs. Them thinking is...
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Tip of the Week: We’ll Have Seconds, Please
A second edition of this groundbreaking, lifesaving document was recently released. Originally published in 2010, the Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters quickly became the most important benchmark...
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Tip of the Week: It Must Be Your Personality
This week’s tip is a well-known test that can teach you more about yourself and help strengthen your relationships with team members. The Executive Team at the San Francisco SPCA...
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Tip of the Week: Screen Test
Take a two-minute break to watch a video tip that could improve your focus, memory and overall happiness.. Digital technology has shortened attention spans, say some experts, to just eight...
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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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