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Hot Topic: 3 Questions about a Shelter’s Guiding Principles with Joe Elmore
We officially introduced the nine tenets of People & Animals In Community Together (PACT) this week, along with a toolkit of resources to support this initiative. Here’s what one of...
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Tip of the Week: 9 Tenets of PACT
Review the shared beliefs of a movement in sheltering that recognizes the power of community Compassion, transparency, leadership. These are the drivers of People and Animals in Community Together (PACT), a...
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Member Spotlight: Get to Know Anna-Lee Fitzsimmons
Catch Calgary Humane’s PR Director next month at the Summit for Animals. Here’s a sneak preview. Name & Title: Anna-Lee Fitzsimmons, Director, Public Relations, Calgary Humane SocietyMember of The Association for...
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Tip of the Week: Guide for Hiring with a DEI Lens
April 17, 2024, The Association
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Are you addressing and mitigating implicit biases in hiring? This 25-page guide can help Created especially for leaders and managers, the newly published Guide for Hiring with a Diversity, Equity,...
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Let’s Get Rid of “Them”
Dr. Weiss encourages us to pull back from assumptions about the folks who come through our doors. They just might be us. In my years and years (damn it…and years)...
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Rethinking RTO: 3 Ideas to Stop Judging and Start Strategizing
In the latest episode of The Intake podcast, experts discuss a need for a paradigm shift surrounding lost pets While it’s true that intake numbers are still below pre-pandemic 2019,...
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Member Spotlight: Get to Know Kathy Powelson
This month we check in with the founder of the small but mighty British Columbia-based Paws for Hope. Catch her in May at Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals. Name &...
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Tip of the Week: ACO Appreciation Week Toolkit
How nifty is this?! Grab a toolkit of resources to make honoring your ACOs easier and more meaningful Are you ready for April 14-20? Thought about how you’ll be honoring...
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Jobs of the Month—April 2024
Spring’s here, ushering in a season of new beginnings. Are you looking to spread your professional wings, or know someone who’s ready to fly? Following is a sampling of the...
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Tip of the Week: Found Kitten Flow Chart
Thanks to Hearts Speak and Dallas Animal Services for making this nifty customizable template available It’s coming up on Kitten Season, and nobody has extra time to reinvent the wheel—or...
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#WHM2024, Part 3: Things Change Quickly
Our three-part series in honor of Women’s History Month wraps up with smart advice and a strong dose of resilience from the Director of Fort Wayne Animal Care & Control....
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DEI Survey Update: Be Like Morgan
Steal this idea! Kentucky Humane Society’s East Campus Manager & Culture Liaison set a goal to get 100 KHS employees to take the DEI Survey Earlier this month we launched...
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