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  • Webinar – 7/1/20 – Communicating in a Divided America – The AAWA

    Webinar – 7/1/20 – Communicating in a Divided America – The AAWA

    As part of our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commitment To Action, The Association will continue offering resources and learning opportunities designed to further the eradication of systemic discrimination and racism in animal welfare.

    It’s no secret that our nation is deeply divided along political and social lines, especially right now. These divisions make it increasingly difficult for animal welfare organizations to develop messages that appeal to people on both sides of the divide.

    Join us for a free webinar that will equip your organization with the tools your staff, volunteers, and board need to listen thoughtfully and communicate effectively with supporters who span the political and social spectrum. Participants will learn how to:

    • Identify and speak to the shared values of internal and external audiences, including potential supporters, regardless of their political or social ideology
    • Assess your existing communications to find language and imagery that turns off those on either side of the ideological divide
    • Eliminate jargon and develop direct, accessible communications that connect with shared values
    • Reach key audiences who are either unaware of or turned off by your existing messaging

    This webinar has been pre-approved for 1 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credit.

    This webinar:

    Peter Panepento

    Philanthropic Practice Leader, Turn Two Communications

    Peter Panepento founded Turn Two Communications, a full-service communications and PR firm that specializes in working with nonprofits and foundations. Peter spent nearly two decades in journalism, including more than a decade covering the nonprofit world at The Chronicle of Philanthropy. He is co-author of Modern Media Relations for Nonprofits.

    Peter specializes in helping nonprofits tell their stories. His portfolio includes the Community Foundation Public Awareness Initiative, Cleveland Foundation, Southeastern Council of Foundations, America’s Charities, Stamford Hospital Foundation, and the Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://learning.theaawa.org/products/070120-communicating-in-a-divided-america#tab-product_tab_overview

  • Webinar – 7/1/20 – How to Use the Found Animals System – AmPa!

    Webinar – 7/1/20 – How to Use the Found Animals System – AmPa!

    In this session we will jump into a hands-on approach to using the Michelson Found Animals free registry to manage the animals you foster, or pull from local shelters.

    Shelter personnel that oversee rescue and foster networks will also benefit from this.

    Register here: https://bit.ly/2X4z9Yi

    WEBSITE LINK:  Visit Facebook Event Page – Click Here

  • Webinar – 6/24/20 – Foster on Deck – It Really Works! – AmPa!

    Webinar – 6/24/20 – Foster on Deck – It Really Works! – AmPa!

    Foster On Deck is a tool that allows foster parents to indicate when they are able to foster and provide information about the age and populations of animals they are able to care for. Foster parents are in complete control of all of their information and are able to edit as necessary. Giving foster staff up-to-date information on who is able to be matched with what animal.

    This webinar will cover the following topics:
    – how we helped foster families switch to a new system of indicating availability to foster,
    – how to implement an on deck system,
    – the logistics of on deck implementation,
    – the benefits of using an on deck system,
    – troubleshooting user issues, and
    – how on deck can help during emergencies.

    Register here: https://bit.ly/2ZGUSaD

    WEBSITE LINK:  Facebook Page for Event – Click Here

  • Online Event – Fridays – Maddie’s Instructor Summit – AmPa!

    Online Event – Fridays – Maddie’s Instructor Summit – AmPa!

    The AmPA! weekly Maddie’s Instructor Summit offers shelters and rescues a chance to talk through the most current animal sheltering challenges! Topics will change each week.

    You’ll join Dr. Ellen Jefferson and the instructors from Maddie’s Lifesaving Academy, as well as other industry leaders, but, more importantly, you’ll be able to engage face to face (digitally!) with people like you. Because not feeling alone makes this work a lot easier.

    Click this link to join at 3pm CT: https://bit.ly/3cjHM5I

    WEBSITE LINK:  Facebook Page With Info – Click Here

  • Online Event – Fridays – Maddie’s Instructor Summit – AmPa!

    Online Event – Fridays – Maddie’s Instructor Summit – AmPa!

    The AmPA! weekly Maddie’s Instructor Summit offers shelters and rescues a chance to talk through the most current animal sheltering challenges! Topics will change each week.

    You’ll join Dr. Ellen Jefferson and the instructors from Maddie’s Lifesaving Academy, as well as other industry leaders, but, more importantly, you’ll be able to engage face to face (digitally!) with people like you. Because not feeling alone makes this work a lot easier.

    Click this link to join at 3pm CT: https://bit.ly/3cjHM5I

    WEBSITE LINK:  Facebook Page With Info – Click Here

  • Online Event – Fridays – Maddie’s Instructor Summit – AmPa!

    Online Event – Fridays – Maddie’s Instructor Summit – AmPa!

    This Friday, September 4th, join the Maddie’s Instructor Summit to discuss evictions and intake.

    Click this link to join at 3pm CT: https://bit.ly/3cjHM5I

    The AmPA! weekly Maddie’s Instructor Summit offers shelters and rescues a chance to talk through the most current animal sheltering challenges! Topics will change each week.

    You’ll join the instructors from Maddie’s Lifesaving Academy, as well as other industry leaders, but, more importantly, you’ll be able to engage face to face (digitally!) with people like you. Because not feeling alone makes this work a lot easier.

    No registration needed! Just click this link to join at 3pm CT: https://bit.ly/3cjHM5I<

    WEBSITE LINK:  Facebook Page With Info – Click Here

  • Online Event – Wednesdays – Maddie’s Instructor Summit – AmPa!

    Online Event – Wednesdays – Maddie’s Instructor Summit – AmPa!

    ****THIS WEEK’S TOPIC****
    This Wednesday, September 30th, join the Maddie’s Instructor Summit to discuss field services and intake with Spencer Conover and Christina Snow.

    The AmPA! weekly Maddie’s Instructor Summit offers shelters and rescues a chance to talk through the most current animal sheltering challenges! Topics will change each week.

    You’ll join Dr. Ellen Jefferson and the instructors from Maddie’s Lifesaving Academy, as well as other industry leaders, but, more importantly, you’ll be able to engage face to face (digitally!) with people like you. Because not feeling alone makes this work a lot easier.

    Click this link to join at 3pm CT: https://bit.ly/3cjHM5I

    WEBSITE LINK:  Facebook Page With Info – Click Here

  • Online Event – Wednesdays – Maddie’s Instructor Summit – AmPa!

    Online Event – Wednesdays – Maddie’s Instructor Summit – AmPa!

    The AmPA! weekly Maddie’s Instructor Summit offers shelters and rescues a chance to talk through the most current animal sheltering challenges! Topics will change each week.

    You’ll join Dr. Ellen Jefferson and the instructors from Maddie’s Lifesaving Academy, as well as other industry leaders, but, more importantly, you’ll be able to engage face to face (digitally!) with people like you. Because not feeling alone makes this work a lot easier.

    Click this link to join at 3pm CT: https://bit.ly/3cjHM5I

    WEBSITE LINK:  Facebook Page With Info – Click Here

  • Online Event – Wednesdays – The Wednesday Summit #ThankstoMaddie – AmPa!

    Online Event – Wednesdays – The Wednesday Summit #ThankstoMaddie – AmPa!

    The AmPA! weekly Wednesday Summit offers shelters and rescues a chance to talk through the most current animal sheltering challenges! Topics will change each week. #ThankstoMaddie

    You’ll join AmPA! and HASS Staff and industry leaders, but, more importantly, you’ll be able to engage face to face (digitally!) with people like you. Because not feeling alone makes this work a lot easier.

    #ThankstoMaddie for making education like this possible.

    Registration now required! You only need to register once for 2021. 

    WEBSITE LINK: https://bit.ly/3nkHsZT

  • Webinar – 6/24/20 – Million Cat Challenge: COVID Control Strategies – Maintaining Safety During Re-Opening and Beyond – Maddie’s Fund

    Webinar – 6/24/20 – Million Cat Challenge: COVID Control Strategies – Maintaining Safety During Re-Opening and Beyond – Maddie’s Fund

    June 24, 2020 by Linda Jacobson, DVM, Julie Levy, DVM, PhD, Jennifer Murphy and Phil Nichols, RVT, CAWA

    Audience: Executive Leadership, Public, Shelter/Rescue Staff & Volunteers, Veterinary Team

    “Opening up does not mean the outbreak is winding down. It means there is space for you in the ICU.” – Dr. Scott Weese

    Re-opening shelters and services brings the risk of COVID-19 resurgence. A holistic strategy is needed to implement new measures and change the internal culture so that staff understand and buy in to this prolonged “new normal.” The Toronto Humane Society’s new strategy, designed to keep staff and public safe, provide a roadmap for reopening that can be customized for shelters and clinics everywhere.

    Join us on Wednesday, June 24 at 12n Pacific / 3pm Eastern for a presentation and Q&A with Million Cat Challenge co-founder Dr. Julie Levy and Dr. Linda Jacobson and panelists from Toronto Humane Society.

    This webinar will be recorded.

    REGISTER NOW

    Maddie’s Fund® has applied for advanced approval of Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credit.

    About Dr. Linda Jacobson, DVM
    Senior Manager of Shelter Medicine Advancement, Toronto Humane Society

    Dr. Linda Jacobson is Senior Manager of Shelter Medicine Advancement at Toronto Humane Society. She has a strong interest in infectious diseases (especially preventing them!) and has lovingly nurtured the infection control protocol at THS for the past 10 years. This is a sometimes thankless but ultimately exceptionally rewarding part of her job.

     

    About Dr. Julie Levy, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DABVP
    Fran Marino Endowed Professor of Shelter Medicine, Maddies® Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida

    Dr. Julie Levy is the Fran Marino Professor of Shelter Medicine Education at the University of Florida, where she focuses on the health and welfare of animals in shelters, feline infectious diseases, and humane alternatives for cat population control. She founded Operation Catnip, a nonprofit university-based community cat trap-neuter-return program that has spayed, neutered, and vaccinated more than 65,000 cats in Gainesville since 1998. In 2008, she joined Dr. Cynda Crawford to found Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program at the College of Veterinary Medicine, an educational and discovery initiative with a global impact on the care of homeless animals. In 2014, she joined Dr. Kate Hurley to launch the Million Cat Challenge, a shelter-based campaign to save millions of cats in shelters across North America.

     

    About Jennifer Murphy
    Administrative Manager of Admissions and Public Veterinary Service Toronto Humane Society

    Jennifer has been working at the Toronto Humane Society since she first came to Canada from Ireland in 2016. Having studied Animal Science before her travels, and with a broad background in client services, she combined these two passions to join the team at the THS as the Administrative Manager of Admissions and Public Veterinary Service. What drives her in her work is the desire to support clients in providing affordable care for their animals, along with alternative options to surrender where possible. She currently shares her home with a senior Husky mix named Hercules.

     

    Phil Nichols, RVT, CAWA
    Chief Operating Officer, Toronto Humane Society

    Beginning as a veterinary technician with a strong passion for animal welfare, Phil quickly rose through Toronto Humane Society’s ranks after leading the development and expansion of their Public Veterinary Services (a program arm that now serves more than 12,000 animals annually). In the fall of 2017, Phil achieved a professional designation for animal welfare professionals, Certified Animal Welfare Administrator. Phil is also the currently sitting board president of the Ontario Association of Veterinary Technicians.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.maddiesfund.org/mcc-covid-control-strategies-maintaining-safety.htm?p=0EECED7D-7E3F-4ECB-A2D8-CD9099F21539