Shelter Learniverse and Industry-Wide Calendar

VetGirl and Zoetis Present: (Free to all) – Join us for a free VETgirl–Zoetis webinar by Dr. Stephan Carey, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM), as he reviews the coughing dog and what you need to know. This lecture will review clinical signs, etiology, treatment and identification/diagnosis of etiological agents such as Canine Influenza Virus and Bordetella . We will also discuss potential public health implications associated with influenza infection in dogs. Preventative care will also be briefly reviewed.

AmPa! Presents: A live webinar event featuring Return to Owner expert and innovator, Gina Knepp of Michelson Found Animals Foundation. Gina will review the most recent best practices and recommendations from the national organization dedicated to getting more pets reunited with their owners.

CalAnimals Presents: UC Davis KSMP’s Dr. Hurley and Dr. Delany – Return to Field programs across the country have matured, enabling us to finally have an opportunity to look at the data and determine the effectiveness of these programs at managing the cats in our communities. We’ll discuss who these programs are really serving and how their evolution impacts the strategies driving your veterinary programs.

NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Present: Whether you are part of a non-profit or municipal agency, Animal Welfare Organizations have to operate within a budget.  Organizations find themselves trying to meet the needs of citizens, both two and four-legged. However, animal welfare organizations find themselves at a crossroads between responding to requests for service and adhering to the mission of the organization. In the never-ending struggle to please everyone, is your organization’s mission taking a backseat to placating the next complaint? In this session, we will explore some of the common pitfalls organizations fall into that compete with their mission.

The AAWA Presents – It’s no secret that our nation is deeply divided along political and social lines. This is especially true 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 session 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. 

Chameleon Shelter Software Presents: This is the second class in a 3-part licensing series intended to help you become more efficient at licensing and generate revenue.

Karen Pryor Academy Presents: Join Ken Ramirez, KPCT’s Chief Training Officer, for a free hour-long virtual event live from The Ranch on Thursday, July 2 at 12:00 pm (PT). Ken will be joined by Kathy Sdao as she walks along the shoreline with her dog Smudge. They will discuss training, observational skills, and whatever comes up during the walk.

ASPCAPro Presents – Before resuming animal relocation programs amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s essential to consider whether it is legally permissible to resume, confirm that the benefits outweigh the risks, and evaluate the scope and readiness of the program in order to mitigate both human and animal disease transmission. This webinar will introduce attendees to a guide that was created to help organizations assess their program’s preparedness in resuming animal relocation operations.

NACA and the Justice Clearinghouse Present: Animal cruelty crimes generate unique and sensitive types of evidence. Some types of evidence, such as ammonia levels are transitory and require situation appropriate collection. Marks of animal struggling or suffering may be subtle but important to detect. Animals themselves may be evidence, whether living or deceased and they themselves present challenges at the crime scene and afterwards. This presentation will cover evidence recognition, documentation, preservation, and collection in a variety of types of animal cruelty crimes.

Chameleon Presents: WebInterest can connect you with potential adopters from PetHarbor.com, all with a click of a button. Well, that and a form they fill out. We send their information to you automatically, you save staff time and reach a wider audience.

CalAnimals Presents – for CalAnimals Members – One of the many ways sheltering services are changing is responding to the needs of pets living in the community. Pet Safety Net programs work to keep pets in their homes by providing support for their care. We will look at the programs offered at Marin Humane and Ventura County Animal Services that assist owners in keeping their pets and preventing surrenders.

TechSoup Presents: Remote work is exciting, fun, and different from office work. Getting into communication rhythms and making sure your team is performing well is not always easy. In this webinar, Adam Walker from the digital agency Sideways8 shares what he learned from running a company for 10years that never had an office. He’ll talk about how to think about remote work, the levels of communication to consider, and how to create a communications rhythm that will work for your team.

Karen Pryor Academy Presents: Join Ken Ramirez, KPCT’s Chief Training Officer, for a free hour-long virtual event live from The Ranch on Thursday, July 9 at 12:00 pm (PT). Ken will be joined by Allie Bender and Emily Strong, authors of Canine Enrichment for the Real World, to talk about meeting our dog’s needs, enrichment, and more.

TechSoup Presents: Donating, volunteering, and being involved in your community is for everyone, including those with disabilities. Inaccessible websites keep 15 percent of the population from finding you and your work online. That’s millions of potential patrons, volunteers, ambassadors, and even future donors who might not be able to use your website due to small but significant errors.

National Kitten Coalition Presents: Get the down and dirty basics about diarrhea in kittens. Understand the causes, know what you can do to provide supportive care, and learn about treatment options to address a variety of diarrhea causes. As always, the webinar will include a wealth of information, and there will also be time for Q & A.

NACA/Justine Clearinghouse/HSUS Present: Preparing for a large-scale animal cruelty seizure provides exceptional challenges and can be daunting for any agency. This webinar will briefly review how to prepare for, and execute, one of these cases, from case-building through prosecution. Specifically, it will cover how to prepare for a case involving a significant number of animals, with a focus on engaging key stakeholders and securing critical physical/personnel resources. The presentation will discuss evidence documentation and sentencing considerations, unique to large-scale cases.

Alley Cat Allies Presents: Learn the basics of Trap-Neuter-Return with our Helping Cats in Your Community webinar. We’ve put together this resource for you to learn directly from our expert staff how you can improve cats’ lives. In this 90-minute online demonstration, you’ll learn about feral cats and how to do Trap-Neuter-Return yourself.

Virox Presents: By July, much of the North America’s shelter-in-place restrictions will be lifted and the full impact of the shutdown will come more clearly into view.Veterinary hospitals will try to return to business-as-usual, but a global recession, continued outbreaks of disease, employees unwilling to return to work, cash strapped clients, and lingering fears of social contact may make that an elusive goal. Here is what practices should do to mitigate these five challenges and to reduce their impact on the business and staff.

Fear Free and Ceva Present: This presentation from Michael Hargrove, DVM, MBA, will demonstrate how becoming a Fear Free Certified Practice has business benefits that extend well beyond improved patient care. Every stakeholder in the practice benefits from Fear Free: the patients, the clients, the staff, and the practice owner.

Chameleon Shelter Software Presents: The #1 most-requested webinar topic from attendees of previous webinars! The Inventory window provides item codes for all chargeable fees and fines, licenses and permits, and also medical procedures, medications and visit types. Inventory basics, item code naming strategy, how to use barcodes, how to clean up inventory, making items obsolete, essential item codes, reporting.

CalAnimals Presents: For CalAnimals Members – Attendees will learn how to evaluate their organization’s brand and make simple changes to evolve into a community-focused organization with stronger relationships and improved public perception.

Virox Presents: As restrictions begin to ease, and we begin to review our operating procedures, there is one thing that we all have in common, infection prevention has become everyone’s business. You probably have a lot of questions about how to stay safe and do your part to keep COVID-19 out of your workplace, and you’re not alone.

Richmond SPCA Presents (fee applies): Have you ever wondered what a veterinary behaviorist does or why a pet would need to consult with one? Veterinary Behaviorists are licensed veterinarians that have achieved board-certification in the specialty of Veterinary Behavior. Pets of all types and ages may need help and we want you to know when to get them additional behavior assistance. This presentation will be beneficial for veterinarians, trainers, behavior consultants and many other pet professionals who work with a variety of animals.

VetGirl and Zoetis Present: Dr. Tammy Grubb, DVM, DACVA, PhD reviews pain management in our feline patients. In this lecture, Dr. Grubb will focus on osteoarthritis (OA) pain in cats and will discuss tips on manifestations of pain, identification of pain by cat owners, diagnosis of OA, and OA pain treatment options.

Adisa Presents: Volunteers and those who lead them are critical to the lifesaving work of animal shelters nationwide. The last few months have drastically changed how most organizations engage volunteers. As the Covid-19 pandemic spread across the country, animal shelters quickly shifted operations, moving animals into foster and—in most cases—asking the majority of volunteers to stay home. Many areas are now seeing increasing coronavirus infection rates as states struggle to move responsibly through various stages of re-opening.

TechSoup Presents: Join us for our webinar on how your organization can access TechSoup’s wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we’ll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more. We’ll also show you how to access our many learning resources, tech services, courses, and community offerings designed to help you optimize technology for your organization.

Network for Good Presents: Join Network for Good’s Lead Fundraising Coach Kimberly O’Donnell and Customer Marketing Manager Liz Ragland as they rank donor acknowledgement techniques and trends. You’ll learn how to make a lasting impression that will help boost donor retention.

PPG Presents (fee applies): This webinar focuses on the needs of developing pup, and using appropriate stimulation to build resilience, confidence and normal behavior. Puppies who lack the necessary input can – and often do – develop behavior issues that will not be “fixed” through socialization and training.

VetGirl and Hills Present: In this complimentary VETgirl–Hill’s veterinary nutrition webinar, Dr. Sheri Ross, DVM, DACVIM, PhD discusses the management and treatment of urolithiasis in dogs and cats. Traditionally, uroliths have been managed with surgery. However, depending on location, size, number and composition of the uroliths, less invasive techniques may be equally as effective. Learn what options there are and how to help minimize recurrence of uroliths.

National Kitten Coalition Presents – How much do I feed a kitten? How often? How much? How do I mix the formula? There are so many things to learn when it comes to feeding a tiny kitten. In this webinar we will teach you the basics on how to safely bottle-feed neonatal kittens and help them grow!

Fear Free Presents: COVID-19 has forever changed the way that veterinary practices care for pets and interact with their valued clients. How will your veterinary practice adapt and transform to face the challenges of today and anticipate the needs of the future? Tanya Cooper, director of veterinary sales at BabelBark, will highlight items that successful practices are doing now and things to consider as we move toward recovery.

National Kitten Coalition Presents: Join us to learn about the revolutionary Fosterspace functionality launched by the team at Doobert. We’ll discuss how technology can help you scale your program and automate the time consuming tasks. We will share how technology can help you turn your into adoption advocates and how to set up a Foster Next program to always have ready and available volunteers.

Banfield Presents: Conflict is something that, as much as we try, we cannot avoid because conflict is comes up anytime your view differs from another’s — and humans are opinionated beings. While most of us have a strong reactions to conflict, including (but not limited to) fear; avoidance; and/or dread, conflict can also have positive impacts. It can allow for exploration of new and different ways of doing things resulting in better outcomes. When we think of the negatives of conflict it’s because of the emotions that conflict evokes — often making situations feel explosive. By learning how to step up to conflict and confronting it head on by using the right approach, you can turn conflict into a positive for both you and your team.

ShelterLuv Presents: Join us for our fourth Best Practices Session! Our guest speakers from The Humane Society of the United States will be presenting tools for disaster planning and community-level communication with animal advocates.

Dog iBox Presents: The process of learning is affected by many different factors, including the emotional state of the individual. By reading the body language of dogs, we can better understand their emotional state and their ability to respond to training exercises. This presentation will cover many of the body language signals that dogs are likely to show when stressed, fearful or anxious. Perhaps even more importantly, information will be included about how this emotional state directly impacts the process of learning and the effect on a plan or the animal’s response to specific exercises.

Network for Good Presents: Planned gifts can be transformational for your organization, but how do you get them and what do you need to set them up? Our team of experts will give you the knowledge and tools you need to make planned giving doable and scalable for nonprofits with growth in mind.

Virox Presents: In this talk we will discuss what is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and how research on Military Working Dogs applies to our companion animals and how our knowledge of treatment for PTSD can be applied to pets.

MAVA Presents: Many organizations struggle to engage volunteers who reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of the communities they serve. In response to this issue, the Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration (MAVA) recently embarked on a research study which resulted in a set of eight strategies for creating a more inclusive volunteer program within nonprofit and government organizations. These strategies serve as a starting point for leaders who are seeking concrete next steps for better engaging volunteers from communities of color.

Chameleon Presents: In this webinar we will focus on the nuances of the Receipt window and what Chameleon does “behind the scenes” to help you use Journal Entry, Refund, the Bad Check procedure, and to manage balances effectively and efficiently. We’ll talk about how to reduce data entry errors (and keep up with them in real time) and how to take some simple steps to protect yourself from fraud and theft.

ASPCAPro Presents: With the increase in fostering during COVID-19 shut-downs, you may be looking for resources to help your agency better support your foster volunteers. Join the ASPCA Learning Lab and colleagues in the field for a roundtable discussion where your questions will be answered via live Q&A. During this interactive session, you’ll engage with sheltering experts on methods to increase your capacity to provide behavioral support to foster families.

NACA and the Justice Clearinghouse Present: Successful animal cruelty investigations and prosecutions require strong relationships between many agencies and entities. The police, animal services, animal rescue groups, veterinarians, prosecutors, and more have a part to play in bringing these cases to the finish line. In this webinar, Oregon’s special prosecutor for animal cruelty cases Jake Kamins will discuss his experiences, good and bad, in coordinating multiple agencies through taking these often-complex cases to trial and bringing these defendants to justice.

Karen Pryor Academy Presents: Ken will be joined by Laura Monaco Torelli for a return engagement to dive deeper into ways to prepare pets for success at the vet, behaviors to start training at home, and other ways to work cooperative care into your every day.