Maddie’s Fund Presents: Join us for what will be a full-court press leaning into prevention and solutions on a very broad scale. If you registered prior to July 2025 or are new to these meetings, please use this link to register:
https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
JYO Presents: The guided meditations happen every month and typically run 30-45 minutes. All are welcome to these very low-key sessions, with videos on or off, whatever feels most comfortable to you. No speaking is necessary unless you’d like to share at the end of the session.
Open Door Veterinary Collective Presents: Join us for live (and lively) discussions of important topics and research about strategies for increasing access to veterinary care. In our June Live Community Discussion we welcome Dr. Amara Estrada, to discuss “Beating Heart Disease with Spectrum of Care Strategies.”
Maddie’s Fund Presents: In this presentation, Misty Valenta will explore how your community can transform the way you look at your intake counter. Building a community-based team through fostering benefits the everyone involved – especially the pets!
Outcomes for Pets Consulting Presents: Please join us every first Friday of the month to discuss AI use in animal shelters, share new AI developments, and join your peers in discussing creative solutions to common problems.
Community Cats Central Presents (fee applies): Over this two-day event, animal shelter professionals, caregivers, fosters, and kitten enthusiasts will come together to deepen their knowledge and sharpen skills for raising healthy kittens and running successful kitten programs. Sessions will cover a wide range of topics, from socializing feral kittens for adoption and managing foster programs to exploring innovative initiatives that empower communities to care for kittens of any age.
Community Cats Central Presents (fee applies): Over this two-day event, animal shelter professionals, caregivers, fosters, and kitten enthusiasts will come together to deepen their knowledge and sharpen skills for raising healthy kittens and running successful kitten programs. Sessions will cover a wide range of topics, from socializing feral kittens for adoption and managing foster programs to exploring innovative initiatives that empower communities to care for kittens of any age.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Join us each Monday at 11am PT/2pm ET to receive support and learn about innovative ideas other organizations across the country are seeing success with. If you registered prior to July 2025 or are new to these meetings, please use this link to register:
https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
Best Friends Presents: Recruiting veterinary professionals is hard. Keeping them can feel even harder. In this webinar, we’ll review the literature on veterinary wellbeing and staff retention, with a focus on animal shelter medicine. We’ll discuss organizational and leadership strategies that improve job satisfaction, reduce burnout risk, and help staff not only stay in the field, but enjoy their lives outside of work too.
JYO Presents: The guided meditations happen every month and typically run 30-45 minutes. All are welcome to these very low-key sessions, with videos on or off, whatever feels most comfortable to you. No speaking is necessary unless you’d like to share at the end of the session.
CalAnimals Presents: We are pleased to announce that this year’s Executive Leadership Program cohort will be delivering their final presentations. If you are unable to attend the entire event, feel free to join us at any time during the session.
The UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Shelter Learniverse Presents: The Shelter Care Specialist Certification Program empowers frontline animal shelter workers to provide exceptional care, grounded in best practices, with a focus on improving outcomes for animals and communities. Courses focus on safe, low-stress handling, sound medical and behavioral care, and practical systems that keep animals moving through your shelter instead of getting stuck. Apply now: certification is currently free, #ThanksToMaddie!
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Join us each Monday at 11am PT/2pm ET to receive support and learn about innovative ideas other organizations across the country are seeing success with. If you registered prior to July 2025 or are new to these meetings, please use this link to register:
https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
CalAnimals Presents: When a crisis hits, your message matters as much as your mission. This session offers a practical, real-world look at crisis communications in animal welfare, including how to respond quickly, protect public trust, navigate media scrutiny, and lead with transparency when emotions are high and the stakes are even higher. Participants will leave with actionable strategies they can apply before, during, and after a crisis.
UC Davis KSMP Presents: When that 70-pound dog won’t stop spinning and snapping, or the senior cat wants to lash out from the crate, is your team prepared to respond in a way that won’t cause lasting trauma to the animals or the team? In this episode of Shelter Med LIVE, relief shelter veterinarian Dr. Michelle Gaston and Humane Innovations founder John Peaveler join host Dr. Jenn Bennett to share tips and techniques for humane handling and behavior management in high-stress shelter situations.
CVMA Presents (fee applies): Whether you are looking to learn, connect, or recharge by the coast, PacVet 2026 offers the perfect blend of education and inspiration in a setting that celebrates the profession and the people who shape it. Choose from a wide range of CE tracks designed for veterinarians, technicians, practice managers, practice staff, and veterinary/RVT students—covering topics like small animal medicine, small animal surgery, practice management and ownership, avian/exotics, shelter medicine, and more! Plus, round out your educational journey with hands-on labs and practical workshops.
Best Friends Presents: Learn about the free tools that can help organizations of all sizes identify transfer opportunities, strengthen collaboration, and better understand regional shelter and rescue trends in your region — with practical examples of how partnerships are formed and maintained, and how data can help identify gaps and opportunities within existing networks.
CVMA Presents (fee applies): Whether you are looking to learn, connect, or recharge by the coast, PacVet 2026 offers the perfect blend of education and inspiration in a setting that celebrates the profession and the people who shape it. Choose from a wide range of CE tracks designed for veterinarians, technicians, practice managers, practice staff, and veterinary/RVT students—covering topics like small animal medicine, small animal surgery, practice management and ownership, avian/exotics, shelter medicine, and more! Plus, round out your educational journey with hands-on labs and practical workshops.
CVMA Presents (fee applies): Whether you are looking to learn, connect, or recharge by the coast, PacVet 2026 offers the perfect blend of education and inspiration in a setting that celebrates the profession and the people who shape it. Choose from a wide range of CE tracks designed for veterinarians, technicians, practice managers, practice staff, and veterinary/RVT students—covering topics like small animal medicine, small animal surgery, practice management and ownership, avian/exotics, shelter medicine, and more! Plus, round out your educational journey with hands-on labs and practical workshops.
CVMA Presents (fee applies): Whether you are looking to learn, connect, or recharge by the coast, PacVet 2026 offers the perfect blend of education and inspiration in a setting that celebrates the profession and the people who shape it. Choose from a wide range of CE tracks designed for veterinarians, technicians, practice managers, practice staff, and veterinary/RVT students—covering topics like small animal medicine, small animal surgery, practice management and ownership, avian/exotics, shelter medicine, and more! Plus, round out your educational journey with hands-on labs and practical workshops.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Join us each Monday at 11am PT/2pm ET to receive support and learn about innovative ideas other organizations across the country are seeing success with. If you registered prior to July 2025 or are new to these meetings, please use this link to register:
https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Join us on the fourth Thursday of every month as we talk about dog and cat behavior – supporting pets in our community and animal shelters. Each month, we hear from speakers about topics of interest to our group, such as behavior medications, modifying animal behavior, assessing and improving animal welfare, and how organizations successfully provide behavior support to dogs and cats.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Join us each Monday at 11am PT/2pm ET to receive support and learn about innovative ideas other organizations across the country are seeing success with. If you registered prior to July 2025 or are new to these meetings, please use this link to register:
https://maddies.fund/CommunityConversationsRegistration2025
Open Door Veterinary Collective Presents: Join us for live (and lively) discussions of important topics and research about strategies for increasing access to veterinary care.
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Join us on the first Thursday of every month to discuss successful foster innovations and programs, collaborate with others in the field, answer questions and talk through complex foster-related issues.
Outcomes for Pets Consulting Presents: Please join us every first Friday of the month to discuss AI use in animal shelters, share new AI developments, and join your peers in discussing creative solutions to common problems.