7 events found.
Week of Events
Online Course – Starts 2/26/24 – Compassion Fatigue Strategies Plus – University of Florida – Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program (fee applies)
University of Florida – Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program Presents (fee applies): Compassion Fatigue Strategies is a unique online course designed to support people who work with animals. The course will help you recognize signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue, learn to manage your stress levels and increase your self-care practices, connect with the rewards of your work, build your resiliency, and commit to making successful changes in your life and in your organization.
$299 – $349
Grant Opportunity – 2/26/24 – Open Arms Challenge Registration Period Begins – Maddie’s Fund
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Join us for the all-inclusive 2024 Open Arms Challenge! This grant Challenge is like no other. For the entire month of April 2024, animal shelters, foster-based organizations and public charities are encouraged to create a new program or expand an existing one focused on keeping pets and people together. Beginning in 2024, there will only be one Challenge per year.
February 26, 2024
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Online Meeting – Mondays – Weekly Community Conversations #ThanksToMaddie – Maddie’s Fund
Online Meeting – Mondays – Weekly Community Conversations #ThanksToMaddie – Maddie’s Fund
Maddie’s Fund Presents: Maddie’s Fund hosts a weekly 50-minute Zoom call for animal well-being professionals. These calls are a collaborative space to share exciting new programs and research, discuss uncomfortable topics, connect with peers in the industry, and more, all while sharing a common goal of preserving the human-animal bond.
Free
February 27, 2024
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Online Event – 2/27/24 – The Roundtable: HR with an Eye on DEI -The AAWA
Online Event – 2/27/24 – The Roundtable: HR with an Eye on DEI -The AAWA
The AAWA Presents: Join us for a discussion with industry leaders about building a fair and just workforce. Learn how they’re recruiting and onboarding talent through a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Free
Featured
February 28, 2024
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Online Event – 2/21/24 and 2/28/24 – Back Where They Belong: An online solution-sharing summit to get animals home faster, easier, better – Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge
Online Event – 2/21/24 and 2/28/24 – Back Where They Belong: An online solution-sharing summit to get animals home faster, easier, better – Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge
Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge Presents: Join your colleagues nationwide for two half-days of actionable programs that you can begin to implement today to slow the number of animals coming into the shelter and get the ones that do back home faster, easier, better.
Free
February 28, 2024
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Webinar – 2/28/24 – The Case for Feline Fix by Five – National Kitten Coalition
Webinar – 2/28/24 – The Case for Feline Fix by Five – National Kitten Coalition
The National Kitten Coalition Presents: Learn about early spaying/neutering procedures and get talking points to address any concerns your local veterinarians or potential adopters may have. Eligible registrants will be entered into our SnuggleSafe® Giveaway*! Attendees will receive two extra entries in the prize draw.
Free
February 28, 2024
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Webinar – 2/28/24 – Data: Looking Back and Forward – The AAWA
Webinar – 2/28/24 – Data: Looking Back and Forward – The AAWA
The AAWA Presents: Join us to analyze key data insights, challenges, and successes from 2023, then peek into what Shelter Animals Count (SAC) has planned for 2024.
Free
February 29, 2024
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Online Event – 2/29/24 – American Black History Series: Myth Busting and Bridging Gap – The Ins and Outs of Black Veterinarians Building in Underserved Communities – CARE
Online Event – 2/29/24 – American Black History Series: Myth Busting and Bridging Gap – The Ins and Outs of Black Veterinarians Building in Underserved Communities – CARE
CARE Presents: CARE’s American Black History Month series conversation with Dr. Azalia Boyd, Chief Veterinary Medican Officer, and Dr. Tierra Price, Founder, BlackDVM Network. Topics: Discussing issues, false narratives, stereotypes, and perceptions that can create divides. Using this space to educate builds community and connection to change the inequities impacting the communities.
Free
February 29, 2024
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Webinar – 2/29/24 – Beyond the Save Rate: Integrating People into the Sheltering Equation – HASS
Webinar – 2/29/24 – Beyond the Save Rate: Integrating People into the Sheltering Equation – HASS
HASS Presents: Having a 90% or higher save rate has become the gold standard for measuring the success or failure of an animal shelter or rescue, and it will continue to be an important metric. The problem is that the save rate focuses only on a singular point in a complex societal issue. Join Dr. Ellen Jefferson and Cole Wakefield, Executive Director of The Good Shepherd Humane Society, for what is sure to be a lively discussion.
Free
March 1, 2024
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Webinar – 3/1/24 – Fancy Footwork: Practical Handling and Training Solutions for the Entire Shelter – Dogs Playing for Life (fee applies)
Webinar – 3/1/24 – Fancy Footwork: Practical Handling and Training Solutions for the Entire Shelter – Dogs Playing for Life (fee applies)
Dogs Playing for Life Presents (fee applies): In this webinar, we will teach the fundamentals of our “Fancy Footwork” techniques that focus on achieving good leash manners through the use of your FEET instead of your hands. Come learn this unique and highly effective approach that promotes dogs happily walking softly by your side, offering tons of eye contact, and wowing adopters!
$20