Getting 2 Zero

Getting 2 Zero Presents: This session is an introduction to how to ensure your strategic plan is aspirational enough AND deliverable. On how to create a vision that inspires, how to ensure your organisation is moving forward, how to engage your people in the plan. And the step we usually miss: how to implement it in a way that ensures it's not just a document that sits on a shelf until the next planning session in three years.

Getting 2 Zero Presents: In this presentation, Dr. Sara Pizano will outline the foundational elements for a successful animal welfare program in every community that starts by keeping pets from entering the shelter. Topics from public policy and community initiatives to shelter population management and live outcome programs will be discussed.

Getting 2 Zero Presents: At many shelters, ringworm can lead to devastating consequences. However, it does not have to be—with proper protocols, it can be safely treated and cured. Join Dr. Laura Mullen from San Francisco SPCA to learn about the SPORE (Shelters Preventing Outbreaks of Ringworm through Education) program.

Getting 2 Zero Presents: Canine ehrlichiosis is a serious, tick-transmitted disease of dogs. Until 2020 Australia was free of this disease due to stringent pre-import screening of dogs coming into Australia. This presentation will provide some background to the disease and its vector tick, an update on the number of cases reported, the signs displayed by infected dogs, and the strategies needed to manage canine ehrlichiosis.

Getting 2 Zero Presents: The National Desexing Network developed the Cooperative Desexing Program to enable Councils to easily introduce desexing programs to prevent stray and abandoned cats and dogs. It is currently offered in 11 cities and shires across Australia. This presentation will explain how the program works, and the benefits to Councils and the communities involved.

Getting 2 Zero Presents: How can animal shelters become leaders in climate sensitive design and practice? Join VfCA founding member Dr. Angela Frimberger to learn how climate change is affecting animals, leading to a need to inform animal shelter design and future planning.

Getting 2 Zero Presents: New ideas and methods regarding how we deal with homeless animals are starting to emerge with the focus moving away from traditional style shelters and towards a community, fostercentric based system. Learn how rescue, foster and Not for Profit groups can improve their potential life-saving operations.

Getting 2 Zero Presents: Join us for a special opportunity to explore the newly imagined Four Rights with Dr. Cindy Karsten of the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program.

Getting 2 Zero Presents: How do we ensure good matches with our shelter animals, without making people feel unwelcome? Conversation-based adoption! Come and learn how to increase adoptions, decrease length of stay, and have our adopters feel even better about your organization with Trish McMillan!

Getting 2 Zero Presents: Could fostering for animal rescue organisations have benefits for older adults as well as the animals they care for? This presentation will discuss research exploring the health promotion potential of cat fostering in Aotearoa New Zealand, the role of foster programmes in cat rescue, and the potential for more older people to be involved in fostering.