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  • Webinar – 3/17/21 – 15 Must-Have Code Enforcement KPIs and What They Mean for Your Agency – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse

    Webinar – 3/17/21 – 15 Must-Have Code Enforcement KPIs and What They Mean for Your Agency – NACA/Justice Clearinghouse

    Much of what Code Enforcement officers do, to improve the community’s quality of life, goes unseen. Which makes securing resources, managing reputations, and getting credit where credit is due – hard.

     Enter Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). KPIs are mutually agreed upon metrics used to gauge success. KPIs shift conversations from opinions to facts.

     At Comcate, we’ve interviewed hundreds of Code Enforcement professionals to discover the numbers that matter most. We then baked them into our new reporting engine powered by Amazon’s QuickSight Business Intelligence tool.

    Join us for this webinar and learn about:

    •  How to form strong KPIs for your agency
    • 15 Code Enforcement KPIs that matter most
    • How to present KPIs to the exec team and council

    A Partner Webinar is a sponsored webinar with an organization that provides products or services to the criminal justice industry. 

     

    Comate helps public service agencies improve their community’s quality of life, and measure their results, with easy-to-use, purpose-built software.

     

    Presenters:


    Marcus Kellum has over 30 years of municipal government experience with a specialty in management, zoning and regulatory enforcement. He has led several municipal programs to receive awards, commendations, and national recognitions. Marcus has trained over 10,000 regulatory officers from all over the United States and currently owns Metric One Training and Consulting based in Atlanta, Georgia.

    As Comcate’s CEO, Dave Richmond‘s 20-year mission has been to help public agencies achieve their goals. Dave combines a deep knowledge of local government operations and software development to help agencies improve their service levels. A believer in paying it forward, Dave also mentors growth-oriented small businesses.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.justiceclearinghouse.com/webinar/15-must-have-code-enforcement-kpis-and-what-they-mean-for-your-agency/

  • Webinar – 4/8/21 – Reuniting & Renesting Orphaned Wildlife – HSUS

    Webinar – 4/8/21 – Reuniting & Renesting Orphaned Wildlife – HSUS

    Does your agency or organization get calls about birds and squirrels fallen out of nests, very young raccoons seen without mom, or fawns and baby rabbits alone in fields or backyards? Whether or not you respond to these types of calls or refer them to a wildlife rehabilitator, this webinar will help you determine and achieve the best outcome for these animals. (Spoiler alert: many of these baby animals are probably not actually orphaned!)
    Learn how to know when intervention is necessary, how to reunite dependent young with their parents whenever possible, and how to best work with wildlife rehabilitators when reuniting is not possible. (Photo by Michelle Riley)

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://humanepro.org/trainings/reuniting-renesting-orphaned-wildlife

  • Webinar – 3/24/21 – Northern Tier Shelter Initiative Presents: Using Your Data to Develop Impactful Programming – ASPCAPro

    Webinar – 3/24/21 – Northern Tier Shelter Initiative Presents: Using Your Data to Develop Impactful Programming – ASPCAPro

    The Northern Tier Shelter Initiative (NTSI) is an ASPCA program that provides consultations, training, and grants to animal welfare agencies in Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The NTSI works with brick-and-mortar shelters, non-profit veterinary clinics, and Indigenous communities in the Northern Tier to improve the quality of life for companion animals.

    With community need for services on the rise and budgets already stretched thin, making smart, strategic decisions based on data and trends is more important than ever. Join colleagues from the seven Northern Tier states, plus a data expert from Pethealth, Inc., as we explore exclusive data and share ways to use these insights when making tough program choices. During this interactive session, presenters will answer your questions as you engage with colleagues, industry experts, and the Northern Tier Shelter Initiative team.

    Takeaways

    • Access to your exclusive Shelter Animals Count Northern Tier coalition data
    • Tips to better understand and apply the Northern Tier’s coalition data when making programmatic and budget decisions
    • Opportunity to network with colleagues throughout the Northern Tier states

    Suited For

    Animal shelter professionals, program administrators, budget developers, and directors of boards

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.aspcapro.org/training/webinar/northern-tier-shelter-initiative-presents-using-your-data-develop-impactful

  • Webinar – 4/28/21 – Shelter Dentistry: The Complicated Costs of Care – The AAWA

    Webinar – 4/28/21 – Shelter Dentistry: The Complicated Costs of Care – The AAWA

    Dentistry is more than cleaning and pulling teeth; and dental disease is an animal welfare issue. Dr. Lesli Groshong will discuss the medical, financial, operational, emotional, and community impact complexities of dental disease in shelter animals. Attendees will leave with an understanding of the challenges of providing proper dental care to shelter animals, including: staff training, equipment, and costs.  Dr. Groshong will explain:

    ● Common veterinary dental procedures in the shelter
    ● The challenges of balancing individual animal needs within shelter medicine, a specialty that focuses primarily on population and disease control
    ● How dental disease impacts animals, shelters, adopters, and veterinarians

    This session will benefit shelter directors of all organizations who provide medical care, veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and medical staff.

    This session is part of the Shelter Medicine series, a collaboration between the Association of Shelter Veterinarians and The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement.

    This live and recorded program is approved for:

    • 1 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize RACE approval (pending approval)
    • 1 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credit

    If you wish to earn RACE CEs, you MUST submit your veterinary/tech license number + license state when you join the live session or after you watch recording (due to new AAVSB RACE requirements)!  Participants have to attend at least 50 minutes of the live session / watch 50 minutes of the recording in order to receive the 1-hour credit of RACE CE.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://learning.theaawa.org/products/42821-shelter-dentistry-the-complicated-costs-of-care

  • Online Course – 3/18/21 to 3/21/21 – Managing common medical problems in practice today – IVS (fee applies)

    Online Course – 3/18/21 to 3/21/21 – Managing common medical problems in practice today – IVS (fee applies)

    A series of cases featuring specific clinical problems will be presented by Dr’s Fenimore and Lappin. They will each offer their thoughts on the management of these patients along with a discussion of topics associated with the clinical problem.

    Michael Lappin D.V.M., Ph.D.

    Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
    Professor of Medicine
    Colorado State University

    Audra Fenimore D.V.M., M.S.

    Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
    Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Hospital
    Englewood, CO

    Seminar Schedule:

    Single day registration available: Limited to 80 registrants each day to enhance the webinar question and answer experienceAll times are Eastern time.

    Thursday March 18:    5 CE Hours

    1.00pm – 6.00pm Eastern   (10.00am – 3.00pm Pacific)

    1.00pm –  3.20pm  ET     Dr. Michael Lappin

    Update on vector borne diseases in dogs

    3.30pm- 6.00pm  ET    Dr. Audra Fenimore

    Primary immune mediated hemolytic anemia:  Diagnosis and logical treatment

    Primary immune mediated thrombocytopenia:  Diagnosis and logical treatment

     

    Friday March 19:   5 CE hours

    10.00am- 3.00pm Eastern   (7.00am – noon Pacific)

    10.00am – 12.20pm  ET   Dr. Michael Lappin

    Update on vector borne diseases in cats

    12.30pm – 3.00pm  ET    Dr. Audra Fenimore

    Primary immune mediated polyarthritis:  Diagnosis and logical treatment

    Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of leptospirosis

     

    Sat. March 20:   5 CE hours

    1.00pm – 6.00pm Eastern   (10.00am – 3.00pm Pacific)

    1.00pm – 3.20pm  ET   Dr. Audra Fenimore

    Managing the diabetic cat- what’s new?

    The hyperthyroid cat- current thoughts on etiology and management

    Don’t get your blood pressure up: A case based approach to the diagnosis and treatment of feline hypertension

    3.30pm- 6.00pm   ET   Dr. Michael Lappin 

    Update on select infectious GI diseases of dogs and cats

     

    Sun. March 21:   5 CE hours

    10.00am- 3.00pm Eastern   (7.00am – noon Pacific)

    10.00am – 12.30pm  ET   Dr. Audra Fenimore

    Canine Diabetes Mellitus: Updates in Therapy

    12.40pm – 3.00pm ET   Dr. Michael Lappin

    Update on select infectious respiratory diseases of dogs and cats

    Seminar Topics:

    A series of cases featuring specific clinical problems will be presented by Dr’s  Fenimore and Lappin. They will each offer their thoughts on the management of these patients along with a discussion of topics associated with the clinical problem.

    • Don’t get your blood pressure up: A case based approach to the diagnosis and treatment of feline hypertension
    • Primary immune mediated hemolytic anemia:  Diagnosis and logical treatment
    • Primary immune mediated thrombocytopenia:  Diagnosis and logical treatment
    • Primary immune mediated polyarthritis:  Diagnosis and logical treatment
    • Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of leptospirosis
    • Managing the diabetic cat- what’s new?
    • Managing the diabetic dog – whats’ new?
    • The hyperthyroid cat- current thoughts on etiology and management
    • Update on vector borne diseases in dogs
    • Update on vector borne diseases in cats
    • Update on select infectious GI diseases of dogs and cats
    • Update on select infectious respiratory diseases of dogs and cats

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.ivseminars.com/seminars/managing-common-medical-problems-in-practice-today-live-online-course/

  • Online Conference – 6/18/21 to 6/19/21 and 6/26/21 to 6/27/21 – PacVet Live 2021 – CVMA (fee applies)

    Online Conference – 6/18/21 to 6/19/21 and 6/26/21 to 6/27/21 – PacVet Live 2021 – CVMA (fee applies)

    We invite veterinarians, veterinary technicians, veterinary assistants, and practice managers to ride the tide to our fully interactive online PacVet Live conference. Earn up to 32 CEUs over four days with sessions to choose from in two concurrent tracks each day! Since we can’t make it to the beach, we’ll bring the beach to you with some beach-themed fun with games and exciting raffles.

    New to online learning? Fear not!  We promise even the technologically challenged with be surfin’ the online learning wave like a pro with live CVMA support!

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://pacvet.net/long-beach/

  • Webinar – 2/25/21 – Taming Student Debt – The Bridge Club

    Webinar – 2/25/21 – Taming Student Debt – The Bridge Club

    Join us for a conversation with special guest Meredith Jones on how to tackle the high levels of student debt facing many recent graduates of veterinary school.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.thebridgeclub.com/events/taming-student-debt

  • Webinar – 3/8/21 – Closed and Open Tooth Extraction – VDOS (fee applies)

    Webinar – 3/8/21 – Closed and Open Tooth Extraction – VDOS (fee applies)

    Do you struggle removing a canine or carnassial tooth? What about root remnants and ankylosed teeth in cats? No worries, here you learn all the tricks you need for safe and complete extraction of teeth!

    Time & Location

    Mar 08, 8:00 PM – 9:50 PM EST
    Webinar

    About the Event

    This VDOS webinar will review the indications, biomechanics, equipment/instrument/material needs, and techniques of tooth extraction in dogs and cats. Closed and open techniques will be described step-by-step, including the creation of flaps in one jaw quadrant and the use of high-speed tools for sectioning of teeth and removal of alveolar bone. Tips will be shared on how to make tension-free flaps for wound closure. The didactic lecture will last 1.5 hours, but the webinar is designed so that there is extra time for interactive participation and answering your questions.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.vdos.org/event-details/closed-and-open-tooth-extraction-8-00-pm-et

  • Webinar – 3/3/21 – Focus on Tooth Resorption and Stomatitis – VDOS (fee applies)

    Webinar – 3/3/21 – Focus on Tooth Resorption and Stomatitis – VDOS (fee applies)

    Frustrated about resorbing roots and ankylosed teeth? What about refractory oral inflammation that cannot be controlled? We understand your frustration, but there is help! Let us show you how we do it!

    Time & Location

    Mar 03, 8:00 PM – 9:50 PM EST
    Webinar

    About the Event

    This VDOS webinar will focus on the two most frustrating dental and oral conditions in cats, namely tooth resorption and stomatitis. The potential causes of these conditions will be discussed. Tips and tricks how to extract resorbing teeth will be shared, and various treatment options (medical and surgical) for feline stomatitis will be reviewed. The didactic lecture will last 1.5 hours, but the webinar is designed so that there is extra time for interactive participation and answering your questions.

  • Webinar – 3/1/21 – Dental Nerve Blocks (Regional Analgesia) – VDOS (fee applies)

    Webinar – 3/1/21 – Dental Nerve Blocks (Regional Analgesia) – VDOS (fee applies)

    Feeling uncomfortable about sticking a needle through oral mucosa near a neurovascular bundle? Don’t worry, here you learn everything you need to know about nerve blocks for your dental and oral surgical patients!

    Time & Location

    Mar 01, 8:00 PM – 9:50 PM EST
    Webinar

    About the Event

    This VDOS webinar will review local and regional anesthesia/analgesia for dental and oral surgical procedures in dogs and cats. Suitable local anesthetics and needed equipment will be discussed. Techniques for commonly performed dental nerve blocks (including maxillary, infraorbital, major palatine, inferior alveolar, and middle mental) will be described step-by-step. The didactic lecture will last 1.5 hours, but the webinar is designed so that there is extra time for interactive participation and answering your questions.

    WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.vdos.org/event-details/dental-nerve-blocks-regional-analgesia-8-00-pm-et