Summer is a challenging time for animal shelters, often coming with high intake numbers and slowed adoptions—that can be a recipe for a space crisis. To get more pets out, shelters are getting creative. Mara Hartsell, Shelter Support Advisor for American Pets Alive!, is sharing how shelters can (and are!) using a case management approach to move more pets through the sheltering system. Mara will cover four action categories that can speed up the outcomes process and reduce length of stay for the animals in your care. Join live to hear about real life examples and leave with practical strategies you can apply in your organization.

Register below and join live on Tuesday, June 6 at 5 p.m. CT to better manage summer space crises and improve animal outcomes. After the live event, a recording will be distributed to everyone who registers within 3 business days.

WEBSITE LINK:  https://zoom.us/webinar/register/6016782060176/WN_uZP8qMpyTB6mkaT4FMF4uA#/registration

National return to owner (RTO) rates hover around 40% for stray and lost dogs and it’s even lower (4%) for cats. The Northern Tier Shelter Initiative (NTSI) team became curious when they recognized that Northern Tier shelters’ RTO rates tend to be higher than the national average. In fact, organizations reporting to the NTSI Shelter Animals Count Coalition return, on average, 64% of stray dogs and 8% of stray cats. Returning animals back to homes they already have is vital to ending overcrowding and euthanasia in shelters. In this webinar, you will hear from three agencies: Circle of Friends, ND; City of Havre, MT; and Heart of the Valley, MT about how and why they have been successfully reuniting pets with their families in their communities.

Takeaways

• Understand how building a culture of reuniting lost pets is key to helping get more lost pets home.
• Learn how peers are using community engagement as a strategy for public awareness and ensuring pet caretakers know what to do if they lose or find a pet.
• Hear from Northern Tier shelter leadership about future plans to increase cat reunification.

WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.aspcapro.org/training/webinar/northern-tier-shelter-initiative-zoomies-how-agency-culture-community-engagement

Do you have a dog who barks and lunges on walks, overreacting to the other dogs and people in the world? Maybe he’s enthusiastic and frustrated and wants to greet, or maybe she’s feeling pressured and defensive and wants everyone to go away! It can be hard to walk a dog that is triggered into a reaction by so many things in the world. In this webinar, you’ll learn the skills that will get you through the rough spots without the blow up, and master the fine art of the magnet walk and while you develop strategy that can help get you back out and about! Let’s get your dog walking with you again!

Presenter: Amy Cook, PhD

WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.fenzidogsportsacademy.com/index.php/self-study/webinars

So you want to create a culture of fundraising… Now what?

Nonprofit consultant Jayme Dingler has joined us many times to show you how to take the fear out of fundraising and even make it fun and personalized for each individual on your Board of Directors. But now that you have decided to create a culture of fundraising, how do you get started?

In this session, Jayme will walk you through the basics of writing a Board Fundraising Policy, Board Roles and Responsibilities, your first Marketing and Development Plan, and more. She’ll also show you how you can approach your Board Members to help them make (and keep) their development commitments.

Speaker: Jayme Dingler, What’s Good LLC

WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.networkforgood.com/resource/bep-culture-of-board-fundraising/

Psychological safety is the most important aspect of successful teams. Our ability to feel safe to share ideas, to grow from failure, and to be honest with empathy allows our team to bypass the “interpersonal mush” that can exist otherwise. A sense of belonging, ability to be vulnerable, and strong interpersonal relationships are the initial ingredients to create this environment. We can assess psychological safety in a team using different tools. If psychological safety is lacking, we can help foster it using specific interventions, including civility and growth mindset work.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn the definitions and importance of vulnerability, belonging and HQCs in the workplace
• Learn Amy Edmundson’s foundational research on psychological safety
• Understand how to utilize psychological safety assessments
• Learn ways for increasing psychological safety in the workplace
• Experience methods for increasing psychological safety in the workplace

WEBSITE LINK:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l1QWQa7HSlixzpVJgW0WZA#/registration

We are pleased to welcome leadership coach, Eleanor Smith, for this session to help you achieve balance, boundaries, and sustainability in your career. You are important and your work matters! Join us to learn what burnout is, why it matters, what causes it and how you can reverse it to prevent its most devastating consequences. Strategies offered for leaders of teams and individuals facing work overwhelm and burnout.

WEBSITE LINK:  https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hCKMtnR7R8qdxl6ZBlogRQ#/registration

Don’t miss your chance to join The Bridge Club and Michael Wilson of the American Veterinary Medical Association on June 15 for an insider look at AVMA Conference! With some of the hottest keynote speakers, continuing education programs, and networking events – it’s where everyone wants to be. We will also share what the Bridge Club will be doing. TBC+ members can be a part of history and benefit a great cause by joining their first-ever Networking Benefit Event that supports The Veterinary Industry Giving Tree! This event is supported by Chewy Heath and Vetcetera.

WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.thebridgeclub.com/events/conversation-with-michael-wilson-about-avma-conference

Up to 50% of survivors will delay leaving a dangerous situation because they fear what will happen to their pets. Yet only 10% of Domestic Violence Shelters have the means to house companion animals. This creates a barrier between survivors and safety. While most domestic violence agencies understand the need for pet placement, many are faced with barriers that prevent them from offering this service or are not sure where to start. BestyBnB allows an Agency with no prior pet experience (or pet program in place) the ability to easily locate and manage temporary housing for survivors’ pets until they can be reunited. The same platform can also be used for agencies that have a pet program in place but are looking for ways to expand their services.

In this session, you will learn:

• The connection between animal abuse and domestic violence.
• The important bond survivors of domestic violence share with their pets.
• How pets positively impact trauma survivors’ healing process.
• Steps towards offering pet programming and temporary pet care through BestyBnB.

Who should attend?

• Domestic violence program managers and staff
• Victim advocates
• Social service providers working with survivors
• Animal welfare managers and staff
• Mental health program managers and staff

WEBSITE LINK:  https://www.mybestybnb.com/trainings/pets-and-people