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PetSmart Charities Webinars
Thanks for visiting. We are so fortunate to have had so many amazing
presenters give webinars over the past four years. Below are recordings of all these past
sessions. To register for upcoming
webinars, please visit http://petsmartcharities.webex.com.
If you have any trouble viewing the recordings or
accessing any information, please feel free to contact us at pciprograms@petsmartcharities.org.
SPAY/NEUTER
Free Roaming Cats
Fundraising
for TNR Programs – 11/09
Bryan
Kortis, Neighborhood Cats
To be successful, a community
Trap-Neuter-Return program needs to fix cats - lots of them! Equipment, a
website and promotional material are needed as well and, in many cases, having
full-time or part-time staff can make a big difference. But how do you pay
for all this and more? In this webinar, the fifth in our five-part series on
feral cats, we'll explore fundraising methods with an emphasis on those most
suited for TNR programs.
We'll look at grants, including where to find
them and how to create a proposal with the best chance of success. Learn how
to start and grow a direct mail campaign and make TNR appeal to potential
donors. Events can be another great way to raise money - as long as you avoid
certain pitfalls. We'll discuss municipal contracts for performing TNR,
caretaker donations and co-pays, and structuring fees at high-volume
spay/neuter clinics as ways to subsidize your work. Other creative ideas,
including some from other webinar attendees, will also be presented.
Money is out there to help you help the cats -
it's just a matter of learning how to get it!
To access the recording:
Fundraising
for TNR Programs
To access the slides: Fundraising
for TNR Programs
Feral
Cats, TNR and the Law – 08/09
Bryan
Kortis, Neighborhood Cats
Working with free-roaming cats and
implementing a community Trap-Neuter-Return program inevitably involves
crossing paths with the legal system. Being aware of these laws will help you
deal with them to the advantage of your program and the cats and caretakers
you’re trying to help. On the other hand, not being aware of applicable laws
could lead to serious repercussions and threaten the viability of your
efforts.
To access the recording: TNR
and the Law
To access the slides: TNR and the
Law
Building
a Community TNR Program – Advanced – 07/09
Bryan
Kortis, Neighborhood Cats
You’re running a Trap-Neuter-Return program
for your community and have the basic pieces in place, including low cost
spay/neuter, traps and trappers. You’ve defined your mission, chosen a basic
strategy to fit your resources and community’s needs and cats are being
trapped and fixed on a regular basis. How do you now take your program to the
next level and begin to turn the tide of the free-roaming cat population in a
measurable and lasting manner? Building a Community TNR Program Advanced will
help show you the way!
To access recording: TNR
Program Advanced
To access slides: TNR
Advanced
Building
a Community TNR Program 101 – 06/09
Bryan
Kortis, Neighborhood Cats
Trap-Neuter-Return is fast becoming the
preferred approach to managing a community’s free-roaming cat population. The
goal is to stop the reproduction of cats and gradually reducing their numbers
while providing as humane care as possible. Operating on a community-wide
level requires more though than skill at trapping and diligence in
caretaking. While these are necessary, impacting the whole free-roaming cat
population means defining your mission carefully and putting the pieces of a
long-term program into place.
To access recording: TNR
Program 101
To access slides: TNR 101
Trap-Neuter-Return: Community and Colony Solutions for Feral Cats – 06/05
Bryan Kortis
Trap-neuter-Return (TNR) is fast becoming the
preferred approach for controlling and reducing feral cat populations. This
webinar focuses on ways to make the implementation of TNR more effective in
terms of advocacy, colony management and setting up community-wide programs.
Persuasive policy presentations by TNR advocates to municipal officials
require an intimate understanding of why TNR works where other methods fail.
The theory and underlying factors in favor of TNR will thus be explored in
detail. On the colony level, the mass trapping technique pioneered by
Neighborhood Cats, which allows for rapid improvement of conditions in
previously unmanaged colonies, will be described. Finally, the critical
elements for putting together a successful community-wide TNR program will
also be presented.
To access recording: TNR
Recording
To access slides: TNR Recording
Everything
you need to know about a feral spay/neuter program but were afraid to ask! –
09/04
Susan Kilgore
If you've ever wondered how to incorporate a
feral spay/neuter program into your existing rescue, this presentation is for
you! Don't know where to start? No idea how to fund it? Operational
questions? Publicity concerns? Just don't have TIME? Find out how Feral
Friends did it - on a shoestring budget, and with only a handful of
volunteers! Learn the "in's and out's" of the Race to Reduce
Litters Network Program and find out how you can help ferals in your area.
Together we can each make a difference in our local communities, and across the
nation.
To access recording: Feral
Spay/Neuter Recording
To access slides: Feral
Spay/Neuter Slides
General Spay/Neuter
Information: Spay Neuter Drive: Rounding Up Cats in Low
Income Neighborhoods – 06/09
Katherine Hall & Celia Orr, Kittco
You organize a spay/neuter blitz in a zip
code area that has been identified as a problem area for stray and feral
cats. You notify the media and even put up signs in the neighborhoods, but
only a few people bring their cats to your clinic. To complete the project,
you need to drive traffic to your clinic through creative approaches. Come
learn about some innovative outreach strategies, from handing out balloons
and offering transportation to going door-to-door in key neighborhoods, to motivate
people to get their cat sterilized.
To access the recording: Round
up
To access slides: Round up
To access handouts: Kittico 1 Kittico 2 Kittico 3 Kittico 4 Kittico 5 Kittico 6 Kittico 7
Guidelines for High
Quality High Volume Spay Neuter Programs – 03/09
Dr. Philip Bushby
In July 2008 the Spay Neuter Task Force of
the Association of Shelter Veterinarians published an article on Guidelines
for Spay Neuter programs. This article was the product of collaborations
between 22 veterinarians over a period of 18 months. Many of the authors are
board certified in surgery, anesthesiology, internal medicine, or critical
care. The others all work directly with high quality high volume spay neuter
programs. The guidelines article is intended to demonstrate the quality of
care that takes place in these programs and the guidelines should be easily
met by any high volume spay neuter program. In this webinar we will briefly
discuss the need for such programs and then discuss, in more details, the
guidelines themselves. This webinar is directed towards; spay neuter
veterinarians, technicians, and clinic/programs managers.
To access recording: HQHV
Spay Neuter Guidelines
To access slides: HQHV Spay
Neuter Guideline Slides
To access protocol: HQHV
Spay Neuter Dosage Protocol
Is Anyone
Listening? Motivating people to Spay
or Neuter - 06/08
Aimee St. Arnaud
If you are like me, you want to spay or
neuter everything! It is obvious that spay/neuter is crucial to ending
shelter euthanasia and is better for the health of the individual pets. So
why is it that so many people aren’t hearing our message? Sometimes even
family and friends are the offenders letting their new dog they got from a
pet store have puppies! How do we reach people with our message in a way that
makes it stick for them? Why are people fixing their pets and why aren’t
they? Knowing these answers helps us craft our messages more effectively.
Join me in exploring how we can address and overcome issues such as cost,
accessibility, and those who “just haven’t gotten around to it yet” and
motivate them to take action with simple promotions. Overcome the use of
animal welfare jargon and old ways of thinking that don’t wok and reach the
public in ways they understand. Hear about successful programs across the
country that have figured out these messages and are seeing results with
lives saved. Aimee is a Program Manager for PetSmart Charities where she
mentors individuals and organizations starting high volume spay/neuter
programs and helping existing programs increase their capacity and
efficiency. Previously Aimee has worked on the national level with The ASPCA
and Best Friends Animal Society, as well as for her local Toledo Area Humane
Society. One of Aimee’s proudest accomplishments is founding Humane Ohio,
which operates a high volume, high quality spay/neuter clinic that performs
7,000 low cost surgeries annually. Aimee is on the Boards of Humane Alliance
and Humane Ohio. She also sits on the Advisory Board for the Feral Cat
Spay/Neuter Project.
To access recording: Is
Anybody Listening? Recording
To access slides: Is
anybody listening slides
You r Best Client:
Providing S/N to adoption agencies – 02/08
Kit Jenkins
Spay/Neuter clinics and private
veterinarians provide spay/neuter to the public, but most don’t reach their
potentially biggest surgical clients – local adoption agencies. It’s most
important for agencies to spay/neuter their pets before adoption; in fact in
some states it is the law. Any animals that leave the shelter without being
sterilized only contribute to the community’s overpopulation problem that
you’re working so hard to control. The challenge for clinics is recognizing
how to best provide services to those local agencies. This workshop presents
practical solutions to common challenges as it shows you the many different
ways clinics can work successfully with adoptions agencies.
To access recording: S/N
for Adoption Agencies Recording
To access slides: S/N
for Adoption Agencies Slides
Neuter
Before Adoption: Tools to reach your NBA goal – 01/08
Kit
Jenkins
In a perfect world, every agency would
sterilize all pets before they go home. It should be the goal of all animal
adoption organizations to reach 100% NBA (Neuter Before Adoption). In the
real world, however, many agencies struggle to reach this goal. It’s an
important responsibility for adoption agencies to sterilize every pet they
release to the public; in many states, it’s the law. It’s always a gamble to
release pets unsterilized, even with a strong compliance program in place. In
addition, most traditional methods of tracking compliance can be very time-
and labor-intensive. Therefore, the primary goal is to sterilize as many
animals as possible before release and to continue working toward 100% NBA.
The secondary goal is to have total, verified compliance for those released
with a “promise” program (voucher, deposit, contract, agreement, etc.). This
session will address practical ways to address complete NBA and effective
“promise” programs while you work toward that goal.
To access recording: Neuter
Before Adoption Recording
To access slides: NBA
for agencies slides
Starting
a Large-Scale Collaborative Spay-Neuter Event in Your Community –
06/06
Jennifer Fearing
Working with committed volunteers in the Sacramento area, Jennifer
Fearing established the world's largest "Spay Day" event – spaying
and neutering, vaccinating and microchipping 1000 dogs and cats belonging to
low-income families in the three counties on a single day each February since
2003. This successful event enjoys the participation of nearly two-dozen
veterinary clinics, the sponsorship of more than a dozen animal protection
organizations/shelters and the commitment of the veterinary school at the University of California
at Davis.
This webinar will describe the Sacramento
experience, provide tips for maximizing collaborative opportunities and walk
through some of the logistics associated with funding, planning and pulling
off a large-scale spay/neuter event in your community.
To access recording: Starting
a Large Scale S/N Event Recording
To access slides: Starting
SN Event slides
Shelter
Outreach Services: High Volume High Quality Spay/Neuter for the Community –
05/06
Leslie
Appel
Shelter Outreach Services (SOS) is a successful
low cost, high volume, high quality spay/neuter program in the Finger Lakes area of NY State. Since its inception in
June of 2003, SOS has spayed/neutered over 14,000 animals. SOS collaborates
with local shelters and humane organizations in the region to provide
spay/neuter services for shelter dogs and cats, barn cats, feral cats, dogs
and cats from rescue groups, and for dogs and cats from families of low
income. This webinar will describe the nuts and bolts of how to start this
type of non-profit organization, and will provide in-depth knowledge about
high volume, high quality spay/neuter programs.
To access recording: HVHQ
S/N for the Community Recording
To access slides: HVHQ
S/N for the Community Slides
Building
a Spay/Neuter Program from Scratch – 03/06
Betsy Boxer
Betsy, Executive Director of Animal Allies,
will be sharing her experiences starting a spay/neuter program from scratch.
She will help you develop a solid foundation for your program by identifying
the most important concepts for success, and she will also share the pitfalls
to avoid. Betsy's objective is to save you time, energy and money. It is her
goal to get your spay/neuter program up and running in record time with
minimal resources.
To access recording: Building
a Spay/Neuter Program Recording
To access slides: Building
a Spay/Neuter Program Slides
Creative Funding for Spay/Neuter Programs –
11/04
Aimee St. Arnaud
Do you have great ideas
for a spay/neuter program but lack funding and you've exhausted every
fundraiser imaginable from garage sales to silent auctions? Money is
available - it's time to get creative and look in new places that you might
not think of traditionally. Aimee will answer your questions and share ideas
of how other communities have funded spay/neuter programs through
unconventional ways such as license surcharges, voluntary license and tax
check offs, partnerships with health departments, grants from local Chambers
of Commerce and Rotary clubs, City governments sponsoring a day of surgeries,
and how she helped her community get $25,000 from community block grant
funding and council discretionary funds to fund a cat spay/neuter program. It
can be done in your community too! Aimee will also share ideas on how to make
sure the program you develop is effective so that you are helping the most
animals possible. We'll talk about ways to target your programs to the areas
of greatest need so you aren't subsidizing surgeries that would have been
done anyway. There's no point in putting in the effort to raise the money if
you aren't going to spend it wisely.
To access recording: Creative
Funding for S/N Programs Recording
To access slides: Creative
Funding for S/N Programs Slides
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FUNDRAISING
Successful
Fundraising Program – 06/07
Sarah
Hayes
What are the key components to a successful
fundraising program? Does your organization have a fundraising plan? Learn
about the fundamentals of fundraising including the fundraising mix, the
science of your annual fund, creating gift charts, tools for evaluation and
applying technology to your fundraising efforts. Make your fundraising
efforts work for you by understanding the nuts and bolts of a successful
fundraising program!
To access recording: Successful
Fundraising Program Recording
To access slides: Successful
Fundraising Program Slides
Major
Donor Program - 06/07
Karen
Medicus
This workshop is designed for Board
Members, Executive Directors, Development Directors, Volunteers and Shelter
Managers that represent small to medium size animal organizations from across
the United States.
Most do not have donor tracking software and are using Excel or Access
programs to record donor giving information and have not identified who the
major donors to their organization are. Most small to medium animal
organizations get caught in the labor intensive, time consuming cycle of special
event fundraising, never taking the time to build strong, diversified, donor
centered fundraising programs. The participants in this course need an
integrated approach to major gift fundraising at the basic foundation level.
This approach helps staff and volunteers create relationships with donors
that will lead to major gifts, working smarter, not harder. This approach
will result in a sustainable increase in donations, a stronger, long-term
relationship with donors and a deeper community understanding of how work the
organization does makes the community, as a whole, a better place to live for
the people and animals.
To access recording: Major
Donor Program Recording
To access slides: Major
Gift Program Slides
Grant Writing Secrets from Funders - Live at HSUS Conference – 03/06
Patty Finch
Whether you're an
experienced grant writer or have never written a proposal before, you're sure
to leave this workshop better prepared to submit a successful grant proposal.
Learn the 10 most common reasons a grant is turned down by most funders, the
single worst thing to tell a funder (you'll be surprised), how to find the
right funder for you, a self-assessment tool for evaluating your own
proposals, how to knock the socks off a funder, and what really goes on behind
closed doors when funders evaluate your proposal.
To access recording: Grant
Writing Secrets Recording
To access slides: Grantwriting
Secrets from Funders Slides
The Road
Less Traveled: Public Funding – 02/06
Rick DuCharme and Aimee St. Arnaud
You’ve run bake sales and dog walks, mailed
appeals to your donors, written countless grants… but have you secured public
money from your local or state government? Successfully landing public money
takes a carefully tuned strategy and a few new skills – but anyone can be
successful. Rick DuCharme of First Coast No More Homeless Pets and Aimee St. Arnaud of ASPCA have raised more than a
million dollars (combined) in public funding for spay/neuter! Join them for a
lively discussion as they share successful strategies for accessing public
funding.
To access recording: Public
Funding Recording
To access slides: Public
Funding Slides
E-Philanthropy –
02/06
Judy Calhoun
WWW – The World Wide Web seems to be everywhere
today. How can you make the best and most efficient use of this new outreach
and fundraising tool for your organization? From e-newsletters to online
auctions, this session will cover some of the latest trends and provide some
easy ways to get started.
To access recording: E-Philanthropy
Recording
To access slides: ePhilanthropy
slides
Beyond the Yard Sale – 02/06
Judy Calhoun
It’s easy for animal organizations to rely
on energy-draining events like yard sales and dog walks to keep kibble in the
bowls. This session will show you how to make it fun for your volunteers and
donors to generate much-needed operating funds and attract enthusiastic new
audiences to secure your organization financially for years to come.
To access recording: Beyond
Yard Sales Recording
To access slides: Beyond
The Yard Sale Slides
Get in
the Fund-Raising Zone: Creating a Development Plan for your Organization –
05/05
David Drake
Are you frantic trying to get everything
done? Are volunteers and Board members always offering new ways to raise
money, leaving you with lots of ideas but little time? Creating a
fund-raising plan can help. By involving key decision makers early in the
process and by creating a structure, you can be in control of the
fund-raising plans. Best of all, you can project with confidence the results
your Board can expect
To access recording: Fund
Raising Zone Recording
To access slides: The
Zone Slides
Securing
your Organization's Future by Building Bequests – 02/05
Robin Starr
While raising money for today - don't
forget tomorrow! An important part of development is encouraging supporters
to remember you in their wills. Learn how to provide the information they
need and to motive them to make the bequest. Find out how to recognize those
who have already mentioned you in their will, what to do with bequests when
received, and much more.
To access recording: Securing
Your Organizations Future Recording
To access slides: Securing
Your Organizations Future Slides
Clicker
Training for Donors - using positive reinforcement to keep them reaching for
their checkbooks – 02/05
Timy Sullivan
A note of thanks, of course, but what about
gifts, bricks, plaques, certificates, gift clubs, recognition dinners,
memorials, listings in newsletters and annual reports, or even naming rights
to a program or space? Join us as we explore a variety of recognition options
that will help you keep your donors year after year, encourage many to
increase their giving, and even bring new donors to the table.
To access recording: Clicker
Training for Donors Recording
To access slides: Clicker
Training Slides
Major Gifts and Givers – 01/05
Becky Powell
How do you identify major gift prospects
for your organization? Learn how to research prospects from your current
donor list, identify potential large-dollar donors through special events, and
upgrade mid-level donors. Perhaps most important (and scary!) is knowing how
to personally ask a donor for a major gift. Join us to hone your skills in
this most important fundraising area.
To access recording: Major
Gifts and Givers Recording
To access slides: Major Gifts Slides
Building
a Fundraising Board – 01/05
Karen Medicus
The crucial step in building a productive
board is identifying and recruiting the right people. How can you recognize
the leaders in your community, especially those "movers and
shakers" who know how to motivate others? How do you make membership on
your board attractive to them? Learn how to take your board to the next
level.
To access recording: Building
a Fundraising Board Recording
To access slides: Building
a Fundraising Board Slides
Marketing
and Finding External Funds for Your Animal Control Program –
01/05
Julie Bank
How many times have you heard or said,
"I work for a governmental agency, we are not allowed to take donations,
or do the .... program, or accept volunteers, etc., etc., etc.?" This
workshop will look at the in's and out's of developing a pro-active, positive
marketing, fundraising and image-building program for any animal care and
control agency so that next time the answer is an enthusiastic yes!
To access recording: External
Funds for AC Recording
To access slides: External
Funds for AC Slides
Creative Funding for Spay/Neuter Programs –
11/04
Aimee St. Arnaud
Do you have great
ideas for a spay/neuter program but lack funding and you've exhausted every
fundraiser imaginable from garage sales to silent auctions? Money is
available - it's time to get creative and look in new places that you might
not think of traditionally. Aimee will answer your questions and share ideas
of how other communities have funded spay/neuter programs through
unconventional ways such as license surcharges, voluntary license and tax
check offs, partnerships with health departments, grants from local Chambers
of Commerce and Rotary clubs, City governments sponsoring a day of surgeries,
and how she helped her community get $25,000 from community block grant
funding and council discretionary funds to fund a cat spay/neuter program. It
can be done in your community too! Aimee will also share ideas on how to make
sure the program you develop is effective so that you are helping the most
animals possible. We'll talk about ways to target your programs to the areas
of greatest need so you aren't subsidizing surgeries that would have been
done anyway. There's no point in putting in the effort to raise the money if
you aren't going to spend it wisely.
To access recording: Creative
Funding for S/N Programs Recording
To access slides: Creative
Funding for S/N Programs Slides
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ANIMAL CARE
GENERAL ANIMAL CARE
Secrets
of a Lost Cat – 11/09
Kat
Albrecht, Missing Pet Partnership
If lost cats could
talk, they might tell us how to find them. Thankfully, a famous pet detective
who knows their habits and psyche well is willing to spill their secrets!
Understanding the natural feline instinct to stay invisible to the world,
this former police officer turned pet detective has pioneered the science of
finding lost pets. Learn the CSI-like techniques (i.e. feline behavioral
profiling, cat detection dogs, Luminol and baby monitors) and strategies
employed to bring lost companion cats back home, so you can offer assistance
and advice to people who've lost a cat.
To access recording: Secrets
of a Lost Cat
To access slides: Secrets
of a Lost Cat
Improving
Your Cat Space for Adopters and Felines – 11/09
Kit
Jenkins, PetSmart Charities
Want to get more cats adopted? Want
potential adopters to spend more time in the cat adoption area? There are
simple things you can do to design or improve your cat adoption space to
benefit both people and cats. Learn how to use color, lighting, sound, kennel
cards and easy design concepts to keep adopters hanging around and draw their
attention to each cat. Even if you can't make sweeping changes, small changes
can deliver a more effective and pleasant environment. Whether you work in a
rundown facility or have plenty of money and a new building to design, this
workshop will show you how to pull it all together.
To access recording: Improving
Your Cat Space for Adopters and Felines
To access slides: Improving
Your Cat Space for Adopters and Felines
The
Role of the Veterinarian in Handling Animal Abuse – 09/09
Lila
Miller, DVM, ASPCA
The successful
handling of animal abuse cases requires participation of veterinarians on several
different levels. However, up until very recently, veterinarians received
little if any training on this subject. This webinar will examine the role of
the veterinary professional in reporting suspicions of abuse, covering legal
and ethical concerns, and also provide warning signs of abuse and guidelines
for documenting the evidence.
To access recording: The
Role of the Veterinarian in Handling Animal Abuse
To access slides: The
Role of the Veterinarian in Handling Animal Abuse
Daily
Rounds – 01/09
Dr.
Sandra Newbury
What can I do for you today? Let’s ask
every animal, every morning of every day. Structured daily rounds are the
foundation for improving animal care, reducing crowding and saving more
lives. Daily rounds is an essential tool for serving the animals you care
for, recognizing their needs, and making decisions while understanding your
organization. In this presentation we will discuss specifics of what to look
for when doing rounds, who should be rounding, and implementation of systems
for follow through including real life examples of success. This presentation
is designed for shelter vets, shelter mangers, shelter directors and shelter
staff.
To access recording: Daily Rounds recording
To access slides: Daily Rounds Slides
Time to
Milk the Kittens – 02/08
Dr.
Sandra Newbury
For some, kitten season comes on little
soft feet. For many, it comes like a herd of elephants. Kittens have unique
susceptibilities. They are among the most fragile animals who come to us for
help. Young kittens also need care from their moms or a mom replacer. Pre-planning
care in the shelter, training, and support for foster families are essential
to save lives and get the kittens, and the humans, through this danger zone.
In this webinar, we will cover all aspects of care for kittens, in the
shelter and out. We will also talk about why we need to work so hard to get
them out.
To access recording: Milking Kittens Recording
To access slides: Time to milk slides
Impact
of Shelter Design – 11/07
Dr. Barb
Jones
This webinar will highlight aspects of
shelter design and animal housing that have a significant impact on the
physical and behavioral health of shelter animals. The information presented
will be based on scientific data, expert opinion, and/or the collective
clinical impression of shelter veterinarians, especially shelter medicine
specialists. While this webinar may be most valuable for shelters who plan to
renovate an existing building or build a new facility, the information
provided will also help other shelters make the best use of their current
facility.
To access recording: Shelter Design Recording
To access slides: Shelter Design Slides
How
much is that Cat in the Window – 06/07
Emily
Weiss
In most facilities, adult cats are often
overlooked by adopters. How can we help promote our cats? Taught by Emily
Weiss, Ph.D., CAAB, Senior Director of Shelter Behavior Programs for the
APSCA, the workshop integrates discussion on a variety of ways we can get
more cats into loving homes. Focus on improving environment, investigating
adoption fees, promotional ideas, and an introduction to the Feline-ality
program. Workshop participants will leave with programs they can begin the
next day, as well as ideas to build into their facilities in the future.
To access recording: How Much is That Cat Recording
To access slides: How Much is that Cat Slides
Sanitation
– 02/07
Dr. Kate
Hurley
We spend a lot of time, money and energy on
the process of cleaning and disinfection in shelters. A well designed disinfection
program provides a significant barrier against disease spread and makes the
shelter a safer and more pleasant environment for both animals and people.
However, cleaning is not without risks – ineffective cleaning and
disinfection at best wastes precious resources, and at worst allows or even
encourages spread of disease. In this seminar we will learn which products
work, and how they can be applied to get the most bang for your
shelter-cleaning-buck.
To access recording: Sanitation Recording
To access slides: Sanitation Slides
Shelter
Pit Bull Adoption Programs – 12/06
Donna
Reynolds & Rachel Long
In this presentation, Rachel Long, Director
of Operations at the East Bay SPCA in Northern
California, and Donna Reynolds, Founder and Director of BADRAP
(Bay Area Doglovers Responsible About Pit Bulls) discuss the challenges and
successes of putting together a pit bull adoption program in a shelter
setting. Only by collaborating and creating Pit Bull Hall were the two
organizations better able to help more pit bulls and educate more people.
They will highlight the plans that went into piloting pit bull hall including
all the concerns regarding taking in, assessing, training and adopting pit
bulls and pit bull mixes. Similarly, they will give a frank description of
what both groups were hesitant about and how they overcame these issues in a
private non profit setting. Lastly, they will discuss how other shelters can
use Pit Bull Hall as a model for similar adoption programs.
To access recording: Pit Bull Adoption Recording
To access slides: Shelter Pit Bull Slides
Reducing
stress in Cats – 06/06
Kit
Jenkins
The stress experienced by the cats in your
care is unique, and many of the primary stressors are out of your control.
Stress directly affects the mental and physical health of all animals, but
cats have an especially difficult time with transitions and loss of control.
While you cannot prevent the normal transitional issues or provide all the
comforts of home, you CAN successfully work to identify stressful factors and
reduce (or eliminate) as many stressors as possible. This session will
address these issues from the cats' perspectives and will give you the
starting points and resources to begin improving your conditions.
To access recording: Reducing Stress Recording
To access slides: Reducing Stress for Cats Slides
Saving
Lives with a Cleaner Environment – 12/04
Dr. Kate Hurley
We spend a lot of
time and energy keeping shelters clean and disease free. Using the right
supplies and techniques can help you make sure your precious time is well
spent. In this webinar, we will discuss the how, what, when and why of
cleaning and disinfection, including cleaning product selection and
strategies for application. We will also address specific shelter cleaning
challenges. While a small portion of this presentation may apply only to a shelter
environment, most of the presentation will be applicable to sheltered and
non-sheltered environments.
To access recording: Cleaner Environment Recording
To access slides: Cleaner Environment Slides
Foster
Programs – 11/04
Jan McHugh-Smith
A foster-care program can increase your
organization's adoptions, decrease the number of animals euthanized, and
boost community support, but how do you know if your organization is ready to
develop this program? We'll discuss the advantages and disadvantages of a
foster program, how to evaluate your organization's resources and readiness
for the program, and the basic components of a foster program.
To access recording: Foster Programs Recording
To access slides:
Foster Programs Slides
New
Approaches to Adoptions – 02/04
Jan McHugh-Smith
Since the inception
of the humane movement, the adoption of companion animals has been an
integral component of our efforts to save animal''s lives. For the first time
ever, we now have research that helps us understand what components result in
a successful adoption. This information gives us the opportunity to examine
our adoption process and policies so we can do the best job to match pets
with our clients. We''ll explore a new approach to adoptions that will help
your staff match people and pets and improve client relationships.
To access recording: New Approaches to Adoption
Recording
To access slides: New Approaches the Adoption
Slides
SHELTER MEDICINE
Dealing with FeLV and FIV in
Rescues and Shelters - 12/08
Dr. Tess Kommedal
Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is a contagious,
viral disease of cats that has been associated with various other types of
cancer, anemia, and immune suppression leading to increased susceptibility to
various infectious diseases.
Feline immunodeficiency virus is a disease of cats that is quite similar to
human HIV/AIDS. A cat can be infected with FIV and enjoy a good quality of
life for quite some time before developing the full blown disease.
There is no cure for FIV of FeLV, and although it may only affect a small
percentage of cats we see; thousands of infected cats are likely to pass
through shelters and rescue groups each year. Thus, shelters should have
policies in place for testing, prevention, and responding to positive test
results. In this webinar we will discuss the prevalence, pathology and
protocols for dealing with these diseases in a shelter or rescue setting.
To access recording: FeLV
FIV Recording
To access
slides: FeLV
FIV Slides
Infectious Disease
versus Socialization - 11/08
Sheila Segurson
In the interest of protecting pets from
potentially fatal infectious diseases such as parvovirus (dogs), many
veterinarians recommend not allowing puppies to go outdoors until they are
fully protected by vaccines, which usually occurs by four months of age.
Alternatively, a puppy’s primary socialization period occurs during the same
time period. If a pet owner doesn’t socialize their puppy, they are at a
higher risk for developing behavior problems, which could also ultimately
result in death, if untreated. This lecture talks about balancing these two
“needs” of puppies in and out of the shelter environment, in order to
maximize the odds of long and happy life.
To access recording: Socialization Recording
To access
slides: Socialization Slides
Test Anxiety Part
2: Specific Test Considerations - 10/08
Sandra Newbury
Most organizations use diagnostic tests everyday.
How do we chose which test to run and interpret what the tests may tell us?
This is the second installment of a two-part webinar on Diagnostic Testing.
In the first part, (not to be missed), we discussed general considerations
that apply any time tests are run, how to understand the limitations of
testing and how results may be most effectively interpreted. In this second
part, we will apply what we learned last time to discuss considerations that
apply to specific tests commonly performed in animal welfare organizations:
canine parvovirus, panluekopenia, FeLV and FIV, Heartworm, FIP, canine
distemper and ringworm.
To access recording: Test Anxiety Part 2
To access
slides: Test Anxiety 2 Slides
Basics of
Diagnostic Testing – 08/08
Dr. Sandra Newbury
We rely on
diagnostic tests for information to help individual animals, protect the pets
of adopters, and make animals in our organization safe. In this first part of
a two part webinar series, we will discuss the foundation of considerations
for diagnostic testing both for individual animals and groups of animals:
What is a diagnostic test? Why test? What tests can tell us? And sometimes
most importantly, what test can’t tell us.
To access recording: Diagnostic Testing Recording
To access slides: Diagnostic Testing Slides
Canine Parvo Virus
– 06/08
Dr. Sandra Newbury
Canine Parvovirus is a highly contagious
viral disease that often sets its sights on the youngest, most desirable dogs
who come to animal welfare organizations. Since Parvo may be always lurking,
effective strategies to prevent and control spread of this deadly virus are
essential to protect all the dogs in your care. Vaccinations and sanitation
are our best tools but need to be used in conjunction with management
strategies to reduce risk. Lucky for us, prevention programs for parvovirus
also help to reduce many other common infectious diseases too.
To access recording: Parvo Recording
To access slides: Parvo Slides
Pesky Parasites –
05/08
Dr. Christine
Petersen
It seems that Spring may finally be upon
us, which for most means showers and flowers. For the sheltering world, this
means kittens, puppies and worms! Due to the clever biology of many internal
worms, these parasites become reactivated when their host is pregnant,
traveling across the placenta and/or through the milk to infect kittens and
puppies. For this seminar we will focus on internal GI parasites and the
important biology behind them to understand how we can prevent and control
these worms. We will also discuss other GI parasites including coccidia
(Isospora), Giardia, Tritrichomonas and others - bring along your questions
about you favorite GI pest!
To access recording: Parasites Recording
To access slides: Parasites Slides
Respiratory
Disease – 04/08
Dr.
Sandra Newbury
In April you get to ask the questions and
help form the direction of the webinar. Dr. Sandra Newbury, National Shelter Extension
Veterinarian with the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, will be taking
your questions on Respiratory Disease. When you register for this webinar,
you will be asked to enter a question or two you'd like to ask Dr. Newbury
regarding this topic. While we can't guarantee we will get to every question,
she will review them and put together this webinar based on those questions.
To access recording: Respiratory Disease Recording
To access slides: Respiratory Disease Slides
Feline
Calicivicrus – 03/08
Dr. Kate
Hurley
Feline calicivirus (FCV) is a versatile
virus capable of causing anything from mild upper respiratory infection to
fatal systemic disease, and a spectrum of signs in between. With the recent
release of a new calici vaccine, awareness of this disease has increased.
That’s mostly a good thing, but misunderstanding and misplaced fears can be
as detrimental to the health of shelter cats as the disease itself in some
cases. In this webinar we will review some important facts about the biology
and behavior of FCV, how to distinguish between more or less virulent
strains, the role of vaccination and other factors in preventing this
troublesome disease, and special considerations for shelters and rescuers
including assessing the risk to foster and adopter pets and how to identify and control a serious outbreak.
To access recording: Feline Calicivicrus Recording
To access slides: Feline Calicivicrus Slides
Canine
Influenza – 01/08
Dr.
Spindel & Dr. Landolt
Canine infectious respiratory disease is
common in shelters and facilities where populations of animals are housed.
Canine influenza virus has recently emerged in the United States as a new cause of
acute respiratory infection in dogs. Attendees will gain a practical and
current understanding of the etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment,
and management of canine influenza virus in an animal shelter.
To access recording: Canine Influenza Recording
To access slides: Canine Influenza Slides
Canine
Distemper – 12/07
Dr.
Sandra Newbury
Canine Distemper Virus is one of the most
vaccine preventable infectious diseases we face as animal welfare
organizations, yet disease in individuals and groups continues to cause
devastating problems in many communities. Many of the characteristics of the
virus make management in animal welfare organizations challenging. It isn’t
simple and we need help to solve the problem. Understanding how disease
happens, and when it doesn’t, helps us get in the way of transmission. In
this webinar, we will discuss how distemper spreads, risk factors, disease
recognition and preventative practices, some of which can start before the
animals even come to you in need of a home. We will also discuss what to do
when prevention fails and outbreaks occur.
To access recording: Canine Distemper Recording
To access slides: Canine Distemper Slides
The
Shelter Handshake – 10/07
Dr.
Sandra Newbury
First impressions are really important. In
animal sheltering, first interactions may be even more important. Admission
is the control point for infectious disease and also has a huge influence on
behavior, as well as staff and animal stress, crowding and how precious
resources are allocated. How was say "hello" may impact everything
that comes next. In the webinar, we will cover recommendations for
evaluation, stress reduction and infectious disease control to implement
right at the door.
To access recording: Shelter Handshake Recording
To access slides: Shelter Handshake Slides
Feline
Infectious Peritonitis – 09/07
Dr.
Catherine Mullins
Although Feline Infectious Peritonitis
(FIP) is a relatively rare infectious disease of cats it can cause
significant heartbreak in shelters when it appears. This disease is
particularly difficult to diagnose, doesn’t behave like other typical
infectious diseases and is considered 100% fatal. Much is still unknown about
FIP such as why some cats succumb to it while others don’t but there is
research that can help us make informed decisions for populations of cats and
kittens that are experiencing “outbreaks”. This webinar will discuss the
known basics of the disease such as cause(s), symptoms, contagiousness etc.
We will also focus on diagnostic tools, test interpretations and appropriate
control methods in shelters and foster homes.
To access recording: Feline Infectious Peritonitis
Recording
To access slides: Feline Infectious Peritonitis
Slides
Lunch
with Shots – 09/07
Dr.
Sandra Newbury
Effective vaccination protocols can prevent
some of the most devastating, life threatening diseases we see in animal
welfare organizations. In this webExpress webinar, we will discuss
fundamentals of animal susceptibility and protection, vaccine choices and
timing, how vaccines can be used to prevent outbreaks and how they can be
tailored to maximize the benefits for the individual animal as well as the
group.
To access recording: Lunch with Shots Recording
To access slides: Lunch with Shots Slides
Step-by-Step Ringworm Recognition and
Diagnosis – 08/07
Dr.
Sandra Newbury
Finding ringworm too late in animal welfare
organizations can lead to disaster. Early recognition can be the difference
between one case and an outbreak. This WebExpress webinar will walk though a
step-by-step system for using diagnostic tools with an eye to early
identification.
To access recording: Ringworm Recording
To access slides: Ringworm Slides
Preventing
Infectious Disease – 07/07
Dr.
Sandra Newbury
Preventative practices save lives and money
and even reduce staff stress. During this workshop, Dr. Newbury will cover
the fundamentals of infectious disease control as they apply to any animal
welfare organization. The practical tips and management strategies will help
you keep your animals and organization healthy, with an eye to smart
allocation of resources. This webinar is designed for administrators and
board members as well as those who assist with medical and animal care.
To access recording: Preventing Infectious Disease
Recording
To access slides: Preventing Infectious Disease
Slides
Kennel
Cough – 06/07
Dr.
Sandra Newbury
What do we mean when we say “kennel cough”?
Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex is an infectious disease
complex brought on by stress, crowding and a host of pathogens. We will
discuss the factors as well as prevention and management strategies to help
you keep dogs breathing easy.
To access recording: Kennel Cough Recording
To access slides: Kennel Cough Slides
Panleukopenia- 04/07
Dr. Sandra Newbury
Panleukopenia is a highly contagious and
potentially fatal disease seen with increasing frequency over the past few
years. Many cats enter shelters and rescues each year at risk of developing
disease. While it is probably impossible to exclude the disease completely
from any open population, we can get things well under control. Having a
thought out preventative vaccination, monitoring and cleaning program in
place before a problem occurs can minimize disease spread and frustration.
To access recording: Panleukopenia Recording
To access slides: Panleukopenia Slides
Feline
Upper Respiratory Disease – 03/07
Dr.
Sandra Newbury
Understanding and managing the factors that
contribute to this almost ever-present disease in shelter and rescue cats can
be the difference between outbreak and prevention. Preventative planning is
the key to reducing disease, improving welfare and conserving valuable
resources.
To access recording: Feline Upper Respiratory
Recording
To access slides: Feline Upper Respiratory Slides
Vaccinations
– 02/07
Dr.
Sandra Newbury
Vaccination can be the single most
important tool to prevent some of the most devastating, life threatening
diseases we see in the animals who come to us for care. Vaccine plans based
on an understanding of how vaccines work and when vaccines are most effective
will be the most beneficial for all. We will discuss animal susceptibility
and protection, vaccine choices, how vaccines can be used to prevent
outbreaks and how they can be tailored to maximize the benefits for the
individual animal as well as the group.
To access recording: Vaccinations Recording
To access slides: Vaccinations Slides
Heartworm
– 12/06
Dr.
Sandra Newbury
Heartworm Disease affects large numbers of
dogs and cats in many parts of the country. Prevention is key to individual
health as well as reducing the numbers of animals infected each year. In many
cases, animals presenting to animal welfare organizations may have missed out
on the benefits of good prevention. We will talk about prevention and how
this disease is transmitted, what happens after transmission, diagnostic
testing options, considerations for treatment and the latest information
about clinically relevant co-factors.
To access recording: Heartworm Recording
To access slides:
Ringworm
– 12/06
Dr.
Sandra Newbury
Ringworm is easily spread, hard to kill,
and infects many species - including that most difficult species to manage,
human beings. Diagnosis and treatment can be confusing and costly. We will
cover ringworm myths and facts; what infection looks like (and how it can
fool you); and discuss screening and control plans, practical and economical
recognition, and treatment strategies for outbreaks and individuals, as well
as environmental clean up.
To access recording: Ringworm Recording
To access slides: Ringworm Slides
BEHAVIOR
Inappropriate
Elimination and Urine Spraying – 07/08
Dr. Sheila Segurson
House soiling is one of the most common
behavioral causes of relinquishment of cats to shelters. There are many
different causes of these problems – most fit into the broad categories of
medical and behavioral problems. In this webinar, we’ll present different
causes of inappropriate elimination and urine spraying and how to accurately
identify these problems in shelters and in private homes. Treatment of these
problems can be very rewarding, and unfortunately sometimes very frustrating.
We’ll also talk about treatment and rehoming these challenging kitties, and
present a few real-life cases.
To access recording: Elimination Recording
To access slides: Elimination Recording
Reducing
Stress for Pets in Shelters & Foster Homes – 02/07
Kit
Jenkins
The stress experienced by the pets in your
care is unique, and many of the primary stressors are out of your control. Stress
directly affects the mental and physical health of all animals. You cannot
prevent the normal transitional issues or provide all of the comforts of a
permanent home environment. However, you CAN successfully work to identify
stressful factors and reduce (or eliminate) as many of them as possible. This
session will address these issues from the animals' perspectives and will
give you the starting points and resources to begin improving your
conditions.
To access recording: Reducing Stress for Pets Recording
To access slides: Reducing Stress for Pets Slides
TRANSPORT
Health
Considerations for Shelter Animal Transport – 09/08
Dr. Sandra Newbury
Marlene Walsh, Executive Director of Humane
Strategies, which is the operator of PetSmart Charities' Rescue Waggin, recently
presented many of the practical aspects to consider when starting or
evaluating transport and transfer programs. In this companion webinar, we
will discuss animal health considerations for transport programs from both
the destination organization and the source shelter perspective. What are the
benefits and the risks when transporting animals from one organization to
another? How can we best maintain health both for animals waiting for
transport and the other animals in the shelter as well as the receiving
organization? How can we identify and plan in advance for problems that are
likely to arise? What procedures can we put in place to best ensure animals
adopted out in their new communities are healthy? We will also discuss the
importance of excellent communication about animal health both between
transferring organizations and potential adopters.
To access recording: Health for Animal Transport
Recording
To access slides: Health for Animal Transport
Slides
How to Safely and
Humanly Transport Animals – 08/08
Marlene Walsh
There are many things to consider before
starting an animal transport program, or becoming a participant in an animal
transport endeavor, as well as ways to evaluate your current transport
program if you are already involved. Some of the things to consider in your
program are: Where are your animals going? Have you visited the shelter? Have
you met the people who will be receiving your animals? Do you know their
adoption policies? Who pays for what? Should money exchange hands? Do we need
a formal agreement between organizations? Between transporter and shelters?
Who will be transporting your animals? In what type of vehicle? How long is
the drive between your facility and their destination? How far is too far?
What will be used to transport the animals?
To access recording: Transport Animals Recording
To access slides: Transport Animals Slides
AGENCY ADMINISTRATION
Ready –
Set – Go – Preparing, Launching and Sustaining a Successful Volunteer Program
– 11/09
Julie
White, Program Manager, PetSmart Charities
Looking to build a robust volunteer program or
improve your current program? This webinar will provide you with information
to help you set up your volunteer program, provide ideas on where to recruit
volunteers and incentives to keep your volunteers engaged in your
organization.
To access the recording:
Ready-Set-Go
- Preparing, Launching and Sustaining a Successful Volunteer Program
To access slides:
Ready-Set-Go
- Preparing, Launching and Sustaining a Successful Volunteer Program
Lifetime Care for Pets, Planning for the Possibility that
Pets Might Outlive
Their Human Companions – 08/09
Amy Shever
Thousands of pets end up at shelters and
veterinarian clinics simply because they outlived their humans and the humans
had not planned for their continued care. Many of these “orphaned” pets
deteriorate in the shelter environment.
This 60 minute webinar will outline what options are available to ensure
“lifetime care”
for pets and how your organization can help pet adopters plan for the
possibility that their pets might outlive them. Participants will receive
tools and information that will help in delivering effective workshops in
your own community. In addition to providing important education and
resources, these workshops can provide the opportunity to match homeless pets
with new pet adopters as well as identify new volunteers and donors.
To access the recording: Lifetime
Care for Pets
To access slides: Lifetime care
for Pets
How old are you
now? Estimating age in Shelter Animals
– 05/09
Dr. Sandra Newbury
Age information is important to help
provide care for each individual animal, inform potential adopters or transfer
agencies, track changes in population dynamics, and evaluate risk factors in
our communities. But the animals coming in often aren’t talking about the
hard information we need. Still, if we ask the right questions, they can tell
us a lot that can help us make educated guesses. In this webinar, we will
discuss the factors, systems and signs for estimating age for dogs and cats.
To access recording: How
old are you now?
To access slides: How
old are you now?
On the Road to Zero
– 04/09
Guy Bilyeu
This workshop is designed for shelter managers
and staff who wish to learn about working towards no euthanasia for
treatable, adoptable and trainable shelter animals. Discover the path taken
by the Humane Educational Society of Chattanooga, TN over the past four
years. Learn how HES went from the 5th worst euthanasia rate in the country
to one of the most recognized for its rapid turn-around under the most
difficult circumstances. Learn of its vision, successes, failures and
continued struggles.
To access recording: Road
to zero
To access slides: Road
to Zero
Putting
Your Statistics to Work: Shelter Health Planning Tools to Fit Every Shape
and Size – 04/09
Dr. Sandra Newbury
Some days it seems like there is no telling
what might happen. But most days we could actually have a pretty good idea if
we had just been watching the trends. Some days it seems like there is more
to do than can ever possibly be done. Too often, there is, if we haven’t
planned carefully. That doesn’t do anybody any good. We can have a lot of
information about what is likely to happen, if we know what has happened
before and we’re watching what’s changing. Knowing what to expect helps you
stay primed to save lives. With thoughtful, data-based planning tools, we can
understand and communicate needs and requirements and answer many important
questions. How much room for housing do we need and what kind? How many
foster homes should we have? How many hours should we plan for basic care?
What about other types of care? How many people do we need to do it? How many
spay and neuter surgeries will we need? In this presentation, for staff,
volunteers, fosterers, rescuers, advocates, administrators and veterinarians,
we’ll look at practical and simple planning tools that can answer these
questions and more! This presentation will build on information presented
last month in Live Release and Beyond, which is available at
http://petsmartcharities.webex.com, then click on Recorded Sessions.
Previewing that presentation is recommended but not required.
To access recording: Shelter
statistics
To access slides: Shelter
statistics
Live
Release and Beyond! Actionable Statistics: Measures for Evaluating the Health
of a Shelter - 03/09
Dr. Sandra Newbury
Actionable Statistics: Measures for
Evaluating the Health of a Shelter. Statistics can be fun and easy. Just a
little bit can help you make and reach your goals to save lives! What are the
key factors to measure and watch? How can you plan for new challenges or know
if you are making progress? How might those successes and challenges affect
animal health and the health of your organization? Can you constructively
communicate your ups and downs to your staff, volunteers, and others in your
community? Can you get a picture of the whole community? Being able to get a
clear picture is crucial whether you are working as a single foster home, a rescue
group, or a large shelter. In this webinar, we will talk about how statistics
can give you a three dimensional picture of your organization, big or small,
while understanding the relationship between statistics and health.
To access recording: Live
Release Recording
To access slides: Live
Release Slides
Stress,
Burnout and Compassion Fatigue: Keeping Balance for You and Your Organization
- 11/08
Kit
Jenkins
Join us for two hours of learning and
discussion on Stress, Burnout and Compassion Fatigue. During the first 90
minutes, Kit will be discussing the greatest challenge to your organization's
staff, volunteers and leaders - coping with the unique stresses of our work.
Kit will address ways to recognize and manage burnout in your organization,
focusing on how individual health directly impacts effectiveness of the
entire agency.
To access recording: Compassion Fatigue Recording
To access slides: Compassion Fatigue Slides
Sit, Stay,
Adopt: Customer Service Training - 10/08
Karel
Minor & Damon March
This entertaining workshop uses animal
handling and training techniques as the starting point for improving customer
service within shelters. From basic positive reinforcement techniques used
for training dogs to handling and approach techniques for livestock,
"animal people" often already have the skills needed to provide
excellent customer service and human client management. Applying these
techniques to customer service allows staff to use their strengths in a way
that is effective, comfortable and familiar.
To access recording: Customer Service Training Recording
To access
slides: Customer Service Training Slides
Employing
Veterinarians – 08/07
Dr. Jim
Weedon
Whether we are providing high volume, high
quality spay/neuter programs and/or quality care for sheltered animals, the
need to attract more veterinarians for this important work is a huge
challenge. In this webinar, we will discuss several reasons that we face such
difficulty in the recruiting of veterinarians. We will also discuss ways to
address those issues and improve your chances of procuring the veterinary
professional help that your organization needs. While I can't guarantee that
you will find the veterinarian of your dreams, you should leave this session
with a better understanding of the problems and some helpful tools to use in
the recruiting process.
To access recording: Employing Vets Recording
To access slides: Employing Vets Slides
Measuring
and Tracking Results for Successful Program Development and Management – 04/06
Kit Jenkins
We hear so much these days about statistics,
which can be intimidating. However, statistics simply represent the animals
and people you assist. Tracking helps you determine what needs to be done and
what you're accomplishing - extremely valuable for internal planning as well
as to potential funders. This practical session will address reasons,
timelines, tools and plenty of examples for measuring and tracking results
for your programs.
To access recording: Measuring and Tracking Recording
To access slides: Measuring Tracking Slides
Muzzling
Dangerous Dogs – 12/06
Ledy
VanKavage & Debora Bresch
Is Canine Profiling Effective?
To access recording: Muzzling Recording
To access slides: Muzzling Slides
Beyond
the Shelter Walls: Partnership and Collaboration in Your Community – 03/05
Scott Giacoppo
To access recording: Beyond Shelter Walls Recording
To access slides: Beyond Shelter Walls Slides
FINANCE
Revised IRS 990
Form – 07/08
Brenda Blunt
After 30 years of requests from Congress,
funders, State and Local governments and even non-profit organizations
themselves, the IRS has completely revised and revamped IRS form 990 – the
annual report most public charities and other non-profit organizations must
file and make available to the public. Effective for 2008 returns filed in
2009, the IRS’s focus was to increase transparency, comparability, and
compliance and drive improved governance practices among all filers. This
webinar will give you a high level view of the 990 and 990-EZ changes and
will help your organization prepare to address the new questions and
disclosures effectively and begin to think about how this will impact the
organization and your board. Even organizations previously too small to file
are impacted as you will learn when we discuss the new form 990N (for years
ending 12/31/2007 and after). Organizations who do not adequately prepare for
the new requirements may be publicly embarrassed at best or, worse, risk
loosing their tax exempt status and/or face other fines and penalties – don’t
let your organization be caught unaware.
To access recording: Revised IRS 990 Recording
To access slides: Revised IRS 990 Slides
Keys
to a Financially Sound Organization: Presented from a live session at the
Univ. of Illinois Humane Education Conference – 04/06
Larry Little
The idea that your shelter/organization is
a business will be explored in depth.
To access recording: Keys to a Financially Sound Org
Recording
To access slides: Keys to a Financially Sound Org
Slides
BOARD DEVELOPMENT
Developing
the Right Kind of Board – 02/08
Sarah
Skoglund
When it comes to developing a board, many
of us choose the path of least resistance. We recruit friends or like minded
animal people and then wonder why the board lacks the crucial business
expertise necessary to get done all that needs to be done – everything from
developing a five-year strategic plan to actually going out and getting the
necessary funding. Selecting board members based on the abilities they bring
to the organization is essential. This workshop will help you determine what
skills are needed on a well-rounded board and offer a framework to address
your agency’s specific needs.
To access recording: Developing the Right Kind of
Board Recording
To access slides: The Right Board Slides
Techniques
to Develop a Great Board of Directors – 09/05
Robin Starr
Nothing is more essential to the success of
an organization and its impact on the community than an influential, strong
and active Board of Directors. Robin Starr will explain how to decide who to
ask to join your Board, how to go about successfully recruiting them, what
you should expect and ask of them and how to keep them motivated. She will
also talk about that sticky problem of how to move some Board members off the
Board.
To access recording: Great Board Recording
To access slides: Great Board Slides
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Building
Trust With The Media – 04/06
Cathy Rosenthal
You are sending
messages, but is anyone receiving them? Even in this age of sophisticated
technology, public relations is something that no nonprofit organization can
do without. Public relations is a strategy for letting others know about you.
It can be as simple as attracting an audience to an event or as complicated
as influencing public opinion about an issue. Understanding the media and
building relationships is key to communicating your messages. In this
seminar, learn how to build good relationships with the media and develop
stories that they will want to cover. Find out the most common 15 mistakes PR
people make with the media and how to avoid them.
To access recording: Trust with the Media Recording
To access slides: Building Trust with the Media
Slides
HUMANE EDUCATION
Legislating for
Cats – 12/09
Ledy VanKavage,
Best Friends
While dog protection laws have existed for
many years, cats have basically been ignored, leaving little legislative protection
for them. Unlike dogs, felines also
fall into special categories, including free-roaming cats, community cats and
domestic cats, bringing a host of multi-faceted issues to the table. Carefully drafted legislation can protect
cats in all these categories, but first you must understand how these issues
intersect. This eye-opening workshop
will present the unique issues facing cats, how to educate the public on
these issues, and how to negotiate legislation that will lead to successful
protections for all our feline friends.
To Access recording: Legislation
for Cats
To Access Slides: Legislation
for Cats
Pawsitive
Experiences: Engaging the Community
through Service Learning – 08/09
Sheryl Pipe, PhD
Is there a real difference between community
service and service learning, or is it just semantics? If there is a
difference, how do I change my community service program into a service
learning program? Why might I want to do that? What benefits might be gained
by those engaging in service? What benefits might be gained by the
organization served? Find answers to these questions and more at this
engaging and interactive session!
To Access recording: Community
and Service Learning
Workbook: Community and
Service Learning
To access slides: Community
and Service Learning
Cats as Individuals – Tools for Identification and
Adoption Matches
(NEW AND IMPROVED! New illustrations -07/09
Kit Jenkins, PetSmart Charities
It’s important for staff, volunteers, and
public to recognize the individuality of each cat. This session will address
color, pattern, and body-type identification for cats. Using accurate
physical descriptions will help you track cats and kittens (by database or by
hand) for simpler record keeping. Even more important, when we note the
physical individuality of cats, we can draw the public’s interest and help
them understand the personality and individuality of cats as well.
To access recording: Cat
as Individuals
To access slides: Cats as
individuals
To access handout: Cat ID
Handout
Camps and
Critters: Fostering Compassion through Humane Education – 03/09
Stacey
Zeitlin & Annie Petersen, San Diego
HS & SPCA
Camp programs are a great way to foster
compassion in your community. This session will cover how to implement a camp
program covering valuable information such as advertising, selecting
counselors and volunteers, and choosing activities and curriculum. We’ll also
share valuable resources that have helped as our program grew from 42
children in 2000 to over 500 in 2008! Bring questions to ask and ideas to
share as we cover all things camp in this session!
To access recording: Camp
Critter Recording
To access slides: Camp
Critter Slides
Why
Don’t People Listen? – 08/07
Patty
Finch/ Ruth Steinberger/ Bernice Mora
Everyday we are frustrated by what appears
to be people not listening to basic common sense when it comes to pet care.
But what are the realities of socio-economics that drive us? How do we effectively
overcome those divisions in order to help animals? Our own experience may
affect our perceptions. Learn how to move beyond middle class messaging to
communicate effectively with people in generational and situational poverty.
Learn about the hidden rules among economic classes and the characteristics
of poverty that can be harnessed to improve the lives of companion animals.
Hear real-life examples of how to successfully enable people in poverty to
act on the spay/neuter message.
To access recording: Why
Don't People Listen? Recording
To access slides: Why
Don't People Listen slides
ABC’s
for ACO’S – 07/06
Lisa
Cushing
Animal control professionals and humane
educators agree that it’s not enough to correct the problems of irresponsible
pet ownership through law enforcement – it’s also essential to educate the
public, including children, about proper pet care. In this presentation,
you’ll learn the best ways to approach schools, plan and schedule classroom
presentations, and conduct fun-filled programs on responsible pet care for
children in grades K-8.
To access recording: ABCs
for ACOs Recording
To access slides: ABCs
for ACOs Slides
Humane
Education Online – 07/06
Patty
Finch
Webquests, webinars, chats, discussion
boards, listservs and blogs… what role can these play in YOUR humane education
program? Lean how to clone yourself through technology and expand your
outreach. Yes, YOU, you can do it!
To access recording: Humane
Ed Online Recording
To access slides: Humane
ED Online Slides
Reaching Under-Served
Populations, Live from Univ of Illinois – 04/06
Ann Reisner
When you're trying to convince people to do
something they are not doing already, you need to know what those people need,
what they want, what they value, and where and how they are willing to listen
to what you have to say. If you are communicating to someone "just
like" you, you can safely write a message that uses experiences that you
have had and values you strongly hold and place the message in places where
you would be likely to see it. A "hard-to-reach" audience, almost
by definition, probably isn't "just-like-you," if they were, they
wouldn't be that hard to reach. So reaching the difficult audience is
generally more about learning than it is about communicating. In this
session, we will go over some of the basic methods of learning more about
reaching the "underserved" audience, and how to check that the
messages you prepare are ones that the audience understands and will listen
to.
To access recording: Reaching
Under Served Populations Recording
To access slides: Reaching
Under-Served Populations Slides
Offering Continuing Education for
Teachers – 01/05
Corey
Price
This seminar will give participants a
step-by-step guide to offering continuing education classes for teachers.
Learn to design a course that will give teachers the tools needed to take
humane lessons into your classrooms. Get information on how to approach
colleges and school districts to get your course listed.
To access recording: Continuing
Education Recording
To access slides: Continuing
Education Slides
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