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3 Greatest Fundraising Challenges of 2021
With donors up in 2020 and donor retention holding steady, organizations can look to 2021 with important lessons learned. We checked in with Michael J.
The Association
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3 Qs with a Lobbyist (and how you can become an animal advocate, too)
With citizen lobbying an emerging form of civic participation, and more and more Americans interested in advocating for positive change in their communities, there’s no better time for our 3-part Effective Legislative Advocacy webinar series. We checked in with lobbyist and political consultant Libby Post, Executive Director of the New York State Animal Protection Federation (and center in above photo), on what you’ll learn in the series—and how to build relationships with elected officials.
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Member Spotlight: Get to Know Dr. Chumkee Aziz
In her role at The ASPCA, Dr. Aziz focuses on proactive shelter population management and infectious disease prevention in shelters.
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Letter From the President: Let’s Make the Most of This
Dear Friends & Colleagues, Happy New Year! I wish all of our members and friends in the animal welfare world a happy, healthy, prosperous 2021. But this year in particular, I’m feeling the need to also do a reality check.
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Top 10 Facebook Posts of 2020
The Facebook algorithm may be trickier than ever, but the platform was an important way for the field to connect this year. Here’s a round-up of some of our highest-performing posts.
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Top 10 Webinars of 2020
We don’t have to tell you how popular online training has been this past year! Here are 10 of our juiciest, most actionable and thought-provoking webinars to revisit. Let us know if they brought you any aha! moments.
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Best of the Blog 2020
After a bit of a hiatus, The Association’s blog is back! Here are some of your most-read posts from this year. Whether you’re revisiting or reading for the first time, feel free to leave us a comment on any of these posts, and let us know what you think.
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Conference Catch-Up: Are Good Intentions Contributing to Systemic Racism?
This past summer, The Association’s Katherine Shenar, Dallas Animal Services’ Ed Jamison, and Steve Zeidman of Pethealth, Inc, started an important conversation about systemic racism in animal care and control right here on this blog. “If Your Adoption Policies Put Up Barriers, You’re Part of the Problem” focused on biases against underserved and marginalized communities that had been baked into the industry’s culture.
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6 Ways to Kick Off Your 2021 Professional Development
We know it’s a busy time, but this one’s easy. Getting a head start on next year’s pro dev is as fast and simple as registering for one (or more!) of our upcoming webinars.
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4 Easy Ways to Maintain That Post-Conference Glow
Can you believe it’s been 3 weeks since we were together for The Fall Virtual Conference for Animal Welfare? Here are 4 reminders of how much fun we had—and 4 ways to keep that momentum going into the New Year. Cheers! Cue up the Conference Playlist From “Who Let the Dogs Out?” and “Respect” to “Can’t Hold Us Down”….