UPDATED 8/6 at 2:20pm: Recording, full agenda and resources now available below!
Agenda
• Welcome – Kristen Hassen, Director, American Pets Alive! - Kristen.hassen@americanpetsalive.org
• Mary's Motivation – Rejected adopter: Leslie’s story - Please reach out Michael Bricker, Chief Strategy Officer at CAREawo.org to help connect Leslie with a pet michael@careawo.org
• Steven Feldman, President, Human-Animal Bond Research Institute - Pet-Inclusive Housing Initiative
• April Huntsman, Adopt-a-Pet.com – Marketing and website tools
List of resources referenced during today’s call
• April Huntsman (@April Huntsman), CAWA, Director of Animal Welfare Insights, Adopt-a-Pet.com
• Web tools - https://trends.google.com
• SEO Minion extension - https://seominion.com
• Steven Feldman, President, Human-Animal Bond Research Institute
• https://habri.org/
• sfeldman@habri.org
• Pet Week on Capitol Hill Oct 18 - https://petnight.com/
• Michaelson Found Animals Pet-inclusive Housing Initiative - https://www.foundanimals.org/pets-and-housing/
• Chris Fitzgerald created a one-pager to share with property managers and for community members to share with their property managers
• HSUS Submit a session proposal for Animal Care Expo 2022: https://humanepro.org/expo/session-submission-faq
• Kinship - https://kinship.co/
• Any questions about Kinship? amy.nichols@kinship.co
• NACA Board member applications are still being accepted for anyone interested in joining the board of directors: https://www.nacanet.org/elections/ Jowen@nacanet.org if you have any questions
Blogs/books/conferences/podcasts/events
• AAWA – new blog “39 things your shelter can do to reunite lost pets”
• AAWA – 4-part roundtable series for ASPCA – Thurs 5pm ET Beyond Best Practices
The Roundtable: Beyond Best Practices: How to Make Big Changes Happen- Thursday 8/12 5pm ET
• Humane Canada's Summit Mini Event: The Effects of Climate Change on Animal Welfare, September 15, 2021
• Webinar! Trap giveaway! Bingo! From your friends at Million Cat Challenge
Language That Harms Cats
August 18, 2021 at 3 pm ET (12 pm PT)
Monica Frenden-Tarant, Danielle Bays, Dr. Julie Levy
Register for the webinar, find the Bingo cards, enter the trap giveaway contest, and continue the dialog on Maddie's Pet Forum.
Original Post:
Join us Friday, August 6th at 8am PT for the Animal Welfare Leadership Roundup call. Steven Feldman, President of the Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI) will provide us an overview of their research and resources. He will also introduce a new report on pet-inclusive housing.
Is your adoption and foster engagement down!?
April (Harris) Huntsman (@April Huntsman) , CAWA, Director of Animal Welfare Insights, Adopt-a-Pet.com will be joining us to talk about website and search engine optimization (SEO). She will provide a few tips and tricks to help your community find you!
Register for the call here and catch up on previous Friday calls on the Community Conversations page here on Maddie's Pet Forum.
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