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  • 1.  Behind the Bark: What Foster Feedback Can Teach Any Program July 2025 in Maddie's Monthly Foster Connection

    Posted 24 days ago

    Updated 7/7/25: Recording now available! 

    Daisy Navin, Foster Programs Manager at LifeLine Animal Project, will be discussing how she solicited and used feedback from fosters to make improvements to one of the largest foster programs in the country. 

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    Webcast Description:  

    When fosters speak up, we sometimes default to extremes: either it's just "one unhappy person," or it's a sign the whole program is broken beyond repair. But the truth about how fosters experience your program lives in the gaps between assumptions and reality. In this talk, we'll explore how LifeLine Animal Project developed, launched, and analyzed a foster experience survey to uncover hidden trends, validate unspoken concerns, and turn raw feedback into rapid, strategic improvements. Whether you lead a large shelter or a volunteer-based rescue program, the lessons behind the data can help you strengthen your foundation, one honest answer at a time. 

    About Daisy Navin: 

    Daisy Navin is the Foster Programs Manager at LifeLine Animal Project, where she oversees foster program development strategy across three Atlanta shelters, including two high-intake municipal facilities. She helped grow LifeLine's foster program into one of the largest in the country, which placed over 13,000 animals into foster homes 2024. Daisy is passionate about low-barrier fostering, matchmaking, foster relations, and turning everyday insights into meaningful change. She's presented with Maddie's Fund on foster onboarding and loves collaborating with other shelters to troubleshoot, innovate, and share life-saving ideas. Her work focuses around one question: what do fosters need to keep saying yes? 


    #FosterPrograms

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    Kelly Duer
    Senior Shelter Solutions Specialist
    Maddie's Fund
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  • 2.  RE: Behind the Bark: What Foster Feedback Can Teach Any Program July 2025 in Maddie's Monthly Foster Connection

    Posted 23 days ago

    Can't wait! 



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    Daisy Navin
    Foster Programs Manager
    LifeLine Animal Project
    Atlanta GA
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  • 3.  RE: Behind the Bark: What Foster Feedback Can Teach Any Program July 2025 in Maddie's Monthly Foster Connection

    Posted 13 days ago

    Thank you for coming to the webcast today! I'll post the recording shortly. Here are the remaining questions from attendees:

    • Is food budgeted for? (sent by NancyKate)
    • How do you handle potential fosters who won't commit because they are afraid they will "get attached?" (Cherlene)
    •  is the Pet sitters volunteers or paid staff (Kim)



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    Kelly Duer
    Senior Shelter Solutions Specialist
    Maddie's Fund
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  • 4.  RE: Behind the Bark: What Foster Feedback Can Teach Any Program July 2025 in Maddie's Monthly Foster Connection

    Posted 13 days ago

    Is food budgeted for? (sent by NancyKate)

    I'm not usually involved in the numbers, but from my understanding, our food is budgeted through our kennel budget. Specialty food can either be through our kennel budget or occasionally our veterinary budget as well. 

    How do you handle potential fosters who won't commit because they are afraid they will "get attached?" (Cherlene)

    Honestly? this is a great topic for community events that I mentioned. At our last foster coffee shop meet up, myself and experienced volunteers spoke with a kitten foster who had a hard time imagining getting her 4 kittens adopted when they're so happy in her home. There was a great TikTok / Instagram trend recently where well known foster accounts made a chain of "If I adopted this foster, then I couldn't have saved my next one." with videos of each animal. Tiki's foster - simonsits - might've posted one .


     is the Pet sitters volunteers or paid staff (Kim)

    Petsitting fosters are not paid. We do have fosters who choose to pay for private boarding or petsitting with prior approval from the foster coordinator, but we do not provide financial reimbursement. 

    Hope this helps! 



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    Daisy Navin
    Foster Programs Manager
    LifeLine Animal Project
    Atlanta GA
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  • 5.  RE: Behind the Bark: What Foster Feedback Can Teach Any Program July 2025 in Maddie's Monthly Foster Connection

    Posted 10 days ago

    I registered but was not able to attend. Is there a way to access this after the fact? Thank you.



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    Emily DURANT
    Customer Service
    Heartland Humane Shelter & Care
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  • 6.  RE: Behind the Bark: What Foster Feedback Can Teach Any Program July 2025 in Maddie's Monthly Foster Connection

    Posted 9 days ago

    Hi Emily, 

    Here is a link to the youtube recording

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp--19SZ-bw



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    Daisy Navin
    Foster Programs Manager
    LifeLine Animal Project
    Atlanta GA
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  • 7.  RE: Behind the Bark: What Foster Feedback Can Teach Any Program July 2025 in Maddie's Monthly Foster Connection

    Posted 9 days ago
    Thank you so very much!!

    On Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM Daisy Navin via Maddie's Pet Forum <Mail@maddiesfund.org> wrote:
    Hi Emily, Here is a link to the youtube recording www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp--19SZ-bw ------------------------------ Daisy Navin... -posted to the "Animal Welfare Professionals" community
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    Jul 7, 2025 1:15 PM
    Daisy Navin

    Hi Emily, 

    Here is a link to the youtube recording

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp--19SZ-bw



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    Daisy Navin
    Foster Programs Manager
    LifeLine Animal Project
    Atlanta GA
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    Original Message:
    Sent: 7/7/2025 4:15:00 PM
    From: Daisy Navin
    Subject: RE: Behind the Bark: What Foster Feedback Can Teach Any Program July 2025 in Maddie's Monthly Foster Connection

    Hi Emily, 

    Here is a link to the youtube recording

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp--19SZ-bw



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    Daisy Navin
    Foster Programs Manager
    LifeLine Animal Project
    Atlanta GA
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    Original Message:
    Sent: 07-07-2025 08:04 AM
    From: Emily DURANT
    Subject: Behind the Bark: What Foster Feedback Can Teach Any Program July 2025 in Maddie's Monthly Foster Connection

    I registered but was not able to attend. Is there a way to access this after the fact? Thank you.



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    Emily DURANT
    Customer Service
    Heartland Humane Shelter & Care
    OR

    Original Message:
    Sent: 07-03-2025 01:05 PM
    From: Kelly Duer
    Subject: Behind the Bark: What Foster Feedback Can Teach Any Program July 2025 in Maddie's Monthly Foster Connection

    Thank you for coming to the webcast today! I'll post the recording shortly. Here are the remaining questions from attendees:

    • Is food budgeted for? (sent by NancyKate)
    • How do you handle potential fosters who won't commit because they are afraid they will "get attached?" (Cherlene)
    •  is the Pet sitters volunteers or paid staff (Kim)



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    Kelly Duer
    Senior Shelter Solutions Specialist
    Maddie's Fund

    Original Message:
    Sent: 06-23-2025 11:27 AM
    From: Kelly Duer
    Subject: Behind the Bark: What Foster Feedback Can Teach Any Program July 2025 in Maddie's Monthly Foster Connection

    On Thursday, July 3, 2025, join Maddie's® Monthly Foster Connection at 12pm PT/3pm ET. Daisy Navin, Foster Programs Manager at LifeLine Animal Project, will be discussing how she solicited and used feedback from fosters to make improvements to one of the largest foster programs in the country. 

    Register for the session so that you can receive notifications about upcoming webcasts and participate in discussions after the webcast.  
     
    Webcast Description:  

    When fosters speak up, we sometimes default to extremes: either it's just "one unhappy person," or it's a sign the whole program is broken beyond repair. But the truth about how fosters experience your program lives in the gaps between assumptions and reality. In this talk, we'll explore how LifeLine Animal Project developed, launched, and analyzed a foster experience survey to uncover hidden trends, validate unspoken concerns, and turn raw feedback into rapid, strategic improvements. Whether you lead a large shelter or a volunteer-based rescue program, the lessons behind the data can help you strengthen your foundation, one honest answer at a time. 

    About Daisy Navin: 

    Daisy Navin is the Foster Programs Manager at LifeLine Animal Project, where she oversees foster program development strategy across three Atlanta shelters, including two high-intake municipal facilities. She helped grow LifeLine's foster program into one of the largest in the country, which placed over 13,000 animals into foster homes 2024. Daisy is passionate about low-barrier fostering, matchmaking, foster relations, and turning everyday insights into meaningful change. She's presented with Maddie's Fund on foster onboarding and loves collaborating with other shelters to troubleshoot, innovate, and share life-saving ideas. Her work focuses around one question: what do fosters need to keep saying yes? 


    #FosterPrograms

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    Kelly Duer
    Senior Shelter Solutions Specialist
    Maddie's Fund
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  • 8.  RE: Behind the Bark: What Foster Feedback Can Teach Any Program July 2025 in Maddie's Monthly Foster Connection

    Posted 11 days ago

    This was a great connection! Lots of great info, thanks so much! 



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    Leah Collingwood
    President and ED
    Cavalli's Husky and Wolfdog Rescue
    CO
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