Animal Welfare Professionals

Upcoming Foster Job-Alike Meetings
12:30pm-1:30pm ET
Register at
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoc-CvqjMuEtHyo31d1A7l87RB_v-Hz_tZ

08/01/2022

Session Topic: Customer journey maps are used to map the relationship between a customer and an organization over time and across all channels on which they interact. Design teams use customer journey maps to see how customer experiences meet customers' expectations and find areas where they need to improve designs. In this meeting, you'll learn how you can do the same with foster processes.

Speakers: Mika Munch, Service Designer at Twilio; former Maddie's Customer Experience Consultant at Austin Pets Alive! and Technology Consultant at Lifeline Animal Project

09/12/2022

Session Topic: The results and implications of a recent study, Increasing Engagement in Kitten Fostering Programs: Lessons Learned From High Kitten Intake Zip Codes in Los Angeles County

Speakers (all of ASPCA): 

• Dr. Shelby McDonald, Director of Research (she/they)
• Greg Miller, Director of Research (he/him)
• Debra Olmedo, Foster & Community Outreach Manager (she/her)

Upcoming Foster Job-Alike Meetings
12:30pm-1:30pm ET
Register at
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoc-CvqjMuEtHyo31d1A7l87RB_v-Hz_tZ

08/01/2022

Session Topic: Customer journey maps are used to map the relationship between a customer and an organization over time and across all channels on which they interact. Design teams use customer journey maps to see how customer experiences meet customers' expectations and find areas where they need to improve designs. In this meeting, you'll learn how you can do the same with foster processes.

Speakers: Mika Munch, Service Designer at Twilio; former Maddie's Customer Experience Consultant at Austin Pets Alive! and Technology Consultant at Lifeline Animal Project

09/12/2022

Session Topic: The results and implications of a recent study, Increasing Engagement in Kitten Fostering Programs: Lessons Learned From High Kitten Intake Zip Codes in Los Angeles County

Speakers (all of ASPCA): 

• Dr. Shelby McDonald, Director of Research (she/they)
• Greg Miller, Director of Research (he/him)
• Debra Olmedo, Foster & Community Outreach Manager (she/her)

Upcoming Foster Job-Alike Meetings, 12:30-1:30pm ET

You can register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoc-CvqjMuEtHyo31d1A7l87RB_v-Hz_tZ

09/12/2022

Session Topic: Increasing Engagement in Kitten Fostering Programs: Lessons Learned From High Kitten Intake Zip Codes in Los Angeles County; The researchers will tell us all about the study and the takeaways for your foster programs!

Speakers (all ASPCA): 

• Dr. Shelby McDonald, Director of Research (she/they)
• Greg Miller, Director of Research (he/him)
• Debra Olmedo, Foster & Community Outreach Manager (she/her)

Link to study they'll be discussing: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.897687/full  

10/03/2022

Session Topics: Library Cat Foster Program and Flight Paths for Shelter Dogs
In this meeting, we'll hear about Rusk Pets Alive!'s foster partnership with their local library and Austin Pets Alive!'s Flight Paths program. 

Flight Paths is a volunteer program designed to give the APA! animals most in need of assistance their best and most immediate chance at securing a foster or adoptive home by creating teams (Flight Crews) around each of those animals to: ensure they develop the life skills they need to be successful in homes; create and distribute marketing and promotional materials; develop intimate knowledge of their histories, behavior and/or medical challenges; prevent psychological and physical decline by protecting their health, safety and emotional well being; and, field inquiries from potential fosters and adopters.

Speakers: Lana Lesley, Intake to Placement Coordinator, Austin Pets Alive!; Lisa Waugh, CoFounder, Rusk County Pets Alive!

11/07/2022

Session Topic: With an increase in dog fostering of 73% this year, there's a lot we can learn from Memphis Animal Services. At this meeting they'll be talking about how their foster, volunteer and communications staff work together to inspire their community to foster, how pets are marketed from foster homes and how they make the program a priority at their organization.

Upcoming Foster Job-Alike Meetings
12:30pm-1:30pm ET
Register at
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoc-CvqjMuEtHyo31d1A7l87RB_v-Hz_tZ

08/01/2022

Session Topic: Customer journey maps are used to map the relationship between a customer and an organization over time and across all channels on which they interact. Design teams use customer journey maps to see how customer experiences meet customers' expectations and find areas where they need to improve designs. In this meeting, you'll learn how you can do the same with foster processes.

Speakers: Mika Munch, Service Designer at Twilio; former Maddie's Customer Experience Consultant at Austin Pets Alive! and Technology Consultant at Lifeline Animal Project

09/12/2022

Session Topic: The results and implications of a recent study, Increasing Engagement in Kitten Fostering Programs: Lessons Learned From High Kitten Intake Zip Codes in Los Angeles County

Speakers (all of ASPCA): 

• Dr. Shelby McDonald, Director of Research (she/they)
• Greg Miller, Director of Research (he/him)
• Debra Olmedo, Foster & Community Outreach Manager (she/her)

Upcoming Foster Job-Alike Meetings, 12:30-1:30pm ET

You can register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoc-CvqjMuEtHyo31d1A7l87RB_v-Hz_tZ

09/12/2022

Session Topic: Increasing Engagement in Kitten Fostering Programs: Lessons Learned From High Kitten Intake Zip Codes in Los Angeles County; The researchers will tell us all about the study and the takeaways for your foster programs!

Speakers (all ASPCA): 

• Dr. Shelby McDonald, Director of Research (she/they)
• Greg Miller, Director of Research (he/him)
• Debra Olmedo, Foster & Community Outreach Manager (she/her)

Link to study they'll be discussing: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.897687/full  

10/03/2022

Session Topics: Library Cat Foster Program and Flight Paths for Shelter Dogs
In this meeting, we'll hear about Rusk Pets Alive!'s foster partnership with their local library and Austin Pets Alive!'s Flight Paths program. 

Flight Paths is a volunteer program designed to give the APA! animals most in need of assistance their best and most immediate chance at securing a foster or adoptive home by creating teams (Flight Crews) around each of those animals to: ensure they develop the life skills they need to be successful in homes; create and distribute marketing and promotional materials; develop intimate knowledge of their histories, behavior and/or medical challenges; prevent psychological and physical decline by protecting their health, safety and emotional well being; and, field inquiries from potential fosters and adopters.

Speakers: Lana Lesley, Intake to Placement Coordinator, Austin Pets Alive!; Lisa Waugh, CoFounder, Rusk County Pets Alive!

11/07/2022

Session Topic: With an increase in dog fostering of 73% this year, there's a lot we can learn from Memphis Animal Services. At this meeting they'll be talking about how their foster, volunteer and communications staff work together to inspire their community to foster, how pets are marketed from foster homes and how they make the program a priority at their organization.

Upcoming Foster Job-Alike Meetings
12:30pm-1:30pm ET
Register at
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoc-CvqjMuEtHyo31d1A7l87RB_v-Hz_tZ

08/01/2022

Session Topic: Customer journey maps are used to map the relationship between a customer and an organization over time and across all channels on which they interact. Design teams use customer journey maps to see how customer experiences meet customers' expectations and find areas where they need to improve designs. In this meeting, you'll learn how you can do the same with foster processes.

Speakers: Mika Munch, Service Designer at Twilio; former Maddie's Customer Experience Consultant at Austin Pets Alive! and Technology Consultant at Lifeline Animal Project

09/12/2022

Session Topic: The results and implications of a recent study, Increasing Engagement in Kitten Fostering Programs: Lessons Learned From High Kitten Intake Zip Codes in Los Angeles County

Speakers (all of ASPCA): 

• Dr. Shelby McDonald, Director of Research (she/they)
• Greg Miller, Director of Research (he/him)
• Debra Olmedo, Foster & Community Outreach Manager (she/her)

Upcoming Foster Job-Alike Meetings, 12:30-1:30pm ET

You can register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoc-CvqjMuEtHyo31d1A7l87RB_v-Hz_tZ

09/12/2022

Session Topic: Increasing Engagement in Kitten Fostering Programs: Lessons Learned From High Kitten Intake Zip Codes in Los Angeles County; The researchers will tell us all about the study and the takeaways for your foster programs!

Speakers (all ASPCA): 

• Dr. Shelby McDonald, Director of Research (she/they)
• Greg Miller, Director of Research (he/him)
• Debra Olmedo, Foster & Community Outreach Manager (she/her)

Link to study they'll be discussing: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.897687/full  

10/03/2022

Session Topics: Library Cat Foster Program and Flight Paths for Shelter Dogs
In this meeting, we'll hear about Rusk Pets Alive!'s foster partnership with their local library and Austin Pets Alive!'s Flight Paths program. 

Flight Paths is a volunteer program designed to give the APA! animals most in need of assistance their best and most immediate chance at securing a foster or adoptive home by creating teams (Flight Crews) around each of those animals to: ensure they develop the life skills they need to be successful in homes; create and distribute marketing and promotional materials; develop intimate knowledge of their histories, behavior and/or medical challenges; prevent psychological and physical decline by protecting their health, safety and emotional well being; and, field inquiries from potential fosters and adopters.

Speakers: Lana Lesley, Intake to Placement Coordinator, Austin Pets Alive!; Lisa Waugh, CoFounder, Rusk County Pets Alive!

11/07/2022

Session Topic: With an increase in dog fostering of 73% this year, there's a lot we can learn from Memphis Animal Services. At this meeting they'll be talking about how their foster, volunteer and communications staff work together to inspire their community to foster, how pets are marketed from foster homes and how they make the program a priority at their organization.

Upcoming Foster Job-Alike Meetings
12:30pm-1:30pm ET
Register at
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoc-CvqjMuEtHyo31d1A7l87RB_v-Hz_tZ

08/01/2022

Session Topic: Customer journey maps are used to map the relationship between a customer and an organization over time and across all channels on which they interact. Design teams use customer journey maps to see how customer experiences meet customers' expectations and find areas where they need to improve designs. In this meeting, you'll learn how you can do the same with foster processes.

Speakers: Mika Munch, Service Designer at Twilio; former Maddie's Customer Experience Consultant at Austin Pets Alive! and Technology Consultant at Lifeline Animal Project

09/12/2022

Session Topic: The results and implications of a recent study, Increasing Engagement in Kitten Fostering Programs: Lessons Learned From High Kitten Intake Zip Codes in Los Angeles County

Speakers (all of ASPCA): 

• Dr. Shelby McDonald, Director of Research (she/they)
• Greg Miller, Director of Research (he/him)
• Debra Olmedo, Foster & Community Outreach Manager (she/her)

Upcoming Foster Job-Alike Meetings, 12:30-1:30pm ET

You can register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoc-CvqjMuEtHyo31d1A7l87RB_v-Hz_tZ

09/12/2022

Session Topic: Increasing Engagement in Kitten Fostering Programs: Lessons Learned From High Kitten Intake Zip Codes in Los Angeles County; The researchers will tell us all about the study and the takeaways for your foster programs!

Speakers (all ASPCA): 

• Dr. Shelby McDonald, Director of Research (she/they)
• Greg Miller, Director of Research (he/him)
• Debra Olmedo, Foster & Community Outreach Manager (she/her)

Link to study they'll be discussing: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.897687/full  

10/03/2022

Session Topics: Library Cat Foster Program and Flight Paths for Shelter Dogs
In this meeting, we'll hear about Rusk Pets Alive!'s foster partnership with their local library and Austin Pets Alive!'s Flight Paths program. 

Flight Paths is a volunteer program designed to give the APA! animals most in need of assistance their best and most immediate chance at securing a foster or adoptive home by creating teams (Flight Crews) around each of those animals to: ensure they develop the life skills they need to be successful in homes; create and distribute marketing and promotional materials; develop intimate knowledge of their histories, behavior and/or medical challenges; prevent psychological and physical decline by protecting their health, safety and emotional well being; and, field inquiries from potential fosters and adopters.

Speakers: Lana Lesley, Intake to Placement Coordinator, Austin Pets Alive!; Lisa Waugh, CoFounder, Rusk County Pets Alive!

11/07/2022

Session Topic: With an increase in dog fostering of 73% this year, there's a lot we can learn from Memphis Animal Services. At this meeting they'll be talking about how their foster, volunteer and communications staff work together to inspire their community to foster, how pets are marketed from foster homes and how they make the program a priority at their organization.

Upcoming Foster Job-Alike Meetings
12:30pm-1:30pm ET
Register at
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoc-CvqjMuEtHyo31d1A7l87RB_v-Hz_tZ

08/01/2022

Session Topic: Customer journey maps are used to map the relationship between a customer and an organization over time and across all channels on which they interact. Design teams use customer journey maps to see how customer experiences meet customers' expectations and find areas where they need to improve designs. In this meeting, you'll learn how you can do the same with foster processes.

Speakers: Mika Munch, Service Designer at Twilio; former Maddie's Customer Experience Consultant at Austin Pets Alive! and Technology Consultant at Lifeline Animal Project

09/12/2022

Session Topic: The results and implications of a recent study, Increasing Engagement in Kitten Fostering Programs: Lessons Learned From High Kitten Intake Zip Codes in Los Angeles County

Speakers (all of ASPCA): 

• Dr. Shelby McDonald, Director of Research (she/they)
• Greg Miller, Director of Research (he/him)
• Debra Olmedo, Foster & Community Outreach Manager (she/her)

 Job-Alike Upcoming Meeting Information:

11/07/2022

Session Topic: With an increase in dog fostering of 73% this year, there's a lot we can learn from Memphis Animal Services. At this meeting they'll be talking about how their foster, volunteer and communications staff work together to inspire their community to foster, how pets are marketed from foster homes and how they make the program a priority at their organization.

Speakers: Katie Curtis, Foster Manager, and Katie Pemberton, Marketing & Communications Supervisor, both of Memphis Animal Services

12/05/2022: CANCELED FOR HOLIDAY

1/02/2022: CANCELED FOR HOLIDAY

Upcoming Foster Job-Alike Meetings, 12:30-1:30pm ET

You can register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoc-CvqjMuEtHyo31d1A7l87RB_v-Hz_tZ

09/12/2022

Session Topic: Increasing Engagement in Kitten Fostering Programs: Lessons Learned From High Kitten Intake Zip Codes in Los Angeles County; The researchers will tell us all about the study and the takeaways for your foster programs!

Speakers (all ASPCA): 

• Dr. Shelby McDonald, Director of Research (she/they)
• Greg Miller, Director of Research (he/him)
• Debra Olmedo, Foster & Community Outreach Manager (she/her)

Link to study they'll be discussing: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2022.897687/full  

10/03/2022

Session Topics: Library Cat Foster Program and Flight Paths for Shelter Dogs
In this meeting, we'll hear about Rusk Pets Alive!'s foster partnership with their local library and Austin Pets Alive!'s Flight Paths program. 

Flight Paths is a volunteer program designed to give the APA! animals most in need of assistance their best and most immediate chance at securing a foster or adoptive home by creating teams (Flight Crews) around each of those animals to: ensure they develop the life skills they need to be successful in homes; create and distribute marketing and promotional materials; develop intimate knowledge of their histories, behavior and/or medical challenges; prevent psychological and physical decline by protecting their health, safety and emotional well being; and, field inquiries from potential fosters and adopters.

Speakers: Lana Lesley, Intake to Placement Coordinator, Austin Pets Alive!; Lisa Waugh, CoFounder, Rusk County Pets Alive!

11/07/2022

Session Topic: With an increase in dog fostering of 73% this year, there's a lot we can learn from Memphis Animal Services. At this meeting they'll be talking about how their foster, volunteer and communications staff work together to inspire their community to foster, how pets are marketed from foster homes and how they make the program a priority at their organization.

Upcoming Foster Job-Alike Meetings
12:30pm-1:30pm ET
Register at
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoc-CvqjMuEtHyo31d1A7l87RB_v-Hz_tZ

08/01/2022

Session Topic: Customer journey maps are used to map the relationship between a customer and an organization over time and across all channels on which they interact. Design teams use customer journey maps to see how customer experiences meet customers' expectations and find areas where they need to improve designs. In this meeting, you'll learn how you can do the same with foster processes.

Speakers: Mika Munch, Service Designer at Twilio; former Maddie's Customer Experience Consultant at Austin Pets Alive! and Technology Consultant at Lifeline Animal Project

09/12/2022

Session Topic: The results and implications of a recent study, Increasing Engagement in Kitten Fostering Programs: Lessons Learned From High Kitten Intake Zip Codes in Los Angeles County

Speakers (all of ASPCA): 

• Dr. Shelby McDonald, Director of Research (she/they)
• Greg Miller, Director of Research (he/him)
• Debra Olmedo, Foster & Community Outreach Manager (she/her)

Recording of March topic: Meeting foster medical needs
See recordings of previous meetings

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Kelly Duer
Senior Community Solutions Specialist
Maddie's Fund
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Join us for the next Foster Job-Alike meeting

Monday, October 2nd
12:30-1:30pm ET

See recordings of previous meetings

Recording of March topic: Meeting foster medical needs
See recordings of previous meetings

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Kelly Duer
Senior Community Solutions Specialist
Maddie's Fund

Here's today's meeting topic and topics for early 2024:

12/4/23

Session Topic: Christine will talk about how you can save time and save more lives by implementing a virtual volunteer program to support your foster team. She will talk about how to recruit, onboard, and support these volunteers as well as how to structure your program to retain volunteers. We will look at specific examples of roles that virtual volunteers can fill and potential pitfalls to avoid to keep your program running smoothly. Bring your questions! 

Speaker: Christine Colvin, National Community Engagement Coordinator, Best Friends Animal Society (Jess Roper was also planning on speaking, but she's ill and unable to make it today)

1/1/24 

CANCELED FOR HOLIDAY

2/5/24

Session Topic: Jodi will be speaking about how Charleston Animal Society operates their high-volume foster program; Michelle will be speaking about how WAGS is automating foster processes and running innovative programs like Paws Button and classroom foster.

Speakers: Jodi Osborne, Foster & Rescue Manager, Charleston Animal Society; Michelle Russillo, CEO, WAGS Pet Adoption

3/4/24

Session Topic: Anipanion is an efficiency and communication platform that was created for veterinary clinics that is also being used successfully by several foster programs. Through Anipanion, the foster programs are able to provide telemedicine services, have communication that can switch back and forth between chat, file sharing, and live video, with multiple team members over any amount of time, saved all in one place, and more. 

Speakers: Dr. Jess Trimble, DVM, Chief Veterinary Officer, Anipanion

Upcoming Topics and Speakers for the HASS Foster Job-Alike in 2024:

2/5/24

Session Topic: Jodi will be speaking about how Charleston Animal Society operates their high-volume foster program; Michelle will be speaking about how WAGS is automating foster processes and running innovative programs like Paws Button and classroom foster.

Speakers: Jodi Osborne, Foster & Rescue Manager, Charleston Animal Society; Michelle Russillo, CEO, WAGS Pet Adoption

3/4/24

Session Topic: Anipanion is an efficiency and communication platform that was created for veterinary clinics that is also being used successfully by several foster programs. Through Anipanion, the foster programs are able to provide telemedicine services, have communication that can switch back and forth between chat, file sharing, and live video, with multiple team members over any amount of time, saved all in one place, and more. 

Speaker: Dr. Jess Trimble, DVM, Chief Veterinary Officer, Anipanion

4/1/24

Session Topic: Becky will tell us how this foster-based rescue places a high volume of pets into foster homes while making it easy for the communities they work with to participate in fostering. The rescue started in 2021 with 11 foster homes, and grew their foster base to 490 families in the first two years, placing over 2,550 dogs in foster homes by the end of 2023!

Speaker: Becky Costner, Executive Director, Let Love Live

5/6/24

Session Topic: AWLA's Kitten College went from saving just 92 kittens a year with 28 foster families, to saving more than 1,500 kittens a year with almost 300 foster families. Come to this sessions to learn how they do it!

Speaker: Marnie Russ, National Kitten College Program Administrator, Animal Welfare League of Arlington

Here's today's meeting topic and topics for early 2024:

12/4/23

Session Topic: Christine will talk about how you can save time and save more lives by implementing a virtual volunteer program to support your foster team. She will talk about how to recruit, onboard, and support these volunteers as well as how to structure your program to retain volunteers. We will look at specific examples of roles that virtual volunteers can fill and potential pitfalls to avoid to keep your program running smoothly. Bring your questions! 

Speaker: Christine Colvin, National Community Engagement Coordinator, Best Friends Animal Society (Jess Roper was also planning on speaking, but she's ill and unable to make it today)

1/1/24 

CANCELED FOR HOLIDAY

2/5/24

Session Topic: Jodi will be speaking about how Charleston Animal Society operates their high-volume foster program; Michelle will be speaking about how WAGS is automating foster processes and running innovative programs like Paws Button and classroom foster.

Speakers: Jodi Osborne, Foster & Rescue Manager, Charleston Animal Society; Michelle Russillo, CEO, WAGS Pet Adoption

3/4/24

Session Topic: Anipanion is an efficiency and communication platform that was created for veterinary clinics that is also being used successfully by several foster programs. Through Anipanion, the foster programs are able to provide telemedicine services, have communication that can switch back and forth between chat, file sharing, and live video, with multiple team members over any amount of time, saved all in one place, and more. 

Speakers: Dr. Jess Trimble, DVM, Chief Veterinary Officer, Anipanion