Animal Welfare Professionals

I know that there have been a lot of Trello board threads and some amazing examples but I have a couple questions that I didn't find in past threads.

We currently use Facebook for our foster pleas.  We have some fosters that aren't on FB so we keep a list with their names and will contact them directly.  Our FB page is so cluttered and older posts of animals that need fostering get lost.  We post dogs, cats, puppies, kittens, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc, all on the same page.  We also have informational/educational posts plus our proud and excited fosters will post photos of their current foster animal on there.  As I said, cluttered!

If we switch to Trello, can we set it up that we get alerts when someone is interested?  Or would they just get a link to our emails or a scheduling software option?  Does the shelter need to pay for using Trello?  Will our fosters need to pay to use it?

Thanks in advance,

I know that there have been a lot of Trello board threads and some amazing examples but I have a couple questions that I didn't find in past threads.

We currently use Facebook for our foster pleas.  We have some fosters that aren't on FB so we keep a list with their names and will contact them directly.  Our FB page is so cluttered and older posts of animals that need fostering get lost.  We post dogs, cats, puppies, kittens, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc, all on the same page.  We also have informational/educational posts plus our proud and excited fosters will post photos of their current foster animal on there.  As I said, cluttered!

If we switch to Trello, can we set it up that we get alerts when someone is interested?  Or would they just get a link to our emails or a scheduling software option?  Does the shelter need to pay for using Trello?  Will our fosters need to pay to use it?

Thanks in advance,

I know that there have been a lot of Trello board threads and some amazing examples but I have a couple questions that I didn't find in past threads.

We currently use Facebook for our foster pleas.  We have some fosters that aren't on FB so we keep a list with their names and will contact them directly.  Our FB page is so cluttered and older posts of animals that need fostering get lost.  We post dogs, cats, puppies, kittens, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc, all on the same page.  We also have informational/educational posts plus our proud and excited fosters will post photos of their current foster animal on there.  As I said, cluttered!

If we switch to Trello, can we set it up that we get alerts when someone is interested?  Or would they just get a link to our emails or a scheduling software option?  Does the shelter need to pay for using Trello?  Will our fosters need to pay to use it?

Thanks in advance,

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Ellen Gratch
Capital Area Humane Society
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I know that there have been a lot of Trello board threads and some amazing examples but I have a couple questions that I didn't find in past threads.

We currently use Facebook for our foster pleas.  We have some fosters that aren't on FB so we keep a list with their names and will contact them directly.  Our FB page is so cluttered and older posts of animals that need fostering get lost.  We post dogs, cats, puppies, kittens, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc, all on the same page.  We also have informational/educational posts plus our proud and excited fosters will post photos of their current foster animal on there.  As I said, cluttered!

If we switch to Trello, can we set it up that we get alerts when someone is interested?  Or would they just get a link to our emails or a scheduling software option?  Does the shelter need to pay for using Trello?  Will our fosters need to pay to use it?

Thanks in advance,

We have a private Facebook group for our fosters that we use for animals that are available for foster but not adoption (puppies and kittens). We use a Trello Board for animals that are both available for foster and adoption (adult dogs/cats). We use a free version and it is available to be accessed by the public. It is the reason we only post animals that are available for both foster and adoption on there. My fosters know that they have to contact me in order to foster an animal on the Trello Board. For the public, we post a link to the foster page on our website so they can learn more about becoming a foster. 

I know that there have been a lot of Trello board threads and some amazing examples but I have a couple questions that I didn't find in past threads.

We currently use Facebook for our foster pleas.  We have some fosters that aren't on FB so we keep a list with their names and will contact them directly.  Our FB page is so cluttered and older posts of animals that need fostering get lost.  We post dogs, cats, puppies, kittens, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc, all on the same page.  We also have informational/educational posts plus our proud and excited fosters will post photos of their current foster animal on there.  As I said, cluttered!

If we switch to Trello, can we set it up that we get alerts when someone is interested?  Or would they just get a link to our emails or a scheduling software option?  Does the shelter need to pay for using Trello?  Will our fosters need to pay to use it?

Thanks in advance,

I know that there have been a lot of Trello board threads and some amazing examples but I have a couple questions that I didn't find in past threads.

We currently use Facebook for our foster pleas.  We have some fosters that aren't on FB so we keep a list with their names and will contact them directly.  Our FB page is so cluttered and older posts of animals that need fostering get lost.  We post dogs, cats, puppies, kittens, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc, all on the same page.  We also have informational/educational posts plus our proud and excited fosters will post photos of their current foster animal on there.  As I said, cluttered!

If we switch to Trello, can we set it up that we get alerts when someone is interested?  Or would they just get a link to our emails or a scheduling software option?  Does the shelter need to pay for using Trello?  Will our fosters need to pay to use it?

Thanks in advance,

Hi there!

We've been using trello for a couple of years now and I love it. It's essentially a one-stop-shop for our foster resources and availability of foster animals. It's free to use for us, and our fosters can sign up for a free account to be able to comment on it and take a foster animal OR they email us if they don't want to make an account. Previously, we were sending out emails to all 300+ foster families for foster solicitations and it became burdensome just due to the lack of/ or sheer response and repetitive answering. Trello has made things MUCH simpler for us. The only issue we seem to have is some people cannot figure out how to use the board, even with a How To video on the board, and this problem seems to be limited to the "older" generation. Linking our board if you want to take a peek!

https://trello.com/b/DVmMjRDI

I know that there have been a lot of Trello board threads and some amazing examples but I have a couple questions that I didn't find in past threads.

We currently use Facebook for our foster pleas.  We have some fosters that aren't on FB so we keep a list with their names and will contact them directly.  Our FB page is so cluttered and older posts of animals that need fostering get lost.  We post dogs, cats, puppies, kittens, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc, all on the same page.  We also have informational/educational posts plus our proud and excited fosters will post photos of their current foster animal on there.  As I said, cluttered!

If we switch to Trello, can we set it up that we get alerts when someone is interested?  Or would they just get a link to our emails or a scheduling software option?  Does the shelter need to pay for using Trello?  Will our fosters need to pay to use it?

Thanks in advance,

Hi there!

We've been using trello for a couple of years now and I love it. It's essentially a one-stop-shop for our foster resources and availability of foster animals. It's free to use for us, and our fosters can sign up for a free account to be able to comment on it and take a foster animal OR they email us if they don't want to make an account. Previously, we were sending out emails to all 300+ foster families for foster solicitations and it became burdensome just due to the lack of/ or sheer response and repetitive answering. Trello has made things MUCH simpler for us. The only issue we seem to have is some people cannot figure out how to use the board, even with a How To video on the board, and this problem seems to be limited to the "older" generation. Linking our board if you want to take a peek!

https://trello.com/b/DVmMjRDI

I know that there have been a lot of Trello board threads and some amazing examples but I have a couple questions that I didn't find in past threads.

We currently use Facebook for our foster pleas.  We have some fosters that aren't on FB so we keep a list with their names and will contact them directly.  Our FB page is so cluttered and older posts of animals that need fostering get lost.  We post dogs, cats, puppies, kittens, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc, all on the same page.  We also have informational/educational posts plus our proud and excited fosters will post photos of their current foster animal on there.  As I said, cluttered!

If we switch to Trello, can we set it up that we get alerts when someone is interested?  Or would they just get a link to our emails or a scheduling software option?  Does the shelter need to pay for using Trello?  Will our fosters need to pay to use it?

Thanks in advance,

I know that there have been a lot of Trello board threads and some amazing examples but I have a couple questions that I didn't find in past threads.

We currently use Facebook for our foster pleas.  We have some fosters that aren't on FB so we keep a list with their names and will contact them directly.  Our FB page is so cluttered and older posts of animals that need fostering get lost.  We post dogs, cats, puppies, kittens, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc, all on the same page.  We also have informational/educational posts plus our proud and excited fosters will post photos of their current foster animal on there.  As I said, cluttered!

If we switch to Trello, can we set it up that we get alerts when someone is interested?  Or would they just get a link to our emails or a scheduling software option?  Does the shelter need to pay for using Trello?  Will our fosters need to pay to use it?

Thanks in advance,