Elaine Spencer and Melanie Gardner, T-Town TNR
March 31, 2020
Camille Labchuk, Animal Justice
April 7, 2020
On Sunday, March 29, President Trump announced that the US would continue to follow social distancing guidelines until April 30th. Many organizations are trying to find ways to keep staff and volunteers engaged during this shutdown period. Below is a listing of 20 websites or webinars, by category, that you can use to help with professional development and continued engagement with your organizations.
Community Cats, RTF, and TNR
Check out the HSUS Managing Community Cats page, where you can read the HSUS RTF Handbook, take a course on managing community cats, and find lots of other great material.
Tune in to some Community Cats Podcasts episodes focusing on community cats, like Episode 162 with Anna Murrin of Metro Denver CAT, Episode 297 with Keith Williams of C5 in Las Vegas, or Episode 17 and Episode 112 with Karen Little of Alley Cat Advocates.
Sign up for Cat Stats, a program of Neighborhood Cats, and get your TNR colony database off paper and into the cloud.
Visit the Alley Cat Allies resources page for tons of great community cat info.
Check out Community Cat Voices on the Community Cats Podcast YouTube Page with Bryan Kortis of Neighborhood Cats. These short videos will bring you information, advice, and encouragement from animal welfare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Professional Management
Create your own organization training portal within Maddie’s University.
Check out The Association for Animal Welfare’s many online learning opportunities and learn about CAWA certification.
Watch the archive of presentations, including the management track, from the 2019 Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Conference at Cornell.
Sign up for Animal Welfare Digest by emailing info@animalwelfaredigest.org.
Learn about how to run virtual board meetings from Board Source.
Animal Care Training (COVID- and Non-COVID-Related)
Check out ASPCA Pro’s COVID-19 Information Hub.
Visit the UC Davis Shelter Medicine Program page on Animal Services’ Role in COVID-19 Support.
Watch the animal care-related track archives from the 2019 Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Conference at Cornell.
View Dr. Sara Pizano’s webinar on the Rescue® Disinfectants page, along with other sanitation-related webinars.
Review the National Animal Care and Control COVID-19 Announcements & Resources page, which includes online training opportunities.
Watch “Radical RTO,” a presentation from Best Friends Animal Society on returning pets to their owners during the COVID-19 crisis.
See how Humane Rescue Alliance is conducting virtual adoptions and get inspired!
Foster Care
View archived webinars from The National Kitten Coalition.
Check out the Maddie’s University Foster Care Management page.
Spend some time exploring the videos on Hannah Shaw (a.k.a. The Kitten Lady)’s YouTube Page and her instructional channel.
Behavior
Check out Tabitha Kucera’s upcoming Chirrups and Chatter webinars.
Explore the Fear Free site, including their free training program for animal welfare employees and volunteers.
Learn from Pam Johnson Bennett, one of the gurus of cat behavior.
View “Jackson’s Videos to Help Keep Your Cats Healthy & Happy at Home” on Jackson Galaxy’s COVID-19 page.
Spay/neuter and Veterinary
View the archived presentations from the medical tracks at the 2019 Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Conference at Cornell.
Fundraising
Explore Sandy Rees’s resources, including Fundraising TV, at Get Fully Funded.
Check out Joan Garry’s blog and podcast on nonprofit leadership and fundraising.
Learn to write better appeals from Tom Ahern’s blog.
Review Maddie’s Fund’s list of COVID-19 Response Grant Opportunities.
Well, this list should take care of you and your team for the next week. Let me know if I missed something and I will add it to next week’s blog. In the meantime, stay healthy, safe, and well.
