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FUNDRAISING

• We need a new shelter. Where do we start? Robin Starr of Richmond SPCA and Timy Sullivan of Geauga Humane Society  9/29/03
  
• How can you plan special events that really work? Nikki Sharp and Michelle Thompson of No More Homeless Pets in Utah  7/21/03
  
• What do grant-makers want? Jim Mason of Two Mauds Foundation and Carol Moulton of PETsMART Charities  6/9/03
  
• How can my community get money from Maddie's Fund? Richard Avanzino of Maddie's Fund  3/3/03
  
• Grassroots Fundraising Bonney Brown of Best Friends  6/2/03
  
• Events on a Shoestring Megan Newman of No More Homeless Pets Hillsborough County and Jill Borkowski, a special events consultant  5/17/04
  
• Creative Fundraising Ideas Submissions by members  5/24/04
  
• Building a Mailing List Faith Maloney and Bonney Brown of Best Friends  6/28/04
  
• Getting Stuff Donated Claire Ives of Best Friends 4/4/05
  
• Focus on Fundraising Danielle Hamilton and Elizabeth Tolson of HumaneFundraising 6/27/05 
  

• Getting Pets Fixed: How can you raise needed funds? And get the most bang for your buck? Aimee St. Arnaud of Best Friends  9/22/03
  
• Should you open your own spay/neuter clinic? Paul Berry of Best Friends and Quita Mazzina of Humane Alliance  9/1/03
  
• Early age spay/neuter Dr. Dave Sweeney of No More Homeless Pets in Utah  2/29/03
  
• How to get public money for spay/neuter Peter Marsh of STOP New Hampshire  2/3/03
  
• Mobile Spay/Neuter Celeste Crimi of the Oregon Neutermobile and Stewart Gollan of No More Homeless Pets Utah  2/15/03
  
• The Future of Spay/Neuter Dr. Julie Levy of the University of Florida and Dr. Brenda Griffin of Auburn University  8/2/04
  
• Getting Vets Involved Dr. Leslie Appel of Shelter Outreach Services  2/16/04
  
• Working more effectively with vets in your community Dr. Brenda Griffin of Auburn University  3/10/04
  
• Creative Spay/Neuter Programs and Promotions Submissions by members 7/19/04
  
• Creating Spay/Neuter Programs that Really Work Peter Marsh of Solutions to Overpopulation of Pets and Esther Mechler of SPAY/USA 11/29/04
  
• Statewide Spay/Neuter, Step by Step Sharon Secovich of Spay Maine 5/16/05
  
• Spreading Spay/Neuter Fever Submissions by members  7/25/05 
  

• Ferals, ferals, everywhere, and not sure what to do? Nathan Winograd of Tompkins County SPCA  9/8/03
  
• What do you say when they just want the cats gone? Becky Robinson of Alley Cat Allies  4/14/03
  
• Working with and caring for feral cats Zoe Carson of Alley Cat Allies  12/9/02
  
• Feral Cats: Getting People on Board Amy Santiago of Alley Cat Allies and Dr. Julie Levy of University of Florida  2/2/04
  
• Community Programs for Feral Cats Jan Raven of AzCATs and Chris Whyle of the Homeless Cat Management Team  4/12/04
  
• Feral Cats: Tips and Strategies for Success Dona Baker of the Feral Cat Caretakers' Coalition and Susan Kilgore of Feral Friends  9/27/04
  
• Trapping the Untrappable Meredith Weiss of Neighborhood Cats 12/16/06


• Formula for Fighting for Ferels Effectively Holly Sizemore of CAWS 1/28 - 2/1/2008
  

• Do really tough adoption policies protect pets? Will counseling help keep dogs and cats in their homes? Karen Green of Best Friends  8/25/03
  
• Hard-To-Place: What about the big black dogs? The really shy cats? Nathan Winograd of Tompkins County SPCA  7/28/03
  
• Holiday Adoptions Mike Arms of Helen Woodward Animal Center  11/18/02
  
• How can you make dogs in your shelter more adoptable? Jean Donaldson of San Francisco SPCA  5/26/03
  
• How you can help homeless rabbits, ferrets, and birds in your community Karalee Curry of Columbus House Rabbit Society, Alicia Drakiotes of Ferret Wise Rescue and Rehab, Eileen McCarthy of Avian Welfare Coalition, and Denise Kelly of Best Friends  12/1/03
  
• Internet Adoptions: How can they work for you? Kim Saunders of Petfinder.com and Kate Schnepel of No More Homeless Pets in Utah  11/17/03
  
• Why Pets are Relinquished Karen Green of Best Friends  5/3/04
  
• Puppy Mills and Pet Stores: How do we stop the sale of pets? Francis Battista of Best Friends and Lee Wheeler of Hearts United for Animals  6/7/04
  
• Creative Pet Adoptions Submissions by members  6/21/04
  
• Pet Transport Susan Hogarth of Canine Underground Railroad, Anne Lindsay of Northeast Animal Shelter and Jean Hansen of Best Friends 12/6/04
  
• Adoption Ads that Really Work Elizabeth Doyle of Best Friends 3/28/05 
  
• Talking with Adopters Submissions by members 5/9/05 


• Is That Really True?  Debunking Adoption Myths and Misconceptions Mike Arms of the Helen Woodward Animal Center 8/01/05 
  
• Breed Rescue Gibson of Golden Bond Rescue 11/07/05 
  

• How do you find really good volunteers? Tracy Miller and Julie Castle of No More Homeless Pets in Utah  8/18/03
  
• Could you start a "Friends of the Shelter" group? Julie Bank of Maricopa County Animal Care and Control in Arizona and Rich DuCharme of First Coast No More Homeless Pets  11/10/03
  
• The difference one person makes Aimee St. Arnaud of Best Friends  1/13/03
  
• Foster Care Jenn Clayton of Utah Animal Advocacy Foundation  10/6/03
  
• What one person can do Submissions by members 11/15/04
  
• Volunter Programs that Really Work Submissions by members 8/16/04


• Rapid Response Volunteers - Tiffani Hill of Best Friends Animal Society - 06/25/2007

• Could we talk things through and arrive at a solution? Gregory Castle of No More Homeless Pets in Utah and Jane Hoffman of the Mayor's Alliance for New York City's Animals  8/4/03
  
• Burnout Faith Maloney of Best Friends  11/11/02
  
• How can you cope with the emotions we all experience as animal rescuers? Dr. Linda Harper, psychologist  7/14/03
  
• Why can't we all get along? Diane Blankenburg of Best Friends  5/12/03
  
• Working more effectively with vets in your community Dr. Brenda Griffin of Auburn University  3/10/03
  
• Relating to your staff, coworkers, volunteers and community Faith Maloney of Best Friends  2/10/03
  
• We don't need no stinking coalition! Or do we? Gregory Castle of No More Homeless Pets in Utah  1/27/03
  
• Anger, Guilt & Frustration: Dealing with Emotions Dr. Linda Harper  1/26/04
  
• Animal Control: Exploring Collaborative Solutions Dave Flagler of Fulton County Animal Services and Don Jordan of Seattle Animal Control  2/9/04
  
• Getting Vets Involved Dr. Leslie Appel of Shelter Outreach Services  2/16/04
  
• Working with People Is the Hard Part! Dr. Linda Harper  7/12/04
  
• Engaging the Youth in Your Community Patrick Kwan of the Student Animal Rights Alliance and Carol Shiveley of the Oregon Humane Society 1/3/05
  
• Cultural Differences Merritt Clifton of ANIMAL PEOPLE 3/21/05
  
• Getting Together for Animal Welfare Linda Young of Syracuse Onondaga Cat Council and Michelle Buckalew of Save Our Shelter Animals 5/30/05 
  
• What Inspires Us Submissions by members 6/13/05
  

• How can we get our community involved in helping animals? Dennis Stearns of No More Homeless Pets North Carolina  3/31/03
  
• Engaging the Community Dennis Stearns and Stephanie Hiemstra of No More Homeless Pets  1/12/04
  
• Humane Education? Isn't that just for kids? Nathania Gartman of Best Friends  3/24/03
  
• Getting Support from Local Businesses Julie Castle and Sunee Geddes of No More Homeless Pets in Utah  7/26/04
  
• When Disaster Strikes Terri Crisp of Noah's Wish  8/22/04
  
• Creating a Dog Park for Your Community Alison Deeb of MARDog and Marcia Perry Rhoades from BarkPark  9/06/04
  
• Creative Collaborations Submissions by members  9/13/04
  
• Getting the Word Out Submissions by members  10/11/04
  
• What Exactly is No More Homeless Pets? The No More Homeless Pets team 11/01/04
  
• The Link Between Animal Abuse and Violence Alison Gianotto of Pet-Abuse.com 2/7/05 


• Bite Prevention Yvette Van Veen of Animal Rescue Foundation Ontario 11/14/05 


• Pets in Prison Toby Young of Safe Harbor Prison Dog Program 12/05/05 


• Building Humane Communities Bob Christiansen of www.saveourstrays.com 06/02/2007

• How you can succeed at getting the word out where you live? Julie Castle of No More Homeless Pets in Utah  3/17/03
  
• Are you getting good press? How can you successfully reach out to the public through the media? Merritt Clifton of ANIMAL PEOPLE  11/3/03
  
• Public Relations Lynn Spivak of Maddie's Fund and Barbara Williamson of Best Friends  3/22/04
  
• Get Your Sound Bites Ready! Dave Ortiz of Best Friends and Anita Kelso Edson of SPCA of Texas 2/21/05 
  
• All About News Releases Lynne Ouchida of Humane Society of Central Oregon and John van Zante of Helen Woodward Animal Center 6/20/05 


• Hold That Pose! Animal Photography Tips Clay Myers of Best Friends 7/18/05 


• Get Results with E-mail Marketing Amy Black of Constant Contact 06/10-15/2007
  

• How can you manage all the calls for help? Best Friends Network  7/7/03
  
• Toward a No-Kill Nation Robin Starr and Denise Deisler of Richmond SPCA  11/4/02
  
• A revolutionary vision of Animal Control Ed Boks of New York City Animal Care and Control  1/6/03
  
• Customer service? What does that have to do with our work? Mike Arms of Helen Woodward Animal Center  6/23/03
  
• The board's role and how to work effectively with a board of directors Ed Sayres of the ASPCA  4/7/03
  
• Will we ever really achieve No More Homeless Pets? Merritt Clifton of ANIMAL PEOPLE  1/20/03
  
• Animal control leading the way? Ed Boks of New York City Animal Care and Control  8/11/03
  
• You've got big dreams, but can you reach them? Bert Troughton of Imagine Humane ASPCA  12/8/03
  
• Going No-Kill Nathan Winograd of Tompkins County SPCA  2/17/03
  
• Ethical Dilemmas Faith Maloney of Best Friends  1/12/04
  
• Why No-Kill? Craig Brestrup, author and activist  10/13/03
  
• What Statistics Can Do For You Richard Avanzino of Maddie's Fund  1/5/04
  
• Making the Most of Your Resources Nathan Winograd of Tompkins County  3/29/04
  
• E-mail, the Internet, and Technology Kate Schnepel of No More Homeless Pets Utah and Joy Jett, Paul Berry, and Gail Berrigan of Best Friends  4/5/04
  
• Engineering a Turnaround Charlie McGinley of Brookhaven Animal Shelter and Susan Feingold of Southern Hope Humane Society  5/31/04
  
• Starting a Grassroots Program Wendy Baron of AnimalHelp and Michelle Hankins of DC Metro No More Homeless Pets  6/14/04
  
• Planning an Animal Shelter Paul Bonacci and Lucy Schlaffer of ARQ Architects and Ed Powers of Petfinder.com  7/5/04
  
• Board of Directors Bonney Brown of Best Friends and Outi Flynn of BoardSource  9/20/04
  
• Where are the Leaders? Rick Moyers of The Meyer Foundation and Mary Hessler Key of No More Homeless Pets Hillsborough County 1/17/05
  
• Customer Service Julie Morris and Pam Burney of the ASPCA  12/13/04
  
• Making Your Dream a Reality: Strategic Planning Caryn Ginsberg of Priority Ventures Group 1/31/05 
  
• What's Wrong With Declawing Dr. Jennifer Conrad 10/31-11/4/2005
  

• Dog Behavior Sherry Woodard of Best Friends  9/15/03
  
• Cat Behavior by Traci Shreyer of Animal Behavior Counseling Services  5/19/03
  
• Caring for Special Needs Animals Dr. Virginia Clemans of Best Friends  12/2/02
  
• Senior Animals Deborah Workman of the Sanctuary for Senior Dogs and Judah Battista of Best Friends  3/1/04
  
• How can you provide good quality of life for animals at your shelter? Francis Battista of Best Friends  6/30/03
  
• What can you do to keep the shelter animals healthy? Mary Martin of Maricopa County Animal Care and Control and Dr. Virginia Clemans of Best Friends  5/5/03
  
• Shelter Operations Denise Deisler of Richmond SPCA  3/8/04
  
• Holistic Treatment for Rescued Pets Dr. Randy Kidd and Dr. Rose DiLeva  5/10/04
  
• Co-Existing with Wildlife Sharon St. Joan of Best Friends and Laura Simon of the Fund for Animals  10/4/04
  
• Designing Shelter Space with Animals in Mind Paul Eckhoff of Best Friends 11/8/04
  
• Horses, Cows, & Chickens -- Oh My! Susan Wagner of Equine Advocates and Kim Sturla of Animal Place 1/10/05
  
• Emergency Care for Pets Dr. Sharon Gwaltney-Brant of the ASPCA Poison Control Center and Dr. Andrea Oncken 1/24/05
  
• Dangerous Dogs? Karen Green of Best Friends, Kim Bartlett of ANIMAL PEOPLE, Holly Bukes of Pit Bull Rescue Central, and Jill Buckley from the ASPCA 02/28/05
  
• Taking Care of Pets and the Earth Sally Mackler of the Sierra Club 3/7/05 
  
• Pocket Pets Dr. Mark Burgess of Southwest Animal Hospital 3/14/05
  
• Understanding FIV and Feline Leukemia Dr. Julie Levy of the University of Florida 4/11/05  
  
• When Dogs Fail Temperament Tests Shannon Cummings of Shelter Works and Sherry Woodard of Best Friends 5/23/05
  
• Critters for Keeps: Helping Pets Stay in Their Homes Troy Lea and others at the Best Friends Network, and Emily Weiss, Ph.D., of SAFER 7/04/05 
  
• Orphaned Infant Care in Foster Homes Wendy Brooks, DVM, of Mar Vista Animal Medical Center 7/11/05 


• Help for the Shy Ones Debby Potts of Tellington TTouch 8/8/05 
  
• Potty Problems Helen Colombo and Dilara Perry of San Francisco SPCA 12/12/05
  
• Happy, Healthy Shelter Cats Susan Crosby of Animal Welfare Association 8/24/2007 

• Animals and the Law: How can you protect your organizations and the animals? Ellen Dixon, animal attorney  6/16/04
  
• Diplomacy for the Animal Activist Jane Hoffman of The Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals and Rebecca Guinn of Best Friends  2/23/04
  
• Legislation & Advocacy Julie Lewin from the National Institute for Animal Advocacy (NIFAA) and Ledy VanKavage, Esq., of the ASPCA  8/9/04
  
• Ending Abuse & Neglect Annemarie Lucas of the ASPCA and Bob Ferber of the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office Animal Abuse Task Force  8/30/04
  
• The Link Between Animal Abuse and Violence Alison Gianotto of Pet-Abuse.com 2/7/05 
  
• Who Will Care for Our Pets When We're Gone? David Congalton and Charlotte Alexander, authors 2/14/05
  
• Racing to Shut Down Greyhound Tracks Carey Theil of GREY2K USA and Connie Theil of Oregon Defenders of Greyhounds 5/2/05  


• Get Political for Animals and Win the Laws They Need Author Julie E.Lewin 05/25/2007


• Pulling for Sled Dogs Margery Glickman of the Sled Dog Action Coalition 05/13/2007
  

• Cats on the Couch Carole Wilbourn 7/31 - 8/4 2006