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Shelter Success Simplified
by Humane Network
Shelter Success Simplified is a podcast designed to help you run your animal welfare organization better. We interview experts in a concise format to give you the tools to save more animals while simplifying your work and setting up your organization for success in the long run. It's short enough to listen while driving to work or when on a break.
Episodes
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Get staff and public buy-in for return-to-field - Ep68
GUEST: Scott Giacoppo. Scott is the Director of National Shelter Outreach for Best Friends Animal Society and oversees the development of lifesaving efficacy and sustainability for animal welfare partners across the U.S. Prior to Best Friends, Scott was president of NACA – the National Animal…
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Better social media posts for your organization - Ep67
GUEST: Kimberly Wade. Kimberly is an expert consultant for Humane Network focusing on communications and social media. She was campaign manager for Maddie's Pet Project in Nevada, communications director at Nevada Humane Society, news producer at KOLO 8 News Now, and has a degree in broadcast...
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How to find help for your animal organization - Ep66
GUEST: Brent Toellner. Brent is the Senior Director of National Programs for Best Friends Animal Society. Prior to joining Best Friends, Brent, his wife, Michelle, and a few others co-founded the Kansas City Pet Project to run the municipal shelter in Kansas City, Missouri. MAIN QUESTION: There's…
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Tips for implementing new programs successfully - Ep65
GUEST: Scott Giacoppo. Scott is the Director of National Shelter Outreach for Best Friends Animal Society and oversees the development of lifesaving efficacy and sustainability for animal welfare partners across the U.S. Prior to Best Friends, Scott was president of NACA – the National Animal…
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A tech solution for tracking community calls better - Ep64
GUEST: Chris Roy. Chris is a technology guy by day, and the founder of Doobert at night and on weekends. Doobert helps you help animals and is the only software that organizes transport, and the only foster management platform allowing you to send and receive texts with fosters. And Chris has...
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How to engage your community without judgment - Ep63
GUEST: Lori Weise. In 1996, Lori founded Downtown Dog Rescue, which rescues dogs and provides services for low income pet owners in underserved communities in Los Angeles County. She is the founder of the South LA Shelter Intervention Program and one of the founding members of the Best Friends...
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How to better help your community find lost pets - Ep62
GUEST: Kat Albrecht-Thiessen is a pioneer in lost pet investigations. She was a police officer, bloodhound handler, crime scene investigator, and search-and-rescue manager before beginning to apply her skills in 1997 to finding lost pets. She is founder of Missing Animal Response Network and…
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Why and how to create a positive workplace culture - Ep61
GUEST: Karen Green is executive director at Cat Adoption Team, the Pacific Northwest's largest nonprofit, feline-only animal shelter. Before that, she was senior director at the Alliance for Contraception in Cats & Dogs and assistant director of the No More Homeless Pets program at Best Friends...
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How to raise more funds by communicating better - Ep60
GUEST: Bonney Brown was Executive Director for six years at Nevada Humane Society, an open-admission shelter. She has been Chief Operating Officer, National No More Homeless Pets Director and Communications Director for Best Friends and was National Campaign Director for Alley Cat Allies. Bonney…
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How to manage staff conflict at your nonprofit - Ep59
GUEST: Diane Blankenburg is CEO & Co-Founder of Humane Network. She was Community Programs & Development Director for Nevada Humane Society, Katrina Rescue and Recovery Director for Alley Cat Allies for 2 years, and Network Director for Best Friends Animal Society. MAIN QUESTION: How can leaders...
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Shelter and clinic low-stress animal handling tips - Ep58
GUEST: Kelley Bollen is a Certified Animal Behavior Consultant with a master's degree in Animal Behavior who has worked in the field of companion animal behavior for twenty years. Kelley is the Owner and Principal Consultant for Kelley Bollen Consulting – an animal behavior consulting business....
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How to handle negative reviews, comments, stories - Ep57
GUEST: Mark Robison has been president of CockadoodleMoo Farm Animal Sanctuary for more than 14 years. He is also Senior Consultant at Humane Network and Communications Manager for Options Veterinary Care, a nonprofit clinic. Mark was a journalist for more than 25 years in Stockton, California;...
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How to avoid blaming public for animal challenges - Ep56
GUEST: Christie Keith is a communications and media consultant with an exclusive focus on animal welfare and veterinary medicine. Her current and recent clients include The Shelter Pet Project, the first public service campaign promoting an animal welfare cause in the Ad Council's 60-year…
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How to keep an eye on your organization's mission - Ep55
GUEST: Rebecca Guinn is CEO of LifeLine Animal Project, which manages Atlanta's Fulton and DeKalb County animal shelters and which opened a new shelter, adoption center and clinic in 2019. LifeLine's community outreach effort provides free vaccines, spay/neuter and other assistance to thousands…
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How to set up programs to serve rural communities - Ep 54
GUEST: Dr. Leslie Appel is the founder and executive director of Shelter Outreach Services (SOS). She is also a courtesy lecturer at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. Before these roles, Dr. Appel was director of veterinary outreach at the ASPCA. She was also a full-time...
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How to use AlignCare to expand access to vet care - Ep53
GUEST: T' Fisher is director of operations for AlignCare Health, a program of the University of Tennessee that aims to expand access to veterinary care nationwide. She was founder and director of the Companion Animal Initiative of Tennessee at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary...
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Pandemic-inspired changes that are worth keeping - Ep52
GUEST: Lisa LaFontaine is president and chief executive officer of the Humane Rescue Alliance, based in Washington, DC. In 2019, Lisa oversaw the merger of the Humane Rescue Alliance with St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center to create the first regional, community-based, multi-state animal welfare...
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Leadership tips for effective staff communication - Ep51
GUEST: Susan Cosby is the Senior Director of Lifesaving Centers for Best Friends Animal Society. She was the Director of Lifesaving for the Petco Foundation and served as the Executive Director and founding employee of the Animal Care and Control Team of Philadelphia. Susan was also the President...
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Advice on handling surges in shelter pet populations - Ep50
GUEST: Marc Peralta is chief program officer at Best Friends Animal Society. Prior to this position, he served in a number of other key roles at Best Friends, including senior director of National No-Kill-Advancement and senior director for Best Friends in Los Angeles. Marc also served as vice...
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How to increase the number of pets returned home - Ep49
GUEST: Shyanne Schull is the director of Washoe County Regional Animal Services in Reno, Nevada, where there is an average annual intake of 13,000 animals with a 40% Return-To-Owner rate over a 10-year average. Before that she was director of Kern County Animal Services in California. In her...
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Great customer service tips for animal organizations - Ep48
GUEST: Amber Sitko founded All About Animals Rescue in 2005, the largest spay/neuter and wellness care provider in Michigan, reaching more than 75,000 cats and dogs each year with care. She created the first comprehensive TNR/SNR program of its kind in Michigan training over 3,000 people how to...
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What to know about meeting future demand for pets - Ep47
GUEST: Joyce Briggs is president of the Alliance for Contraception in Cats & Dogs, which advances non-surgical sterilants to increase access to humane fertility control. As executive director of PetSmart Charities, she championed funding early models of Humane Alliance high-volume, high-quality...
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How to make food at your events fit your mission - Ep46
GUEST: Crystal Kozlak is program manager for the Food for Thought program at Animal Place, a farmed animal sanctuary in Grass Valley, California. Crystal became inspired to go vegan after taking an animal ethics course during her undergrad at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver…
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Telemedicine and the future of animal sheltering - Ep 45
GUEST: Brandy Kuentzel is Senior Vice President and General Counsel at the San Francisco SPCA. Prior to joining the San Francisco SPCA, Brandy worked as a corporate attorney and emerged as winner of the 10th season of NBC's reality competition series "The Apprentice." And she earned a J.D. from…
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Help your community's dogs with separation anxiety - Ep 44
GUEST: Kelley Bollen is a Certified Animal Behavior Consultant with a master's degree in Animal Behavior who has worked in the field of companion animal behavior for twenty years. Kelley is the Owner and Principal Consultant for Kelley Bollen Consulting – an animal behavior consulting business…
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How to revive a stagnating animal nonprofit - Ep43
GUEST: Stacy LeBaron hosts a weekly podcast called the Community Cats Podcast where she interviews nationally and internationally renowned experts about cats and cat welfare. She also served for 16 years as president of the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society, assisting more than 105,000 cats…
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How to give your animal welfare career a boost - Ep42
GUESTS: Bonney Brown is Humane Network president and Shelter Success Simplified podcast co-host and was executive director at Nevada Humane Society, National Campaign Director for Alley Cat Allies, and COO at Best Friends Animal Society. Diane Blankenburg is Humane Network CEO and was community...
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Advice for new leaders on creating positive culture - Ep41
GUEST: Diaz Dixon is the CEO of Eddy House, a transition program for youth experiencing homelessness, and owns Performance Driven Consulting. He previously served for 14 years as the CEO of STEP2, a nonprofit helping women and children dealing with substance abuse and domestic violence. Diaz has...
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How to maintain good communications with staff - Ep40
GUEST: Phillip Zimmerman is the Animal Care Services Manager for the City of Sacramento Front Street Animal Shelter. He also served as the Manager for the City of Stockton Animal Shelter for 5 years. Phillip holds a BS degree in Social Science with concentrations in Psychology, Sociology, and...
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Tips for preventing your own compassion fatigue - Ep39
GUEST: Anne Lindsay founded the Massachusetts Animal Coalition (MAC) in 2000. In addition to spending 12 years on the management team at a large shelter, Anne is a past president of the board of the New England Federation of Humane Societies and is a current board member of both MAC and the State...
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How to recruit and retain happy productive staff - Ep38
GUEST: Dr. Steve Kochis is chief medical officer at the Oregon Humane Society. His veterinary specialties include infectious diseases, immunology and emergency medicine. He received his Bachelor of Science in Animal Sciences and DVM from Cornell University. Dr. Kochis has served as President of…
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How to propose or best support a cat declaw ban - Ep37
GUEST: Dr. Jennifer Conrad is the founder of The Paw Project, which educates the public about the painful and crippling effects of feline declawing and actively advocates to legally ban declawing at the community and state level. She is currently working in Southern California with nonprofit...
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Resource tips to keep animals out of shelters - Ep36
GUEST: Dr. Cindi Delany is a supervising shelter veterinarian in the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program, was the supervising shelter veterinarian at Yolo County (California) Animal Services for nine years, and is executive director of the nonprofit California Animal Shelter Friends. She has...
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How to support your team's compassion fatigue - Ep35
MAIN QUESTION What can an organization leader do to support their team with compassion fatigue and burnout? GUEST: Linda Harper is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and a partner in Consultants in Applied Psychology, specializing in cumulative grief, compassion fatigue and burnout. She is a...
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Tips to help new leaders in animal welfare - Ep34
GUEST: Kurt Fenstermacher is currently Deputy Director of the Environmental Services Department for the city of El Paso. He also created a new El Paso Department of Animal Services, which has an open-admission shelter with annual admissions of more than 25,000 animals where he was interim…
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Learn about new initiative for lost-found pets - Ep33
Guest: Susanne Kogut is president of the Petco Foundation. She started out in corporate law before her passion for animals led her to become executive director of the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA. She is also vice-chair of the board of trustees for HABRI, the Human Animal Bond Research…
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Strategies for successful virtual community events - Ep32
GUEST: Elkie Wills is the senior director of community engagement at San Diego Humane Society, where she has held a number of positions over the past 11 years. She was also community outreach coordinator at Humane Society of Yuma, Arizona. MAIN QUESTION: What can organizations do to successfully...
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When not to adopt out friendly free-roaming cats - Ep31
Guest: Dr. Kate Hurley. After being an animal control officer in Santa Cruz, Dr. Hurley became a veterinarian and is now director of the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program. She is co-author of the "Association of Shelter Veterinarians' Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters" and...
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How and why to expand access to veterinary care - Ep30
Guest: Rick DuCharme founded the Jacksonville, Florida nonprofit First Coast No More Homeless Pets in 2000. When he left in 2019, it was a $10 million-a-year organization with 125 paid team members, including more than 20 veterinarians at two large safety-net hospitals; First Coast No More…
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When and how to change your logo and branding - Ep29
Guest: Steve Goebel is the award-winning creative director and founder of ToeShark Visual Communication, a marketing and advertising agency in Southern Nevada. He was creative director for Empire BlueCross BlueShield and was senior art director at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Union Bank of...
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How shelter leaders can support TNR cat programs - Ep28
Guest: Becky Robison is President and Founder of Alley Cat Allies. Becky founded Alley Cat Allies in 1990 and has since played a leading role in the growth of Trap-Neuter-Return into the mainstream approach for outdoor cats. Her book, "The Evolution of the Cat Revolution," documents 25 years of...
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How to develop partnerships with other organizations - Ep27
Guest: Joy Smith is the founder, president and executive director of FieldHaven Feline Center, a shelter, rescue and spay/neuter organization in Northern California. It was founded in 2003, and the shelter facility was created in cooperation with the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program to be…
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End-of-year fundraising tips and ideas - Ep26
Guests: Humane Network CEO Diane Blankenburg and Humane Network president and Shelter Success Simplified podcast co-host Bonney Brown Main questions: Why is fundraising so important in the final six weeks of the year, and what can people do to be more effective in their year-end fundraising?...
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Basics to know about animal shelter finances and HR - Ep25
Guest: Chelsea Staley joined the Petco Foundation team as the Director of Lifesaving in May 2020. Chelsea oversees the Foundation's grants team and supports animal welfare organizations nationwide. Before joining the Foundation, Chelsea served as the Executive Director of Kanawha-Charleston…
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Tech solutions for animal foster care programs - Ep24
Guest: Chris Roy is a technology guy by day, and the founder of Doobert at night and on weekends. Doobert helps you help animals and is the only software that organizes transport, and the only foster management platform allowing you to send and receive texts with fosters. Main question: What...
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Safe animal handling advice for clinic and shelter staff - Ep23
Guest: Kelley Bollen is a Certified Animal Behavior Consultant with a master's degree in Animal Behavior who has worked in the field of companion animal behavior for twenty years. She is the Owner and Principal Consultant for Kelley Bollen Consulting, LLC – an animal behavior consulting business....
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How to create a good nonprofit board of directors - Ep22
Guest: Jill Vacchina-Dobbs is the executive director of SPCA of Northern Nevada. She graduated with honors for UC-Santa Barbara and Gonzaga Law School. As a lawyer, she focused on transactional law, including nonprofit law. She served on the board of Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe for 10 years,...
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Innovative animal shelter strategies inspired by COVID - Ep21
Guest: Mike Arms is president and CEO of Helen Woodward Animal Center. He started with the ASPCA in the late 1960s before spending 20 years with North Shore Animal League. Mike created the International Pet Adopt-a-thon and the Home 4 the Holidays adoption campaigns, as well as the Remember Me...
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What funders look for in grant applications - Ep20
Guest: Chelsea Staley joined the Petco Foundation team as the Director of Lifesaving in May 2020. Chelsea oversees the Foundation's grants team and supports animal welfare organizations nationwide. Before joining the Foundation, Chelsea served as the Executive Director of Kanawha-Charleston…
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Efficiency ideas for foster care challenges - Ep19
Guest: Cristie Kamiya is the Chief of Shelter Medicine at Humane Society Silicon Valley. She has worked as a shelter veterinarian in humane societies, municipal shelters, and rescues in the Denver–Boulder areas of Colorado, the greater Phoenix metro area of Arizona, and Northern California. She...
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Shelter Success Simplified is a podcast designed to help you run your animal welfare organization better. We interview experts in a concise format to give you the tools to save more animals while simplifying your work and setting up your organization for success in the long run. It's short enough to listen while driving to work or when on a break.
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