Episode 38, Part 2 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Animal Welfare with Kim Wolf
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Release Date: 10/02/2020
Episode 49 - Extremism in Animal Welfare
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Mandy discusses the problems with extremism in animal welfare and offers a better approach.
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Episode 48 - The Ins and Outs of Shelter / Funder Relations Part II
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Jessica Martin has dedicated nearly three decades to helping children, families, and animals in need. She has become exceptionally skilled in organizational planning, philanthropic strategy and system development, nonprofit policy, technical writing, grants management, and major gifts programs. For many years, Jessica served as the Director of Foundation Giving and Major Gifts at one of the nation’s largest children’s hospitals. With her leadership, the department achieved a historical $118 million in philanthropic revenue with nearly $36 million in new grants. Her...
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Episode 47 - The Ins and Outs of Shelter/Funder Relations with Jessica Martin, Part I
People Are Animals Too, Darnit!
Jessica Martin has dedicated nearly three decades to helping children, families, and animals in need. She has become exceptionally skilled in organizational planning, philanthropic strategy and system development, nonprofit policy, technical writing, grants management, and major gifts programs. For many years, Jessica served as the Director of Foundation Giving and Major Gifts at one of the nation’s largest children’s hospitals. With her leadership, the department achieved a historical $118 million in philanthropic revenue with nearly $36 million in new grants. Her...
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Episode 46 - Rebranding: Better Together Animal Alliance
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People Are Animals Too Darnit host, Mandy Evans, is the executive director of an animal shelter in north Idaho. The animal shelter just launched a rebrand campaign to Better Together Animal Alliance. Mandy talks with Lisa Gerber of Big Leap Creative about the rebranding effort and the purpose of it. bettertogetheranimalalliance.org
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Episode 45 - The Culture of Philanthropy in Animal Welfare with Brian Daugherty of San Diego Humane Society
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Brian Daugherty has extensive experience in leading philanthropy teams to achieve extraordinary results. As senior vice president and chief philanthropy & communications officer, he oversees our philanthropy, marketing and communications efforts and is able to combine his professional experience and passion for animals. Brian and his team are responsible for marketing and communications to promote a vast array of programs and services as well as raising the vital funds necessary to enable San Diego Humane Society to fulfill its mission to take care of homeless animals and "Inspire...
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Episode 44 - Cat Policy for Animal Shelters
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Peter J. Wolf is a research and policy analyst for Best Friends Animal Society. Peter’s role involves the analysis of science and public policy related to community cat issues, a topic he’s been researching and writing about since 2010 through his blog, Vox Felina. His writing is published regularly on the Best Friends blog, in letters to editor, and in peer-reviewed research articles. Peter holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and master’s degree in industrial design. His professional/industry experience has focused on the acquisition, analysis, and synthesis of...
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Episode 43 - Commnuity-Based Programs in Animal Welfare
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Heather Cammisa is a Principal at Adisa Group, a mission driven consultancy. She has twenty-five years of experience in mission leadership, with more than 13 years as the Chief Executive of two animal welfare agencies plus several years with a national welfare agency. An economist before her Yogi Berra fork in the road, Heather is known for innovation, strategic partnerships, financial and operational revitalization and analytics. She is a Certified Animal Welfare Administrator, holds a graduate certificate in Wildlife Forensics and Conservation from the University of Florida and is a...
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Episode 42 - Animal Shelters' Response to COVID-19
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Melanie Sadek, identical twin sister of host Mandy Evans, has been the executive director of Valley Humane Society in Pleasanton for the 9 years. She has established the organization as a well-respected non-profit, helping both animals and people in the Tri-Valley. Melanie serves on the Board of Directors for the California Animal Welfare Association. In this role, she has been active in evaluating and helping pass animal welfare legislation in California. Her passion to make a difference didn’t start with Valley Humane Society. Starting her career in the field of highway safety, Melanie...
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Episode 41 - Housekeeping and Episode 1 Rewind
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People Are Animals Too podcast editor and producer Dan fills in for Mandy this week and goes over some housekeeping items. There's also a replay of episode 1 where Mandy introduces herself and the vision for the podcast.
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Episode 40 - Direct Marketing and Fundraising for Animal Shelters with Meghan Thorne of One & All
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Meghan Thorne of One & All joins Mandy to discuss marketing and development for animal shelters. Meghan has more than two decades of advertising, marketing, and direct response experience. She has been leading the multichannel fundraising program for Animal Welfare partners at One & All for over ten years, in channels that include TV, radio, outdoor display, digital and direct mail campaigns to acquire and maintain their rich pool of high-value donors and sustainers. She joined One & All in 2011, after the great recession of 2008 left her unemployed and...
info_outlineSocial worker and animal welfare expert Kim Wolf joins Mandy for part 2 of the discussion on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within animal welfare.