How to make food at your events fit your mission - Ep46
Release Date: 06/26/2021
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Shelter Success Simplified
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 Care & Control Association – as well as chief of Animal Field Services for the District of Columbia for 10 years, overseeing all animal control and cruelty investigations team members for Humane Rescue Alliance. He began his animal protection career with the Massachusetts Society for the...
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Better social media posts for your organization - Ep67
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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 journalism and communications from the University of Central Florida. MAIN QUESTION: What are some tips for animal organizations to create better social media pages and posts? TAKEAWAYS: If you don’t have a photo, you don’t have a story. To take good photos, avoid a busy background. Get a...
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How to find help for your animal organization - Ep66
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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 a lot of pressure in animal welfare and people can feel alone in their work — what tips and ideas might help? TAKEAWAYS: In animal welfare, we’re pushed to do more with limited resources. People often feel they just need to work harder and do more programs, but that doesn’t work in the...
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Tips for implementing new programs successfully - Ep65
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Main question: What are the common issues you find when doing organizational assessments of animal organizations around the country?
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A tech solution for tracking community calls better - Ep64
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MAIN QUESTION: How does Doobert's new Companion Case Management module improve communications with the public?
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How to engage your community without judgment - Ep63
Shelter Success Simplified
Question: How can animal organizations better meet people where they're at?
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How to better help your community find lost pets - Ep62
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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 author of the book “Pet Tracker.”
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Why and how to create a positive workplace culture - Ep61
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QUESTION: How can animal organizations build a healthy workplace culture, which is so important in a competitive job market?
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What works to engage more members of the community with our animal welfare work so that we can raise more funds — and what doesn't work?
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How to manage staff conflict at your nonprofit - Ep59
Shelter Success Simplified
GUEST: Diane Blankenburg is CEO & Co-Founder of Humane Network.
info_outlineGUEST: 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, Canada. Crystal worked as a campaign coordinator for Animal Place's Brave the Cage campaign for 2 1/2 years educating college students about the egg industry. Crystal is also the event producer of Vegan Oktoberfest 2021. And she volunteers with Long Beach Water Wagon, delivering essential supplies to her homeless neighbors.
MAIN QUESTION: Why should animal organizations consider serving vegetarian or vegan food at their events?
TAKEAWAYS:
- Food for Thought is a campaign that encourages animal organizations to serve only vegan or vegetarian food at their events.
- The idea behind the campaign is that animal organizations’ missions are to help animals so their communities look to them to set standards for the treatment of animals. Serving vegan or vegetarian food is consistent with this mission as it shows compassion for all species of animals.
- Food for Thought offers grants for organizations to test out serving veg-only food for an event as well as grants for formally adopting a veg-only policy.
- Supporters attend events to support an organization’s mission. They are not attending for the purpose of getting a meal. Most people are fine skipping meat for a single meal – and, in fact, more and more people are doing this in their own lives.
- To cater veg food successfully at your events, two tips that may help would be to search for local restaurants that serve vegetarian or vegan in your community and looking into hiring them to cater an event. Another tip is to stick with foods that are naturally plant-based such as pasta with marinara or a taco bar with corn tortilla shells, beans, rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and avocado.
LINKS:
- Animal Place
- Food for Thought campaign
- Food for Thought grant opportunities for food at events and for adopting the Food for Thought policy
- List of animal-friendly food companies that offer assistance with plant-based food donations, coupons, and recipes
- Leadership recommendation: "How to Resolve Workplace Conflicts" by SHRM