2012 Best Friends National Conference Presentations and Handouts
2012 Playbooks
Playbook - Austin Pets Alive – Dr. Ellen Jefferson
Playbook - Kansas City Pet Project – Brent Toellner
Playbook - No-Kill Los Angeles (NKLA) – NKLA Coalition
Playbook - Sammie’s Friends – Cheryl Wicks
Playbook - Salt Lake County Animal Services – April Harris
2011 Playbooks
Brown County Humane Society Playbook
Charlottesville-Albermarle SPCA Playbook
City of Calgary Animal and Bylaw Services Playbook
Nevada Humane Society Playbook
Salt Lake County Animal Services Playbook
Solutions of Overpopulation of Pets Playbook
Thursday
Bringing Spay/Neuter to Underserved Communities – Ruth Steinberger
Building Relationships to Help Animals in Targeted Communities – Amanda Arrington, Janice Poleon
Creative Solutions to Keep Pets in Homes (presentation) – Michelle Blake
Creative Solutions to Keep Pets in Homes (handouts) – Michelle Blake
Creative Solutions to Keep Pets in Homes – Linda Harper, PhD
Creative Solutions to Keep Pets in Homes – Kathy Pobloskie
Dog Behavior 101 (presentation) – Sherry Woodard
Dog Behavior 101 (handouts) – Sherry Woodard
Fundraising 101: Must-Do Basics for Any Development Program – Tim Crum
Future of the No-Kill Movement: Public/Private Partnerships – Joe Angelo, Ellen Jefferson, DVM
How to Find, Engage and Cultivate Donors – Beckie Mayberry, Trish Spencer
Increasing Cat Adoptions – Bonney Brown
Increasing Pit Bull Terrier Adoptions – Stacey Coleman
Journey to No-Kill Communities: Charlottesville-Albemarle – Susanne Kogut
Journey to No-Kill Communities: Salt Lake County, Utah – Arlyn Bradshaw, April Harris
Making Sense of Social Media, Part 1: Facebook Fundamentals – Jessie Earl
Making Sense of Social Media, Part 2: Friend- and Fund-raising in the Digital Age – Chad Norman
Friday
Big Fundraising Ideas for Small Rescue Groups – Susan Daffron, Melissa Steimer
Creating a Volunteer Program That Supports Your Mission – Stephanie Jensen
Creating a Volunteer Training Program to Make Dogs More Adoptable – Aimee Sadler
Hearts Larger than Hands: Creating Balance in Your Life to Save More Animals – Linda Harper, PhD
Journey to No-Kill Communities: Washoe County, Nevada – Bonney Brown
Journey to No-Kill Communities: Austin, Texas – Ellen Jefferson, DVM
Journey to No-Kill Communities: Kansas City, Missouri – Brent Toellner
Keeping Foster and Rescue Pets Healthy – Michael Dix, DVM
Marketing 101: Building Awareness to Advance Your Mission – Gretchen Meyers
Marketing Gone Wild: Seven Tips to Make Your Brand Memorable – Julie Castle
Non-surgical Spay/Neuter Alternatives – Joyce Briggs, Karen Green
Picture Perfect: Using Photography and Video to Increase Adoptions – Seth Casteel
Picture Perfect: Using Photography and Video to Increase Adoptions – Michael Hand
Public/Private Partnerships for Trap/Neuter/Return– Jon Cicirelli
Public/Private Partnerships for Trap/Neuter/Return – Desiree Triste-Aragon
Super-Sizing Community Adoptions – Lindi Biggi
Super-Sizing Community Adoptions – Denise Deisler, Rick DuCharme
Too Young to Die: Saving Neonatal Kittens – Ellen Jefferson, DVM
Too Young to Die: Parvo Puppies – Ellen Jefferson, DVM
Transporting Rescued Animals: Secrets to Delivering Our Best Friends to New Beginnings – Candi Crawford, Cathi Eagan
Turning Board Members into Fundraisers – Sandy Rees
Using Incentives to Increase Spay/Neuter – Rick DuCharme
Using Incentives to Increase Spay/Neuter – Jane Weatherford
Saturday
Asking for Donations: The Most Effective Tactics – Sandy Rees
Creating a Kitten Foster Program That Saves Lives – Kristi Brooks
Getting Your Vet to Support Your Cause – Jeff Newman, DVM
Jekyll or Hyde? Defensive vs. Offensive Aggression – Aimee Sadler
Journey to No-Kill Communities: No-Kill Los Angeles (NKLA) – Francis Battista
Journey to No-Kill Communities: Nevada County, California – Cheryl Wicks
Journey to No-Kill Sammie's Friends Handout – Cheryl Wicks
The Joy, Impact and Power of Your Story – Elizabeth Doyle
Keeping Animals Out of Shelters with Pre-intake Intervention and Post-adoption Counseling – Mike Kaviani
Keeping Animals Out of Shelters with Pre-intake Intervention and Post-adoption Counseling – Lori Weise
Making Your Case: How to Sell Your Organization in 30 Seconds – Rachel McCrystal, Kelly Morton
Partnerships to No-Kill – Denise Deisler, Rick DuCharme
Put More Pets in Good Homes with a Win-Win Adoption Process – Sue Cosby
Trap/Neuter/Return 101 – Shelly Kotter
Working with the Media to Make Your Message Heard – Cathy Rosenthal
Sunday
Addressing the Problem of Puppy Mills – Rene Karapedian, Elizabeth Oreck
Animal Behavior: Helping Rescued Dogs and Cats Overcome Behavioral Challenges (presentation) – Sherry Woodard
Animal Behavior: Helping Rescued Dogs and Cats Overcome Behavioral Challenges (handouts) – Sherry Woodard
Ending Breed Discrimination Against Pit-Bull-Terrier-Type Dogs – Jean Keating
Ending Breed Discrimination Against Pit-Bull-Terrier-Type Dogs – Cathy Rosenthal
Ending Breed Discrimination Against Pit-Bull-Terrier-Type Dogs – Ledy VanKavage
Fancy Footwork: Fixing leash problems with your feet! – Aimee Sadler
Taking It to the Street: Grassroots Advocacy for Community Cats – Laura Nirenberg
Taking It to the Street: Grassroots Advocacy for Community Cats – Lisa Tudor
Taking It to the Street: Grassroots Advocacy for Community Cats – Peter Wolf
