2015 Best Friends National Conference Presentations and Handouts
Thursday, July 16
10:00 – 11:30 am
Hearts Larger than Hands: Creating Balance in Your Life to Save More Animals
(Dr. Linda Harper, Faith Maloney)
PowerPoint Handout 1 Handout 2
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Workshop Session I
- Good Deeds: Volunteer Power (Patty Hegwood)
PowerPoint - Advocacy 101: Successful Lobbying for Community Cats (Peter Wolf)
PowerPoint - Irresistible: Improving Adoption Customer Service (Diane Blankenburg)
PowerPoint Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3 Handout 4 - Calm Cats: Encouraging Bonding to Reduce Shelter Stress and Increase Adoptability (Dr. McMillan)
PowerPoint - Money Isn't Everything: Medical Services on a Shoestring Budget (Dr. Ellen Jefferson)
PowerPoint - Where to Begin: Fundraising Basics (Sandy Rees)
PowerPoint Handout - Selling Spay/Neuter in Style (Cathy Rosenthal)
PowerPoint - Ready, Steady, Go: Managing Change for Increased Success (Holly Sizemore)
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3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Workshop Session II
- Foster-ific: Dispelling Myths About Fostering (Bonney Brown)
PowerPoint Handout - Working the System: Understanding Good Policies and How to Get Them in Your Community (Arlyn Bradshaw, Scott Giacoppo)
PowerPoint - High-Volume Adoptions: Basic Strategies for Success (Marc Peralta)
PowerPoint - Head of the Class: Utilizing Volunteers as Dog Trainers (Sarah Clusman)
PowerPoint Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3 Handout 4 Handout 5 Handout 6 Handout 7 - Haven of Care: Keeping Animals Healthy in a Shelter Setting (Dr. Kate Hurley)
- Creative Writing to the Rescue: How to Write a Fundraising Appeal (Elizabeth Doyle)
PowerPoint - Getting the Scoop: How Journalists Spread the News (Arin Greenwood, Chelsea Marshall)
- Plan Like a Winner: Strategic Planning for the Long Haul (Holley Darden)
Friday, July 17
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Workshop Session I
Getting to No-Kill: Different Communities, Different Models
- Los Angeles, California (Brenda Barnette, Francis Battista, Aimee Gilbreath, Marc Peralta)
Playbook - Kansas City, Missouri (Brent Toellner)
Playbook - Portland, Oregon (Kristi Brooks, Brenda King, Debbie Wood)
Playbook PowerPoint - Brown County, Indiana (Jane Weatherford)
Playbook PowerPoint Video - State of Utah (Arlyn Bradshaw)
Playbook - Atlanta, Georgia: Fulton and DeKalb Counties (Rebecca Guinn)
Playbook PowerPoint - Austin, Texas (Tawny Hammond, Dr. Ellen Jefferson)
Playbook - Lynchburg, Virginia (Makena Yarbrough)
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2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Workshop Session II
- The Data Dance: Your No-Kill Best Friend (Aimee Gilbreath, April Harris)
PowerPoint Handout - Powerful Strategies for Putting Puppy Mills in the Past (Elizabeth Oreck)
Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3 - Adoption Myth Busters (Dr. Emily Weiss)
- So Adoptable: Dogs Playing for Life (Aimee Sadler)
PowerPoint - Meeting the Special Challenges of Special-Needs Pets (Dr. Frank McMillan, Claudia Perrone)
PowerPoint 1 PowerPoint 2 - Smart Money: Wise Investments for a Secure Future (Craig DePole)
PowerPoint - Million-Dollar Images: How Photography Wins Hearts (Seth Casteel)
- Learning to Lead: What Great Leaders Know and Do (Gregory Castle)
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4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Workshop Session III
- Partner Up: How the Public and Private Sectors Work Together to Help Community Cats (Shelly Kotter, Christopher Romero)
PowerPoint - Rallying the Troops: How to Engage Your Community to Save More Lives (Bonney Brown)
PowerPoint Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3 Handout 4 Handout 5 - Achieving Successful Adoptions Through Conversation, Not Interrogation (Todd Cramer)
PowerPoint - Stepping Up to the Challenge Line: Growing Trust Through Mutual Risk (Jackson Galaxy)
- Teamwork: Animal Behavior and Medical Services Working as One (Aimee Sadler, Dr. Ellen Jefferson)
PowerPoint - Raising Funds Digitally: Navigating the Online and Email Worlds (Sue Citro)
PowerPoint - Best Face Forward: Best Practices for Your PR Department (Amelia Gingold Makin)
PowerPoint - How to Win Friends and Influence Lifesaving Through Coalitions and Alliances (Francis Battista, Arlyn Bradshaw, Barbara Brown)
PowerPoint Handout
Saturday, July 18
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Workshop Session I
- Hitting the Target: Spay/Neuter Programs That Work (Bryan Kortis)
PowerPoint - Engaged: Effective Community Messaging (Eric Rayvid, Michelle Sathe)
PowerPoint - All Things Feline: Promoting Cat Adoptions (Shelley Thayer)
PowerPoint Handout - Instilling Confidence: Helping Shy Dogs Come Forward (Cherie Mascis, Michelle Weaver)
PowerPoint - Reducing the Risks: Health Care Strategies for Fostered and Rescued Pets (Dr. Patti Patterson)
PowerPoint - Light Their Fires: Motivating Donors (Angie Moore)
- Webtastic: Helping Your Pets Get Adopted Online (Jessie Earl, Claudia Perrone)
PowerPoint - Working for Peace: Effective Conflict Resolution (Karen Green)
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2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Workshop Session II
- Special Delivery: Transporting Pets to Great New Homes (Mary James, Anne Ward)
PowerPoint 1 PowerPoint 2 Handout 1 Handout 2 - Five Years, Five Initiatives: Taking the Million Cat Challenge (Dr. Kate Hurley)
- Up with Terriers: Pit Bull Terrier Adoptability (Mike Kaviani, Jean Keating)
PowerPoint - Beyond Basics: How to Work with Aggressive and Reactive Dog Behaviors (Allie Bender)
PowerPoint Handout 1 Handout 2 - Streamlining Vet Clinics for Low-Cost Care (Rick DuCharme)
- Fundraising's Hidden Power: Making Every Donor Count (Tim Crum)
PowerPoint - Disruptive Creativity: Marketing Outside the Box and Inside a Budget (Dana Collins, Kim McDaniel)
PowerPoint - Beyond Dog Walking: Engaging Volunteer Leaders (Beth Steinhorn)
PowerPoint Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3
Sunday, July 19
9:00 am – 10:30 am Workshop Session I
- Start Right: Strategizing Intake Interventions (Lori Weise)
PowerPoint - Dismantling Breed Discrimination, One City at a Time (Ledy VanKavage)
PowerPoint Handout 1 Handout 2 - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Post-adoption Follow-Up for Dogs and Cats (Mike Kaviani, Shelley Thayer)
PowerPoint Handout - Keep It Clean: Resolving Litter Box Issues (Pam Johnson-Bennett)
Handout - It's a Win-Win: Friends of Animals Programs (Becky Hamilton)
PowerPoint Handout - Gifts That Keep Giving: Cultivating Major and Planned Gifts (Karen Gallardo, Anne Mejia)
PowerPoint 1 PowerPoint 2 - The Long Tail: Using Pinterest, LinkedIn and Instagram to Expand Your Social Media Reach (Marcie Grube)
PowerPoint - Create a Blazing Hot Brand: More Mission, Members, Media and Money (Julie Castle)
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Workshop Session II
- The Way Back Home: Reuniting Lost Pets with Their People (Rob Goddard, Susan Taney)
PowerPoint 1 PowerPoint 2 Handout 1 Handout 2 - Committed Partner Outreach: The Power of Best Friends Network Partners (Nikki Kelley, Michelle Logan, Tami Simon)
PowerPoint Handout 1 Handout 2 - Super Duper: Multiple-Group Adoption Events (Candi Crawford, Rick DuCharme)
PowerPoint - Getting to ‘Good Dog’: Overcoming Common Canine Behavior Challenges (Sherry Woodard)
PowerPoint - Alive and Thriving: Ways to Save Newborn Kittens (Kristi Brooks, Nicole Swartzlander)
PowerPoint 1 PowerPoint 2 - Granted: Identifying, Applying for and Managing Grant Funds (Mandy Pearce)
PowerPoint - Make It Sparkle: Upgrading and Polishing Your Website (Eve Simon)
PowerPoint - Strong on Top: Building and Engaging a Board of Directors (Sandy Rees)
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