Webinars
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Building Operating Reserves for Long Term Sustainability
The GFAS standards address financial stability, and recommend that sanctuaries establish anoperating reserve. But how do you define, promote and build operating reserves at your organization? This webinar addresses: *Making the case for having an operating reserve *Factors for determining an appropriate amount *Strategies for funding a reserve *Guidelines for developing policies/procedures for managing a reserve and more!
A Fresh Look at Fencing: A System for Making Equine Fencing Decisions
How to assess if equines are safely contained for equine rescue and sanctuary organizations, and decision-making regarding the installation of new, or the maintenance of current fencing.
Coping Skills: When Life is Uncomfortable
Our presenter discusses coping skills to help enhance your ability to adapt to life’s stressors, including chronic stress, sadness and anxiety. Various coping techniques, strategies and skills will be discussed to help you better manage and navigate these entities in your daily life. Presented by: Ilene Kastel, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
Conflict and Resolution
This webinar focuses on communication and conflict resolution, as well as some light information on the psychology of persuasion. All of which can be applied to greatly improving our personal and professional lives regarding relationships, teams, and outreach/marketing in animal welfare organizations. Presented by: Ilene Kastel, licensed clinical professional counselor
The Cost of Caring: Understanding Compassion Fatigue and Burn Out
C0mpassion fatigue and burnout frequently occur in helping professions such as those in the animal welfare and rescue arena. Compassion fatigue and burnout are the cost of caring and are caused by occupational stress and being overworked. They both affect our professional and personal life disrupting our energy, motivation, and impact our effectiveness. Tune in to learn what the risk factors are, warning signs, symptoms, practices to cope and manage, the recovery process and prevention.
Equine Acquisition
An in-depth look at legal and ethical acquisitions of equines at rescue and sanctuary facilities. This webinar also outlines some successful safety net programs which keep equines from entering the purchase cycle, and help rescues and sanctuaries to avoid the “feed lot frenzy”.
Minimizing Liability and Risk in Using Volunteers
Many sanctuaries rely heavily on volunteer labor, both in connection with providing needed animal care and also in advocacy, outreach and the administrative work of running an organization. While volunteers may be crucial to the operation of a non-profit, they may also present challenges to an organization, including potential exposure to liability. This webinar will discuss ways in which a non-profit sanctuary can limit their liability when using volunteers and when paid staff also perform volunteer activities.
Delivering the Right Message – Avian Advocacy and Outreach
Captive wildlife sanctuaries have a critical responsibility to deliver a clear and consistent message that ‘wild animals don’t belong in captivity.’ However, the approaches taken to educate and attract placement partners are often exploitive and even counterproductive. Our experts share strategies on how organizations can achieve the right balance.
You Found a Potential Adoption Partner, Now What
What goes into preparing an adopter for life with an undomesticated, extremely social, flighted animal? Our roundtable experts answer questions on how to properly inform adopters about the true needs of birds – the good and the bad –that can aid in long-term adoption success.