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Shelter Management

Managing a shelter or other animal-welfare agency may be the ultimate on-the-job training experience. These pages provide information on leadership and planning, board development, and managing and hiring staff to help you establish and operate a professional organization.

"Some of the best staff supervision and management practices can be found in the emerging field of humane dog training."
Bert Troughton, MSW, ASPCA Vice President, Community Outreach

 

What's The Big Picture for Your Shelter?
The day-to-day needs of the animals and people in our organizations can be pretty compelling-but what about your vision of the future? Here are tools to help you tackle the long view of your organization in a manageable, step-by-step process.

Improve Board Performance
Follow the lead of Colorado's Dumb Friends League, whose highly functioning dynamic board of directors has enabled the organization to become a national leader in the field.

 

Data: A Shelter's Best Friend
Learn how "knowing the numbers" can be a powerful tool for serving the animals in your direct care and in your community.

 

Creating SOPs with Ease
We offer two methods: Slow and Structured or Down and Dirty. Either way, you can create documents that'll do the job.

Save Lives Now!
How to Take Great Photos of Your Animals
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Appealing photos help your animals get noticed. Enjoy the results!

Go!