Search Search Search Topic Programs & Operations Board & Leadership Managing People Resources (-) Volunteers Adoption & Placement Foster Care Active FiltersVolunteers Group 9 Clear All Compassion Fatigue & Resilience Resource for Animal Shelter Staff & Volunteer Wellness Learn essential ways to stay healthy and resilient while working in animal welfare, including tips for managing stress and preventing burnout. Smile! You’re Saving Lives Explore ways to improve service by clarifying the meaning behind the work you do and applying proven concepts to what you already know. 5 Tips for Training and Retaining Volunteers Learn how one small all-volunteer organization uses five tips to effectively train and retain an army of dedicated volunteers. Tips to Set up Fosters for Success with Challenging Dogs Learn easy and proven tips to improve fosters’ experience with challenging dogs and save more lives, together. Design 'Adopt Me' Bandanas for Shelter Pets Design pet-sized bandanas and donate them to a local shelter. 6 Ways to Create a Sense of Community for Volunteers Successful volunteer programs keep volunteers connected to each other and your agency. Try these six tips to keep volunteers in touch. Sample Job Descriptions for Kitten Foster Coordinators These job descriptions summarize the responsibilities of being a kitten foster coordinator or volunteer foster coordinator for an animal shelter or rescue. Top Tips for Volunteer Success in an Animal Shelter or Rescue Read our top tips for finding, motivating, and retaining one of your most important assets – your animal shelter volunteers. Hiring the Right People for Your Culture Learn about specific tools and strategies to adjust your hiring process to find the right kind of people for the organizational culture you want. Leading the Way for Volunteer Programs Create and administer a volunteer program that advances your mission and is productive and rewarding for both staff and volunteers. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page next ›