Mayor's Alliance Strength Training sessions help APOs work smarter and expand capacity.
Strength Training Opportunities for APOs Coming This Fall
This fall, Alliance Participating Organizations (APOs) will have the opportunity to participate in special training sessions that can help them streamline and enhance their efforts in three important areas: managing recordkeeping of the animals in their care, promoting their animals more effectively on the Internet, and preparing their shelter or rescue group for a disaster.
On October 7, Steve Zeidman, Chief Technology Officer for Pethealth, Inc., and former Director of Information Technology for NYC's Animal Care & Control, will conduct an informational session to introduce APO representatives to PetPoint, the company's comprehensive web-based animal management program that can save shelters and rescue groups time and money. Among the program's many beneficial features are the ability to automatically update an organization's online adoptable animal listings in real time, including pictures, stories, and profiles, and also the ability to facilitate Maddie's Fund reporting.
Two weeks later, October 21, Sara Lippincott, Shelter Outreach Manager for Petfinder, will conduct a strategy session to help APOs more effectively promote pet adoptions on the Internet. Sara will describe resources offered by Petfinder as well as tips to assist organizations in promoting animals for adoption on their own websites and other venues.
In November, APOs will have the opportunity learn how to prepare their shelter or rescue group for a disaster. The ASPCA's Director of Disaster Response, Allison Cardona, will conduct a hands-on workshop that focuses on evacuation plans and continuity of operations in the event of a disaster or other incident. This session was originally scheduled for September, but is being rescheduled (with new date to be announced) because Allison was called away to assist in animal rescue operations resulting from Hurricane Ike! Incidentally, the ASPCA, the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals and Animal Care & Control are among the New York City-based animal organizations that participate in the Animal Planning Task Force of NYC's Office of Emergency Management's strategic planning for emergencies involving animals in New York City.
Helping Alliance member shelters and rescue groups expand their capacities by working smarter is one of the core initiatives set forth in the Mayor's Alliance's 10-year strategic plan. We encourage APOs to participate in these trainings, which we offer free of charge and by invitation only. E-mail invitations will be distributed soon to all APOs for our upcoming sessions. If you have questions, please e-mail us at info@AnimalAllianceNYC.org.
