October 31, 2008Comments are closed.fundraising
I spent yesterday at the Givewell Nonprofit Finance Forum, the topic dubbed ‘best practice financial management for nonprofits’ with a hundred other groups all wanting the answer to the same question; how do we fundraise when people are watching their life savings vanish in front of their eyes? The news is grim, with the speakers [...]
Continue readingOctober 28, 2008Comments are closed.fundraising
Sasha Dichter’s inspirational piece In Defense of Raising Money: a Manifesto for NonProfit CEOs says we should stop apologising for raising money to continue our work; Convincing the most powerful, resourceâ€rich people you know that allocating some of their capital to the issues you’re addressing matters. You’re devoting your life, your spirit, your energy, your [...]
Continue readingOctober 26, 2008Comments are closed.No Kill
Sometimes something is said so simply and so brilliantly, that you wonder why no one has said it before; So is the case with the post from Christie Keith at Pet Connection Blog today; Don’t surrender the power of ‘no-kill’ That power is exactly why no-kill opponents are doing their level best to destroy the [...]
Continue readingOctober 26, 2008Comments are closed.marketing
When I blogged about the new Beverly Hills Chihuahua movie, rescue groups both here and abroad had just started to agitate about the influx of chi’s they were expecting to flood their shelters from a ‘irresponsible public’ after the release of the movie. Nathan Winograd reported on my post saying: After posting my concerns about [...]
Continue readingOctober 26, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shel
I think as agents of change, we’ve all felt like this little fishy at some point…
Continue readingOctober 24, 2008Comments are closed.cats, mandatory desexing
News from the Australian Institute of Animal Management conference in Darwin, that hot on Tasmania’s heels, South Australia is also reviewing their companion animal legislation with view to strengthening their laws. SA’s preferences presently look like this: microchipping of all dogs and cats by a specified date or microchipping of dogs and cats at first [...]
Continue readingOctober 23, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
This is great! Check out the way this RSPCA is working in conjunction with a primary school to care for orphaned puppies… watch?v=QB8trkyKxfA
Continue readingOctober 23, 2008Comments are closed.marketing
Rescue groups often seem to have one plan and one plan only for the way an advertising campaign might help them reach pet owners; that a ‘shock’ based campaign will suddenly have everybody acting ‘responsibly’ and the carnage will stop. To date a total lack of any television campaigns and media attention of this shocking [...]
Continue readingOctober 22, 2008Comments are closed.marketing
Last week I wrote about the dangers of bad news and why you should avoid the media when their sole aim is to expose sad, sick or abused rescue pet stories. Today, in an amazing stroke of blog imitating life, I received this email; Dear Sir/Madam, Am a journalist and dog lover with the <major [...]
Continue readingOctober 17, 2008Comments are closed.attitude, shelter procedure
I adopted a gorgeous labrador cross to a family two months ago only to receive a phone call today from the local pound informing us that the new owners had surrendered her. The family presented themselves as nice professional people. They already had a dog who got along with this new girl and all in [...]
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