Colorado Animal Welfare Conference Session
Who Let the Dogs Out? You did! Increase Live Outcomes with Day Foster Programs
9-10:30am Day 3 August 28, 2024
Westminster Ballroom I and II
Shelter Operations
Want to increase adoptions and inspire community participation? Day foster programs can supercharge adoptions and create longer term fosters. Whether your shelter doesn’t have a program or wants to expand an existing one, this workshop is applicable.
Teller County Regional Animal Shelter’s program has been a trailblazer in sheltering. We’ll show you what they did and their results. We’ll walk you through the basics for starting a program, including free resources to utilize and scaling a program for any size shelter.
Attendees will come out of the training inspired and with the tools they need to get started.
Strategies for Social Media Marketing that Get Results
1:30-3pm Day 3 August 28, 2024
Westminster Ballroom I and II
Shelter Operations
As our lives move more online, it’s becoming harder for shelters to get their content noticed. Stymied by constant algorithm changes and new channels? Let’s talk about innovative strategies for creating social media content that is eye catching AND effective. From incorporating storytelling to giving your frontline staff the microphone, we will show you how to get the public’s eye and keep it. Adoptions, social media fundraisers, crisis communications, we will go over it all and look at great examples of social media from shelters around the country that gets results.
Finnegan Dowling
Finnegan Dowling is Mutual Rescue’s Shelter Program Manager. A large part of her job is helping shelters start day foster programs. She has been in animal welfare for over 25 years and has worked in shelters in Washington, Colorado, California, and Nicaragua. Prior presenting experiences include the Best Friends Conference, Texas Unites, New Mexico Humane Conference and many others. Her writing has been published in The Bark and Huffington Post and honored with Shorty Awards.