AVMA News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Two sessions at the AVMA Veterinary Leadership Conference focused on the benefits of emotional intelligence. Veterinary professionals attuned to their emotions are better equipped to handle stressful situations and relate to clients and colleagues.

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AVMA News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Josh Vaisman, founder of Flourish Veterinary Consulting, and Andi Davison, a licensed veterinarian technician, gave the presentation “If You Ain’t Coaching, You Ain't Leading” on January 6 at the AVMA Veterinary Leadership Conference in Chicago.

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AVMA News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Dani Rabwin, veterinarian and founder of Ready, Vet, Go, a remote veterinary mentorship program, and Debra Hamilton, JD, the principal at Hamilton Law and Mediation North Carolina, presented the session “Clear Communication: Smoothing Out Rough Discussions with Colleagues, Staff and Clients” at the AVMA Veterinary Leadership Conference on January 6 (..)

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AVMA News

JANUARY 6, 2024

Two proposals for change in the veterinary profession—the idea of a midlevel position (MLP) that would overlap the roles of the veterinarian and veterinary technician and eliminating the requirement to establish a veterinarian-technician-patient relationship (VCPR) in person for telemedicine—were discussed during the AVMA House of Delegates’ (HOD) (..)

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AVMA News

JANUARY 8, 2024

The AVMA House of Delegates (HOD) amended several AVMA policies addressing a range of veterinary-related issues, , from raw diets for dogs and cats, to dog and cat population management, to animal loss support services, and safe, noncommercial transport of pets in motor vehicles, during its regular winter session, held January 5-6 in Chicago in conjunction (..)

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AVMA News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) held its 56th annual conference from September 21-23 in Milwaukee. The AABP presented awards and seated new officials.

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AVMA News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The Washington State VMA (WSVMA) held its Pacific Northwest Veterinary Conference from September 22-24 in Tacoma. The WSVMA presented awards and seated new officials.

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AVMA News

MARCH 21, 2023

The AVMA offered sessions at the 2023 WVC Annual Conference as part of a year-old partnership with Viticus Group, the organization that hosts WVC.

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AVMA News

JANUARY 7, 2024

Keynote speaker Richard Boyatzis, PhD, spoke at the AVMA Veterinary Leadership Conference on January 5 in Chicago.

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AVMA News

JANUARY 7, 2024

Two proposals for change in the veterinary profession—the idea of a midlevel position (MLP) that would overlap the roles of the veterinarian and veterinary technician and eliminating the requirement to establish a veterinarian-technician-patient relationship (VCPR) in person for telemedicine—were discussed during the AVMA House of Delegates’ (HOD) (..)

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AVMA News

MAY 17, 2023

The American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) held its annual conference and Iverson Bell Symposium from March 9-11 in Washington, D.C.

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AVMA News

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Florida VMA (FVMA) held its annual conference from April 20-23 in Orlando. The association presented awards and seated new officials.

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AVMA News

MAY 18, 2023

The Oregon VMA held its Oregon Veterinary Conference virtually from March 31-April 2. The association presented awards and seated new officials.

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AVMA News

MARCH 23, 2023

The Tennessee VMA held its Music City Veterinary Conference from February 10-12 in Murfreesboro. The association presented awards and seated new officials.

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AVMA News

MARCH 9, 2023

The Indiana VMA held its Crossroads Veterinary Conference from Feb. 2-4 in Noblesville. The INVMA presented awards and seated new officials.

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AVMA News

JULY 3, 2023

The Alabama VMA (ALVMA) held its Emerald Coast Veterinary Conference from May 31-June 4 in Miramar Beach, Florida. The association presented awards and seated new officials.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2013

Billed as The New York Birders Conference , the weekend-long meeting, hosted by the Queens County Bird Club , will feature great field trips, workshops, and a keynote speaker that 10,000 Birds readers will recognize – James Currie ! So sign up ! Right now ! Don’t delay ! Birding New York'

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AVMA News

APRIL 25, 2023

The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) treaty was agreed upon at the 5th Intergovernmental Conference in New York, after two decades of international discussion. For the first time, United Nations (UN) members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas.

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AVMA News

MARCH 15, 2023

The Ohio VMA held its Midwest Veterinary Conference from February 16-18 in Columbus. The OVMA presented awards and seated new officials.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Billed as The New York Birders Conference , the weekend-long meeting, hosted by the Queens County Bird Club , will feature great field trips, workshops, and a keynote speaker that 10,000 Birds readers will undoubtedly recognize – James Currie ! So sign up ! Right now !

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AVMA News

MAY 11, 2023

The Virginia VMA held its Virginia Veterinary Conference from February 16-18 in Roanoke. The association presented awards and seated new officials.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2021

If the avian realm had self-conscious, talking ambassadors, “spokebirds”, which species would partake in birding conferences? At the largest of conferences, logistical and cultural issues could be a real problem. Despite the many difficulties, such a birding conference would also be amazingly rewarding.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Peter Sis in The Conference of the Birds The Conference of the Birds , an amazingly well-illustrated adaptation of the twelfth century Persian poet Farid Ud-Din Attar’s epic poem, is well worth the cover price of $27.95. Go get The Conference of the Birds and enjoy it as much as I do. Poisoned air! Unhappiness!

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Critter News

MAY 21, 2010

The conference is to be held from July 23-26 in Washington, DC. Someday, I hope to attend one of these conferences. Tags: humane society conferences. I recently received this email announcement.

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Animal Person

MARCH 28, 2009

" Two Animal Rights Conferences: Will you be there? " I haven't been to either conference, so I can say nothing from personal experience. by Drew Wilson at Care2's animal welfare blog has yet to have any comments about rights and welfare. I don't know how big the readership of that blog is, but it is international if that matters.

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Critter News

AUGUST 30, 2009

Join Best Friends Animal Society for the annual No More Homeless Pets National Conference, October 23-25, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is the conference for people who want to make a difference. Tags: Best Friends animal welfare conferences. From a Best Friends email.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2018

The Schools Our Children Deserve by Alfie Kohn from the 2015 Deming in Education conference: 2,900 views (2 years – 5,500). Deming 101 – An Introduction to Dr. Deming’s Teachings by Peter Scholtes (this shows Peter’s full presentation at our 2008 conference in Madison, Wisconsin): 1,900 views (4 years – 6,300).

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Critter News

MARCH 2, 2009

The National No-Kill Conference scheduled for May 2-3 in Washington, DC is ALREADY sold out.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2020

The North American Ornithological Conference (NAOC) is held every four years. It seems that pretty much everyone who is anyone in ornithology in the Western Hemisphere attends, making NAOC is one of the largest ornithological conferences in the world. Time will tell if the $50 registration fee was money well-spent.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

Handing out T-shirts at the registration desk with a summer intern from the Field Museum (one of the conference’s sponsoring groups) gave me a good feel for who was around and what ornithologists are like. Like most conferences, this one had an exhibit hall and poster session, too. Oh, if I didn’t have a day job!).

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Critter News

APRIL 12, 2009

Tags: animal law conferences.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2015

In March, rehabbers in the United States will gather at the annual National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association conference to make contacts, swap information, and learn new techniques. Another recruited a computer-savvy friend and created the indiegogo video.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

For being invited to the Global Bird Watcher’s Conference, I would like to thank the organizers: Government of Gujarat, Gujarat Tourism Corporation and the Forest Department of Gujarat. The conference was organized by excellent J.N. The previous day was devoted to exploration of the Little Rann of Kutch. Acknowledgements.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2011

But the biggest story that is about birds is the conference that took place last week. From July 6-8, there was a European conference in Larnaca about illegal bird killing , organized by Terra Cypria. It seems that it came off rather well, and was co-organized by the Cyprus Game Fund and members of the Bern Convention.

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Critter News

JUNE 23, 2009

This makes for an entertaining read. First up, Paul Watson goes through Portuguese Customs: At one point the officer came into the room and asked if I had ever been in trouble in Portugal and then added, “Something about a Dutch ship about 10 years ago?” Hmmm, I don’t know anything about a Dutch ship 10 years ago,” I answered.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

This sounds wonderful. It will be in Arlington, VA at the end of October. Someday, if it becomes an annual event, I hope I can go.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 24, 2012

We just returned from a fun, furry, weekend in Salt Lake City for the BlogPaws conference. The conference was for animal lovers, and it wasn’t just humans present! There were actual animals at the conference too. to Cesar for sponsoring us for the conference. We wanted to say Thank YOU!

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