About TailsPal — a project helping homeless animals in Georgia

• Why innovation matters in shelters and communities
• How we collect and prioritize ideas
• Running small pilots before scaling
• Practical technologies we adopt
• Training volunteers and staff
• Partnering with experts and organizations
• Measuring impact and gathering feedback
• Scaling solutions that work

• Why transparency matters for TailsPal and the community
• Financial transparency: reports and budgets
• Operational openness: processes and decisions
• Volunteer and partner collaboration
• Public data about animals and adoptions
• Feedback channels and complaint handling
• Tools: reports, dashboards, community meetings
• How you can help and verify our work

• Assess current spending and priorities
• Centralized procurement and supplier negotiation
• Inventory control to reduce waste
• Engage volunteers and community resources
• Energy efficiency and infrastructure savings
• Partnerships and barter with local businesses
• Preventive healthcare to lower treatment costs
• Transparent budgeting and regular monitoring

• Why donors matter to TailsPal
• Principles: transparency, responsibility, respect
• Support formats: one-time, recurring, targeted
• How donations are used in practice
• Communication and reporting to donors
• Safety and legal compliance
• Ways we say thank you to supporters
• How to become a donor

• Why tracking feeder use matters for animal welfare
• Key information to record at each feeder
• Low-tech methods: logs, photos, volunteer reports
• Tech options: cameras, sensors, online forms
• Maintenance routines and refill planning
• Community roles and volunteer training
• Respecting privacy and safe practices

• Goals of online volunteer training and its benefits
• Platforms and basic tech requirements
• Course structure: modules and practical tasks
• Engagement methods and feedback loops
• Assessment, onboarding and mentorship
• Remote practical exercises and tips
• Common challenges and simple solutions
• How we support volunteers after training

• Make navigation clearer and task-oriented
• Speed up pages and optimize for mobile
• Improve accessibility for all users
• Simplify forms and feedback channels
• Run usability tests with volunteers and shelters
• Add community tools for volunteers and shelters
• Ensure data safety and transparent communication
• Keep content up to date and localized

• Identify the newsworthy angle
• Prepare clear, honest messages
• Build relationships with journalists
• Use local and niche media outlets
• Prepare visuals ahead of time
• Offer ready-to-use formats for coverage
• Respond quickly and professionally
• Learn from responses and adapt

• Ideas from the community and shelters
• Research and risk assessment
• Prototype and pilot programs
• Partnerships with shelters and vets
• Fundraising and resource planning
• Monitoring, evaluation and adaptation
• Community engagement and communication
• Ethical and animal health standards