Attention Animal Advocate,

Join us on Saturday, September 15 and Sunday , September 16th, 2012 in Cincinnati, OH at the Crowne Plaza in Blue Ash for an exciting educational and networking opportunity with Nathan J. Winograd, author, speaker and founder of the No-Kill Advocacy Center and 4 national No-Kill experts sharing how 4 communities has achieved saving over 90% of all their shelter animals (and how your county can enjoy the same success). How did Austin, TX, Reno, NV, Charlottesville, VA and Shelby, KY achieve and sustain a Save Rate of over 90% year after year? The speakers will tell you.

Attendees will have the opportunity to have 2 solid days of information, education and instruction on how to achieve a No-Kill Community (defined as saving at least 90% of all Open Admission Shelter Animals). Click "Conference Agenda" (subject to change) for what you will be learning at this conference.

Note: If you work at an open admission animal shelter, WE WANT/NEED YOU to attend. This year each open admission shelter is eligible to receive 1 free registration for the 2 day conference. Email Registration@GreatSheltersConference.com with the Subject Line "Free Ticket for Shelter" including your name, phone number, your county/state name and the name of the shelter you work at and you will be sent a discount code to use during registration. Hurry, offer ends when subsidy funding has been exhausted. The worse thing that can happen is that you learn a new way to save more animals. Please join us! ** Please make sure your local open admission shelter leadership is aware of this Conference and the free ticket offer. **

Note: Having support from our county shelter leadership is critical for quickly implementing the life-saving programs to begin saving more of the shelter animals. For that reason, this year each county is eligible to receive 1 free registration for the 2 day conference for a county commissioner or judge executive official who oversees the Animal Control Department for the county. The County Official should email Registration@GreatSheltersConference.com with the Subject Line "Free Ticket for County Official" including the official's name, county/state name, title, phone number and the shelter name that the official has authority over and they will be sent a discount code to use during registration. The County Official must request the free ticket to ensure they are willing to attend and learn how other communities in the USA are saving over 90% of all their shelter animals. Hurry, offer ends when subsidy funding has been exhausted. The worse thing that can happen is that the county official will be exposed to new methods and new concepts being implemented to save more animals. ** Please make sure your county officials that oversee the Animal Control Department for the county is aware of this Conference and the free ticket offer. **

Nathan Winograd is at the forefront of the national No-Kill Movement and will share the keys to achieving a no-kill community right here in the Greater Cincinnati area. His message last year at the 2011 Great Shelters Conference was inspirational for the attendees. For 1 open admission county shelter director, staff and volunteers who attended, the 2011 Great Shelters Conference prompted their embracing the Life-Saving programs of the No-Kill Equation and now Boone County, KY is on the path to achieving a No-Kill Boone County. Similar successes have been initiated in communities across the country with the information the attendees will receive on Saturday and Sunday.

Let's show the conference speakers our commitment to achieving higher save rates for our Shelter Animals by registering now for this fabulous opportunity on September 15th and 16th, 2012 to network with fellow Animal Advocates to save more Shelter Animals.

This event is absolutely LIMITED to 300 participants, so register early to guarantee your experience. Please Note: There are no refunds due to the expensive fixed costs associated with this conference and the extremely low Registration Fee.

What You Can Expect:

In addition to Nathan's wealth of information, the Great Shelters Conference will present you with national, regional and local speakers who have successfully implemented programs to save more Shelter Animals.

Saturday will provide the needed overview and updates of the No-Kill Movement highlighting successful No-Kill open admission shelters and their path to No-Kill. Current list of Conference Speakers (additional speakers to be determined)

• We are honored that Nathan Winograd, the leader of the No-Kill Movement in the nation, has agreed to return for a 2nd year to the Great Shelters Conference. He will share his messages through enlightening presentations about what is happening throughout the nation regarding the No-Kill Movement.
• We are excited to announce that Diane Blankenburg with the Nevada Humane Society in Reno, Nevada will be speaking both on Saturday and Sunday. Diane will share their story of how they achieved No-Kill (saving at least 90% of the Open Admission Shelter Animals) on Saturday. On Sunday, Diane will be rolling up her sleeves with other speakers to coach attendees on the HOW of getting to No-Kill.
• Susanne Kogut with the Charlottesville Albemarle SPCA in Charlottesville, Virginia will be speaking both on Saturday and Sunday. Susanne will share their story of how they achieved No-Kill (saving at least 90% of the Open Admission Shelter Animals) on Saturday. On Sunday, Susanne will be rolling up her sleeves with other speakers to coach attendees on the HOW of getting to No-Kill.
• By popular demand, Kelly Jedlicki, representing No-Kill Shelby County, KY which is our very own No-Kill regional success story will be returning this year. Kelly will be sharing her county's success story along with the experience and learnings acquired along the path to achieving No-Kill. On Sunday, Kelly will be joining other speakers to help coach attendees on the HOW of getting to No-Kill.
• Our rising star, Beckey Reiter, Executive Director of the County run Boone County, KY Animal Care and Control Shelter and also the Animal Control Director (with over 24 years experience in Animal Control) will be sharing her Shelter's march to achieving No-Kill (began at the 2011 Great Shelters Conference) and also her unique perspective about her Animal Control responsibilites and the No-Kill Movement.
• Bill LeFeuvre is director of program development for No Kill Nation. Bill will share the Austin, Texas story where Ryan Clinton led the No-Kill Initiative in Austin, Texas despite major opposition against Austin’s No-Kill Initiative. Now, Austin has achieved No-Kill (saving at least 90% of the Open Admission Shelter Animals) and is showing other communities how to enjoy the same Life-Saving successes for shelter animals throughout the nation.

View the tentative agenda: 2012 Great Shelters Conference.

This year, a 2nd day on Sunday is offered which will discuss the HOW of an open admission animal shelter achieving a save rate of over 90%. Attendees must have attended the Saturday sessions to be eligible for the Sunday sessions. Sunday is a day long brain-storming session for animal advocates who agree that No-Kill is achievable and want to lessen their county's learning curve by learning from national, regional and local shelter leaders who have already walked the path of an open admission animal shelter beginning the No-Kill march to success. Attendees must be interested in increasing Animal Adoptions and other Life-Saving Programs that can be used both in Open Admission Shelters to become No-Kill AND Limited Admission Shelters/Rescues to help more Homeless Animals

You'll also have a chance to network with and develop new friendships with some of the best Animal Advocates in the area. After the Saturday event, Nathan has also agreed to personally autograph copies of his books purchased from this web site to support the conference. HURRY, available books are limited.

Why You Should Attend

If you are an Animal Advocate within traveling distance of Cincinnati, OH, you need to join us on Saturday, Sept. 15th and Sunday, Sept. 16th, 2012. A discounted room rate is available for Conference Attendees.

Years from now you'll look back on this conference as a turning point in your community's journey toward achieving No Kill.

Who: You and every Animal Advocate within traveling distance of Cincinnati, OH.

What: The 2011 Great Shelters Conference, a Roadmap to Saving ALL Shelter Aniimals

Where: The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Blue Ash, OH at 5901 Pfeiffer Road Cincinnati, OH 45242

When: Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 and Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Registration starts at 7:00 AM.

Why (Now): It's time for us to work together collectively to achieve what we are all working so hard to achieve individually.

How: Sponsored by Pet Alliance. A generous grant from The Joanie Bernard Foundation has made it possible for the 2012 Conference to expand and bring to Cincinnati the numerous national No-Kill experts to help expedite our communities' efforts to save the shelter animals.

P.S. Spread the word about this conference to your Animal Advocate contacts (Emails, Facebook, Twitter....) to help save more Shelter Animals. Remember to invite your County Shelter Personnel and County Commissioners to attend and learn how other county shelters are successfully utilizing this information to save more animals.

The Shelter Animals are counting on us to speak up and act NOW, lives are depending on us.