Event Booking
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Activate your community by holding a Kitten Lady event!
Hannah Shaw is a humane educator and kitten expert offering a wide variety of educational workshops and training opportunities for animal shelters, universities, conventions, conferences, and other animal-friendly hosts, and is booking now for 2025.
Let’s inspire your community to come together and get active for kittens!
Please reach out to kittenladyevents@gmail.com to get started.
Event Offerings
Hosts may choose to organize their event as a single session, an all-day series, or a two-day series comprising multiple workshops and activities. All classes and offerings can be tailored to the unique needs of the host organization and their community.
Educational Workshops
Hannah Shaw offers a number of public educational workshops on the subject of kitten care, community cats, and feline welfare. These workshops provide fun, visual, thorough and accessible training for community members of all experience levels—providing actionable steps to improve the lives of kittens. Workshops are generally 90-120 minutes in length, with or without Q&A.
The Saving Kittens workshop teaches community members of all levels about kitten welfare and foster care. Attendees gain an understanding of the issues impacting kittens, learn the fundamentals of caring for kittens 0-8 weeks of age, and become empowered to play a role in saving their lives. This class includes information on kitten development, assessing health, monitoring stool and urine, bottle feeding, kitten-led weaning, behavior and socialization, and more. Depending on your goals and schedule, the Saving Kittens workshop can be offered as a single 90-120 minute workshop, or be lengthened into a deeper two-part series: one 90 minute class focused on kitten issues and advocacy, and one 90-120 minute class focused on hands-on kitten care.
The Community Cats workshop teaches community members of all levels about the presence of kittens and cats outdoors, and how to help them through trap-neuter-return. This workshop establishes the deep connection between kittens in shelters and community cats—then dives into what to do if you find a kitten, who community cats are and how to help them, and a step-by-step guide to trapping, colony care, and advocacy.
Custom workshops can be created to meet specific needs, such as a more focused course on a specific subject like kitten behavior, kitten health, weaning, grief and loss, compassion resilience, or advocacy.
Professional and Advanced Trainings
Professional Trainings are available for shelter staff and community rescue leaders. These are generally 120 minute sessions covering best practices for kitten-focused programs including kitten diversion, foster programs, on-site care of kittens, and more. Professional Trainings are ideal for shelter teams and their transfer organizations, bringing together community partners to align on kitten welfare practices. Consider adding this before a community event!
Advanced Neonate Trainings are closed sessions available for small groups of experienced neonatal kitten caregivers. These are generally 120-180 minute interactive classes for approved foster parents who are ready to advance their skillsets. Advanced trainings cover the care of the most fragile neonates, diving deep into the disease processes that lead to the decline of kitten health, and providing intensive training on supportive care skills like subcutaneous fluids and tube feeding for neonates. Attendees will take notes, participate in discussions, ask questions, answer pop quizzes, and find the confidence to save the most vulnerable kittens.
Conferences and Conventions
Hannah Shaw is a regular speaker at industry conferences and cat conventions, offering talks which span from fun and entertaining to in-depth and instructional, with each event tailored to the needs of the host. Shaw has lectured at dozens of national and international conventions such as EXPO, VMX, Best Friends National Conference, Animal Rights National Conference, Cat Camp, CatCon, Meow Festival, and more.
University and Corporate Trainings
In addition to her work with shelters and conventions, Hannah Shaw has led workshops for veterinary student groups at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, and Midwestern University College of Veterinary Medicine, as well as a number of veterinary technician student groups.
Hannah has also led educational courses for national and international corporate teams in the broader animal care industry and global pet food space. These courses can be tailored to meet the needs of the corporation or brand, increasing staff fluency in a variety of cat-related issues and topics.
Small Group Sessions and Panels
Have a creative idea for a small group session? Reach out! Hannah Shaw has held numerous small sessions including kitten kit building, winter shelter construction, DIY cat toy making, CATivities for kids, and intimate hands-on kitten care classes.
Hannah Shaw is also able to facilitate discussions for small group sessions, or to lead panels on a variety of feline welfare subjects.
Fireside Chats
A fireside chat is a fun, open, conversation-based format where anything goes! Choose your own local moderator to host a discussion with Kitten Lady and take questions from the community. These are a wonderful option to add to any event, and can be as formal or informal as you’d like. Let’s have some fun!
Inspirational and Keynote Speaking
Hannah Shaw is available for inspirational and keynote speaking at galas, fundraisers and other events. Her speeches focus on how we can change the world through tiny acts of kindness, using fun kitten stories as a way to promote compassionate action. These talks are custom tailored for each host organization.
Hannah is also an experienced emcee who has served as the host of large events for brands, corporations and organizations across the country.
Book Signings
Hannah Shaw is a New York Times bestselling author and is available for book readings and signings at libraries, theaters, schools, or other event spaces. Click here to see her books.
Meet and Greets
Meet and greets with Hannah Shaw can be added onto any session. These are generally opened to 30 people per hour—to allow time for each guest to enjoy a short conversation, have an item signed, take a photo, and get a hug!
Webinars
You are welcome to utilize Kitten Lady’s free webinars for training your shelter or animal rescue, or to book your own online event or Q & A session on a subject of your choosing.
Booking an Event
Kitten Lady has a built-in audience ready to come to your event! With an actively engaged global online network of more than 4 million supporters interested in kitten welfare, these workshops expand public awareness and inspire increased community participation. Let's turn your local cat lovers into cat advocates!
Booking now for national and international events in 2024-2045.
Email kittenladyevents@gmail.com to get started.
Check out these photos from past Kitten Lady events!
