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2. [Resources](https://www.whiskermatch.com/resources)
3. Follow-up ownership template

Shelter operations resource

# Follow-up ownership template

Keep the work after a handoff from becoming a promise that lives only in someone's memory.

A task is not owned because everyone cares about it. It is owned when one person can see the due date and close the loop.

[Bring one workflow](https://www.whiskermatch.com/contact#bring-one-workflow)

01

## Follow-up event

- Name the event that creates the task.
- Attach the relevant source or record.
- Set the due time.

- **Trigger**
- **Due**

02

## Owner

- Assign one primary owner.
- Name the backup or escalation path.
- Make unassigned work visible.

- **Primary owner**
- **Escalation**

03

## Response

- Define the approved contact channel.
- Prepare routine language if useful.
- Require human review before sending.

- **Channel**
- **Template**

04

## Completion

- Record the outcome.
- Create another task only when needed.
- Keep welfare or policy escalation human.

- **Done means**
- **Next action**

## Keep reading

- [the four pilot workflows](https://www.whiskermatch.com/workflows)
- [All shelter workflow resources](https://www.whiskermatch.com/resources)
- [Free printable tools](https://www.whiskermatch.com/tools)

Early access, founder-led

## Keep this with the animal record.

WhiskerMatch is one record per animal that intake, foster, adoption review, and public profiles share. It starts with one workflow, beside the tools you already use, and a person at your organization makes every decision.

$20/month per organization, no seat limits. This is a founder-led early access invitation with no deadline. Writing to ask a question costs nothing and commits you to nothing.

[Bring one workflow](https://www.whiskermatch.com/contact#bring-one-workflow) [See pricing](https://www.whiskermatch.com/pricing)

Want to look first? [Walk through the guided demo](https://www.whiskermatch.com/demo).

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