Add digital skills to the many skill sets we wear as social workers. Our clients are carrying around devices that can serve as a secondary tool...
Pinterest for dreamers If you’re a dreamer who loves to visualize all beautiful things in life and beyond, you must take a look on Pinterest. You...
In what many might consider the most unlikeliest of places to look for entrepreneurs, social work is actually a hub of entrepreneurial thought leaders. Residing in...
Crowdfunding has turned into a reputable resource for people who succumb to tough times and are looking for an alternative method of support. However, it inadvertently...
Since 2010, the Social Good Summit has grown substantially aided by the increasing popularity of social media and technology. Mashable in partnership with the United Nations...
I attended a workshop on accessible employment recently and was reminded, as I’ve written about before, what a fraught topic employment is these days — for...
Obviously, if you do not have a website at this point in your organization’s history, we should talk about that first. More often, I encounter organizational...
Stand4 helps you make your mark on the world. They’ve made it extremely easy, through their app, to support whatever causes you want, whenever you want,...
The new wonder in live streaming apps is called Periscope! You’ve probably heard of it. I don’t exaggerate if I call Periscope the ultimate tool to...
Playing in online worlds is a growing phenomenon and children and young people are being exposed to many online games, social media apps and other community...
I work for a hospice program providing palliative care which means we attend to the emotional and spiritual needs of terminally ill patients at an inpatient...
A few weeks ago at the Home and Community Health Association conference, I met some of the team behind CleverCare, a new service that connects an...
It has been debated for years whether or not incentivizing the behavior of a person is a suitable practice to get him to do something or...
The world thrives on technology. We drool over the newest 3D televisions when they are announced, and pray to be the first person in line when...
Just like there are laws we have to abide and adhere to everyday, it is also a similar set of rules and code of conduct within...
In today’s technology-enabled world, adult services social workers are looking for better ways to help them with their work, but they may be worried about how...
As world leaders get ready to meet in New York in September to set a new development agenda for the next 15 years, their discussions will...
Time to get digitally competent In an age where information technology is growing rapidly in our everyday personal and professional lives, there is a growing expectation...
“If it’s not documented, it didn’t happen.” How many times have you said this human services mantra? Dozens? Hundreds? You’ve said it enough to know why...
The events in Ferguson, Missouri set off by the death of Mike Brown created a domino effect in raising awareness on the systematic and institutional racial...
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We’re all public health nerds now, and many of us have stepped up our games when it comes to washing...
The Tourette Association of America (TAA), the premier national nonprofit organization serving the Tourette Syndrome (TS) and Tic Disorder community,...
On May 15, 2020, Rep. Karen Bass, co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, and Rep. Gwen Moore will...
At difficult times like these, Fred Rogers followed his mother’s sage advice: “When I was a boy and I would...