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Let’s Talk About Military Family Mental Health: Tweetchat 5/8/14 #MacroSW
Military service members, veterans, and their families are extremely resilient , but the stress of war, multiple deployments, and frequent moves can impact their emotional, physical, and overall...
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Ways Millennials Can Step Up their Game and What We All Can Learn
There is an obvious age gap between generations, and each generation face unique challenges of finding their place in society such as the Millennials are facing today. Each generations grows up in a...
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The Isla Vista Attacks Through the Eyes of a Woman and Social Worker
Women are met with broad scale dismissal of their experiences as they react to Elliott Rodger’s misogynist written manifesto, self-made video and the subsequent Isla Vista stabbing/shooting. One Time...
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4 Reasons the Internet is the Worst Place to Discuss Social Issues!
With the recent #YesAllWomen and #NotAllMen debate flying around it occurred to me that the internet is an awful place to have a dialog about sensitive issues. While people can converse about things...
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Education and Training Versus Experiential Learning
Having recently spent the weekend co-facilitating a leadership programme and then attending a job interview for a part-time communications position at a high-profile charitable organisation, I find...
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Digital Native or Digital Colonized?
The phrase “digital native” has evolved pretty effortlessly into the common lexicon in the last five years, but is it accurate or a misnomer? The most relevant definition of “native” in this context is...
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How to Reduce Risks to Employment When Using Social Media
A recent decision sanctioning a social worker for a comment on Facebook by the Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC), a United Kingdom regulatory body, sparked an international social work debate on...
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Top 4 Ways to Improve #SocialWork
Recently, I wrote an article entitled, The Top 5 Reasons Social Work is Failing, which has become one of the most read and searched for articles on Social Work Helper since its inception. Whether you...
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Periscope: The Ultimate Tool to Become More Visible
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 make yourself and your work visible. Periscope offers...
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Defining “The Value” of Care
Social Media is a place to interact and network with fellow professionals. However, it is also a place to problem solve and create dialogue between multiple disciplines. Through my twitter account, I...
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How to Build Your Social Media Network
You want to engage on social media, but you are not sure how to connect with people who share your interest? This can be a major challenge for someone without natural influence gained from being in the...
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Community Organizing and Creating Allies on Twitter
Twitter can be very noisy due to an enormous amount of tweets and random people who can make their way into your timeline. In the beginning when you are trying to become accustomed to the twitter...
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Using Twitter as a Virtual Organizing Meeting for Nonprofits
When trying to build a coalition or community organize around a specific event or cause, it is necessary to have community organizing meetings to help coordinate efforts, disseminate information, and...
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What is Social Work: Shining a Spotlight on the Profession
In my first week of social work classes, my foundations professor asked the class what is social work? Classmates tossed out a few ideas. The professor then explained that there was no good definition...
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Republican SCOTUS Deals Another Blow to Democracy
In past administrations, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has been known for its role in being one branch of a three prong checks and balance system whose purpose is to prevent an imbalance of...
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The Role of Marijuana in The Baby Boomer’s Revolution
Baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, lived in an era where experimentation with drug use was encouraged. The children of the 1960s who rocked out to the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, and The Who,...
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Using Twitter for Advocacy
Throughout history, advocacy has been used a strategy to help create awareness for an idea or cause, identify allies and partners, build coalitions, as well as influence shifts in attitudes and/or...
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How to Find a Mentor
In your professional development, relying on a mentor can be instrumental in polishing your management and leadership skills and advancing your career or education. A mentor can coach you to the next...
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Bullying Lasts a Lifetime
There have been several high profile suicides that have been related to bullying. Perhaps one of the most famous in recent times has been Amanda Todd. Her death was preceded by a dramatic video on...
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4 Pitfalls to Avoid When Using the Internet to Find a Job!
Many of you reading this may be recent or soon to be graduates, and/or you have been looking at the job market with abject terror. You might feel somewhat akin to how a deer must feel as they are...
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