It has been an interesting year on the blog with my usual mix of musings of things that caught my eye, conferences, and of course following conferences on twitter. Without further or do here is the blogs you found most interesting in 2017…
Socialworkr is a social media platform geared just for social workers. It got the most views on LinkedIn due to interest in the The National Association of Social Workers group. Glad to see that it lead to a boost in membership and hope more social workers take a look as result of it being tops in 2017.
2. The Facebook Manifesto and Why Social Work Should Come Along The Ride”
I continue to have an ongoing interest in technology but this year I have been more attuned to the intersection of social work and technology. Facebook has had a roller coaster year in terms of it’s impact on social issues. But earlier this year founder Mark Zuckerburgh released “Building A Global Community”. There is a lot of synergy between this and social work values.
3. Why You Need A Social Worker On Your UX Design Team
This blog post started the conversation that I hoped it would. As I have been following technology, design thinking and looking at the UX (user experience) for apps and electronic health records has become more prevalent. When thinking critically, one observes a lot of “tech fails” in design. I started to think about how maybe social work can come to the rescue.
4. Keeping Up With #SWDE2017 (Social Work Distance Education Conference)
As I continue to get more involved in teaching in training, twitter has continued to allow me to follow the Social Work Distance Education conference held every Spring here in the United States. Myself and others found the live tweeting both helpful and insightful.
5. #NatCon17: More Hope And Promise
This year I had the privilege of being a social media ambassador for The National Council on Behavioral Health annual conference. It is the largest behavioral health conference in the United States and it was great to be there. In a year of political turmoil it was great to focus on solutions and some great examples innovation in behavior health.
Some other highlights…
My personal highlight of the year was attending and presenting at the Network for Social Management conference in New York City. The theme was the “Business of Social Work” and I captured my summary of the conference here. Like attending NatCon this gave me a sense of hope and empowerment.
I enjoyed writing my first guest post on Healthcare Scene about bridging the gap between the Health IT community and social work.
I am already looking forward to 2018 where I am currently working on CEU course on ethics and social media. Also in March I will attend The Health Information and Management Systems conference as a social media ambassador.
Thanks all for stopping by and looking forward to writing more in 2018 🙂
