New paper: "Opportunities, challenges, and conspicuous absences: An integrative review of the social work literature on artificial intelligence." For a special issue of critical perspectives on technology and social work. Check it out: anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/articl...
#SocialWork #SWTech #CriticalAI
Gets to the core issue: “Conversational AI forces us to ask something deeper. What does responsibility look like when technology simulates care, performs intimacy, and is actively reshaping how young people think, feel, and relate?”
#swtech #SWAiEthics
As I digested the info coming back from @sswrorg.bsky.social’s conference, one topic came up frequently. #GenerativeAi in social work education and practice. Here are my reflections on some of the ethical issues that came up..
#sswr2026 #swtech #SWAiEthics
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Friday morning at #SSWR2026: a roundtable on philosophy of science perspectives w/ Beth Counselman-Carpenter, Melissa Thompson, & @jbsinger.bsky.social. This will to be a fun jam of ideas & viewpoints. @sswrorg.bsky.social sswr.confex.com/sswr/2026/we... #SWTech #CriticalAI
Re-upping this so it's in @sswrorg.bsky.social' data stream. If you're attending #SSWR2026 this week &/or SW Grand Challenges' 10th anniversary event & want to chat about SWIN, social economy (innovation, enterprise, enterprise, design, solidarity, social biz, etc), #orgtheory, & #swtech, reach out!
Interesting framework about digital health implementation. This probably applies to digital implementation in any field but like this “Imagine, Educate, Validate” way of thinking.
#swtech #digitalhealth
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Last week I gave a guest lecture on policy entrepreneurship & the work that led up to The Digital Equity Act for a friend's class in another state. Was fun looking up local city council issues & meeting records, plus using the various state Digital Equity Roadmap tools, while preparing. #swtech
Intrigued that ARNOVA & SSWR still have not created Bluesky accounts at this point in 2025. It integrated into @altmetric.com (unliked LinkedIn) & increasingly preferred by academic & scientific institutions & networks. No platform is perfect but... #AcademicSky #ARNOVA2025 #SSWR2026 #SSWR26 #SWTech
I'm in a session at the NSWM Forward Thinking Summit -- sessions on AI and Social Work. Marina Badillo-Diaz has developed her own Generative AI prompt library for social workers at www.theaisocialworker.com
It looks really rich...check it out! #SWTech
Join me for my talk at 2025 #NSWM Forward Thinking Summit on "AI Tools for Executive Leadership: Strategic Implementation for Social Service Organizations". Apparently lots of folks have signed up, so thank you!
#SWTech #Ai #ExecutiveLeadership #SocialWork
Man wearing glasses holding the book Anticipatory Social Work.
So excited! Finally got around to getting a copy of @lauranissen.bsky.social Anticipatory Social Work. global.oup.com/academic/product/anticipatory-social-work-9780197665190
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Brief and heartbreaking.
"What my daughter told ChatGPT before she took her life."
#SWTech #Suicide
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
"The Blueprint in Your Brain: How Your Past Shapes You"
NotebookLM video based on Episode 148 with @loyolachicago.bsky.social's Dr. Terry Northcut: Psychodynamic Theory and Human Development.
#SocialWork #SWTech
The 2025 @edisonresearch.bsky.social report on #podcasting is live! Some key findings:
40% of Americans 12+ listen to podcasts weekly - record high. Weekly listening time has exploded by 355% since 2015, from 170M to 773M hours/week.
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"We need to make sure that social workers are at the table so that we're not using artificial intelligence to replace social workers, but to be a benefit to social workers."
Dr. Anthony Estreet, @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social CEO
Social Work Podcast (Episode 146)
#SWTech #AI
Hot off the press! Episode 146. The Evolving Landscape of Social Work Practice: Technology, Advocacy, and the Interstate Compact with @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social CEO Dr. Anthony Estreet. 1/5
#SWTech #socialworker #NASW #NASW2025
I appreciate these AI guidelines from UB's SSW: socialwork.buffalo.edu/information-...
HT @njsmyth.bsky.social
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Pop quiz. What's the first goal of @cswe.bsky.social's 2026 - 2030 Strategic Plan? If you said "Anticipate the implications and opportunities of artificial intelligence (AI) and other disruptive technologies and position CSWE to be a leader in this area...", you would be right!
#SWTech #AI
Digital graphic with a purple background featuring a testimonial in white sans-serif text. The quote reads: 'Jonathan’s podcast is fantastic. There is an episode for almost anything, but as I work in mental health (in the UK) his knowledge and focus on suicidality helps me more with my practice every time I listen. The interviews are inspiring, and the early episodes outlining theory and practice techniques helped so much in my student year. I can’t recommend enough!' Certain phrases like 'Jonathan’s podcast is fantastic' and 'student year. I can’t recommend enough!' are bolded for emphasis. Stylized quotation marks appear at the top left and bottom right corners.
I don't do the Social Work Podcast for props, but every once in a while I get a review that makes my day. Thank you to the unknown reviewer for your very kind words.
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#SWTech #Podcast #SocialWork
Mim Fox and I wrote a piece on Podcasting Pedagogy for
@medialearning.bsky.social based on our 2025 text, Podcasting in Social Work Education. Chock full of good ideas, and you get to see my new headshot!
#SWTech #Podcast #SocialScholarship
Most-used word when social workers think about social media?
👉 “Bias.”
Also high on the list: Privacy. Risk. Advocacy. Cyberbully.
We’re not ambivalent. We’re careful.
What would help you feel more confident showing up online as a social worker?
#SocialWorkEthics #SWTech #NASW2025
Mim Fox and I just wrote a piece on Podcasting Pedagogy for @medialearning.bsky.social based on our 2025 text, Podcasting in Social Work Education. Chock full of good ideas, and you get to see my new headshot!
#SWTech #Podcast #SocialScholarship
What do social workers really think about social media?
At #NASW2025, “Bias,” “Privacy,” and “Connection” topped the list. The takeaway? We’re watching carefully—and we want social media to work for, not against, our values.
#SWTech @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social @naswil.bsky.social
New episode! Dr. Bruce Thyer busts the myth that true experiments are rare in #SocialWork. We talk RCTs, ethics, vignette studies, and how YOU can use an "experimentalist lens" in practice. Evidence matters—learn how to build it.
Listen now: www.socialworkpodcast.com/2025/07/Thye...
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Social workers - please take a minute to complete this survey on the role and usage of artificial intelligence (AI) by social work researchers, practitioners and educators. Pls share with your networks. @profhalloran.bsky.social #SWTech
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@laurigoldkind.bsky.social "Uploading PHI to an LLM could be a career ending move... We've been here before: Facebook in 2008, social media, Google searches..."
#SWTech #NASW2025
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"LLMs like ChatGPT are like a well-intentioned undergraduate research assistant. You have to check their work." Eric Rice
@naswsocialworkers.bsky.social #SWTech #NASW2025
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USC's Eric Rice tells the story about how he started the USC Center for AI in Society in 2016 as a partnership between social work and engineering. Why? He didn't want tech bros telling social service workers what to do. @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social #SWTech
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@laurigoldkind.bsky.social starting of #NASW2025 plenary on #ArtificialIntelligence. Great overview. #SWTech @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social
