Wed.Jan 22, 2025

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Returning to Writing With a Renewed Focus

My Brains Not Broken

Well, I’m back! It’s been several months, but I’m excited to be writing here again. I’ve taken breaks every now and then in the seven years since I started this blog; they are often unexpected and unscheduled, and I try to feel things out for the best time to return. In this case, I knew that I’d need to take a few months off from writing.

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Lemn Sissay: ‘All care stories should be successful ones’

Community Care

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Moments into our conversation, Lemn Sissay kindly grounds me with a sobering truth. Before our meeting, Id spent most of the previous year conducting interviews that reflected on social work over the past five decades – including the progress the profession had made – for Community Cares 50 th anniversary.

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NCCPR in the Oregon Capital Chronicle: Oregon DHS needs to stop playing whack-a-mole with vulnerable children

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

For nearly a decade, Oregons approach to child welfare has amounted to a pathetic game of whack-a-mole. The solution to one crisis begets another, while everyone ignores the issue at the root of it all: Oregon tears apart families needlessly at a rate well above the national average. This sick game began in earnest when news accounts exposed horrific abuse at one private agencys group homes.

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Navigating International SocialWork: From global to local

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

ONLINE WEBINAR : JAN, 2025 30, 12:00 PM (MST) For more details click here : [link]

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!