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  Social Workers Change Futures - Targeted outreach and promotional ideas, including tips for securing endorsements, hosting events, publishing articles and marketing your private practice.

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  Social Workers Inspire Community Action - Visual guides to three social work public education websites, profiles of inspiring social workers, and tips for promoting the profession.

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  Social Work: Purpose and Possibility - Information and tools for social work student recruitment, sample consumer radio PSAs, and specific tips for working with the media.

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Trends in Social Work

	Social Work Takes on Business Among the 10 imperatives for the next decade of the profession adopted by participants of the Social Work Congress in 2010 is “infusing models of sustainable business and management practice in social work education and practice.” Fortunately, there are social work entrepreneurs who have blazed the trail of using social work skills with various business models, from social entrepreneurism to corporate sector services to private practice.
	Foundations Utilize Social Work Skills NASW News September 2008 There are thousands of foundations in the U.S. Every year, these institutions decide where to donate billions of dollars to various charitable causes, research projects and scientific endeavors.  According to the Foundation Center, a foundation is a nonprofit corporation or a charitable trust with the principal purpose of making grants to unrelated organizations or institutions. In some cases, the benefactors may be individuals who receive funds for scientific, educational, cultural, religious or other charitable purposes. Foundations may be either private or public entities. Social workers involved in philanthropy say they find the job personally engaging and professionally rewarding.
	Social Workers Have a Head for Business NASW News February 2008 It's no secret to anyone who has earned a social work degree that it is a versatile and practical professional tool. A social work education provides a theoretical framework and a set of real-world skills that gives social workers the flexibility to work in a wide range of settings with confidence and proficiency.  One professional realm that social workers are well-prepared for is business. Many social workers who run their own businesses are in private practice. In addition to private practice in mental health, however, many social workers also use their professional skills for other business ventures. Many have launched businesses after years of professional practice; some also prepare themselves through business and management degrees.
	Putting the Profession in Public Office NASW News September 2007 Social workers are uniquely trained to serve in the political world. Their skills span both working with individuals and families as well as also understanding how change takes place and is shaped in communities and organizations. Social workers have good interpersonal skills, like active listening and conflict management and resolution and technical skills, such as program development and grant writing. Social workers also have knowledge in group dynamics, social systems and social policy, as well as possessing analytical and interactional skills.
	Organizations Extend Services Globally NASW News July 2007 Social work-supported programs in the United States have grown and branched out into an array of specialties to help those in need. As the world becomes more of a "global village" in terms of industry and technology, longtime helping organizations in the U.S. are following suit. They are taking their successful programs and know-how and imparting their knowledge to other nations. This is particularly evident in the area of children-service organizations, where decades of social work experience and research, as well as proven procedures in assisting U.S. children and their families, are being utilized in developing countries.
	Mediation a Natural for Social Workers NASW News September 2006 Conflict is at the root of many areas of social work practice. School social workers deal with clashing students; policy professionals negotiate political disagreements; hospital social workers balance patient needs; clinical practitioners address internal battles. In many ways, therefore, social workers are ideally suited to mediation practice. While the growing field is attracting people from many professions, the social work perspective gives mediators the advantage of the field's commitments to self-determination and conflict resolution.