MAWMonday Motivators 09/20/2015
#MondayMotivation You set your heart on something that you wanted to achieve. You put in the time to plan and schedule your success. You have produced a bit. You have experienced some success. But, your momentum is hampered because you’re smart enough to know the length of the road ahead. Respect is not enough. A...Continue reading→
Social Work Minimum Wage: Economics of Supply & Professional Demands
#socialwork #livablewage With the successes of the $15 per hour movement and other activities advocating a livable wage, social workers (and other lower wage professionals) are feeling some dissonance. Many are in favor of increased wages, but have twinge of discomfort as they see fast-food and baggage claim workers making more money than them. I...Continue reading→
MAWMonday Motivators 09/13/2015
#MondayMotivation With the passing of labor day, all schools have not entered the Fall session. It got me thinking about this time of year and the value of education. I’m often asked, “Dr. Wright, Should I go back to school?” I answer No…Unless the experience will result in increased competence, confidence, network, and communication skills....Continue reading→
MAWMonday Motivators 09/06/2015
#laborDay #mondayMotivation It’s still a Monday, but it is a day to celebrate that we have holidays, weekends, 401K, sick leave, and more negotiated through strong unions and collective bargaining. It’s a reminder of our power when we stand united in communication with corporations who often have influence beyond our reckoning. It’s also a day...Continue reading→
Why and How You Can Use Social Media for Business
#Business #Tip #Tuesday Network! You will have to build a social media presence. It’s not that social media is honest or true within itself. It’s that most everyone who will ever happen upon a morsel of information about you will enter your name into a search engine to find out more. Having a social media...Continue reading→
MAWMonday Motivators 08/30/2015
#MondayMotivation #selfish This weeek, I’m thinking about all the bad advice I have been given over 40 years of life. I have learned to explore even the dark feelings to maintain a keen sense of the light. It is with that in mind that I provide tweets this week that could be interpreted as dark...Continue reading→
MAWMonday Motivators 08/23/2015
#mind #vision #smile Another week of breakthroughs, clarifying my vision into action steps. I am writing with a confidence only 3 years of blogging can engender. I am bolstered by a certainty that can only result from the experience of having achieved, completed, and failed over and over again. I am realizing my energy and...Continue reading→
The Priorities of the Social Work Profession (2015)
#education #service #poor Social Work Next: The Priorities What would be the domestic target list of priorities for a social work foundation? I provide my own list for your critique. Add these priorities to the practice mandate of environmental practice, the opportunity areas of any current time or context, and the potential of small associations (1000-5000...Continue reading→
Business Legal: Photographs & Model Releases
#photos #business I had the same question posed to me twice in one day. That’s a great indication that a blog needs to be written. When do I need a model or property release? I read up on this a few years back while developing the first Caregiving CDROM training. We wanted to have photos...Continue reading→
Building a Brand: Found vs Built Markets and Your Expertise
The Challenge with Expertise Consider that, unless you hire a publicist, your expertise is what you are selling. Even if you have a product, your position as chief marketer in you small operation means that it is expertise, not just the product that you must be concerned with. Most people find help as soon as...Continue reading→