Professional Development

Motivation Monday Resources: Homegrown and Farm Dreams

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  Macro, mezzo, and micro social work should all be concerned about: Nutrition and disease prevention Food sovereignty Nature and climate change Unemployment and underemployment Overworking or busyness Disconnection and exclusion Eating to live, access to healthy food, spending time in nature, connecting with the earth, workforce skills development, entrepreneurship, education, hobbies, self-care, collaboration, and […]

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Motivation Monday Resource: Try Something New Video Series

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  You’ve often heard (read) me say, “It’s GO Time”. And it IS go time! When I think about transformation, I simplify the steps/concept in my mind with the phrase “GO, DO, BE”. GO = Make a firm decision to move from where you are to where you want to be. Success begins with a decision. Go is

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Flashback Friday: Making A Living Without A Job

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  One of my favorite entrepreneurship books ‘Making a Living Without a Job: Winning Ways for Creating Work That You Love’ is by Barbara Winter. I attended Barbara’s workshop decades ago and recommended her book for years to almost every budding entrepreneur I encountered. Yes, even social workers who are not interested in running businesses of their own

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Stay Tuned For What’s Next for Nicki Sanders!

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  As I continue to embrace Nicki unapologetically and live in my authenticity, I realize that even when I was a full-time employee it was my entrepreneurial traits that made me a great employee and leader. ‘The world is my classroom. The world is my office. The world is my playground.’ This has been my

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Motivation Monday Resource – See It Loud: The History of Black Television

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  Social Work is Political! Resource: CNN Original Series See It Loud: The History of Black Television Series Trailer ‘Are y’all watching See It Loud on CNN? As centuries of our history is intentionally being rewritten with attempts to erase it, it is even more important that we are the keepers and tellers of our

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Revisiting and Refreshing Our Social Work Purpose and Goals

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  As a Social Work Career Empowerment Coach, integrity and transparency are important to me. We talk a lot about procrastination as a form of self-sabotage. Want to know how else my self-sabotage has shown its head over the years? Overthinking, over-researching, and over-planning without taking calculated risks and concrete actions. I’ve given them up!

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Conversations on Social Work Careers with Nicki Sanders

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  I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Social Worker and Career Coach Jennifer Luna for The New Social Worker Magazine’s Conversations on Social Work Careers. Grateful that I was able to share my ideas and strategies for building a successful, long-term social work career as well as encourage other social workers to embrace

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