The conduct of advocacy is critical to the accomplishment of the mission of professional
social work. Unfortunately, traditional advocacy practice is rarely based on any real …

Advocacy has been seen as part of professional practice since the early days of social work
(Specht & Courtney, 1994; Trattner, 1994). Throughout the profession's history, social …

Electronic advocacy is an emerging and exciting development in social work that requires
both practitioners and educators to learn technology-based approaches to promoting social …

These are hard times for social welfare advocates. Globalization, devolution, and a
conservative political climate have challenged our traditional approaches to advocacy. New …

On-line groups have carved a niche of much importance in today's “cyber-society.” This case
study exemplifies how one online group went beyond its primary function of being a …

The rapid increase in the number of low-cost computers, the proliferation of user-friendly
software, and the development of electronic networks have created the “informatics era.” The …

Learn to use the latest technological advances in evidence-based social work Social work
practice can be positively or negatively impacted by the advance of technology. Advances …

Advocacy organizations rely on social media services, such as Facebook and Twitter, to
engage their supporters. These services increasingly influence how citizens and advocacy …

Advocacy is a core part of social work practice. While social media platforms have grown in
popularity in online campaigns, there is little evidence of how social workers can use social …

Technology is revolutionizing the practice of political advocacy, a fact that has important
ramifications for the nonprofit sector. This exploratory study examines the current application …