It’s been a few months but happy to share a new publication. A futures focused article with some great colleagues. #SWfutures

Pedagogies of possibility: Case studies from using foresight tools in the social work classroom Social workers engage across sectors to advocate for social justice, empower individuals and communities and work toward more equitable futures. Foresight practice, or the systematic scan of past a...

Happy to see the final version of our manuscript fully in print with a limited number of free copies at the following Link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/38X7F...

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Finally received my copy of #AnticipatorySocialWork and I’m so grateful to have a minor contribution towards the end along with my colleagues from the SWFutures Lab. #SWfutures

How to see the future coming — and prepare for it As a futurist who helps people prepare for all different kinds of possibilities, Jane McGonigal thinks we overuse words like "unthinkable" and "unimaginable." She introduces three hypothetical scenari...

✅ How to see the future coming — and prepare for it [TED talk w/Jane McGonigal] www.ted.com/talks/jane_m... < she challenges the idea that the future is unthinkable/unimaginable & shows how to develop skills to anticipate new risks/feel more ready for what's next #swfutures #futureofwork

Can’t wait to dig in to this new book.

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@dupatton.bsky.social just gave a much deserved shout-out to @lauraburneynissen.bsky.social and #swfutures for the Social Work Futures Lab as a stellar example of collaborative innovation in social work research & practice. #SSWR2025 #SocialWorkSky

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Desmond highlights Laura Nissen's #SWFutures work as an exemplar of collaboration. #SSWR2025

cc: @jimmysw.bsky.social

Great interview. Worth adding to the #swtech thread about #SocialWorkAI & #AgenticAI. How can we continue interrogating the future imaginations promulgated by what Ruha Benjamin calls "the artificial intelligentsia?" #swfutures @jbsinger.bsky.social @stuckonsw.bsky.social @jcreswellbaez.bsky.social

Good morning BlueSky! #swfutures

4/8 Risks of AI in Social Work
- Data Quality: Poor-quality data hampers AI effectiveness.
- Security: Client data must be protected from breaches.
- Bias: AI may inherit biases from training data, harming vulnerable populations.
@bryangvictorphd #SWFutures

Today's #SocialWorkAiArt prompt is "Circles." One of the first skills I learned in my MSW program was how to put chairs into a circle. Ecosystems is visualized as concentric circles. What's old is new. So many possibilities. #SWTech @igraywill @JimmySW @lauranissen #SWFutures

Spend your next 8 minutes viewing a Hopeful Future for Extended Foster Care.

On the Threshold of Change youtu.be/owE6OUOlyFg?si…

#SWfutures #Signals

Today's #SocialWorkAiArt theme is: "a world without the resources we need." Politicians campaign on making a better world, but so often they underfund or eliminate the things we actually need (e.g. good public transportation, public libraries, etc). @igraywill @JimmySW #SWFutures

Today's #SocialWorkAiArt prompt is "alternate pasts." I chose to go with 1890 postcard of a Black social worker working on a computer. @igraywill @JimmySW @lauranissen @alicitadelfina #SWTech #SWFutures

I'm really impressed with #midjourneyV61. I asked Midjourney to create a cityscape with Van Gogh's colors and Klimpt 's gold. Truly beautiful creations.

#SocialWorkAiArt #SWTech #SWFutures

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Help me congratulate @melaniesage for her upcoming keynote at @LoyolaChicago's Focus on Teaching and Learning conference: The Balancing Act: Teaching and Learning with AI from a Place of Integrity
#SWTech #SWFutures
www.luc.edu/fotl/august2024keynotesp...

Today's #SocialWorkAiArt theme is social workers doing home visits. I envisioned #SWFutures where social workers are traveling across galaxies. The future looks cold, huh? #SWTech @igraywill @JimmySW @alicitadelfina @lauranissen

For all my #SWTech and #SWFutures tweeps (can I use that any more or is it xeeps?). The
@internetarchive is a phenomenal repository of the past. The loss of 500k books is a signal... and points to possibles future. Have you used the archive? If yes, how?...

Pedagogies of possibility: Case studies from using foresight tools in the social work classroom Social workers engage across sectors to advocate for social justice, empower individuals and communities and work toward more equitable futures. Foresight practice, or the systematic scan of past a...

Latest publication in collaboration with members of the Social Work Futures Lab.
#SWfutures #SocialWorkEducation

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Speaking of #SWfutures... Life Magazine 1914 had an issue dedicated to what life in 1950 would be like. Off by about 50 years :-). The whole issue is amazing - suggests men will lose dominance. babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt

Today's #SocialWorkAiArt theme is "The Future is Transformative." I liked what #Midjourney6 did with this prompt. #SWFutures #SWTech @igraywill @lauranissen @JimmySW @alicitadelfina

Today's #SocialWorkAiArt prompt was inspired by the #swfuturesforum2024: "Mutant moments shape the future." #SWTech #SWFutures

@igraywill @alicitadelfina @JimmySW @hcdawes @newsocialworker @lauranissen

Here's a version with the modifier "Afrofuturism" at the end. #SWfuturesForum2024 #swtech #SocialWorkAiArt #swfutures

Quotes from the #SWfuturesForum2024 as imagined by AI image generators. "At the end of the day all of us have a relationship to space and time" #swtech #SocialWorkAiArt #swfutures @lauranissen @JimmySW
@oyinlolaolugbe1 @igraywill

Good morning! Looking forward to #SWfuturesForum2024 Day 3! I asked #Midjourney to imagine "there are multiple futures. Which ones will you be part of creating?" #swtech #SocialWorkAiArt #swfutures @lauranissen @JimmySW @oyinlolaolugbe1 @igraywill

Another from #SWfuturesForum2024 #Afrofuturism talk - the mothership. #swtech #socialworkaiart #swfutures @lauranissen @JimmySW
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In the #SWfuturesForum2024 #Afrofuturism talk - this is how #Midjourney interpreted "colonial legacy as a struggle by some and a dance by others." #swtech #socialworkaiart #swfutures @lauranissen
@JimmySW @oyinlolaolugbe1 @igraywill @JimmySW

I'm a little late to the social share party, but that doesn't mean I'm any less excited for the #SWFutures Engaging the Futures Forum, May 7-10. Nicely done, y'all. @lauranissen @JimmySW @mackenzieroseb @alicitadelfina @brooklyn11210 https://www.socialworkfutureslab.org/

Today's #SocialWorkAiArt prompt: "Social workers balance radicalism with practicality." NGL, I loved these results. The third image with two thumbs is exactly what makes AI images so exciting. #SWTech #SWFutures

@igraywill @alicitadelfina @JimmySW @hcdawes @newsocialworker

Very excited to share this 3-part video series Exploring Futures Thinking from the Social Work Futures Lab. #SWfutures #SWFuturesForum2024

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