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jbsinger.bsky.social
Award-winning podcaster. #SWTech pioneer. Prof. Best-selling author (Suicide in Schools, Podcasting in Social Work Education). Suicidologist quoted in New York Times, Guardian, CNN. Family man. Tweeted as @socworkpodcast
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In my #NASW2025 poll, the most-used word when social workers think about social media was... 👉 “Bias.” Also high on the list: Privacy. Risk. Advocacy. Cyberbully. Social workers are not ambivalent. We’re careful. What would help you feel more confident showing up online as a social worker?

At #NASW2025, social workers said they rarely use social media professionally (1.9/10)… but rated their frustration with influencers misusing “trauma” & “narcissist” a 7.2/10. We’re watching. We’re cringing. Maybe it’s time we started posting. @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social #EthicalInfluencing

Love the new @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social logo. Great photo op at #NASW2025

Scenes from #NASW2025 🔥 Insight. Connection. Momentum. #NASW2025 #SocialWorkMatters #SocialWorkConference #SocialJustice #AdvocacyInAction #ProfessionalDevelopment #CommunityCare #TraumaInformedCare #ChicagoEvents #ChicagoConference

@laurigoldkind.bsky.social "Uploading PHI to an LLM could be a career ending move... We've been here before: Facebook in 2008, social media, Google searches..." #SWTech #NASW2025

"LLMs like ChatGPT are like a well-intentioned undergraduate research assistant. You have to check their work." Eric Rice @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social #SWTech #NASW2025

Juan Rios talking about how he views the intersection between technology and social work, based on his lived experience. #NASW2025

USC's Eric Rice tells the story about how he started the USC Center for AI in Society in 2016 as a partnership between social work and engineering. Why? He didn't want tech bros telling social service workers what to do. @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social #SWTech cais.usc.edu #NASW2025

@laurigoldkind.bsky.social starting of #NASW2025 plenary on #ArtificialIntelligence. Great overview. #SWTech @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social

Day 2 of #NASW2025. First up, Robyn L. Golden accepts the Knee/Wittman Health & Mental Health Achievement Award. #SWTech @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social www.socialworkers.org/events/natio...

Welcome to #NASW2025, our annual #SocialWorker conference! We’re glad you’re here! For details visit socialworkers.org

Get ready for a can’t-miss breakout session at the 2025 NASW National Conference! This is just one of many powerful sessions designed to inform, challenge, and energize your social work practice. Join us June 15–19 in Chicago And yes, you can attend virtually. tinyurl.com/uchsmxz9 #NASW2025

Excited to see the opening plenary for @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social's national conference with @justinsharty.bsky.social. Tuesday, @laurigoldkind.bsky.social will be talking about AI and #SWTech on Tuesday. Wednesday I'll be talking about social media. Join us in person or online! #NASW2025

Happy #FathersDay from #NASW! Today, we celebrate all fathers and father figures who lead with love, strength, and compassion. Thank you for the care you give to your families and communities. #FathersDay2025 #NASW2025 #SocialWork

Minnesota noice

The NASW national conference, Social Work: Celebrating Our Legacy | Developing the Future, is less than 2 weeks away! NASW-Illinois is grateful to Illinois Collaboration on Youth for being an MSW level sponsor of our welcoming reception for Illinois conference attendees. We are #StrongerTogether

Here's how the Turkish city of Gaziantep became synonymous with baklava, the sweet pastry made of layers of phyllo dough, filled with nuts and soaked in syrup or honey.

Go higher, Sly. RIP. youtu.be/BqWQzOzK3kw?...

Heartbroken about Jeremy's death. brownschool.washu.edu/2025/06/obit...

It was an honor to play with the @chicagojazzdads.com to inaugurate Space's Saturday afternoon musical offerings. Great acoustics and beautiful venue. Thanks @evanstonroundtable.bsky.social for the write up and pix. evanstonroundtable.com/2025/06/08/p...

Overheard: Apparently Zelenskyy had some cards, and he didn’t need a suit.

As always, I appreciated @emollick.bsky.social's commentary on AI. #SocialWorkAiArt will appreciate his discussion about the changes in image generation... #SWTech www.oneusefulthing.org/p/the-recent...

David Brooks brings the fire! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/o...

"An Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct for Health and Medicine: Essential Guidance for Aligned Action" presents a unifying AI Code of Conduct (AICC) framework. 1/3

Encouraging new research by Gould et al on 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. "The vast majority of suicidal Lifeline callers thought their crisis call helped them (nearly 98%) and stopped them from killing themselves (88.1%)." #SuicidePrevention pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40405822/

Join me Tuesday May 27th 9:30 - 11am EST for a conversation about Suicide Prevention for Youth, hosted by the Traumatic Loss Coalition and Rutgers Health. Free / No CEUs. Register here: rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #SuicidePrevention #YouthSuicide #MentalHealth

Trump administration rewards family of January 6 insurrectionist Ashli Babbitt with 5 million of your tax dollars. thehill.com/homenews/sta...

A data point for attention! 57% of whose who died by suicide visited a hospital within a year of their death, 45% for mental health. Hospital Visits Frequent Among People Who Died by Suicide www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover... @jbsinger.bsky.social @ificinfo.bsky.social @drhowardliu.bsky.social

At the end of my keynotes, we sit together in the dark—then raise our phones to light the room. A quiet promise: when despair surrounds, we’ll be the light for one another. #HopeIlluminated #Solidarity #MentalHealthAwareness @jbsinger.bsky.social @thementalelf.bsky.social

I was honored to represent @loyolachicago.bsky.social School of Social Work at the 2025 Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation summit for research. This video is a taste of how they brought together suicide prevention researchers and foundations to build solutions. youtu.be/xVLMISa-kqQ?...

"The truth is that the majority of recyclable plastic that Americans put in their bins, including more than 70% of PET and HDPE containers like water bottles and milk jugs, are, in fact, recycled." - Pia Baker resource-recycling.com/plastics/202...

Excellent article on traumatic invalidation in the Jewish Community after October 7th. If you believe in the concept of traumatic invalidation, you have to believe in it for everyone. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Meet Alex Bush, a powerful young voice in suicide prevention who transformed her personal loss into hope for others. Alex shared with me her journey, tips for impactful storytelling, and why youth voices matter more than ever. BLOG: lnkd.in/gcnui8ez LISTEN: lnkd.in/gmB9UjYn #HopeIlluminated

Love the new editorial, The Therapist in the Machine: Confronting AI’s Challenge to Clinical Social Work, by @bryan-victor.bsky.social and @laurigoldkind.bsky.social #SocialWork #SWTech

Downloaded the #MentalHealthSafety Guide? If not, grab it here: bit.ly/FreeToolsAndGuides Now take the next step Join us June 3 @ 4PM ET - FREE webinar Register: bit.ly/MentalHealthSafety @thementalelf.bsky.social @jbsinger.bsky.social @iaspinfo.bsky.social @annamueller.bsky.social

Thanks to @nationalacademies.org for inviting me as an expert for the suicide prevention evaluation best practices workshop last week! It was an honor to share insights from my experience and @afspnational.bsky.social’s work while learning from brilliant colleagues in the historic NAS building in DC