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Dear ISF Colleagues,

I just wrote a blog article on this topic, and I think it comes down
to two very important words: community organizing.

<http://blog.deborah.elizabeth.finn.com/blog/_archives/2008/1/6/3450930.html>

I'd be very interested in your thoughts.

Many thanks from Deborah

Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Cyber-Yenta
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
deborah_elizabeth_finn@...
www.cyber-yenta.org

Recommended reading:
"Universal Declaration of Human Rights"
<http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights>
Sun Jan 6, 2008 10:51 pm

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Dear ISF Colleagues, I just wrote a blog article on this topic, and I think it comes down to two very important words: community organizing. ... 		Deborah Elizabeth Finn
deborah909
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10:51 pm

I look forward to the article, "What telephone-phobic social workers can teach geeks." There aren't very many real technophobic individuals in the...
Fuller, Theron K Mr I...
fulletk
Offline Send Email 		Jan 7, 2008
5:03 pm

How about I write an article called, "What highly competent IT specialists can teach do-gooders and welfare workers?"...
Fuller, Theron K Mr I...
fulletk
Offline Send Email 		Jan 7, 2008
8:48 pm

... With the power and simplicity of an iMac, high speed bandwidth and a zillion online tutorials - if someone on my team does not get it really,r eally,...
Edward Potter
ejpusa
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5:17 pm

I think we may be missing a point here - the communication gap between techies and social workers - something I got very familiar with during my days at...
Peter Campbell
peterscampbell
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5:55 pm

Is it currently taught in schools of social work that social workers must be passive with respect to IT and must rely on whatever someone else has decided are...
Fuller, Theron K Mr I...
fulletk
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8:48 pm

... She is, but... As a futurist, I can't help but to wonder if it's worth the time investment. As in Cory Doctorow's Bichun Society (see: Down and Out in the...
Zee Roe
sam_freund
Offline Send Email 		Jan 7, 2008
8:51 pm

Wow, this has hit a hot button, huh? Theron said: "If a social worker can't explain his/her social work business processes and functional requirements to a...
Laura S. Quinn
laura@...
Send Email 		Jan 7, 2008
9:58 pm

Yes, hopefully we can all keep it friendly here, but I'll admit that dealing with the social services side of the house has occasionally brought out an...
Peter Campbell
peterscampbell
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5:40 pm

... I want to second this strong disagreement. I don't have the same perspective as Laura, but as someone who has worked closely with lots of really smart and...
Michelle Murrain
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2:42 pm

I'm probably in a unique position in this discussion. I am both a professional social worker (M.S.W. U of Alabama 1968) and an IT specialist with about 40...
Fuller, Theron K Mr I...
fulletk
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1:57 pm

Believe me, if a professional can't describe in fairly simple terms what their objectives are, what it is they do to meet those objectives, why they do what...
Fuller, Theron K Mr I...
fulletk
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2:49 pm

... specialists can teach do-gooders and welfare workers?">> Dear Theron, and other esteemed colleagues: I'm sorry that both my terminology and my opinions are...
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
deborah909
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10:07 pm

... 'geeks' => 'IT professionals' 'technophobic social workers' => 'end users' If they are reluctant to change 'cause they've been bit before (as Peter(?)...
Zee Roe
sam_freund
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5:38 pm

... "technophobic social workers?" I'd really like to do better.>> What I hate about e-mail is that subtle overtones like visual cues and tone of voice get...
Fuller, Theron K Mr I...
fulletk
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2:35 pm

This is being a fascinating, eye-opening thread. Thank you all for your comments. I would like to comment on my experiences with "technophobic" end users. I...
mwalls@...
Send Email 		Jan 9, 2008
8:57 pm

... IMHO (geek speak) for in my humble opinion. I guess I would just revise the question: What technophobic social workers and geeks can teach each other? *...
james jones
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