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Walk Out, or Walk In?

Walk Out, or Walk In?

By: Marc Erlbaum, founder of the Common Party Originally posted on Medium and re-posted here with the author's permission. In the wake of the Parkland shooting, millions of people around the...

Building Merrill Together – Update

September 28, 2017

Building Merrill Together – Update

Residents of Merrill, Wisconsin are continuing to talk with, and listen to, and increasingly work with each other. As described in our prior April blog post about the “Building Merrill...

IF Discussions Inspire Community Discussion Program

IF Discussions Inspire Community Discussion Program

Residents of Merrill, Wisconsin are talking and listening—a lot these days about a wide variety of community and regional concerns. The monthly community discussion program entitled “Building Merrill Together” began...

We DID It! Diversity and Inclusion Discussions at Wesleyan College

December 29, 2016

We DID It! Diversity and Inclusion Discussions at Wesleyan College

By: Melanie Doherty, Ph.D. Associate Professor of English and Faculty Diversity Liaison, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA With guidance from a pair of campus co-directors and the support of the Interactivity Foundation (IF),...

A Few Lessons from “Post-Election” Discussion

December 29, 2016

A Few Lessons from “Post-Election” Discussion

It is often the case that public interest in IF discussion guidebooks waxes and wanes based on current events and media focus. So it probably should not come as any...

Educating Community Facilitators, The K-State Experience

December 31, 2015

Educating Community Facilitators, The K-State Experience

As the semester winds down, I am almost ready to reflect on my experience teaching Leadership in Practice at Kansas State University. As a fellow in residence in the Staley...

Dennis Boyer’s Book Review : The Ecology of Democracy: Finding Ways to Have a Stronger Hand in Shaping Our Future

Dennis Boyer’s Book Review : The Ecology of Democracy: Finding Ways to Have a Stronger Hand in Shaping Our Future

Dennis Boyer's Book Review : The Ecology of Democracy: Finding Ways to Have a Stronger Hand in Shaping Our Future, Kettering Foundation Press, Dayton, Ohio, 2014 - By David Mathews One sizeable shelf in...

Now Available: What IF…Discussion Card Game

Now Available: What IF…Discussion Card Game

What IF….Discussion Cards A Card Game that Improves Explorative and Collaborative Thinking Check out the Interactivity Foundation’s new discussion cards! They can be used in classrooms, workplace meetings, or even at...

Spotlight on IF Fellow Mark Notturno

January 20, 2015

Spotlight on IF Fellow Mark Notturno

2014 was an extraordinary year for IF Fellow and philosopher Mark Amadeus Notturno. During the course of the year, he published his seventh book entitled Hayek and Popper: On Rationality, Economism, and...

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