February 11, 2010 Some Thoughts on Recruiting Panels for the Best Contrast of Possibilities The current tendency within IF is to recruit at least the generalist panels via Public (or "Citizen") Discussions. Those of us who use Meetup to recruit Citizen Discussion participants have...
September 18, 2009 Trusteeing the Process On Sunday I spent about 90 minutes at a retreat for the Board of Trustees of a local private school. I served on this Board for the past three years,...
September 9, 2009 Little Things That Count: A Human Scale of Discussion When people are invited to take part in one of the Interactivity Foundation’s Public Discussions they often wonder what effect this could have if we meet with just a small...
August 9, 2009 Attitudes of Discussion Picture for a moment two very different kinds of citizen “discussions” that took place this summer. Both were focused on issues surrounding health and healthcare in our society. For the...
May 27, 2009 Yes-And: Setting the Tone for the Summer Institute This posting is the first of series of weekly postings I'll make in preparation for our 2009 Summer Institute. I'll be sending similar comments via weekly email--but thought this might...