December 1, 2010 IF Audiences The Interactivity Foundation (IF) focuses upon three major discussion areas: sanctuary project discussions designed to develop public policy possibilities in our selected areas of concern, public discussions of the contrasting...
November 4, 2010 There are policy discussions and then there are policy discussions Election time is probably the time when people hear and talk about policy the most. So you may feel that you have already heard way too much about policy debates...
October 6, 2010 What’s Different About IF Policy Discussions? The Interactivity Foundation (IF) promotes the thoughtful consideration of a wide range of conceptually contrasting policy possibilities in selected areas of concern. One way that we do this is through...
July 6, 2010 Not So Benign a Conflict As our nation celebrates Independence Day, I am reminded that much of American history is based in conflict. The crucible within which we forged our independence was a war fought...
July 6, 2010 Citizen Staff Work Reports One of the core aspects of IF is that the policy possibilities in our discussion reports are not developed by politicians and policy wonks, but by citizens for their fellow...
June 29, 2010 An Exemplar of Civic Conversation Owen Coyle, a friend of over thirty years duration, passed away a week ago and the time since has been filled with memories of political collaborations and stories shared about...
June 1, 2010 Decision Horses Before the Deliberative Carts or Overdue Decisions? A policy dust-up was in the news recently in the form of Congressional action to end the US military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” stance on gays and lesbians serving in...
May 17, 2010 Federal mandate to enhance civic discourse? The Democracy Imperative's most recent newsletter has an interesting write-up detailing a recent forum exploring how federal policies and programs might be expanded to enhance the civic skills of American citizens.
April 30, 2010 Connecting IF Reports to Current Issues in Public Discussions A recent Frontline episode (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/vaccines/?utm_campaign=homepage&utm_medium=bigimage&utm_source=bigimage_) exploring the vaccine controversy was fascinating and suggests several openings by which a couple of our less discussed reports might find some legs....