September 8, 2011 What Does It Mean to Develop a Policy Possibility? What does it mean to develop a policy possibility? And why do we spend so much time doing it in our sanctuary projects? Most IF projects follow the same discussion process:...
August 7, 2011 Policy Possibilities as Storylines Our Interactivity Foundation project discussions focus on developing contrasting conceptual policy possibilities as different ways that our society might approach an area of emerging social and political concern. At first...
July 27, 2011 Teaching How to Think About Policy One of the things that the Interactivity Foundation does is to teach people how to think about public policy possibilities. This will sound patronizing only if you misunderstand why, what,...
July 25, 2011 Public Discussion of Contrasting Conceptual Possibilities* IF’s public discussions typically move from exploration of an area of concern to exploring and developing contrasting conceptual possibilities for addressing it. The purposes of exploring and developing contrasting conceptual possibilities. ...
June 9, 2011 Interactivity of Ideas There are many different kinds of the interactivity going on in IF public discussions. But the interactivity of ideas is one of the most important ones. Our reports are developed...
May 7, 2011 Exploring Consequences to Revise Policy Ideas I recently had a helpful reminder of the role that exploring consequences can play in the shaping panelists’ thinking about the policy possibilities they are developing. Exploring consequences is something...
March 30, 2011 Gamification and Motivating Civic Action How might public policy get people to act in certain ways? The question of how a democratic society could impact the behavior of its citizens is a near constant one...
March 3, 2011 What could we do? vs What should we do? ‘What should we do?’ seems to be a fulcrum of our public discussions today. This is a question that is raised in the streets of Madison and Washington alike. The...
January 10, 2011 Playing with Metaphors When IF project panels are beginning the transition to generating public policy ideas, I’ve found it helpful to have the panelists explore different metaphors for thinking about the policy area....
