October 16, 2011 Wiki Discussions? One of the new possibilities we've been exploring at the Interactivity Foundation is the use of wikis for the discussion and development of material. We've set up a general wiki...
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 20, 2011 Discussion as Improv: Serve the Others New participants in an Interactivity Foundation discussion project often wonder how to act when taking part in the discussion. Often when people hear that we’ll be engaged in thoughtful civic...
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 7, 2011 Two Lessons for Better Group Thinking One of the most important features of Interactivity Foundation discussion projects is the emphasis on exploring contrasting perspectives and developing contrasting policy possibilities. Along the way to doing this, panelists...
February 9, 2011 What Makes a Policy Possibility Worthwhile to Discuss? I recently participated in a conference on immigration policy in Washington DC. One of the speakers forestalled criticism by saying that his recommendations were neither new nor original, and that...