Tag: facilitation

Interactivity Foundation’s Biannual Report

Interactivity Foundation’s Biannual Report

Integrating IF's 3 Core Mission Areas Dear collaborative discussion friends and partners: We are interrupting our regularly scheduled newsletter to share with you the Interactivity Foundation’s Biannual Report, Oct 2022 -...

Asking Questions to Promote Curiosity

Asking Questions to Promote Curiosity

What is a “good question”? Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting an activity that helps participants craft “good questions” from a place of curiosity. It helps participants move past...

Practicing Collaboration with Others

Practicing Collaboration with Others

Let’s play with some LEGOs! Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting an activity that uses tactile play to enhance collaboration. By engaging participants in a playful activity while discussing...

Seeing Communities as Partners

Seeing Communities as Partners

Understanding the Existing Strengths of a Community Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting a fun activity that uses role playing to help participants imagine communities as partners, rather than...

Developing an Awareness of Stakeholders: A Podcast Interview with Lori Britt

Developing an Awareness of Stakeholders: A Podcast Interview with Lori Britt

Who should be in the room? Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting Activity 5.2 Developing an Awareness of Stakeholders, designed to help participants think deeply and methodically about who...

Identifying Knowledge in the Community

Identifying Knowledge in the Community

Crafting Knowledge Trees Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting a fun activity that helps participants tease out all the different kinds of knowledge they have gained throughout their lives....

Encouraging Bold Imagination

Encouraging Bold Imagination

Telling the History of the Future Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting an activity designed to help discussion participants imagine beyond what they currently think is possible. Sometimes problems...

Civic Sweet Sixteen: A Podcast Interview with Jessica Friedrichs

Civic Sweet Sixteen: A Podcast Interview with Jessica Friedrichs

Exploring Civic Passions Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting Activity 5.1 Identifying Your Civic Passion, designed to help discussion participants figure out which civic topics are of greatest concern...

Reflecting on Social Identity in Collaborative Discussion

Reflecting on Social Identity in Collaborative Discussion

Introducing the Identity Pie Activity Dear collaborative discussion friends, This time we are highlighting an activity that helps to build self-awareness about our social and cultural identities. It explores the meanings we...

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