Alkida Hasaj is a Lector in the Tourism Department at the University of Shkodra ‘Luigj Gurakuqi’ in Albania. She was also a participant in the 50-Hour Training Course in the IF Discussion Process that IF Fellows Mark Notturno and Ieva Notturno conducted… Read More »
Author Archives: Mark Notturno
IF Discussions in an Albanian Marketing Class
Marsel Kalemi is a lecturer in International Business and Marketing at the Military University “Scanderbeg” in Tirana, Albania. He was also a participant in the 50-Hour Training Course in the IF Discussion Process that IF Fellows Mark Notturno and Ieva Notturno conducted… Read More »
How to Evaluate an IF Policy Possibility—Part 2
Once you have a basic understanding of the policy possibility—what it says and what it doesn’t—the next step is to understand why someone might actually propose it. In order to do this, you will typically need to go beyond the… Read More »
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How to Evaluate an IF Policy Possibility⎯Part 1
The first step, of course, is to understand the possibility: what it says and what it doesn’t. This almost inevitably means reading the description of the possibility, and the reasoning behind it, and paying attention to the words that describe… Read More »
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Democratic Discussion
Our founder, Jay Stern, thought that IF’s citizen staff work reports could be an aid to democratic discussion in the United States. But what, exactly, is a democratic discussion or, to put it differently, what makes a discussion ‘democratic’? I… Read More »
Ia Natsvlishvili Uses the IF Discussion Process in her Classroom in Tbilisi, Georgia
Ia Natsvlishvili was a participant in the 50-Hour Training Course in the IF Discussion Process that IF Fellows Mark Notturno and Ieva Notturno conducted in Washington DC last Spring for Junior Faculty Development Program… Read More » (JFDP) scholars. After successfully completing the course,
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What Is A Non-Participating Yet ‘Strong’ Facilitator?
One of the core aspects of IF is that our sanctuary projects have non-participating yet ‘strong’ facilitators for their discussions. But what, exactly, is a non-participating yet ‘strong’ facilitator?
The non-participating part is relatively easy. IF facilitators facilitate their panelists’… Read More »
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Hope, Change, and that Political Fog of Enthusiasm
Public policy possibilities are often developed and discussed within a fog of enthusiasm. It’s not that the people who advance them do not think at all about their possible practical consequences. But they tend to think a lot more about… Read More »
How to Evaluate an IF Policy Possibility⎯Part 3
Once you have a basic understanding of the policy possibility and the reasoning behind it—-what it says and why it says it—-the next step is to ask yourself whether and to what extent it is likely to address the concerns… Read More »
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