The Interactivity Foundation works to engage citizens in the exploration and development of possibilities for public policy through small group discussions.
IF Focal Areas
Project Discussions
Longer-term projects with selected panelists that develop our Discussion Reports or Guides with different possibilities for future public policy.
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Shorter-term discussion series that use our Discussion Reports or Guides as a starting point for further discussion and exploration.
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We also work with educators to support student-centered discussions in a variety of educational settings.
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IF Trained Summer Camp Councilors
The Interactivity Foundation partnered with the National Building Museum (NBM) to train summer camp councilors how to use IF’s interactive small group exploratory discussion method in their upcoming summer camp. Lauren Wilson, Teen Programs Manager at the NBM, invited us … Read more
Guns and Good Neighbors
A colleague asked me if I might be interested in participating in the April 2018 national Week of Conversation and might I also be interested in organizing a “gun discussion”? It seemed natural enough to respond affirmatively to the first … Read more
USATalk/CivNet Continues to Move Forward
IF's co-venture to build an integrated online partner supported by a network of civic organizations has made some important strides of late: The organization was formally incorporated as "EnCiv", but will do business as "CivNet". CivNet will be the public-facing … Read more