IF Fellow Natalie Hopkinson’s new book is now available on Amazon for preorder. The book, A Mouth is Always Muzzled, first originated in 2012 as a public policy discussion project with IF. The original discussion guide remains available as a free download. The book, published by the New York-based The New Press, builds on some of … Read more »
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What roles do sports play in our society? What roles do we want them to play? Who should have access to sports opportunities? Why might we think of sports as a matter of public concern? What are different ways to shape our sports policy to meet our public goals for sports? These are just some … Read more »
What are the key questions or concerns we face with the future of higher education? What are different ways to address those concerns? These sorts of questions were a key part of IF’s 2012 discussion guide on The Future of Higher Education. Facilitated by Tim Steffensmeier, an alum of one of IF’s Faculty Summer Institutes, … Read more »
The Interactivity Foundation has been collaborating with the Kettering Foundation and its affiliate organization, the National Issues Forum (NIF), to promote dialogues around police-community relations. IF Fellow Sue Goodney Lea has been working in the Baltimore/D.C. area to create forums for citizens to talk with police about how to enhance public safety and reduce both … Read more »
The National Dialogue Network has given preliminary approval for a $5000 grant to the Interactivity Foundation for the purposes of improving its public discussion tools and integrating them into a national database of public engagement outcomes. Long time NCDD partner John Spady heads the national effort. IF has partnered with John in the past on … Read more »
Did you know that you can engage with the Interactivity Foundation in almost daily explorations of various questions and concerns about public policy once you connect with us via social media: Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn? Several IF Fellows regularly share interesting policy ideas and possibilities via social media. Find the Interactivity Foundation’s page on Facebook—and … Read more »
Residents of Merrill, Wisconsin are talking and listening—a lot these days about a wide variety of community and regional concerns. The monthly community discussion program entitled “Building Merrill Together” began this February and will continue for a series of 14 different discussions through March of next year. This program is hosted by the T.B. Scott … Read more »
Last fall, IF co-sponsored and facilitated a successful 2-session discussion program in Merrill, Wisconsin. The discussions, hosted by the T.B. Scott Free Library in Merrill were entitled “Constructing the Future of Greater Merrill,” and they were part of IF’s 2016 Library Partnership initiative. These discussions energized participants and our partner organizations there–both the Library and … Read more »
By Timothy Ruback, Ph.D. I teach Political Science, I started teaching in spring of 2002, and lasted more than a decade in higher education without ever having taught an internet course. More than that, being of a certain age, I never took an online course when I was a student. I had no first-hand experience … Read more »
