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Identifying Your Communities

August 23, 2023

Identifying Your Communities

Exploring the various definitions of community Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting an activity that helps participants gain a deeper understanding of the many different meanings associated with the...

Expressing Beliefs with Confidence & Humility

August 20, 2023

Expressing Beliefs with Confidence & Humility

Helpful phrases and strategies for participating in group discussions Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting an activity that helps participants develop strategies that enable them to share their thoughts...

Just Imagine…Dress Patterns and Democracy

August 17, 2023

Just Imagine…Dress Patterns and Democracy

Ellen (Curtis) Demorest was born in New York in 1824. Since her father owned a hat factory, Ellen naturally found her way to a career in the fashion industry. At...

Understanding Your Identity in Collaboration

August 13, 2023

Understanding Your Identity in Collaboration

Exploring choices around sharing our identities Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting a fun activity that helps participants reflect on their identity. This activity encourages participants to think about...

Just Imagine…Performing as if in a Zoo

August 10, 2023

Just Imagine…Performing as if in a Zoo

Located in Harlem, the Club Deluxe was an intimate supper club owned by Jack Johnson, the first African American to be the heavyweight boxing champ. He sold the club to...

Cultivating a Willingness to Play

Cultivating a Willingness to Play

Using play to unleash new ways of thinking Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting a fun activity that helps participants suspend their seriousness and analytical thinking. Participants are encouraged...

Just Imagine…Listening to Moments of Conscience

Just Imagine…Listening to Moments of Conscience

He was born into poverty in 1926 in New York City to an Italian immigrant father and a mother who was born in the U.S. soon after her parents immigrated....

Seeking Innovation

Seeking Innovation

Playing with words to spark ideas Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting an activity that helps participants practice innovative thinking. It encourages participants to move beyond the constraints of...

Just Imagine…Choosing the Moral Path

Just Imagine…Choosing the Moral Path

He grew up in an all-white community in South Dakota. When he was 11 years old, he met his first person of another race. His father had developed his ability...

For Avoidance of Doubt, We’ll Miss You, Pete!

For Avoidance of Doubt, We’ll Miss You, Pete!

After almost two decades of working with the Interactivity Foundation (IF), our good friend and colleague Pete Shively is moving on to emeritus status and to new adventures in his...

Just Imagine…a Failure to Recognize Valor

Just Imagine…a Failure to Recognize Valor

Private Burton Holmes was a Black U.S. soldier fighting in France during World War I. He and his fellow soldiers were confronted by a surprise attack from the Germans. Burton’s...

Embracing Contradictions

Embracing Contradictions

Developing a Paradox Mindset Dear collaborative discussion friends, This week we are highlighting an activity that helps participants develop a “paradox mindset” by engaging with, rather than avoiding, the contradictions inherent in...

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