Posted in Democracy's Challenge on January 9, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Cole Campbell, dean of the Donald W. Reynolds Schools of Journalism at the University of Nevada, research associate for the Kettering Foundation, and friend died last Friday when his car flipped on an icy road.
The world not only lost a champion for public journalism. We lost a great man and a dear friend.
I can’t top [...]
Posted in Forums, NIF on December 8, 2006 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been reading Alan Alda’s delightful and provocative memoir, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed And Other Things I’ve Learned.
Although he’d had a successful acting career, Alda confesses he didn’t fully understand what it takes to be a good actor until M*A*S*H.
“When I started out as an actor, I thought, Here’s what I have to say; [...]
Posted in Forums on December 6, 2006 | 2 Comments »
[Mary Knill (an archivist for the LBJ Library, a member of the Texas Forums network and former New Orleans resident) volunteered to facilitate a small group in Austin for the recent Community Congress Two designed to bring together current and former New Orleans residents in 21 communities. Community Congress II focused on updating New Orleans [...]
Posted in Forums, History, Texas Forums Events, deliberate on December 3, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Texas Forums on Social Security
Originally uploaded by TexasTaylor.
[This is one of a series of postings featuring the history of Texas Forums prior to November 2006. These photos were retrieved for the NIF 25th anniversary celebration and are being posted here for those who are new to Texas Forums and want to know more about us. [...]
Posted in Forums, History, Texas Forums Events on December 1, 2006 | 1 Comment »
[This is one of a series of postings featuring the history of Texas Forums prior to November 2006. These photos were retrieved for the NIF 25th anniversary celebration and are being posted here for those who are new to Texas Forums and want to know more about us. For more entries about our history, go [...]
Posted in Dialogue and Deliberation Models, Forums, deliberate on December 1, 2006 | 2 Comments »
“What does it mean to be a citizen - of a community, of a country of a world?
If all those who called themselves Americans were in one room, what would we have in common?
What is our vision of the future?
These are just some of the questions being explored by the America Project & the 51st [...]
Posted in Democracy's Challenge, Forums, Virtual Workshops, deliberate on November 30, 2006 | No Comments »
In November, Texas Forums hosted two online events -a workshop on Civic Reflection and a discussion with the author of the report on Democracy’s Challenge: Reclaiming the Public’s Role forums.
These and other online workshops are archived on the new Opal Online Civic Engagement Archive Page! You can watch and hear the entire presentation including the [...]
Posted in Democracy's Challenge, Texas Forums Events, Workshops and Seminars on November 20, 2006 | No Comments »
[cross posted on The Deliberative Democracy Blog ]
You may have seen invitations from me to attend virtual workshops on libraries (and other public institutions) and Civic Engagement using the Online Programming for All Libraries (OPAL) environment. These are now archived and ready to be replayed. If you have ideas for future workshops or panel [...]
Posted in Democracy's Challenge, Texas Forums Events on October 19, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Public Thinking about
“Democracy’s Challenge:
Reclaiming the Public’s Role”
So what happens to all of that information that comes out of a forum?
Where does that information go?
What did people in other forums have to say about Democracy’s Challenge?
Join the researchers from Doble Research Associates for a virtual roundtable on November 15 and learn about the results of [...]
Posted in Forums on June 28, 2006 | No Comments »
I’m a newbie here at the annual Kettering Foundation Public Policy
Workshop… was invited because of some work I’ve been doing with
long-time NIF leader Margaret Holt. I particularly enjoyed attending
the “test forum” led by Betty Knightly of West Viginia on the topic:
“What is the 21st century mission of our public schools?”
Betty asked had us warm [...]
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