Pilots & Programs

This is where we align our existing research and prototypes with community needs, fine-tuning each program to best serve the many groups and organizations with which we work.

Conversation Facilitation
Civic Engagement
Youth Dialogue
Participatory Research
Bridging
Listening
Conversation Design
Deliberation

Pilots & Programs

1 Research

Exploring social challenges to generate insights and evidence that shape future solutions for communication across divides.

2 Prototypes

Translating research into early-stage tools and methods tested in real-world contexts.

3 Pilots & Programs

Partnering with communities to adapt and scale research-backed tools into real-world programs.

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FRONTLINE Social Dialogue Network

Archived

Over 40 young people participated in a social listening experiment exploring how personal experiences build bridges to better understanding current events and creating mo

Pilots & Programs

Conversation Facilitation, Civic Engagement, Media Literacy, Journalism, Artificial Intelligence, Youth Engagement, Youth Dialogue, FRONTLINE PBS, Cortico

realtalk@Boston

A new civic infrastructure in Boston grounded in dialogue as a way to building “civic muscle” of democracy

Pilots & Programs

Research, Sensemaking, Conversation Facilitation, Participatory Research, Listening

MIT Student Assembly

Tech-enhanced & Student-Focused Deliberative Assemblies

Pilots & Programs

Generative AI, Conversation Design, Conversation Facilitation, Youth Engagement, Youth Dialogue, Participatory Research, Deliberative Assembly, Deliberation

realtalk@MIT

Hear – and be heard. Building an MIT culture of listening and shared understanding.

Pilots & Programs

Sensemaking, Generative AI, Conversation Design, Conversation Facilitation

Real Talk Summer Internship Program

Archived

Collaborating with students to shape a new online dialogue app

Pilots & Programs

Research, Civic Engagement, Youth Engagement, Youth Dialogue, Cortico, Participatory Research, Listening, Social Media

Tech-Enhanced Deliberative Assemblies Pop-Up Lab

Archived

Tech-enhanced Citizens’ Assemblies toward a more inclusive, healthy, and constructive democracy

Pilots & Programs

Bridging, Communication, Conversation Design, Conversation Facilitation, Civic Engagement, DemocracyNext, Deliberative Assembly

realtalk@MIT Pilot

Archived

Hosted in the fall of 2022, the RealTalk@MIT pilot provided an opportunity for MIT community members to contribute to creating a meanin...

Pilots & Programs

Bridging, Communication, Conversation Visualization, Conversation Health, Sensemaking, Conversation Design, Conversation Facilitation, Listening, Deliberation

Real Talk for Change

Archived

Uplifting the voices of Boston’s historically underheard

Pilots & Programs

Bridging, Communication, Politics, Conversation Visualization, Visualization, Data Visualization, Conversation Design, Conversation Facilitation, Civic Engagement, Listening