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IDH Services

Trainings and Workshops

Trainings and Workshops

Trainings and workshops for schools, companies, governments, lawyers, advocates, artists, and citizens.  All IDH expertise topics, including:

  • AI and Algorithms (and Privacy)
  • Disinformation and Political Division
  • Free Speech and Academic Freedom
  • Bi Partisan Coalition Building
  • Cross-Cultural  Debate and Dialogue 
  • Fixing Our Colleges

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Thank you to our clients and partners.

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
IOWA BAR ASSOCIATION
NEBRASKA BAR ASSOCIATION
MN LEGAL RIGHTS CENTER


SXSW EDU
INDIANA UNIVERSITY

CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY
UNIV OF WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE


LITTLE EARTH NATIVE HUD COMMUNITY

MN DEPT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
ACLU MINNESOTA
SAFETY NOT SURVEILLANCE COALITION
RECLAIM THE BLOCK
GUNS DOWN, LOVE UP
LITTLE EARTH NATIVE YOUTH ARTS CENTER
PROTECT MINNESOTA
NORTH SUBURBAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
URBAN EDUCATORS

We all need help sometimes. And the post-digital world got super complicated.

But the stakes are way too high for this to be your first rodeo, so let us help!

  • EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS ON

    Academic freedom laws

    First Amendment norms

    Disinformation

    Cross-cultural debate and dialogue

    Digital ethics issues.

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    EXPERIENTIAL and INTERACTIVE TRAININGS

    We can run our workshops the "regular" way (lawyers, companies, and lawmakers like this) or level it up in our plug and play genres (podcasts, art exhibitions, and civic education) if your teams want immediate and actionable content (with your brand, ours, or both).

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    TAILORED TO YOUR TIMEFRAME

    We can get your teams on the same page (and up to speed) on an issue in a couple of hours. Full day (and multi-day) trainings are also available for organizations serious about scaling up, solving a problem (quickly, correctly, and only once), and/or winning the 21st century.

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Technology Policy, Law, and Governance

ai ethics | disinformation | privacy I free speech vs. online hate

ai ethics | disinformation | privacy

After the election, we might have the only Manhattan Project -- for AI, Disinformation, Free Spech, and Education -- left standing. And you have to fix all of it at the same time.

DISINFORMATION and POLITICAL DIVISION

We started the IDH -- after Dr. McKain crossed the filter bubble and became a "disinformation diversity hire" at a Bible college -- to try to stop a post-digital civil war.


We ended up in the middle of one (dodging bullets and COVID and hosting the Floyd memorial) while building emergency information/aid networks (between people programmed to hate each other) in Minneapolis when things went ham. Then Dr. M got shot at and we were all evacuated.


So, yes, we have stories. Thank God they are funny.

Strategies, hacks, frameworks, and pep talks to fight against disinformation; start to rebuild our shared reality; and heal our communities, classrooms, companies, and country.


Strategic Communications and Bipartisan/Cross-Cultural Coalition Building

If you know someone else who got Evangelical Christians, Muslims, Jewish-Americans, SJWsand MAGAs to put their bullshit aside and work together to save the country, let me know so I can work for them.

  • Our Story Is Proof That We Can All Escape Our Echo Chambers

    If you know someone else who got Evangelical Christians, Muslims, Jewish-Americans, SJWs and MAGAs to put their aside and work together to save the country, let us know so we can work for them.

  • Bridging Divides and Building Trust

    Our workshops foster cross-cultural collaboration by teaching skills for constructive dialogue and strategic communication. Learn how to unite diverse groups to tackle today's toughest challenges while maintaining mutual respect.

  • Real-World Impact With Proven Results

    Discover how strategic communication fosters partnerships that transcend cultural and political divides. Participants leave equipped with tools to navigate complex conversations, resolve conflicts, and drive impactful change in their organizations and communities.

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First Amendment & Free Speech

academic & artistic freedom I encoded censorship

I've been studying 1A and technology since the 90s, am headhunted to run the famous national orgs, taught it for 20 years (Big 10 and Bible/lefty colleges),

started an internationally recognized 1A art collective, am a legit casualty of the college free speech crisis,


and trained thousands of diverse students and citizens to debate/disagree with each other like humans, not gaslit robots.

  • The IDH's First Amendment bench is deep:

    Our Exec Director is headhunted to run national free speech orgs, our co-founder was a former Assistant Attorney General, our curriculum is powered by the Institue for Aesthetic Advocacy's internationally-recognized free speech research, and our consultants appear in the NYT.

Higher Education Innovation & Reform

COLLEGE REFORM and POST-AI EDUCATION

We are living proof that we can still fix AI, education and America. And we have the 20-years proven solutions -- for AI, disinformation, free speech, privacy, and fixing our colleges-- and the Black Mirror meets Dead Poet's society story your people need to hear right now.

  • Redefining Higher Education for a Digital Age

    Our workshops empower educators to integrate digital ethics into curricula, equipping students to navigate technology's complexities. From addressing algorithmic discrimination to promoting media literacy, we provide actionable strategies that prepare the next generation for ethical decision-making in a tech-driven world.

  • Driving Institutional Change

    Partnering with universities nationwide, we’ve implemented scalable programs that inspire critical thinking and collaboration. Discover how our innovative approaches to teaching digital ethics can elevate your institution’s impact on students, communities, and industries.

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