Toolkit Library/

Rules of engagement

Getting to the bottom of thorny interpersonal or community problems is fraught with risks. Frequently, our interactions slide into backhanded insults, sarcasm, or outright name-calling, shutting down communication and preventing people from finding the common ground needed to find solutions and lead innovation. Use this activity to reflect on how civil discourse in online contexts has important implications for face-to-face interactions.

   Tool

   30 minutes

   By: Principled Innovation® (PI)

   Educator-prep | K-12 educators


Making connections:

Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.

More on this topic:

Embrace ambiguity

  Video

  1 minutes

  By: IDEO

Student agency through civic engagement

  Video

  7 minutes

  By: Principled Innovation® (PI)

How humility will make you the greatest person ever

  Article

  10 minutes

  By: Greater Good Science Center

How to lead a conversation between people who disagree

  Video

  9 minutes

  By: Eve Pearlman, TED

How to speak up for yourself

  Video

  15 minutes

  By: Adam Galinsky, TED

Access our collection of +200 learning materials

PI toolkit library