Upcoming TIC Events

Tuesdays September 9 / 16 / 23 at Reisterstown Public Library
in Baltimore County:

Two Truths and a Lie: Separating Facts from Fiction

REGISTRATION necessary — follow this link

Wednesdays October 1 / 8 / 15 at North Point Public Library
in Baltimore County:

Two Truths and a Lie: Separating Facts from Fiction

REGISTRATION necessary — follow this link

ANNOUNCING: Fall speakers in our 2025 SPEAKER SERIES, Communicating at a Time of Instability

Join us to hear from three more expert voices:

SEPTEMBER 30, noon-1 pm EDT: Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, former Executive Director of National Association for Media Literacy Education and Truth in Common advisor

OCTOBER 23, noon-1 pm EDT: McKenzie Sadeghi, AI and Foreign Influence editor at NewsGuard

NOVEMBER 20, noon-1 pm EDT: Ray Block, Professor of Political Science and African American Studies, Penn State University

Talks are free, via Zoom and registration is required for each. Many thanks to our series partner:

View talks from our previous speakers here:

JUNE: Andy Norman, PhD
Cognitive Immunity Research Collaborative

Watch playback here

THESE WRAPPED SO FAR IN 2025:

  • Public health misinformation: What practitioners can do
    Talk for DrPH, PhD and MPH students at GW’s Milken Institute School of Public Health
    August 21 and February 24, 2025

  • Short (3-day) Online Course for Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
    July 7 / 8 / 9, 2025

  • Navigating a polluted information ecosystem: Tips for communicators
    Talk for IABC DC chapter
    February 11, 2025

  • Staying Alert to Misinformation in the Media: A Guide for PR Pros
    Panel discussion with Baltimore PR Society
    January 21, 2025

MAY: Kellie Cummings
Johns Hopkins University

Watch playback here

APRIL: Joan Blades
Living Room Conversations

Watch playback here

MARCH: Dave Fleet
Edelman

Playback unavailable

Past talks & workshops

  • What now? Finding facts in a sea of falsehoods

    Village Learning Place, Baltimore

    DECEMBER 5, 12, 19, 2024

  • Disinformation: What libraries can do

    Talk at Pohick Regional Library, Fairfax County, VA

    NOVEMBER 13, 2024

  • Disinformation: How to recognize it, and respond

    Online via Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University

    SEPTEMBER 26-NOVEMBER 14, 2024

  • Inaugural (Mis)Information Lab Seminar

    DC Public Library

    OCTOBER 29, 2024

  • Disinformation: How to recognize and disrupt it

    Wheaton Public Library (Montgomery County Public Library)

    SEPTEMBER 23, 30, OCTOBER 7, 2024

  • Two truths and a lie: Separating facts from fiction

    Cockeysville Library (Baltimore County)

    SEPTEMBER 11, 25, OCTOBER 2, 2024

  • Two truths and a lie: Separating facts from fiction

    Woodlawn Library (Baltimore County Public Library)

    AUGUST 13, 20, 27, 2024

  • What is Disinformation & How Can I Help Stop It?

    Grove Family Library, Chambersburg, PA

    AUGUST 15, 29, SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

  • IDEAS Lessons from Previous Elections

    Community Conversation with IDEAS Generation

    JULY 25, 2024

  • Disinformation: How to recognize and disrupt it

    Petworth Neighborhood Library (DC Public Library)

    JULY 13, 20, 27 2024

  • Disinformation: Educating ourselves

    Palisades Neighborhood Library (DC Public LIbrary)

    JULY 17, 24, 31 2024

  • Two truths and a lie: Separating facts from fiction

    Perry Hall Library (Baltimore County Public Library)

    JULY 9, 16, 23 2024

  • Local news access: Challenges & opportunities

    Talk for League of Women Voters, Arlington & Alexandria VA

    JUNE 15, 2024

  • What YOU can do to support free & fair elections

    Talk at Cleveland Park Library

    JUNE 13, 2024

  • Disinformation: What libraries can do

    Talk for Baltimore County Public Library staff

    JUNE 6, 2024

  • Media literacy in the disinformation age

    Defense Information School, U.S. Department of Defense

    MAY 21, 2024

  • Media literacy in the disinformation age

    Heinrich Boell Foundation

    MAY 7, 2024

  • Mis/disinformation: How to recognize it & respond

    League of Women Voters of Diablo Valley, CA

    JANUARY 7, 2024

  • Dismantling Disinformation & Misinformation: What libraries can do

    Webinar with Urban Libraries Council

    DECEMBER 14, 2023

  • Misinformation: What libraries can do

    Talk for DC Public Library

    SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

  • Featured speaker: Dialogue, Difference and Democracy webinar series

    Sponsored by National Inst. for Civil Discourse & IDEOS

    SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

  • Misinformation: How it spreads & how to avoid it

    3-part series at DC’s Cleveland Park library LinkedIn summary

    JUNE 8-29, 2023

  • Misinformation & the Workplace: Mitigating the Risks

    With Dave Fleet, Edelman; Andy Slaughter, Amazon; and Jillian Youngblood, Civic Genius. Part of National Week of Conversation 2023 LinkedIn summary

    APRIL 21, 2023

  • Misinformation: How we got here & what to do about it

    Lunch and learn for PRSA National Capital Chapter

    APRIL 4, 2023

  • Misinformation: How we got here and what to do about it

    Lunch and learn for members of IABC’s DC chapter.
    LinkedIn summary

    FEBRUARY 7, 2023

  • Truth in Common PILOT GROUP 3

    4-part workshop series with members of the International Association of Business Communicators from the U.S. and Canada

    SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2022

  • Truth in Common info session

    For members of the International Association of Business Communicators

    AUGUST 23, 2022

  • Truth in Common PILOT GROUP 2

    In partnership with the American-German Institute, for participants in their Social Divisions & Questions of Identity Program

    APRIL & JUNE 2022

  • Truth in Common PILOT GROUP 1

    Virtual, with adult residents of the Buffalo, NY area

    MARCH & APRIL 2022

  • Misinformation: An Equity Issue

    Presentation for Global Peacemakers as part of their Multilogues series

    MAY 2021

  • Misinformation: How we got here and what to do about it

    Featured speaker for IABC World Conference

    MAY 2021