Upcoming TIC Events

Join the remainder of our 2025 SPEAKER SERIES, Communicating at a Time of Instability

OCTOBER 29, noon-1 pm EDT: McKenzie Sadeghi, AI and Foreign Influence editor at NewsGuard REGISTER HERE
NOVEMBER 20, noon-1 pm EDT: Ray Block, Professor of Political Science and African American Studies, Penn State University
DECEMBER 9, noon-1 pm EDT: Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, former Executive Director of National Association for Media Literacy Education and Truth in Common advisor

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

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JUNE: Andy Norman, PhD
Cognitive Immunity Research Collaborative

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THESE WRAPPED SO FAR IN 2025:

  • Two Truths and a Lie: Separating Facts from Fiction with Baltimore County Public Library
    Mondays August 4 / 11 / 18 at Arbutus Public Library
    Tuesdays September 9 / 16 / 23 at Reisterstown Public Library
    Wednesdays October 1 / 8 / 15 at North Point Public Library

  • 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

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MAY: Kellie Cummings
Johns Hopkins University

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APRIL: Joan Blades
Living Room Conversations

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MARCH: Dave Fleet
Edelman

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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