Dialogue

We have a reputation among media and not-for-profits for unique methods in building meaningful dialogues online, but at GMD Studios we think that's just a part of experience design.


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Our newest generation of small group dialogue tools debuts with a partnership with the Smithsonian Institution.
Aug 23, 2011 by National Museum of American History

September 11: Conversations

In conjunction with the National Museum of American History's 10th anniversary display of artifacts and the Smithsonian Channel documentary "9/11: Stories in Fragments," we invite you to participate in a more meaningful online conversation about September 11.

Why public dialogues about difficult issues are important to the fabric of America, courtesy of our friends at Smithsonian.
Aug 22, 2011 by Smithsonian Institution

Innovative Online Conversations to Mark 10th Anniversary of Sept. 11 Attacks

The New York Times on our Listening to the City effort with Marc Weiss & Weblab.
Sep 26, 2002 by Amy Harmon / New York Times

Vox Populi, Online and Downtown

Perhaps the most significant effort that our small group dialog technique was ever applied to help solve.
Jul 20, 2002 by Civic Alliance to Rebuild Downtown New York

Listening to the City

This historic gathering - called "Listening to the City" - gave participants an opportunity to help shape the redevelopment of Lower Manhattan and the creation of a permanent memorial to the victims of 9/11.

In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, the SGD technology was used in conjunction with MSNBC to tackle the raw issues.
Dec 18, 2001 by MSNBC & WebLab

What Now?: Politics, the Economy and Your Life

Four months after the September 11 attacks, Americans are still disoriented, wrestling with grief, anxiety and confusion about what comes next. We need to process all that's happened, tell our stories, and think out loud about who we are, as individuals and as a nation, in a changed cultural and political climate.

The landmark study that proved the small group dialogue technique was something special, courtesy of our collaborators at WebLab.
Nov 23, 2000 by WebLab

Web Lab - Small Group Dialogue

In 1999, the MacArthur Foundation and the Markle Foundation jointly funded studies of Reality Check and American Love Stories, the two most recent incarnations of the SGD technique. We are proud to make available downloadable (PDF) files from the resulting reports.

WIRED on the dialogue research as we were conducting it.
Feb 22, 2000 by Andrew Rice

Resurrecting a Dying Art

The Boston Globe on our SGD-powered dialogues exploring the issues in the PBS documentary series "An American Love Story".
Sep 17, 1999 by Patti Hartigan

A safe place to sound off about race

WIRED on the issues related to meaningful dialogue on the Web and how "Reality Check" is re-thinking it.
Nov 05, 1998 by Steve Silberman

Unspinning the Media

Meet Marc Weiss

Since 1997, we've been collaborating with Marc and his web innovation not-for-profit Web Lab on dialogues and issue-driven Web pieces.

Our collaborations with Marc Weiss on public issue dialogues lead to the creation of a new model, "small group dialogs".
Nov 05, 1998 by WebLab & GMD Studios

Reality Check - a new model for dialogues on public issues

A non-partisan public-interest resource providing a new kind of online discussion group launched during and about the Clinton impeachment in 1998 and our first pioneering attempt a new process for creating civil discourse on the Web.

When we started in 1994, providing software systems to other pioneering Web developers was a big part of our business model.
Aug 23, 1994 by Radiation Software

HyperThread Discussion Engine

In the dark ages of the Internet, we had no choice but to develop our own software for community building. We sold that technology on to hundreds of other brands and developers over the 6 years of Radiation Software, including our discussion board technology called HyperThread.