
















“These claims are bold, but a review of academic literature, public records, and IDH’s documented history supports the assertion:
no other group or method has demonstrated this breadth of bipartisan, Constitutional, and practical impact or built such a coalition, in America’s most divided era.” - Perplexity AI
I keep things simple. Just email me.
NEWS APPEARANCES:
Same day or remote is fine: Currently in Minneapolis.
SPEAKING
1st crowd of 1000s at 17. Should have been a game show host.
Speak "both sides" fluently.
CONSULTING:
Send me the gist. If I'm into it, the first meeting is free.
TRAININGS/WORKSHOPS:
Can get your team up to speed in an hour, on the same page in a day, and make 'em rockstars in a week.
RESILIENCE + CONFLICT RESOLUTION
My "off-menu" specialties.


POLITICAL MOBILIZATION and CIVIC CRISIS MANAGEMENT
Two decades of working with ALL students, advocates, lawmakers, and experts to get people programmed to hate each other to
remember that they don't.
SCALABLE SOLUTIONS: K-CEO + CAMPUSES ON "BOTH SIDES" OF REALITY + COMPANIES
Award-winning higher ed leadership: Whether directing a school, teaching students how to build internationally-recognized think tanks as homework, or speechwriting. forTime's University
President of the Year.
SCALABLE SOLUTIONS: K-CEO + CAMPUSES ON "BOTH SIDES" OF REALITY + COMPANIES
Award-winning higher ed leadership: Whether directing a school, teaching students how to build internationally-recognized think tanks as homework, or speechwriting. forTime's University
President of the Year.

BECAUSE ART IS THE ANSWER WHEN WORDS STOP WORKING
Action-oriented cross-cultural events and platforms (on all the 3rd rail issues) to forge new political alliances.

BECAUSE ART IS THE ANSWER WHEN WORDS STOP WORKING
Action-oriented cross-cultural events and platforms (on all the 3rd rail issues) to forge new political alliances.

POLITICAL MOBILIZATION and CIVIC CRISIS MANAGEMENT
Two decades of working with ALL students, advocates, lawmakers, and experts to get people programmed to hate each other to
remember that they don't.

SCALABLE SOLUTIONS: K-CEO + CAMPUSES ON "BOTH SIDES" OF REALITY + COMPANIES
Award-winning higher ed leadership: Whether directing a school, teaching students how to build internationally-recognized think tanks as homework, or speechwriting. forTime's University
President of the Year.
BECAUSE ART IS THE ANSWER WHEN WORDS STOP WORKING
Action-oriented cross-cultural events and platforms (on all the 3rd rail issues) to forge new political alliances.



POLITICAL MOBILIZATION and CIVIC CRISIS MANAGEMENT
Two decades of working with ALL students, advocates, lawmakers, and experts to get people programmed to hate each other to
remember that they don't.

SCALABLE SOLUTIONS: K-CEO + CAMPUSES ON "BOTH SIDES" OF REALITY + COMPANIES
Award-winning higher ed leadership: Whether directing a school, teaching students how to build internationally-recognized think tanks as homework, or speechwriting. forTime's University
President of the Year.
BECAUSE ART IS THE ANSWER WHEN WORDS STOP WORKING
Action-oriented cross-cultural events and platforms (on all the 3rd rail issues) to forge new political alliances.


BECAUSE ART IS THE ANSWER WHEN WORDS STOP WORKING
Action-oriented cross-cultural events and platforms (on all the 3rd rail issues) to forge new political alliances.
+ CIVIC FORUMS and DISINFO FIGHTING NETWORKS
civil disagreements on all the 3rd rail issues
Two decades of working with ALL students, advocates, lawmakers, and experts to get people programmed to hate each other to work together.
SCALABLE SOLUTIONS: K-CEO + CAMPUSES ON "BOTH SIDES" OF REALITY + COMPANIES
award-winning higher ed leadership
Whether directing a school, teaching students how to build internationally-recognized think tanks as homework.
PROF + FOUNDER + EXEC DIR + MULTI-INDUSTRY "SHOWRUNNER"
BIPARTISAN COALITIONS
(AND CIVIL CROSS-CULTURAL CONVERSATIONS)
Two decades of working with ALL students, advocates, lawmakers, and experts to get people programmed to hate each other to
remember that they don't.
SCALABLE SOLUTIONS: K-CEO + CAMPUSES ON "BOTH SIDES" OF REALITY + COMPANIES
Award-winning higher ed leadership: Whether directing a school, teaching students how to build internationally-recognized think tanks as homework, or speechwriting. forTime's University
President of the Year
THE INSTITUTE FOR AESTHETIC ADVOCACY
CO-FOUNDER /CREATIVE DIRECTOR
BECAUSE ART IS THE ANSWER WHEN WORDS STOP WORKING
Action-oriented cross-cultural events and platforms (on all the 3rd rail issues) to forge new political alliances.
LAW & POLICY / EDUCATION / CULTURE / CIVICS
Everyone backed the wrong "experts." They made it worse. This isn't rocket science: It's narrative theory + law + humanities + digital American politics + art.
I keep things simple. Just email me.
NEWS APPEARANCES:
Same day or remote is fine: Currently in Minneapolis.
SPEAKING
1st crowd of 1000s at 17. Should have been a game show host.
Speak "both sides" fluently.
CONSULTING:
Send me the gist. If I'm into it, the first meeting is free.
TRAININGS/WORKSHOPS:
Can get your team up to speed in an hour, on the same page in a day, and make 'em rockstars in a week.
RESILIENCE + CONFLICT RESOLUTION
My "off-menu" specialties.

Dr. Aaron McKain, MSL
Minneapolis and Omaha / mckain.3@gmail.com
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