[Dialogue] Dialogue Digest, Vol 150, Issue 3

Lawrence Philbrook icalarry at gmail.com
Tue Sep 10 16:20:58 PDT 2024


Congratulations Jo

Copies will be delivered to Taiwan soon

With respect,
Larry

> On Sep 11, 2024, at 04:00, dialogue-request at lists.wedgeblade.net wrote:
> 
> From: Jo Nelson <jo.r.nelson at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Dialogue] A Focused Conversation for Today
> Date: September 10, 2024 at 21:43:47 GMT+8
> To: ICA Dialogue List <dialogue at wedgeblade.net>
> 
> 
> Hi, all,
> 
> Today is the official publication date of The Art of Focused Conversation, Second Edition!  It is available on Amazon.com <http://amazon.com/>, or if you are in Canada you can get it directly from the publisher at newsociety.com.
> 
> To celebrate, I created a focused conversation that you might like to use after the American presidential debate, which also is happening today.  
> 
> Possible Focused Conversation on the American Presidential Debate
>  
> With yourself or others who are interested in exploring the debate experience  
>  
> Assumption:  People want to move beyond their gut-level responses to something useful.
>  
> Rational Aim:  To think through impact and implications of the debate to personal action
> Experiential Aim:  To move beyond gut-level reactions to more thoughtful response
>  
> Context:
> Let’s work through our responses to this debate.
>  
> O.  What words or phrases did you actually hear one of the candidates say?  (quote them)
> What images stood out for you? (describe what you actually saw)
>  
> R. What part of this debate was exciting or compelling for you?
> What part of this debate was frightening or depressing?  
> What part made you want to turn it off?  
>  
> I. What is something you learned from this debate?  About the candidates and their intentions?  About yourself?
> What are you pondering now? 
> What did you discover about your own values or perspective through this debate?
>  
> D. How would you summarize how this debate affected your thinking?
>  
> Closing:
> Thank you.  
> 
> 
> 
> Jo Nelson
> jo.r.nelson at gmail.com
> 
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