[Dialogue] A Focused Conversation for Today

[Mari Crocker]

Congrats to you, Jo Nelson, for your decades long commitment to sharing/grounding “the guided conversation method” , as we once called it, with society worldwide, beyond just educators.  Brava!!

Marilyn

> On Sep 10, 2024, at 9:43 AM, Jo Nelson via Dialogue <dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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