<p dir="ltr">Congratulations, Jo! I know what a labor of love this has been for you. I did watch the debate, all by myself tonight, and I'm not sure I could have that conversation though it was a good one. I'm likely to biased about the future here. I do wish that the follow-up conversation with five people from one of the rural counties in Pennsylvania had used this conversation instead of the one that reporter used. This would have been a lot more helpful to both them and the audience watching.</p>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 10, 2024, 7:44 AM Jo Nelson via Dialogue <<a href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div><span style="font-size:14px">Hi, all,</span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px">Today is the official publication date of The Art of Focused Conversation, Second Edition! It is available on <a href="http://Amazon.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Amazon.com</a>, or if you are in Canada you can get it directly from the publisher at <a href="http://newsociety.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">newsociety.com</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px">To celebrate, I created a focused conversation that you might like to use after the American presidential debate, which also is happening today. </span></div><div><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><b style="font-size:14px">Possible Focused Conversation on the American Presidential Debate<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><i style="font-size:14px">With yourself or others who are interested in exploring the debate experience <u></u><u></u></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:14px"><i>Assumption:</i> <i>People want to move beyond their gut-level responses to something useful.<u></u><u></u></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:14px"><b>Rational Aim:</b> To think through impact and implications of the debate to personal action<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:14px">Experiential Aim: To move beyond gut-level reactions to more thoughtful response<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><b style="font-size:14px">Context:<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:14px">Let’s work through our responses to this debate.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:14px"><b>O.</b> What words or phrases did you actually hear one of the candidates say? (quote them)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:14px">What images stood out for you? (describe what you actually saw)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:14px"><b>R.</b> What part of this debate was exciting or compelling for you?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:14px">What part of this debate was frightening or depressing? <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:14px">What part made you want to turn it off? <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:14px"><b>I.</b> What is something you learned from this debate? About the candidates and their intentions? About yourself?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:14px">What are you pondering now? <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:14px">What did you discover about your own values or perspective through this debate?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:14px"><b>D.</b> How would you summarize how this debate affected your thinking?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><b style="font-size:14px">Closing:<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:14px">Thank you. </span><font face="Times New Roman, serif" style="font-size:14px"><u></u><u></u></font></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div>
<div>Jo Nelson</div><div><a href="mailto:jo.r.nelson@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jo.r.nelson@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div><br>
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