Lessons: Miller

This is a 3 Lesson workshop that William (Bill) Miller held in an adult school titled "Listening Across Canyons." Bill told me I can use this outline for our work. The workshop is geared towards preparing participants to have empathic dialogues across the political divide.

Listening Across Canyons

by William Miller

SESSION 1

  • Empathy

  • The Skill of Accurate Empathy

  • Three Disciplines of Accurate Empathy

    • Discipline 1: Focusing. Full attention. No agenda except for understanding

    • Discipline 2: Refraining from Roadblocks

      • Twelve Roadblocks that are Not Listening

    • Discipline 3: Mirroring

SESSION 2

  • The Skill of Reflective Listening

  • Forming a Reflection

  • Simple and Complex Reflections

  • Experience Forming Reflections

  • How is Reflective Listening Different from Conversation?

  • Take-Home

SESSION 3

  • Three Disciplines of Reflective Listening

  • Listening Across Political Differences

  • Take-Home