Material on dialogue
"DIALOGUE... is a balance of advocacy and inquiry. Advocacy is opening a window to your reasoning with supportive data and life experience. Inquiry is suspension of reason and exposing your mental models and heart to other people's reasoning and humanity—their stories. Good dialogue.... is listening to learn."
living room conversations .org Conversation Guide
"Listening is powerful. It doesn't mean you agree. Just giving someone your full attention is a valuable gift. People rarely change their beliefs in a conversation; but people often expand understanding through conversation. Focus on learning and sharing rather than debating or convincing. To do so you can: "
In politics, it seems counterintuitive to engage in dialogue with violent groups, with radicals and terrorists, and with the states that support them. But Jonas Gahr Støre, the foreign minister of Norway, makes a compelling case for open discussion, even when our values diverge.
"When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have great conversations – and most of us don’t converse very well. A great conversation requires a balance between talking and listening. This balance is important because bad communication leads to bad relationships, at home, at work, everywhere."
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