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Musings on “Getting to We”

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A highlight for me at the “Inviting Dialogue” conference at Clark University was Patricia Romney’s talk entitled, “Getting to We: Why Dialogue Matters in Higher Education.”  She identified three challenges for our field.

Dialogue: Why Now?

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In this second post in our series from the Clark University conference, Inviting Dialogue: Renewing the Deep Purposes of Higher Education, we're presenting video of the talk given by the Public Conversations Project's Dave Joseph.  Dave addressed the community-wide gathering on the opening night of the conference with a presentation titled, "Dialogue: Why Now?"

Dialogue and Higher Education

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This week on Words That Matter, we will be featuring content from a recent conference put on by Clark University's Difficult Dialogues initiative in which the Public Conversations Project participated.

Learning Opportunities

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Would you like to learn how to facilitate constructive dialogue between individuals or groups at work or at home? Participate in one of our upcoming workshops!

So what?: Reflections on Purpose

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Today is my birthday and I’m reflecting. I’ve been thinking about why I do the work that I do. I find that all of my answers relate to a question we hear frequently at the Public Conversations Project: “So what?” 

"They are just words….so what? So you help people play nice: What difference does it really make?” 

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