LEARN HOW: WORKSHOPS






PCP workshops enhance people's capacities to plan, facilitate, and engage in more constructive conversations in their professional, civic, or personal lives. All workshops include small group exercises and can be adapted to meet the needs of a variety of audiences. More than 1,400 people have attended training workshops in many cities, including Boston, Denver, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Seattle, and Sydney, Australia.

The Public Conversations Project offers highly experiential, affordable training to professionals at all levels, from beginner to master.

The Public Conversations Project has been recognized by the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation and The Association for Conflict Resolution for pioneering leadership in training.

Click here to listen to Paula Gutlove, Deputy Director, Institute for Resource and Security Studies, talk about the Public Conversations Project's Power of Dialogue workshop.

 

What will you learn in a PCP training?
  • How to design and facilitate constructive group conversations on divisive issues
  • How to deal with difficult or stuck conversations—and how to share those skills with others
  • How to foster collaboration within organizations
  • How to help your community address divisive issues such as health care access, cultural and racial divides, or climate change
  • How to feel more confident initiating and participating in conversations about emotionally charged topics like religion and politics

 

Training Workshops

 

Power of Dialogue: Constructive Conversations on Divisive Issues (3-day) Learn to facilitate constructive conversations about divisive issues between groups and individuals by shifting communications and relationships.

 

From Conflict to Connection: Transforming Personal Conversations (1-day) Prepare for difficult one-on-one conversations about awkward or divisive issues with family members, colleagues, friends, neighbors, and others.

 

Inquiry as Intervention: Crafting Questions with Purpose and Impact (1-day) Explore how purposeful questions can open new possibilities for conversations about difficult issues in professional or personal settings.

 

Staying Grounded When on the Spot: A Facilitation Workshop (2-day) Learn a new model with fresh approaches for responding to unforeseen challenges in your group facilitation work.

Moving Beyond Impasse: How Dialogue Works at the Mediation Table (1/2 day) Learn to apply the tools of dialogue to your own mediation practice.

 

Transforming Divisive Conversation: A Workshop for Clergy and Lay Leaders (1 day) Explore ways that congregational leaders can prepare for conflict, prevent corrosive interactions and help their members engage each other constructively.

PCP workshops have limited enrollments, sliding-scale fees, and offer CE credits through NBCC and MAMFT. Workshop costs range from $125 to $250 per day, depending on location.