From Debate to Dialogue: Conversation Strategies for Building Connection Across Difference

This 2-day training opportunity, presented by Strategic Diversity Planning, Training and Assessment, The Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning, and American University, takes place on June 10 and 11, 2024 from 10 am - 1 pm. The training explores strategies to facilitate communication and understanding across differences in identity, perspective and experience. Training participants will learn to apply essential skills necessary to building affirming dialogue in the workplace and classroom. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis and is open to all university employees.

After this training participants will be able to:

• reflect on the role debate and dialogue plays in difficult conversations
• differentiate between dialogue and debate
• build dialogic skills to increase collaborative understanding
• practice utilizing dialogic skills for de-escalation
• identify boundaries through learning edges and danger zones
• practice strategies for walking away from a harmful conversation
• create action plans for creating dialogue at work

You may register here.

If you have registered for this event, or are on the waitlist and require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate, please contact drakeinstitute@osu.edu. Requests should be made at least two weeks prior to the event, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

All members of the university community are welcome in Drake Institute activities, programs, services, and employment —regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, military status, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other bases under the law.

Institute for Teaching and Learning programming is offered in accordance with university guidelines associated with in-person and remote activities. The Institute will inform registrants of delivery modifications should those guidelines change.