LISTEN to understand, not reload. Ask questions of genuine curiosity.
ACKNOWLEDGE what you heard. Mention any common ground.
PIVOT to ask if you can offer your views.
PERSPECTIVE. Offer your perspective; not "I'm right, and this is why."
Online Workshops
This 40-minute online workshop is designed to provide participants with
strategies and skills for dealing with family political differences in a constructive way.
This 40-minute online course is designed to foster skills to help you lessen the effects of polarization when you encounter them in your political conversations.
Skills For Social Media
This 40-minute online course will teach you the knowledge and skills to avoid contributing to polarization on social media and help you identify and more effectively respond to difficult situations.
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