Saturday, May 2, 9am-4:30pm (Lunch Provided.) Registration Required. Sign up here. (Opens March 9)
Are you ready to learn how to lead conversations in a more productive way? Deliberative dialogue moderator training will introduce participants to a nationally recognized model of civil dialogue designed to address difficult issues in local communities.
Deliberative Dialogue is a decision making process composed of analyzing three or more approaches to a particular issue, learning how and why people value different actions, and seeking common ground to address the issue.
Workshop Highlights
- Experience firsthand a deliberative dialogue
- Understand the purpose and appropriate use of deliberative dialogue
- Learn the structure and format of deliberative dialogue
- Gain facilitation and notetaking skills
Practice moderating techniques in a safe environment with peers
With Eric Giordano, founding executive director of the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service (WIPPS), a unit of the Universities of Wisconsin. He and the WIPPS staff bring the resources of the university to address community identified needs through research and dialogue strategies. Eric specializes in deliberative dialogue and inquiry, group facilitation, conflict management, and survey and focus group research and analysis. Eric has a tenured appointment as an associate professor at UW-Stevens Point and received his Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.