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Dialogue Facilitation & Skill-Building Program

Dialogue Facilitation Program

As part of its Civil Discourse for Citizenship initiative, CEHV has introduced a dialogue facilitation program. This program advances OSU's Shared Values Initiative on campus in two ways: by offering skill-building dialogue facilitation workshops and by facilitating dialogue on campus about important ethical issues. 

 

Dialogue Facilitation Workshops

CEHV's dialogue facilitation workshops train participants to initiate and manage conversations about challenging topics. Participants will come away from workshops with practical skills for working through sociopolitical polarization, addressing the social and emotional needs of others, and productively harness the potential of groups in order to ultimately achieve dialogue characterized by the 4Cs: be curious, charitable, conscientious, and constructive.

Our workshops are available for student programs, academic departments and non-departmental units, undergraduate student organizations, residence halls, groups of instructors, and anyone else interested in them. We embrace the opportunity to craft our workshops in response to the needs of members of our community. 

 

Facilitated Dialogue

Sometimes, it is valuable for groups of people to come together to discuss matters of public concern while adhering to norms of civility and respect. Achieving this result is easier said than done, and the guidance of a trained dialogue facilitator can help.

We offer facilitated dialogue sessions for student programs, academic departments and non-departmental units, undergraduate student organizations, residence halls, groups of instructors, and anyone else interested in them. To read about one of our recent sessions for undergraduate students in a residence hall, please click here

 

Please reach out to Associate Director Aaron Yarmel (yarmel.2@osu.edu) if you are interested in learning more or scheduling a workshop or dialogue session.