Leading Reflective Conversations - Training

Oregon Humanities’ reflective conversation training will prepare you to plan and facilitate open-ended discussions in your community, workplace, or wherever people gather. During the training, you will: learn about and practice facilitation and reflective conversation techniques reflect on and share your own beliefs and assumptions and listen to beliefs, backgrounds, and experiences different than your own design and participate in reflective conversations and debriefs that analyze facilitation tools and choices You will leave feeling more confident and equipped to: observe and respond to group dynamics design and facilitate conversations that allow people and groups to learn more about themselves and one another use our framework and tools to facilitate reflective conversations at your workplace or in your community Over the course of two days, we’ll spend our time together talking in large and small groups. These trainings are highly interactive and experiential. Plan to be engaged the entire time—this isn’t a passive slide-show training! We limit the size of our trainings to ensure everyone has the opportunity to participate in multiple conversations as well as co-lead a conversation and receive specific feedback.