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Promote Effective Communication

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Empathic Listening
Richard Salem writes, "I spent long hours learning to read and write and even had classroom training in public speaking, but I never had a lesson in listening or thought of listening as a learnable skill until I entered the world of mediation as an adult."

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Small Scale Reconciliation -- Part 2: Promote Effective Communication
This is the second of five videos on small-scale, bottom up reconciliation. This video discusses effective conflict communiciation,

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John Lande: The Importance of Really Listening -- For Ourselves, Others, and Democracy
Some of our biggest errors are that we generally assume that we correctly understand the world and that being wrong is bad. Rather, we often are wrong--and that is good!

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Talking with and Listening to People on the Other Side
Most of us have unrealistic images of "the other side." If we talk with, and most importantly really listen to, some of those people, we will usually find out they are not nearly as different from us as we think.

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More on Constructive Conflict Communication
Empathic (active) listening and I-message are two very powerful communication strategies that work at the societal as well as interpersonal levels.

Colleague Activities
Why Nonviolent Communication Literacy is a critical 21st Century Literacy Skill?
An important reminder that we need to emphasize constructive conflict communication skills as we teach people how to navigate modern, high-tech society.

Colleague Activities
Listening is powerful. This one skill can transform relationships, and even lead to social change
A story with many powerful examples of how and why listening is so important to conflict resolution and reconciliation.

News and Opinion
The art of listening
For a world in which we tend to focus on developing our ability to persuade and influence others, a plea, instead, for cultivating our ability to listen to (and be persuaded by) our fellow citizens.

News and Opinion
How a Lack of Clear Communication Can Affect Your Life, and Ways to Improve It