DO NOT USE For future use Use this SORT ORDER ORDERED LIST for materials to be featured on the new Constructive Confrontation seminar which will explain how many of the materials on BI can help advocates deal with conflict more constructively.

Things to Think About -- Alone and Together - Part 2

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Two more interesting exercises to think about ways of constructively approaching intractable conflicts and the role of intervenors in those conflicts.

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Both Sides of the Gun Debate Come Together at the Tennessee 11 Premiere

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From Starts with Us, a film about all sides working together to find common ground on guns.

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Heidi Burgess and Guy Burgess: COVID-19 and Civil Unrest

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An introduction to a set of posts on the intersection of intractable conflict, the pandemic, and civil unrest.

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Finding Common Ground / Constructive Approaches for Addressing Differences: a Discussion Guide

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An exercise to help people find common ground where none seems to exist and constructively address remaining differences.

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Confront Constructively

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Thi post explains what Constructive Confrontation is and why we need it.

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This post from the Things YOU Can Do To Help Blog answers these questions and gives an overview of the kinds of activities that are required for advocates to confront conflicts more constructively than is the norm, thereby better protecting their own interests than happens with "business-as-usual" confrontation.

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Be Willing to Consider the Possibility That You May Be Wrong

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Most of us are so enmeshed in our own worldviews that we don't consider that we might be wrong. It helps to listen to outsiders and consider that possibility.

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Most of us are so enmeshed in our own worldviews that we don't consider that we might be wrong. It helps to listen to outsiders and consider that possibility.

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Listen Actively and Empathically

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Empathic listening is amazingly powerful--sometimes that is all that is needed to defuse destructive conflicts.

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Empathic listening is amazingly powerful--sometimes that is all that is needed to defuse destructive conflicts.

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Practice - and Preach - Civility in Public and Private Discourse

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Incivility begets more of the same, while civil discourse can help de-escalate conflict and improve relationships.

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Being overtly hostile to one's opponent feels good, but very rarely helps things.  Civility goes a  long wary towards constructive confrontation.

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Allow Your Opponents to "Save Face"

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No one likes to be humiliated--allowing your opponent to save face will help defuse a conflict.

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Closely related to respect, protecting one's own "face" and allowing others to do the same will make conflicts much easier to address successfully.

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