Basic Transformative Dialogue Training:

Who Needs to Talk to Whom about What and How?

A combined training with both virtual  and  in-person (Brno, Czech Republic) learning

Take the joint virtual/in-person training,  join the in-person training if you have a had Transformative Dialogue training previously or take the virtual only component!  

For those planning to travel to the Czech Republic for the in person training, please note we need a minimum number of people enrolled to go forward with the training.  We fully expect to reach that!  We will let you when we have .  Please don't make any non-refundable travel plans until we confirm with you. 

This training provides participants with the basic understanding and skills to support people in communities and organizations in having meaningful and constructive conversations across differences; conversations that help change the quality of their interactions whether or not they agree at the end of the process.   

Participants will:

• Learn how the transformative understanding of conflict applies to group and community conflict
• Gain a relational understanding of identity, race, ethnicity, culture and power, and learn how transformative facilitators respond to these differences
• Understand how transformative dialogue is consistent with trauma-informed practice
• Learn to organize a participant-driven dialogue process through one-on-one and small group meetings and conversations with community members
• Learn the goals, roles and core skills of a transformative facilitator
• Learn techniques for facilitating open conversations and options for structuring interactions transformatively that allow even very large groups to share ideas and make decisions

Who the course is for:

This training is a significant revision of earlier trainings in transformative dialogue, so even if you have taken an earlier training there is much to learn here. New elements include expanded premises on identity and people in groups, incorporation of trauma-informed practice into the training, and centering discussions of race, culture and power in the training. Whether you are interested in organizing and facilitating conversations in your local community, or in your workplace or organization you belong to, or you are working in an area of ethnopolitical conflict, this training will be an excellent starting point for this work.

Virtual Component:

This component has self guided learning that includes watching videos and reading materials, and five virtual live meetings to engage and discuss with the trainers and the other students.  Meetings will be recorded. 

In Person Component:

Take what you've learning in the virtual component and dive deeper into the application and the practice with Transformative Fellows and Dialogue Practitioners, Judy Saul and Cherise Hairston.