Just in time for Thanksgiving dinner, here are a few resources that all of you who are interested in dialogue might find useful when sitting at the dinner table.
How to Have a Conversation With Your Angry Uncle Over Thanksgiving is a neat tool for practicing your productive dialogue skills. This bot, made available through The New York Times, allows you to interact with an “angry uncle” of either liberal or conservative views. A good way to hone your technique before you meet the relatives!
Better Angels has also provided a brief guide on keeping the dinner table conversation positive by limiting the amount of political conversation that occurs,. This guide also provides tips for one on one conversations. Read Skills for Thanksgiving Conversations.
For more in depth planning, we also refer you back to these posts from the series A Metaphor From the Midwest – Weeding and Watching Part 1 and Weeding and Watching Part 2.
We wish you and yours a happy Thanksgiving and hope these resources prove useful as you enjoy spending time with your families and friends.
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