Putting the Civil back in Civil Discourse

Putting the Civil back in Civil Discourse is a 40 - 50 minute session that will give participant insight into the nature, causes, and solutions for the current state of our national discourse on critical social issues. Far too much of the social and political discourse we see today is defined by anger, polarization, and recrimination. Few seem to be happy with the tone of our national discourse. I guarantee the ones that don’t want it to change are either sick or cashing in on it. Most believe it is as bad as it has ever been. Because of the nature of social media, a 24 hour news cycle, and an ever increasing ability to pick the ideas and perspective we like, we have become a civil discourse averse society. This is a recipe for our own destruction from the inside, out.This session will lay out 9 Points (learning outcomes) for how to become a person more actively aware of and shaping the discourse you are involved in. Only through a better understanding of self and the systems that govern our dialogues, can we turn back this harsh tide.