Conversation guidelines: Please check off points where you feel you can agree.
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1		Be curious and open to learning. Listen to and be open to hearing all points of view. Maintain an attitude of exploration and learning. Conversation is as much about listening as it is about talking.
2		Show respect and suspend judgment. Human beings tend to judge one another, do your best not to. Setting judgments aside will better enable you to learn from others and help them feel respected and appreciated.
3		Look for common ground. In this conversation, we look for what we agree on and simply appreciate that we will disagree on some beliefs and opinions.
4		Be authentic and welcome that from others. Share what’s important to you. Speak authentically from your personal and heartfelt experience. Be considerate to others who are doing the same.
5		Be purposeful and to the point. Notice if what you are conveying is or is not “on purpose” to the question at hand. Notice if you are making the same point more than once.
6		Own and guide the conversation. Take responsibility for the quality of your participation and the quality of the conversation by noticing what’s happening and actively support getting yourself and others back “on purpose” when needed.

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