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Reviews
Michael Wenger, Acting Vice President The Little Book of Dialogue for Difficult Subjects offers an excellent step by step guide on how to effectively utilize dialogue to ease tensions around divisive issues. Professionals in many fields-teachers at all levels, workshop facilitators, religious and community leaders, and business leaders, among others-will find it useful in helping to encourage people to talk openly, thoughtfully, and productively on a range of issues of mutual concern. I believe [the book] can be extremely valuable in assisting communities as they seek to build a better and deeper understanding among people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds, bridge long-standing and destructive racial divisions, and forge stronger, more united and more dynamic communities. This book amazed me in its simplicity and profound insights. As an instructor and practitioner in conflict resolution, I have read many books and journal articles on the topic of dialogue. This little book takes the concept of “dialogue” to a whole new level of clarity, compassion, and higher understanding. I believe that this book is critical for anyone involved in holding dialogues for community transformation. I would be very happy to know that everyone around the world would use the book’s insights as a way to promote deeper human values and facilitate a “new shift” in the 21st century.
Reading The Little Book of Dialogue for Difficult Subjects by Lisa Schirch and David Campt made me feel more equipped, and even excited, about the possibilities of facilitating more dialogue in a systematic way in my personal and professional lives. [The book’s] methodology could help in so many different work settings and communities, not to mention within families. That the book was able to evoke a feeling in me of desire to approach, rather than avoid, difficult discussions, is truly inspiring. The book’s reach is ambitious and will allow people from all ends of the spectrum – those who have been trained in facilitation to those without any prior exposure to communications skills training - to find something of interest. I recommend this book.
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