Resources & Field Manuals

Essential Partners provides free training guides and dialogue resources. The organization and its staff publish widely in academic journals, are quoted in the mainstream press, and offer a cadre of materials related to planning and facilitating a dialogue.

Resources

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Dave Joseph, MSW | Field Manual

A Dialogic Approach to Peacebuilding

This "hybrid model" of dialogue offers a faith-based approach to peacebuilding w

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Robert R. Stains, Jr., MEd | Video

Dialogue: A Virtual Workshop

A series of 12 videos outlining Public Conversations Project’s approach to dialogue.

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Maggie Herzig | Field Manual

Fostering Dialogue Across Divides: A Nuts and Bolt

Public Conversations' flagship guide to conducting successful dialogues on the most heated topics

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Latest Resources

Maggie Herzig | |John Sarrouf | Field Manual
Conversation Guide for the Red-Blue Divide
Robert R. Stains, Jr., MEd | Video
Beyond "Them" and "Us:" The Practice and Power of Reflective Structured Dialogue
Robert R. Stains, Jr., MEd | Article
Beyond “them” and “us” in the church: The power of dialogue
Corky Becker, PhD | Field Manual
The Enemy Within: Why We're Hard-Wired for Conflict
Maggie Herzig | Field Manual
Stereotyping Exercise
Corky Becker, PhD | Paper
The Neurobiology of Threat