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A guide to better political conversations.

Political dialogue in the United States is in a rough patch. Even before Covid-19, rising political polarization and partisan extremism, combined with increasingly hardened filter bubbles, mean that conversations with people outside of your own political bubble can easily become a yelling match.

It doesn’t have to be this way–and if our Republic is to thrive in a prosperous future, it can’t continue. We at ReConsider want to help you have better political conversations, finding ways to discuss everything from the pandemic to structural challenges in our electoral system more enriching – one conversation at a time.

If we want to have better political conversations, there are two steps:

  1. Improve how we think about politics
  2. Improve how we talk about politics

The following free guides will help you do just that!

Improving how we think about politics

ReConsider Principles: Train Your Brain

Politics tap into an unusual mixture of reason and emotion. We want to have the right answer, which requires a neutral interpretation of information and events. However, it is human nature to want to feel like we have the right answer, especially when the topic is something we care deeply about.

The ReConsider Principles will help train your brain, reacquaint it with the role emotions have in the decision making process. The goal is to think clearly, logically, and considerately about politics. The four principles are:

  • Internal Skepticism
  • Internal Detachment
  • External Skepticism
  • External Detachment

Click here to get your free copy of the ReConsider Principles, and elevate the level of your political engagement.

 

Improving how we talk about politics

ReConsider Discussion Strategies: Improve Your Political Conversations

Discussing politics effectively is not a “trick” or a simple technique. Doing it well requires a shift in mindset and attitude. It requires thinking of political conversations less as a sparring match and more as a blend of  a learning experience and a sales call.

The ReConsider Discussion Strategies will help you turn potentially frustrating conversations into positive dialogue, with mutual learning and positive change. The three strategies are:

  • Keeping Political Conversations Civil
  • Learning in a Political Conversation
  • Changing Someone’s Mind

Get your copy of the ReConsider Discussion Strategies right here, and start making real progress in your political conversations.

 

A guide to better political conversations.

Political dialogue in the United States is in a rough patch. Even before Covid-19, rising political polarization and partisan extremism, combined with increasingly hardened filter bubbles, mean that conversations with people outside of your own political bubble can easily become a yelling match.

It doesn’t have to be this way–and if our Republic is to thrive in a prosperous future, it can’t continue. We at ReConsider want to help you have better political conversations, finding ways to discuss everything from the pandemic to structural challenges in our electoral system more enriching – one conversation at a time.

If we want to have better political conversations, there are two steps:

  1. Improve how we think about politics
  2. Improve how we talk about politics

The following free guides will help you do just that!

Improving how we think about politics

ReConsider Principles: Train Your Brain

Politics tap into an unusual mixture of reason and emotion. We want to have the right answer, which requires a neutral interpretation of information and events. However, it is human nature to want to feel like we have the right answer, especially when the topic is something we care deeply about.

The ReConsider Principles will help train your brain, reacquaint it with the role emotions have in the decision making process. The goal is to think clearly, logically, and considerately about politics. The four principles are:

  • Internal Skepticism
  • Internal Detachment
  • External Skepticism
  • External Detachment

Click here to get your free copy of the ReConsider Principles, and elevate the level of your political engagement.

Improving how we talk about politics

ReConsider Discussion Strategies: Improve Your Political Conversations

Discussing politics effectively is not a “trick” or a simple technique. Doing it well requires a shift in mindset and attitude. It requires thinking of political conversations less as a sparring match and more as a blend of  a learning experience and a sales call.

The ReConsider Discussion Strategies will help you turn potentially frustrating conversations into positive dialogue, with mutual learning and positive change. The three strategies are:

  • Keeping Political Conversations Civil
  • Learning in a Political Conversation
  • Changing Someone’s Mind

Get your copy of the ReConsider Discussion Strategies right here, and start making real progress in your political conversations.