Ground Rules
For online or face-to-face dialogue about areas where we are seeking to create understanding, it is helpful to mutually agree to ground rules for civility:
- Open-mindedness: listen to and respect all points of view
- Acceptance: suspend judgment as best you can
- Curiosity: seek to understand rather than persuade
- Discovery: question old assumptions, look for new insights
- Sincerity: speak for yourself about what has personal heart and meaning to you
- Brevity: go for honesty and depth, but don't go on and on
