By David Womeldorff & Donna Zajonc. Reposted from TED*. Are you a good listener? According to a recent business survey, even though people are frequently texting and checking their email

By Joan Blades & John Gable. Reposted from The Aspen Institute. The Better Arguments Project is a new national civic initiative created to help bridge ideological divides – not by

By Gayle Yamauchi-Gleason Our organizer/volunteer, Gayle Yamauchi-Gleason shared the thoughtful write-up below about Living Room Conversations. I’m a Living Room Conversations organizer because the Living Room Conversations model has about

By Tom McSteen. Reposted from AllSides.com. How do you feel when your voice is heard? How do you feel when it is not? We all want our voice to be

By Bogdan Matuszynski Over the weekend of March 31st several brave San Diegans and local leaders came together at the Museum of Man to get out of their comfort zone

By Bill Manny. Reposted from Idaho Statesman. Mismatch.org is part of Joan Blades’ plan to unite the world. Blades is a delightful mismatch of a person herself. She is a

By Brooke Deterline and Maxim Schrogin This week’s Living Room Conversations note to their members details their powerful partnership with Rotary International. You might already know that “Rotary is a

By Carlyn Montes De Oca. Reposted from animalhumanhealth.com What do you feel when you disagree with someone – discomfort, distaste, anger? Do you confront them or shut them out? Do

By Debilyn Molineaux. Reposted from AllSides. We all know them — and we may be them. Who? People who seem to tear down every idea, project or dream we’ve been

By Beth Raps. Reposted from AllSides. Living Room Conversations was recently represented at a major transpartisan conference—Unrig the System Summit—by our Chief Technical Officer Martin Wallace (who’s also one of