Interested in becoming a facilitator? Info. Sessions for the spring 2022 team are happening NOW — PSU students register HERE! DIALOGUE? REALLY? WHY IT MATTERS. THE APPROACH THE SCOPE THE LAB GET INVOLVED WATCH THIS SINCE 2002, SO WHAT’S POSSIBLE WITH TRUE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY? LEARN MORE ABOUT… OUR HISTORY GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS MISSION To host groups that allow people to “think together” across borders VISION To make visible the crucial role of small group facilitators in every sphere where people conflict and collaborate METHOD Small group facilitators manage information, communication and interaction patterns between people so that they can explicitly and meaningfully “think together” on the basis of their different social positions. DONATE LOG IN © World in Conversation — 2021

Interested in becoming a facilitator? Info. Sessions for the spring 2022 team are happening NOW — PSU students register HERE! THERE ARE 168 HOURS IN A SINGLE WEEK. And World in Conversation facilitates dialogues almost every hour of every week (157 hours to be exact). We host at least 25 dialogues per day and on average 3,000 dialogues per year— each one meant to initiate collaborative critical thinking on topics that are timely and complex. This makes us the largest university-based cross-cultural dialogue program in the world. Our 90-minute dialogues led by facilitators-in-training are meant to be a "tiny act'' in a larger field of study and examination that is a Penn State education. If a participant leaves a dialogue with one new question, the process has been successful--because education that encourages questions is radical, and rare. Not only have our participants come from all of the colleges at Penn State University Park and most of the Commonwealth campuses, they also join us online from universities and local organizations around the world--in China, Iran, Afghanistan, Colombia, Brazil, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Yemen, Germany, Italy, and Poland. LOOK WHERE WE ARE NOW… Our global network is broad, ranging from twenty-nine countries throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. We've spent nine years meeting allies in this work—people throughout the world who are eager to learn more about and experience the power and potential of facilitated dialogue. Dedicated partnerships are a key ingredient to cross-cultural global dialogues that do more than reinforce habitual narratives—ones that are the doorway to the future of public diplomacy. MISSION To host groups that allow people to “think together” across borders VISION To make visible the crucial role of small group facilitators in every sphere where people conflict and collaborate METHOD Small group facilitators manage information, communication and interaction patterns between people so that they can explicitly and meaningfully “think together” on the basis of their different social positions. DONATE LOG IN © World in Conversation — 2021