LAUNCHING JUNE 2025
Convergence Compass is an online course that helps participants understand what drives division and that teaches participants evidence-based strategies for effective dialogue, and collaborative problem-solving on even the toughest issues. The program is designed by Convergence Center for Policy Resolution in partnership with Constructive Dialogue Institute and UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center. The course will be available as a standalone offering, as well as in a cohort program with instructor-led sessions in between online courses to practice and apply skills.
This course was made possible by the generous support of New Pluralists.
CURRICULUM
COURSE 1 - Understanding Polarization: The Root of Division
An overview of polarization and its impacts on relationships, society, and politics provides participants with a basic understanding of the conflicts and tensions that exist in communities and organizations.
COURSE 2 - Conflict and the Brain: The Psychology of Conflict and its Resolution
This course will help you understand some of the ways that your brain operates that lead to conflict so that you are better equipped to manage conflict. It provides you with concrete tools to address cognitive biases like confirmation bias and attribution error. The course applies the six moral foundations as a framework to help participants understand and bridge difference in perspectives. The course also shares the research and brain science behind the full program.
COURSE 3 - Bridging Divides: Strategies for Effective Dialogue
Equips participants with the mindsets and practical strategies and skills to engage in difficult conversations, build relationships, and bridge differences. These skills include how to use storytelling to build understanding and how to transform destructive statements into constructive ones.
COURSE 4 and 5 Collaborative Problem-Solving: From Conflict to Solutions:
This course provides you with a deep dive into collaborative problem-solving – an evidence-based methodology for transforming conflicts that enables people to go beyond compromise to develop mutually beneficial solutions that are wiser and more durable than anything they could have developed on their own – and to develop trust and relationships along the way. From conflict analysis to stakeholder identification, to convening, to relationship building, to forging consensus solutions, these final modules create a comprehensive roadmap for participants to take what they’ve learned and apply it to help their respective communities tackle divisive issues.
DESIGNED FOR LEADERS IN
HIGHER EDUCATION
COMMUNITY & CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
GOVERNMENT
BUSINESS
CONTACT US TO LEARN MORE
To learn more about how Convergence Compass can advance your collaborative-problem solving capacity, including custom programs designed for your needs, contact Hannah Ollenburger,
Senior Manager of Executive Operations, by filling out our contact form.
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