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Making a Difference Through Dialogue

Summer Institute Schedule of Events

  Friday, June 12
9:00 AM WELCOME
9:30 AM INTRODUCTIONS AND OVERVIEW
10:30 AM DIFFICULT DIALOGUES
Contexts, Definitions, Assumptions, Characteristics, Purposes and Skills
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM INTERACTIVE THEATRE PERFORMANCE
(Astronomy 101)
2:30 PM Coffee Break
3:00 PM DELIBERATIVE DIALOGUES
Impartial Facilitation v. Expert Instruction
INTRODUCTIONS & WORKING WITH ACTORS
Ensemble Building and Ground Rules
(Interactive Theatre Track)
4:30 PM DIFFICULT DIALOGUES
PI Panel
TRAINING ACTORS IN INTERACTIVE TECHNIQUES
(Interactive Theatre Track)
6:00 PM Break
6:30 PM TRANSPORTATION
Peachtree Banquet Center
7:00 PM BANQUET DINNER WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKER: ROBERT M. O’NEIL
Peachtree Banquet Center
  Saturday, June 13
9:00 AM REFLECTION, OVERVIEW, GOALS
9:30 AM ACADEMIC FREEDOM ISSUES TRAINING ACTORS IN
INTERACTIVE TECHNIQUES

(Interactive Theatre Track)
10:30 AM RELIGIOUS ISSUES IN
DIFFICULT DIALOGUES
PERFORMANCE FACILITATION
(Interactive Theatre Track)
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM SPEAKER’S CIRCLE
1:30 PM INTERACTIVE THEATRE PERFORMANCE
(Parts of Speech)
2:30 PM Coffee Break
3:00 PM FOUNDATIONS OF DELIBERATIVE DIALOGUES
4:00 PM DELIBERATIVE DIALOGUES
Protecting the Freedoms and Safety of the Learning Environment
5:30 PM PROCESSING/REACTIONS
6:00 PM Free Time
  Sunday, June 14
9:00 AM REFLECTION, OVERVIEW, GOALS
9:30 AM FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
Difficult Silences: Making Invisible Difficult
Dialogues Visible A Case Study of Indigenous
Issues at two Alaskan Universities
PERFORMANCE FACILITATION
(Interactive Theatre Track)
10:30 AM FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
Small Group Break Out Session:
Case Approaches
SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT
(Interactive Theatre Track)
12:00 PM FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
Networking Lunch
ORGANIZING & PROMOTING AN
INTERACTIVE THEATRE GROUP

Interactive Theatre Lunch
1:00 PM CONFLICT RESOLUTION
2:30 PM Coffee Break
3:00 PM INTERACTIVE THEATRE PERFORMANCE
Heterosexism
5:00 PM FOUNDATIONS OF CAMPUS CLIMATE IN DIFFICULT DIALOGUES
6:30 PM Break
7:00 PM DINNER/TEAM MEETINGS/IMPLEMENTATION
  Monday, June 15
8:00 AM REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
Breakfast Meeting
10:00 AM FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
Assessment Strategies
TRAINING ACTORS IN
INTERACTIVE TECHNIQUES

Debriefing
(Interactive Theatre Track)
12:00 PM FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
Networking Lunch
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION
Interactive Theatre Lunch
1:00 PM SMALL GROUP BREAK OUT SESSIONS
Campus Teams Consult with Difficult Dialogues Institute Leaders
2:30 PM Coffee Break
3:00 PM REFLECTIONS AND CONFERENCE CLOSING
4:00 PM HAPPY HOUR