Bonus Q&A with Raye Rawls

The Omni-Win Project Podcast

Here’s a special bonus episode for listeners of the Omni-Win Project Podcast. Duncan welcomes Raye Rawls for an exclusive Q&A session with an audience from the Democracy, Politics and Conflict Engagement Initiative (DPACE). Listen to learn about the tips and tricks for Reflective Structured Dialogue from this award-winning mediator and dialogue facilitator.Discover what motivates people to participate in tricky conversations and how they can benefit everyone, from law enforcement officials to families. Raye doesn’t shy away from difficult topics like guns and abortion. She talks about the pros and cons of social media for conversations, education, and information. She answers questions about the magic of reflective structured dialogue and shares a profound question that she asks participants to make them think more about their stance. Discover what motivates people to participate in tricky conversations and how they can benefit everyone, from law enforcement officials to families.Here are some questions that Raye answers. Do different rounds of questions serve different purposes in reflective structured dialogue?What motivates people to come into very difficult conversations?Is social media interfering with our ability to be in dialogue with each other?What’s the ideal number of participants in a dialogue?How do you guide participants to see the value of understanding?How do you harness dialogue to aid deliberation and know when to switch back?Have you ever had people come up with more answers and issues and return to dialogue?Raye is offering a training on Reflective Structured DialogueSeptember 1st and 2nd, 2022.Interested? Sign Up Here About this week’s guest:Raye Rawls is an award-winning mediator, arbitrator, and dialogue facilitator with decades of experience. Rawls has worked on thousands of cases in government institutions, court systems, corporations, and with private parties.Some examples of topics that she has covered in her dialogue work includes: confederate monuments on campus, guns on campus, gender issues (what bathroom should people use), defining freedom of speech on campus, evolving roles of organizations or institutions (e.g., chamber of commerce), climate change, human trafficking, intergovernmental cooperation, immigration and police community relationships.Raye Rawls is a Senior Associate with Essential Partners. She is also a Senior Public Service Faculty at the University of Georgia’s Fanning Institute for Leadership Development, where her practice area is in conflict transformation and dialogue. Raye is also a member of Mediators Beyond Borders International and the DPACE Initiative.Connect with Raye Rawls:Email: [e-mail] Else can you find this episode? Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mJT_l7bLRKcEpisode Page: https://omniwinproject.com/raye-rawlsOn Substack: https://omniwin.substack.com/p/raye-rawlsWant More Omni-Win? Head over to my Substack to subscribe now! https://omniwin.substack.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/omniwinprojectInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/omni.winLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/omni-win/