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‘Call to Conversation’ participants put differences aside, pursue meaningful discussion at Wake Forest

WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL

Nathan Hatch, president of Wake Forest University
Nathan Hatch, president of Wake Forest University, introduces the Call to Conversation program. “I think it’s very important to renew what it means to sit down and have face-to-face conversation,” Hatch said.

We need to talk

WAKE FOREST HOMEPAGE

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New Topic on Campus: Civil Discourse 101

WALL STREET JOURNAL

Young alumni sit and talk in a living room.
Wake Forest hosts a Call to Conversation dinner for young alumni at Twin City Lofts in Winston-Salem, hosted by Evan (’09) and Cierra (’10) Raleigh, and moderated by law professor Kami Chavis.

Dining Dilemmas give WFU students food for thought from dining room to treatment room

WAKE FOREST NEWS


Mastering the art of the tense dinner party

NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE


10 ways to have a better conversation

TED ON YOUTUBE


#EatTogether (opens in a new tab)

PRESIDENT’S CHOICE ON YOUTUBE


Oprah Winfrey moderates discussion among diverse political perspectives (opens in a new tab)

60 MINUTES


Why Ideo’s Fred Dust Thinks We Must Relearn The Art Of Dialogue (opens in a new tab)

FASTCOMPANY


Small talk should be banned — here’s why (opens in a new tab)

WIRED

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Work and the loneliness epidemic (opens in a new tab)

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW

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Designing Dialogue | Crowdsourcing ideas for creative conversation structures (opens in a new tab)

IDEO


TED Radio Hour: Dialogue And Exchange (opens in a new tab)

NPR


I Used to be a Human Being (opens in a new tab)

NEW YORK MAGAZINE


Five Classes and Two Discussion Forums to Help Students Talk About Race (opens in a new tab)

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY


A Conversation with Barack Obama and Melinda & Bill Gates on starting and Sustaining Movements (opens in a new tab)

EXPOVISTATV


The Making of Future Citizens (opens in a new tab)

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY


Conversations that Move (opens in a new tab)

IDEO + SUNDANCE INSTITUTE


Eliminating Small Talk with “The Rundown Conversation” Style (opens in a new tab)

THIS AMERICAN LIFE