Having Powerful, Advanced Conversations
37mGeneral2022-07-29
Authors

Madecraft
Full-Service Learning Content Company
Alyssa Lowery
Philosophy Instructor and Educational Consultant
Course details
Is there anything better than having a meaningful, real conversation with another person? Conversations can open minds, change opinions, and build genuine, lasting connections. In this course, instructor Alyssa Lowery PhD shows you how to take your conversations to the next level by going deeper, asking the right questions, and exploring conversational virtues.
Learn the fundamental elements of a good conversation to create more impactful, memorable experiences. Discover tactics to advance conversations, questions to ask, and how to use the Socratic method, as well as six other methods that probe the nature of truth and build integrity into discourse. Get tips on moving past disagreements, dishonesty, and impoliteness, developing your ability to end a conversation tactfully, at the right time, and in the right way. Upon completion of this course, you’ll be able to artfully navigate advanced conversations with ease.
Learn the fundamental elements of a good conversation to create more impactful, memorable experiences. Discover tactics to advance conversations, questions to ask, and how to use the Socratic method, as well as six other methods that probe the nature of truth and build integrity into discourse. Get tips on moving past disagreements, dishonesty, and impoliteness, developing your ability to end a conversation tactfully, at the right time, and in the right way. Upon completion of this course, you’ll be able to artfully navigate advanced conversations with ease.
Skills covered
CommunicationProfessional DevelopmentLeadership and ManagementOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Great conversations change the world
1. Conversation Fundamentals
- 02 - The fundamentals of a good conversation
- 03 - The intermediates of a good conversation
2. Getting Deeper
- 04 - Advancing a good conversation
- 05 - How you ask questions
- 06 - Specific questions you can ask anyone
- 07 - Considering the Socratic method
- 08 - Six methods for truth seeking
3. Conversational Virtues
- 09 - Having integrity in a conversation
- 10 - Being patient with others
- 11 - Being patient with yourself
- 12 - Having intellectual humility
4. Completing Conversations
- 13 - How to spot flawed arguments
- 14 - Ending conversations
Conclusion
- 15 - Questions make perfect