Webinars
The Council offers two online webinars for facilitators of our Community Conversations programs, "Facilitating Community Conversations for General Audiences" and "Facilitating Community Conversations for School-Based Audiences."
All facilitators are encouraged to attend one of these free webinars; facilitators at featured sites are required to attend prior to facilitating their Community Conversations event.
Upcoming Webinars
Register for one of our upcoming webinars by clicking the session date below. Each one-hour webinar will feature a 30 minute presentation and 30 minute Q&A, so please bring your questions.
"Facilitating Community Conversations for General Audiences"
The webinar includes training on the Shared Inquiry model for exploring humanities texts and having open-ended conversations, reviews the roles and expectations for facilitators, and shares tips and best practices for facilitating Community Conversations.
- Thursday, July 12 at 12pm
- Tuesday, July 24 at 2pm
- Wednesday, August 8 at 12pm
- Monday, August 20 at 3pm
- Thursday, September 6 at 1pm
- Monday, September 24 at 11am
- Friday, October 5 at 12pm
- Thursday, October 18 at 1pm
"Facilitating Community Conversations for Youth Audiences"
Designed specially for teachers, librarians, and other facilitators working with Community Conversations for Young Adults and Community Conversations for Kids, this webinar includes tips for talking about difficult topics and big ideas with young people. The webinar also reviews the roles and expectations for facilitators.
- Tuesday, July 10 at 4pm
- Thursday, July 26 at 4pm
- Monday, August 6 at 4pm
- Wednesday, August 15 at 4pm
- Wednesday, September 12 at 4pm
- Thursday, September 20 at 4pm
- Monday, October 1 at 4pm
- Friday, October 19 at 4pm
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