2024 SKILLS SYMPOSIUM: Fostering Conversations that Generate Actionable Insights; Combining Modern Technology and Ancient Wisdoms

  • June 27, 2024
  • 8:30 AM (CDT)
  • June 28, 2024
  • 5:00 PM (CDT)
  • MnDOT Training and Conference Center, 1900 County Road West, Shoreview, MN 55126
  • 13

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Fostering Conversations that Generate Actionable Insights; Combining Modern Technology and Ancient Wisdoms

Experience the potential for healthier public discourse with Cortico's innovative training. Collaborating with MIT's Center for Constructive Communication, we blend ancient wisdom with modern technology and machine learning. Participants in this training will learn our innovative approach to conversation design and analysis through a down-to-earth process we call sensemaking. Harness the power of Fora, our social dialogue platform, to aggregate community feedback, engage in deep listening, and build trust through transparency.

Learning Objectives

  • Develop skills in co-designing conversation prompts that encourage authentic dialogue and community engagement
  • Demonstrate proficiency in creating engaging conversation prompts that foster authentic dialogue and community engagement
  • Use technology platforms developed by Cortico and MITs Center for Constructive Communication to organize and support healthier civic discussions
  • Be able to use Fora Voices and Fora Insights to collect conversations and identify key themes
  • Engage community members in the conversation analysis and sensemaking process to help build trust and transparency
  • Reflect on the integration of ancient wisdom and modern technology in fostering meaningful dialogue and generating actionable insights
  • Prioritize human-centered practices when integrating AI tools into conversation analysis and community engagement efforts, ensuring that technology serves as a supportive tool while human voices and values remain central

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    Trainers: Vy Dao and Kimberly Mota 

    VyHeadshot-V1.jpegVy Dao serves as Cortico's Director of Learning and Practice where she supports partners in designing new avenues for uplifting local knowledge by way of sharing stories. She works with partners to apply down-to-earth strategies that help them hold, listen to, catalog, and analyze their own community conversations in civil digital spaces.







    Kim Mota is Cortico’s Learning and Practice Lead where she develops educational materials and focuses on continuously building and improving community engagement support in order to effectively provide each partner with the tools they need to lead successful projects.


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