Transformative Conversations

After six years of organizing campaigns and conversations with local voters, we have seen the power of deep canvassing – a two-way conversational technique based on story sharing, empathy, and connection – to move people away from bias and towards better understanding of complex policy issues and support for social progress. This toolkit, entitled Transformative Conversations: Nine Insights from Deep Canvassing to Foster Empathy, Counter Bias, & Strengthen Democracy, details 9 insights from Deep Canvassing that help us know how to have more productive and helpful conversations with others in order to move people away from bias and towards support of social progress.  Our hope is that this resource will be helpful to both career professionals in narrative, communications, and policy work, and also to anyone looking to have more effective conversations in their everyday lives.