Calling In the Dawn: Shaping Our Future through Authentic Dialogue

Do you ever wonder why some conversations leave us feeling curious and connected, while others leave us feeling stressed and polarized? Every day, dialogues change and shape our world. The quality of our dialogues determines whether we wither or thrive, so becoming effective communicators is essential for our survival. But how? How do we bring our whole selves to the table for truly authentic dialogues that call in new levels of collaboration and respect? This book is packed with elegant principles to help us answer those questions. Calling In the Dawn invites readers to consider that "Dialogue is a user-friendly, intuitive, free and regenerative resource.... if we can 'up our game' in how we listen and talk, millions of lives, trillions of dollars, and thousands of species could be saved."

About the Author :
Kathleen Macferran is an author, facilitator and Certified Trainer and Assessor emeritus for the Center for Nonviolent Communication. Kathleen holds a vision for a peaceful, just, and sustainable world. She is committed to co-creating a world where peace replaces violence, love replaces hate, equity replaces inequity, and all people live meaningful lives. She has worked as a Certified Trainer for the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) since 2003, and as a CNVC Assessor for 13 years. For 20 years she served as a workshop facilitator for the Freedom Project of Seattle, WA, an organization that supports healing and restoration inside and outside prisons through Nonviolent Communication, mindfulness, racial equity and anti-oppression. Kathleen travels internationally offering facilitation, system building and conflict transformation using practical skills that lead to reconciliation with ourselves, our loved ones, and our communities. She has worked with individuals, community groups, businesses, schools, colleges, faith-based communities, hospitals, families, prison inmates, and correctional and law enforcement employees. Prior to her work with nonviolence, Kathleen spent much of her life bringing harmony to communities through music, including two decades as a classical music conductor and leader of a nonprofit organization, and seven years as a public school music teacher. Kathleen is the author of Calling In the Dawn: Shaping Our Future through Authentic Dialogue, and co-author with Jared Finkelstein of Choice: A Field Guide for Navigating the Polarization of Our World and Living Interdependently. She is the author of the children's books How Giraffes Found Their Hearts and How Giraffes Got Their Ears, and conductor for Giraffe Tales a children's CD setting those stories to music. Kathleen is the conductor on multiple Rainier Chamber Winds classical music recordings. Her website is www.StrengthofConnection.com where her three TEDx talks, books, and music can be found.