DiverseCity Perspectives
Manual for Dialogue Session Leaders
Table of Contents
1) Introduction...................................................................................................................................... 4
2) Defining Dialogue ............................................................................................................................ 6
3) Session Leader Tools for Dialogue on Leadership and Diversity ............................................... 8
Plan a Dialogue Session .................................................................................................................... 8
Prepare for a Session ...................................................................................................................... 10
Lead the Session ............................................................................................................................. 13
After your dialogue ........................................................................................................................... 18
Post Script ....................................................................................................................................... 18
4) Resources ...................................................................................................................................... 19
Facilitation Tips ................................................................................................................................ 19
Dialogue and facilitation references and definitions .......................................................................... 21
DiverseCity and Maytree Resources on Diversifying Leadership – Available On-line ....................... 23
Other On-line Resources on Diversity & Leadership ........................................................................ 25
5) Additional Resources: Tracking Forms ....................................................................................... 26
Participant Evaluations (copy, share, collect, and report) ................................................................. 26
Tracking Impact (for session leader to fill in and report back to DiverseCity) .................................... 28
Participant Contact Sheet ................................................................................................................ 30