Convergence Compass Learning Program
Convergence Compass
Navigate differences, build relationships, and solve tough problems together
A one-of-a-kind online learning program that teaches evidence-based strategies for effective dialogue and collaborative problem-solving—even on the most divisive issues.
What You'll Learn
Convergence Compass equips you with practical mindsets and strategies to engage in difficult conversations, build meaningful relationships, and bridge differences—even on the toughest issues.
The Curriculum Covers:
- Understanding Division: What drives polarization and how our brains respond to conflict
- Effective Dialogue Skills: How to listen deeply, ask powerful questions, and validate perspectives while holding your own views
- Storytelling for Connection: Using narrative to build understanding across differences
- Transforming Conflict: Converting destructive statements into constructive dialogue
- Collaborative Problem-Solving: Evidence-based methods for finding mutually beneficial solutions that are wiser and more durable than compromise
- Building Trust: Developing relationships that can withstand disagreement
- Practical Application: From conflict analysis to stakeholder identification, convening to relationship building, and forging consensus solutions
Who This Program Serves
Designed for leaders in higher education, business, government, and community organizations. Perfect for:
- Educators and administrators navigating campus tensions
- Business leaders managing diverse teams across ideological divides
- Government officials building consensus on contentious issues
- Community organizers bridging differences to solve local problems
- Faith leaders fostering dialogue within and between communities
- Anyone committed to solving problems across divides
Choose Your Learning Path
Convergence Compass offers flexible options to fit your schedule and learning style. All options include the same comprehensive curriculum—choose the format that works best for you.
A Collaboration Bringing Together the Best
Convergence Compass brings together three leading organizations, each contributing their unique expertise to create a comprehensive, research-backed program.
"Convergence has been successfully bringing people together to address seemingly intractable issues across divides for over a decade. Convergence Compass makes these powerful skills accessible to everyone."
"Our work is about shifting culture toward kindness and compassion. Convergence Compass is an important way that folks can learn to understand themselves and the world around them on a deeper level, equipping them to more effectively engage in difficult conversations, build relationships, and bridge differences."
"Our organization is dedicated to providing science-based tools that help people engage across differences. We're thrilled to collaborate on a program that combines research on conflict and the brain with practical approaches learners can apply right away."
What Each Partner Brings
- Convergence Center for Policy Resolution: Over a decade of proven experience bringing together leaders who "never thought they could talk to one another" to find common ground on intractable policy issues
- Greater Good Science Center (UC Berkeley): Research-based insights from cutting-edge psychology and neuroscience on what actually works to bridge differences
- Constructive Dialogue Institute: Evidence-based educational tools and practical frameworks for engaging constructively across differences in real-world settings
Program Support
This work was made possible through the support of the New Pluralists Collaborative, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
Ready to Start Learning?
Choose your learning path and begin developing the skills to navigate differences and solve problems across divides.
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