Sentences with phrase «for productive conversation»

But given McAleer's track record, the chances for a productive conversation if the pro-fracking group had been allowed in were low.

You're in the ideal head space for a productive conversation.

This convergence seemed to be essential for a productive conversation.

Local Republicans say the national and local tenor isn't conducive for a productive conversation.

The Executive Budget proposal provides a framework for a productive conversation, and contains numerous positive reforms; however, it includes several issues of significant concern that we believe would reduce the effectiveness of the brownfield cleanup law.

... Infidelity is still such a taboo, but we need to create a safe space for productive conversation, where the multiplicity of experiences can be explored with compassion.

In reality, no one on this message board is looking for a productive conversation.

We hope these more informal dispatches will provide useful jumping - off points for productive conversations and reflection.

Not exact matches

That's why setting an intention for the event is important: It leads to more productive conversations.

Join us for transformational events, productive activities, engaging conversations and career advancement networking.

The key is that you're laying the groundwork for good, productive conversation before the rough patches.

The key is that you're laying the groundwork for good, productive conversation

Here are practical tips for having productive conversations about this.

I hope for it every time my friend Amy and I have a healthy, productive conversation about theology, despite our differences.

Your criteria for objective evidence is too broad for you and I to have a productive conversation on this subject.

We talked to Trillia Newbell, a speaker and author whose books include United: Captured by God's Vision for Diversity, about how Christians can have productive conversations and take action on issues of racial injustice.

For a classroom of preschoolers, having interactive group conversations and setting up role - playing scenarios that focus on basic differences and similarities are healthy, productive ways to address false stereotypes, and may even help prevent potential discrimination and bullying, Eusebio says.

So, here are my suggestions for having loving and productive conversations with your friends and family about birth centers and home birth.

It's sort of silly... and personally I don't find that conversation productive for anybody involved.

«The Governor and AG Cuomo had a long and productive conversation today — for more than and hour — about transition,» said Paterson spokesman Morgan Hook.

Rodríguez, who has an open town hall planned for April 29th, stressed the need for «productive conversation.»

A spokesman for de Blasio, Austin Finan, said the two sides «are having productive conversations and look forward to delivering the reforms our city needs.»

NationBuilder co-founder Joe Green says that the company is having productive conversations about those features with Democrats in other types of organizations, like the caucus committees that seek to achieve majorities in state legislatures by bringing in support for key candidates.

Don't worry; you're not asking for much — just a further conversation that, as your correspondent knows, will likely be productive for both of you.

«Last summer, the possibility of a scientifically productive mission for Kepler after its reaction wheel failure in its extended mission was not part of the conversation,» Paul Hertz, NASA's astrophysics division director at the agency's headquarters in Washington, said in a statement.

Providing this type of information to doctors and patients can make it easier for them to have productive conversations on a sensitive subject: when to stop driving.

Consisting of three two - week courses (to be taken one at a time), this online certificate program provides you the opportunity to examine historic and contemporary research, learn the steps for practical application in your life, and be better prepared to engage in productive conversations with friends, colleagues, clients, or patients about the science and philosophy behind plant - based nutrition.

They can also help keep the conversation calm and professional so that it's a productive experience for everyone.

Read on for tips about how to have a productive money conversation that will bring you closer together, rather than push you apart.

i'm just looking for an older freaky woman who i can also have a productive conversation with from time to time and have a bunch of fun with... she must also be confident about herself..

For productive parent - teacher conferences, teachers can team up with students» families, encouraging them to take a more active role in driving the conversation.

If we consider the skills of focusing on ourselves, tuning in to others, and understanding the larger world as a framework for our thinking, imagine how the conversation about screen time could shift away from the amount of time spent with devices and toward how students might use them to become more productive citizens in a networked and global society.

«Raven Stubbs is a relentless intellectual spirit recognized by her colleagues for advancing meaningful and productive conversations no matter the situation,» says Senior Lecturer Karen Mapp, faculty director of EPM.

He was struck by a majority of attendees expressing that, for them, the most productive parts of the event had been the conversations that took place in between sessions, during the coffee breaks.

It can be hard sometimes to find disagreement but that is when some of the most productive and enlightening conversations have happened for me.

If the conversation builds into something more productive, that's a win for both of us.

To that end, here are tips (drawn heavily from conversation with Peabody) for teachers and administrators looking to form productive partnerships with counselors around implementation of standards:

Over the course of conversations with leaders from 30 remote rural productivity superstar districts, the authors learned that there is no «secret sauce» for creating a productive rural district.

As we introduce young people to sometimes delicate concepts like identity, diversity, stereotyping and bias, they will need SEL skills as the foundation for having those conversations in a productive way.

But it provides an important entry point for what can hopefully be a reasonable and productive set of conversations and debates.

Additionally, this bill sets up a process of review and revision that recognizes the Legislature's ultimate authority on funding issues and can make for more productive conversations in the future.

«We've reached out to the district and had some productive conversations that will hopefully lead to a strong relationship based on our mutual interest of doing what's best for kids.»

The Consortium for Educational Change (CEC) has developed a pair of training sessions that can help all educators — administrators, union leaders, teachers, support staff, board members — learn how to navigate difficult conversations and move those challenging discussions to a productive level.

All of this, of course, is a work in progress while teachers are learning to engage in positive, productive, cognitive conversations, extending trust to each other, and commiting daily to doing what's best for kids.

«Charters have been battling with the de Blasio administration for the last four years but thanks to Albany leaders, productive conversations led to an agreement that's good for all public school kids.

For example, agreeing as a staff to abide by the Four Agreements of Courageous Conversations (Singleton & Linton, 2006) can foster productive conversationConversations (Singleton & Linton, 2006) can foster productive conversationsconversations about race.

This cycle permits for time to view the video and reflect so the teacher and I can have a productive conversation about the next steps to take to reach their goal.

In order for it to be a truly productive conversation, all parties need to feel there is no hidden agenda.

Now I allow teachers to watch the video first, without comments, rank themselves and their students, and follow - up with a specific set of questions (credit to Jim Knight) that allows for a more positive and productive conversation.

@JamesRyan This is not productive conversation because you are not providing evidence for what you are asserting.