Dialogue & Facilitation
From Conflict to Convergence
By Robert Fersh & Mariah Levison
Hands-on de-escalation and convergence-building techniques, with practical, exercise-based content practitioners can draw from directly.
Book
2024

Overview

Hands-on de-escalation and convergence-building techniques, with practical, exercise-based content practitioners can draw from directly.

About the Author

Robert Fersh founded the Convergence Center for Policy Resolution in 2009 after directing national policy consensus projects at Search for Common Ground and serving as president of the Food Research and Action Center. Co-author Mariah Levison is Convergence’s CEO and President and previously helped build Minnesota’s State Office of Collaboration and Dispute Resolution.
Format

Book

Author

Robert Fersh & Mariah Levison

Year

2024

Topic

Dialogue & Facilitation

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