Living Room Conversations: Assessment & Case Studies

To create and pilot assessments for measuring the effectiveness of dialogue-based interventions intentionally used to bridge political, spiritual, and other divides among the citizenry. Living Room Conversations (LRC) is a bridge-building dialogue methodology designed for face-to-face and online participation. An evaluation mechanism and/or case-study approach will be created, tested and revised, using LRCs as a pilot case and relying on past participants to provide longitudinal data. The goal is to better understand how dialogue mechanisms address political divides, what aspects of the approach address the inner-life and core spiritual values, the effectiveness of delivery mechanisms, and what audiences are most impacted by the interventions.