{"id":35,"date":"2026-03-17T15:53:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-uwsp-multi.pantheonsite.io\/critical-thinking-center\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2026-04-01T18:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:36:39","slug":"productive-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/critical-thinking-center\/productive-dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Productive Dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-cards light-gray-solid blockspacetop noblockspacebottom\" id=\"\"><div class=\"site-width\"><section class=\"hcard-container\" aria-label=\"Horizontal Card\"><div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-card-container\" aria-live=\"off\">\n<div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-block\" id=\"hcard17704139722792102\"><div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-individual split5050 hcard-imgright\"><div class=\"hcard-infocell\"><h5 class=\"hcard-microtitle\"><\/h5><h3 class=\"hcard-title\">WHAT IS PRODUCTIVE DIALOGUE?<\/h3><h4 class=\"hcard-subtitle\"><\/h4><div class=\"hcard-content\">Productive dialogue is a conversation that produces something, whether it\u2019s mutual understanding, a clearer conception of an issue, or a solution to a problem. And it\u2019s particularly important, and especially challenging, when people disagree.<\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hcard-mediacell\"><div class=\"hcard-images hcard-oneimg\"><div class=\"hcard-image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/critical-thinking-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/03\/vitaly-gariev-TB5HpfJf7mA-unsplash-scaled.jpg)\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"hslider-buttoncontainer\"><button class=\"hsliderBack horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"previous slide\">\u276e<\/button><div class=\"single-card-nav\"><\/div><button class=\"hsliderForward horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"next slide\">\u276f<\/button><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cardblock-frame noblockspacetop blockspacebottom\" id=\"\" style=\"background-image:url();background-position:center center\"><div class=\"card-coloroverlay\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(to bottom, , )\"><div class=\"site-width\"><div class=\"card-container img1x1 cardshadow col-small-three col-medium-three col-large-three col-xlarge-three col-xxlarge-three\">\n<div class=\"uwsp-trad-card\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/critical-thinking-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/02\/gI5WQq5fOuVVAD6DeogGebMg.png.webp)\"><div class=\"card-image-holder\"><div class=\"card-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/critical-thinking-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/02\/gI5WQq5fOuVVAD6DeogGebMg.png.webp)\"><\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"uwsp-trad-card-microtitle\"><\/h5><h3 class=\"uwsp-trad-card-title\">POINT TAKEN<\/h3><h4 class=\"uwsp-trad-card-subtitle\"><\/h4><div class=\"uwsp-trad-card-text\">Online dialogue game<\/div><div class=\"uwsp-trad-card-button-container\">\n<a class=\"uwspbtn uwsp-btn-solid-gold\" href=\"https:\/\/pointtaken.social\/\" target=\"_blank\">PLAY NOW <i class=\"fa-solid fa-circle-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-trad-card\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/critical-thinking-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/02\/hqdefault.jpg)\"><div class=\"card-image-holder\"><div class=\"card-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/critical-thinking-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/02\/hqdefault.jpg)\"><\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"uwsp-trad-card-microtitle\"><\/h5><h3 class=\"uwsp-trad-card-title\">SWAY<\/h3><h4 class=\"uwsp-trad-card-subtitle\"><\/h4><div class=\"uwsp-trad-card-text\">AI chat platform to encourage better conversations about controversial issues.<\/div><div class=\"uwsp-trad-card-button-container\">\n<a class=\"uwspbtn uwsp-btn-solid-gold\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swaybeta.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\">TRY NOW <i class=\"fa-solid fa-circle-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-trad-card\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/critical-thinking-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/02\/tango-screenshot.png)\"><div class=\"card-image-holder\"><div class=\"card-image\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/critical-thinking-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/02\/tango-screenshot.png)\"><\/div><\/div><h5 class=\"uwsp-trad-card-microtitle\"><\/h5><h3 class=\"uwsp-trad-card-title\">TANGO<\/h3><h4 class=\"uwsp-trad-card-subtitle\"><\/h4><div class=\"uwsp-trad-card-text\">Game that encourages collaboration between people who share different beliefs and values.<\/div><div class=\"uwsp-trad-card-button-container\">\n<a class=\"uwspbtn uwsp-btn-solid-gold\" href=\"https:\/\/letstango.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">PLAY NOW <i class=\"fa-solid fa-circle-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">REASONATE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Reasonate is a collaborative approach to productive dialogue that\u2019s designed to identify, develop, and structure the application of key dialogue skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By representing the dialogue as an evolving network of claims written on sticky notes, Reasonate makes thinking more careful by slowing it down, eliminates the mental fatigue of needing to keep track of the issues in our head, and reduces negative emotions by focusing our attention on the reasoning rather than the people advancing it. 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