- Share your experience but be lean with words
- Be open minded and seek to understand
- Speak your truth: share what you really think – be honest
- Get involved in the conversation and actively engage others
- Practice good conversation manners: use “twinkle fingers” or “jazz hands” to show you agree without interrupting
- Be comfortable with silence
- Anticipate the direction of the conversation, stay on topic
- Write down thoughts and questions for later
- Allow yourself to “think outside the box”
- Be willing to work through differences of opinion
- Confidentiality: after class, share ideas if you like but refrain from mentioning who said what.
As usual, it mostly boils down to RESPECT for your peers, yourself and your instructors