Cultivating Empathy

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@lhawthorn @dajanaguenther

Why Empathy Matters

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It’s About You, Too…

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Empathy is a Choice

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Not an Innate Skill

jakerust

Practice Active Listening

aloshbennett

Read Fiction

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Be Curious

Avoid Assumptions

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130132803@N07 Be Explicit

Be Inclusive

Discourage HiPPOing

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alyssafilmmaker

Don’t Flip the Bozo Bit

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Make It Truly OK

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Thank You!

References• Empathy is Actually a Choice, New York Times,

July 10, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/opinion/sunday/empathy-is-actually-a-choice.html

• How Does Fiction Reading Influence Empathy? An Experimental Investigation on the Role of Emotional Transportation, Bal and Veltkamp, http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0055341

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