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LEAP FROG into Civil Discourse

17 May 2017

Wrapping up civil discourse: The End of LEAP FROG

  It’s been a long series on civil discourse — lasting longer than an actual civil discourse would, I imagine.  Ten posts in all, including today’s.  Here they are, in one spot.   [learn_more caption=”CLICK HERE FOR THE LINKS TO THE … Read More

Civil Discourse, Finding Civil Discourse in this Age of Incivility, Is Civil Discourse Dead, Janet Givens author, LEAP FROG, LEAP FROG into Civil Discourse
10 May 2017

Finding Civil Discourse In This Age of Incivility: LEAP FROG, Part 8

This is my ninth  post on civil discourse, and there will be a tenth next week, wrapping it all up. Today, we’re finishing our LEAP FROG acronym with the G.   I had this post written a few weeks ago.  G … Read More

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12 Apr 2017

When Incivility Runs Amok: LEAP FROG Part 5, the F

We’re back with our series on civil discourse today, moving on to FROG.   Yes.  I’m tickled too.   Do you dread neighborhood gatherings because they always end in a political argument?   Do you secretly cringe when your seat mate on the commuter line … Read More

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LEAPFROG: How to hold a civil conversation in an uncivil era

“Janet’s LEAPFROG describes— in an accessible and fun way— the nuts and bolts of how to have a civil conversation…”

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At Home on the Kazakh Steppe:A Peace Corps Memoir

Praise from Kirkus Review

“…she writes engagingly … a sharp-eyed journalist. A worthwhile read for anyone with an interest in humanitarian work.”

At Home on the Kazakh Steppe, A Peace Corps Memoir, by Janet Givens
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