Thu February 22, 2018
We Need to Talk: Celeste Headlee in Conversation with Zara Zimbardo
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Today most of us communicate from behind electronic screens, and studies show that Americans feel less connected and more divided than ever before. The blame for some of this disconnect can be attributed to our political landscape, but the erosion of our conversational skills as a society lies with us as individuals.
According to author and public radio host Celeste Headlee, the only way forward is to start talking to each other. In her new book We Need to Talk – How to Have Conversations that Matter, she shares the strategies that have made her a better conversationalist. Whether you’re struggling to communicate with your child’s teacher at school, a co-worker, or the people you love the most—Celeste offers smart and simple tools that can help us all have conversations that matter.
Join Celeste and CIIS professor Zara Zimbardo as they explore Celeste’s life and work, and pick up some tips about how to have meaningful conversations in your own life.
Celeste Headlee is the host of On Second Thought at Georgia Public Broadcasting in Atlanta and her anchoring at NPR includes The Takeaway, as well as Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, and Weekend Edition. Following her TedxCreativeCoast talk in 2015, ted.com featured her presentation, “10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation,” which has been viewed more than 11 million times. CNBC voted Celeste as having one of the most watched TED talks in 2016 and Glassdoor named Celeste as having the #1 must-watch TED talk for every recruiter and hiring manager. Now, Headlee speaks to groups across the globe about the art of conversation and focused listening. Her first book, Heard Mentality, was released in May 2016. Her second book, We Need To Talk - How To Have Conversation That Matter is a practical guide to the lost art of conversation and was breleased by Harper Wave on September 19, 2017.
Zara Zimbardo is an Interdisciplinary Studies faculty in the BA Completion and MFA programs at CIIS. She is a presenter and published writer on topics of the social construction of whiteness, critical media literacy, Islamophobia, subversion of stereotypes in a time of war, social justice comedy, modern monsters and the zombie apocalypse, and representations of gender, race, consumerism and U.S. imperialism/militarism. Zara co-founded the White Noise Collective, an anti-racist feminist training and resource organization. She is a co-founder and Special Projects Director of Partners for Collaborative Change, which supports organizations to become more equitable through democratizing research planning and design, and through anti-oppression facilitation and coaching. Click here to learn more about her work.
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According to author and public radio host Celeste Headlee, the only way forward is to start talking to each other. In her new book We Need to Talk – How to Have Conversations that Matter, she shares the strategies that have made her a better conversationalist. Whether you’re struggling to communicate with your child’s teacher at school, a co-worker, or the people you love the most—Celeste offers smart and simple tools that can help us all have conversations that matter.
Join Celeste and CIIS professor Zara Zimbardo as they explore Celeste’s life and work, and pick up some tips about how to have meaningful conversations in your own life.
Celeste Headlee is the host of On Second Thought at Georgia Public Broadcasting in Atlanta and her anchoring at NPR includes The Takeaway, as well as Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, and Weekend Edition. Following her TedxCreativeCoast talk in 2015, ted.com featured her presentation, “10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation,” which has been viewed more than 11 million times. CNBC voted Celeste as having one of the most watched TED talks in 2016 and Glassdoor named Celeste as having the #1 must-watch TED talk for every recruiter and hiring manager. Now, Headlee speaks to groups across the globe about the art of conversation and focused listening. Her first book, Heard Mentality, was released in May 2016. Her second book, We Need To Talk - How To Have Conversation That Matter is a practical guide to the lost art of conversation and was breleased by Harper Wave on September 19, 2017.
Zara Zimbardo is an Interdisciplinary Studies faculty in the BA Completion and MFA programs at CIIS. She is a presenter and published writer on topics of the social construction of whiteness, critical media literacy, Islamophobia, subversion of stereotypes in a time of war, social justice comedy, modern monsters and the zombie apocalypse, and representations of gender, race, consumerism and U.S. imperialism/militarism. Zara co-founded the White Noise Collective, an anti-racist feminist training and resource organization. She is a co-founder and Special Projects Director of Partners for Collaborative Change, which supports organizations to become more equitable through democratizing research planning and design, and through anti-oppression facilitation and coaching. Click here to learn more about her work.
Today most of us communicate from behind electronic screens, and studies show that Americans feel less connected and more divided than ever before. The blame for some of this disconnect can be attributed to our political landscape, but the erosion of our conversational skills as a society lies with us as individuals.
According to author and public radio host Celeste Headlee, the only way forward is to start talking to each other. In her new book We Need to Talk – How to Have Conversations that Matter, she shares the strategies that have made her a better conversationalist. Whether you’re struggling to communicate with your child’s teacher at school, a co-worker, or the people you love the most—Celeste offers smart and simple tools that can help us all have conversations that matter.
Join Celeste and CIIS professor Zara Zimbardo as they explore Celeste’s life and work, and pick up some tips about how to have meaningful conversations in your own life.
Celeste Headlee is the host of On Second Thought at Georgia Public Broadcasting in Atlanta and her anchoring at NPR includes The Takeaway, as well as Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, and Weekend Edition. Following her TedxCreativeCoast talk in 2015, ted.com featured her presentation, “10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation,” which has been viewed more than 11 million times. CNBC voted Celeste as having one of the most watched TED talks in 2016 and Glassdoor named Celeste as having the #1 must-watch TED talk for every recruiter and hiring manager. Now, Headlee speaks to groups across the globe about the art of conversation and focused listening. Her first book, Heard Mentality, was released in May 2016. Her second book, We Need To Talk - How To Have Conversation That Matter is a practical guide to the lost art of conversation and was breleased by Harper Wave on September 19, 2017.
Zara Zimbardo is an Interdisciplinary Studies faculty in the BA Completion and MFA programs at CIIS. She is a presenter and published writer on topics of the social construction of whiteness, critical media literacy, Islamophobia, subversion of stereotypes in a time of war, social justice comedy, modern monsters and the zombie apocalypse, and representations of gender, race, consumerism and U.S. imperialism/militarism. Zara co-founded the White Noise Collective, an anti-racist feminist training and resource organization. She is a co-founder and Special Projects Director of Partners for Collaborative Change, which supports organizations to become more equitable through democratizing research planning and design, and through anti-oppression facilitation and coaching. Click here to learn more about her work.
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According to author and public radio host Celeste Headlee, the only way forward is to start talking to each other. In her new book We Need to Talk – How to Have Conversations that Matter, she shares the strategies that have made her a better conversationalist. Whether you’re struggling to communicate with your child’s teacher at school, a co-worker, or the people you love the most—Celeste offers smart and simple tools that can help us all have conversations that matter.
Join Celeste and CIIS professor Zara Zimbardo as they explore Celeste’s life and work, and pick up some tips about how to have meaningful conversations in your own life.
Celeste Headlee is the host of On Second Thought at Georgia Public Broadcasting in Atlanta and her anchoring at NPR includes The Takeaway, as well as Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, and Weekend Edition. Following her TedxCreativeCoast talk in 2015, ted.com featured her presentation, “10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation,” which has been viewed more than 11 million times. CNBC voted Celeste as having one of the most watched TED talks in 2016 and Glassdoor named Celeste as having the #1 must-watch TED talk for every recruiter and hiring manager. Now, Headlee speaks to groups across the globe about the art of conversation and focused listening. Her first book, Heard Mentality, was released in May 2016. Her second book, We Need To Talk - How To Have Conversation That Matter is a practical guide to the lost art of conversation and was breleased by Harper Wave on September 19, 2017.
Zara Zimbardo is an Interdisciplinary Studies faculty in the BA Completion and MFA programs at CIIS. She is a presenter and published writer on topics of the social construction of whiteness, critical media literacy, Islamophobia, subversion of stereotypes in a time of war, social justice comedy, modern monsters and the zombie apocalypse, and representations of gender, race, consumerism and U.S. imperialism/militarism. Zara co-founded the White Noise Collective, an anti-racist feminist training and resource organization. She is a co-founder and Special Projects Director of Partners for Collaborative Change, which supports organizations to become more equitable through democratizing research planning and design, and through anti-oppression facilitation and coaching. Click here to learn more about her work.
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