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Avoiding Bias

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There are 5 modules in this course

Do you want the best strategies to avoid bias in your communications? Learn the skills to tackle common hurdles in impartial decision-making and communication from this Avoiding Bias course!

What's included

1 reading2 plugins

1 reading•Total 5 minutes
  • Welcome to Avoiding Bias!•5 minutes
2 plugins•Total 9 minutes
  • Video: Welcome to Avoiding Bias!•2 minutes
  • Instructional story: Demands on supplies•7 minutes

What's included

3 readings1 peer review1 discussion prompt3 plugins

3 readings•Total 12 minutes
  • Practice the Solution: Maintaining individual accountability•1 minute
  • Infographic: Creating unbiased and adaptable group decision-making processes•10 minutes
  • Accountable individuals make accountable groups: Key Takeaways•1 minute
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
  • Apply the Solution: Maintaining individual accountability•60 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Reflect on the Solution: Maintaining individual accountability•10 minutes
3 plugins•Total 19 minutes
  • Maintaining individual accountability: Causes and Resources•2 minutes
  • Maintaining individual accountability: Building total group agreement•2 minutes
  • Practice the Solution: Maintaining individual accountability •15 minutes

What's included

3 readings1 peer review1 discussion prompt3 plugins

3 readings•Total 12 minutes
  • Practice the Solution: Encouraging productive disagreement•1 minute
  • Infographic: Normalizing disagreement•10 minutes
  • Disagreements make effective decisions: Key Takeaways•1 minute
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
  • Apply the Solution: Normalizing disagreement•60 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Reflect on the Solution: Normalizing disagreements•10 minutes
3 plugins•Total 19 minutes
  • Normalizing disagreement: Causes and Resources •2 minutes
  • Normalizing disagreement: Encouraging productive disagreement •2 minutes
  • Practice the Solution: Encouraging productive disagreement•15 minutes

What's included

3 readings1 peer review1 discussion prompt3 plugins

3 readings•Total 12 minutes
  • Practice the Solution: The devil’s advocate at work•1 minute
  • Infographic: Incorporating a devil’s advocate•10 minutes
  • Guarantee disagreement to spark discussion: Key Takeaways•1 minute
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
  • Apply the Solution: Assigning a devil’s advocate•60 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Reflect on the Solution: Assigning a devil’s advocate•10 minutes
3 plugins•Total 20 minutes
  • Assigning a devil’s advocate: Causes and Resources•2 minutes
  • Assigning a devil’s advocate: Creating productive disagreement•3 minutes
  • Practice the Solution: The devil’s advocate at work•15 minutes

What's included

1 reading1 plugin

1 reading•Total 1 minute
  • Final Thoughts•1 minute
1 plugin•Total 2 minutes
  • Video: Final Thoughts •2 minutes

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