The document summarizes an intergenerational dialogue event featuring experts from different generations and perspectives. Matthew Moehlmann, Sue James, and Margaret Schiller presented on utilizing different methods of communication, ways of thinking, and points of reference to facilitate intergenerational understanding. The discussion highlighted that intergenerational dialogue requires an openness to different perspectives from all generations and acknowledges that neither old nor new ideas should be dismissed. True intergenerational exchange involves transformation by releasing preconceptions and cocreating new shared understandings.

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2. Different methods of communicating

3. Different
ways of
thinking

4. Different points of reference

7. What is one example of a powerful
intergenerational conversation that you have had?
When and where did it happen?
Who was there?
Who began it?
What was the reason you started talking
together?
What is one thing you gained from this
conversation?
From the story you heard, what resonated with
you? What moved you?

10. In the stories you shared, what made
the dialogue intergenerational, not just
multigenerational?

12. Maximum Mix is Magic
Don't Do Anything About Me
Without Me
We Must Leverage the Best from
ALL Generations
Old does not necessarily = Bad
New does not necessarily =
Good
Intergenerational is not a single
story

13. • Intergenerational dialogue begins with our
own transformation
• Transformation simultaneously requires
finishing something and creating
something different
• While I am letting go or dissolving an old
image, conclusion, worldview, or certainty
within myself, I am, at the same time,
inventing something new
• The process requires extraordinary energy
• Return on investment is large… and there
is nothing like it

14. Every interaction can be life changing