Concept, coming soon This page is a concept, not a finished product. The prompts below are samples, and nothing here is for sale.

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Conversation Starters

A card deck of prompts for getting a conversation going. It works on its own, or together with DORC Cards — draw a starter, then use the DORC moves. A separate product line from the DORC Cards deck.

A concept, coming soon

A card deck.

The concept is a deck of starter prompts you can deal, pass, or leave on a table. It works on its own, or together with DORC Cards: draw a starter, then use the DORC moves. The mockup is to help picture the prospect — nothing has been printed.

Concept

Spill the tea

The back of the card is a teabag — a simple picture of sitting at a table over tea or coffee, and of spilling the tea: opening a conversation. The tag on the bag reads DORC. Each back in the mockup uses one of the four brand colours.

On its own, the deck is a set of starters for the table. Together with DORC Cards, you draw a starter, then use the DORC moves to take the conversation further.

Sample prompts

A taste of the starters.

These six lines are samples, written for this concept page. They are not a finished set, and they are not the product.

  1. Sample

    What's something you used to believe that you see differently now?

    Dinner table, across generations

  2. Sample

    What's a claim you've seen online this week that you'd like to look at more carefully?

    Team meeting, classroom

  3. Sample

    When did a conversation go better than you expected — and what made the difference?

    Team meeting, dinner table

  4. Sample

    What's a word people use a lot that you're not sure you mean the same way?

    Classroom, team meeting

  5. Sample

    If we came back to this conversation in ten years, what do you hope we'd still be willing to talk about?

    Across generations

  6. Sample

    What's a question you wish someone would ask you, on a subject that's usually hard to raise?

    Dinner table, classroom

Where they might be used

Example settings

  • Dinner table
  • Team meeting
  • Classroom
  • Across generations

Conversation Starters

Want to hear when this is real?

If you’d like to be told when Conversation Starters moves from a concept to something you can hold, write to DORC Academy. This is a prospect only. Nothing on this page places an order or takes a payment.