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Conference
Institutes
Wednesday
October 24, 2007
Conference
Institutes - Full Day
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Spirit
in Action
Kenneth Cloke, Santa Monica, CA
Erica Ariel Fox, Cambridge, MA
This institute is an excellent gateway
into places beyond reason and emotion where our
true wisdom and best skills reside. Ken Cloke facilitates
discussion about the Spiritual Techniques and the
Heart Techniques of conflict engagement for the
practitioner. He discusses the topics of intention,
energy, life force, use of rituals, and the art
of questioning. Erica Ariel Fox facilitates discussion
about the Insight Initiative program. Participants
will learn the Beyond Yes method that moves negotiators
from competence toward mastery and a system using
"archetypes and autobiography". Participants
will draw on presentations, reflection, partner
and group exercises, and simple insight practices.
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Introduction
to Environmental and Public Policy Consensus Building
Juliana Birkhoff, Vienna, VA
EPP Diversity Mentoring Program participants
This
training is designed by the Environmental and
Public Policy Sector as part of a program to diversify
the EPP Section. Institute participants will learn
about the contexts, practices, and processes to
collaborate and build consensus on natural resource,
land use, transportation, energy, public health,
and social policy issues. This training highlights
the differences between dispute resolution and
mediation and the collaborative and strategic
processes used in the environment and public policy
sector. Participants will practice assessment
and process design with an environmental justice
exercise.
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Restorative
Justice: Widening the Scope of Practice
Ron Claassen, Fresno, CA
Clifford Dorne, University Center, MI
Kay Pranis, St. Paul, MN
Barbara Raye, St. Paul, MN
Lisa Singh, Dayton, OH
Restorative
justice is a paradigm of justice that is increasingly
capturing the attention of professionals in the
field of conflict resolution. Restorative justice
programs, however, are underutilized in spite
of the increased awareness. This institute provides
in-depth discussion of restorative justice philosophy,
an introduction to practical implications outside
the criminal justice arena, skill building exercises,
and a visioning exercise.
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Conference Institutes - Morning
9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
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Impact
of Culture and Gender on the Negotiation and Mediation
Process: Practical Tips for Mediators
Nina Meierding, Ventura, CA
This
interactive institute examines how culture and
gender affect the way information is processed,
communication and negotiation are experienced,
power is understood, risks are evaluated, and
decisions and agreements are reached. The focus
is on practical solutions and techniques for professionals
to address these dynamics in effective and creative
ways.
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Family
Business Mediation
Larry Fong, Calgary, AB, Canada
The
family business mix of family relationships, business
pressures, career expectations, and the like,
is a hotbed of potential conflict. Whether in
a family mediation or business mediation setting,
mediators can be effective in these complex disputes.
This institute offers the Milan Systemic Model
of asking questions and its applicability to mediation.
Participants will view a DVD of a mediation and
will role play using questioning techniques. Through
group analysis and discussion participants will
look at how to use these techniques to effect
change.
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Metaphorcefully
Speaking: The Transformative Power of Verbal Imagery
Alan Freed, Clayton, MO
Rebecca Magruder, St. Charles, MO
Metaphors allow clients to view their
situations by figuratively stepping outside of themselves
and looking in. This view from the outside can give
clients a face-saving method for shifting their
perspectives in the hopes of achieving true resolution
of conflicts. Join two experienced mediators in
a lively discussion of the meaning of metaphors,
why and how metaphors work to shift perspectives,
and the development of metaphors relevant to the
clients' situations. |
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Conference Institutes - Afternoon
1:45
p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Framing
Issues for Mediator Effectiveness
Zena Zumeta, Ann Arbor, MI
How issues are framed makes a huge
difference in the ability of clients to reach agreements.
This institute introduces a model of framing issues,
distinguishes between framing and reframing, gives
exercises for mediators, and presents video clips
of famous mediators framing issues. |
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Facilitating
Development of Collaborative Workplaces: Using Interest-Based
Processes
Neil Bodine, Sacramento, CA
Ann Martin, Ithaca, NY
This institute explores the broad
application of interest-based processes in the workplace.
While focusing on the application of these processes
in a unionized environment, this session will also
be of interest to those working in unorganized workplace
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Build
Your Dream Practice: Create a Marketing and Business
Plan to Attract All the Clients You Need
Kristina Haymes, Bloomfield, NJ
Ready
to build your dream practice? This institute provides
you with the action plan and marketing know-how
to attract clients and build your dream practice.
Even if you are an excellent mediator, without
clients, you won't have the cash flow to stay
in business - marketing is essential. You will
leave this session with core marketing strategies
proven to work and with foundations for your business
and marketing plan.
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