Your Next Steps: Launching Your Understanding-Based ADR Work
ONLINEYou have taken a conflict resolution training and want to add consensual dispute resolution to your existing practice or start a new practice, what next? This three-part series will help you explore your motivations, professional goals, opportunities and challenges. This will be an interactive process with exercises and briefings on practical aspects of starting and/or […]
Power Imbalance: Putting it all Together
ONLINEPower imbalances can skew the entire conflict resolution process in innumerable ways. During the Power Imbalance webinar series, we’ve looked closely at three different kinds of power imbalances: interpersonal styles, access to resources, and relationship to social and cultural privilege. This session will allow participants to join a conversation building on the insights gained from […]
Why We Don’t Tell People What to Do
ONLINEExplore why understanding-based mediators refrain from telling people what to do and uncover the transformative potential of giving the power to the parties, using non-directive techniques rather than imposing solutions. Even when we might really want to step into the driver's seat, supporting individuals to take ownership of the decisions made all the way […]
Conflict Resolution Through Workplace Mediation
ONLINEExplore the transformative impact of integrating conflict resolution and mediation practices within your organization while fostering a culture of open communication, looping, and collaborative problem-solving to enhance employee morale, increase productivity, and create a harmonious work environment. Join Catherine Conner and Pat Lau August 24, 2023 and learn practical strategies that empower teams to […]
Working Creatively with Conflict: 40 Hour Basic Mediation and Conflict Resolution Training (Online)
ONLINETo register, scroll to the bottom of this page. Sept. 27 & 28 and Oct. 5 thru 7, 2023 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM PST | 11:00 AM - 7:30 PM EST | 5:00 PM - 1:30 AM CEST All sessions include breaks throughout the day Are you responsible for helping people work through conflict? […]
Creative Uses of the Understanding-Based Model
ONLINELearn about the many possibilities for conflict resolution and mediation practitioners to integrate the understanding-based approach into existing practices, kick-start new careers, and assist diverse sectors of society while fostering empathy, advocating looping, and encouraging transformative dialogue to address conflicts in creative ways. Join Catherine Conner and Caitlin Meredith on October 30, 2023 to explore the […]
Working Creatively with Conflict: 40 Hour Basic Mediation and Conflict Resolution Training (West Coast)
Green Gulch Farm 1601 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach, CANovember 15-19, 2023 The venue requires that participants have completed their COVID-19 vaccinations and booster at least two weeks prior to the start of this program. To register, scroll to the bottom of this page. Are you responsible for helping people work through conflict? Do you manage important conversations between clients, employees, team members, volunteers […]
Shifting Focus: All About Interests
ONLINEHelp people to move beyond their fixed positions by coaching them to explore and describe what really matters — their underlying interests — in order to unlock creative and mutually beneficial solutions. Join Katherine Miller and Melanie Rowen on November 27, 2023 to gain practical insights into working with interests effectively, both to uncover and […]
2023 Town Hall: Exploring Possibilities
ONLINEAs we approach the end of the year, we invite you to a town hall webinar experience to collectively explore personal and professional interests, address common concerns, and ignite a passion for applying understanding-based practices. Join Catherine Conner and Gary Friedman on December 12, 2023 and be part of an interactive discussion designed to help […]
Working Creatively with Conflict: 40 Hour Basic Mediation and Conflict Resolution Training (West Coast)
Green Gulch Farm 1601 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach, CAMarch 13 - 17, 2024 The venue requires that participants have completed their COVID-19 vaccinations at least two weeks prior to the start of this program. To register, scroll to the bottom of this page. Are you responsible for helping people work through conflict? Do you manage important conversations between clients, employees, team members, volunteers […]
Working Creatively with Conflict: 40 Hour Basic Mediation and Conflict Resolution Training (West Coast)
Green Gulch Farm 1601 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach, CANovember 6 - 10, 2024 The venue requires that participants have completed their COVID-19 vaccinations at least two weeks prior to the start of this program. To register, scroll to the bottom of this page. Are you responsible for helping people work through conflict? Do you manage important conversations between clients, employees, team members, volunteers […]