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SUMMARY:Working Creatively with Conflict: 40 Hour Basic Mediation and Conflict Resolution Training (Online)
DESCRIPTION:To register\, scroll to the bottom of this page.\nSeptember 8-9 and 14-16\n8:00 AM – 4:30 PM PST | 11:00 AM – 7:30 PM EST | 5:00 PM – 1:30 AM CEST\nAll sessions include breaks throughout the day\n\nAre you responsible for helping people work through conflict? \nDo you manage important conversations between clients\, employees\, team members\, volunteers or other people? \nDo you want to improve your ability to facilitate conversations of consequence? \nDo you want to learn to mediate or enhance your conflict resolution skills? \nIn this gold standard mediation training\, learn how to support parties working through conflict or engaging in other important conversations in a different way.  Our Understanding-Based model focuses on guiding parties to make knowing and informed choices together in a  respectful manner.  Highlights of our basic training\, Working Creatively with Conflict\, include: \n\nPositive neutrality –supporting all parties without taking sides\nThe Loop of Understanding – enhancing understanding and empathy\nCreative Options — innovating to meet differing needs and interests\nA Foundation for the Future — building the groundwork for the parties to make effective and lasting decisions together now and in the future\n\nWho Will Benefit From This Training?\nOur participants include mediators\, lawyers\, collaborative professionals\, business consultants\, executive coaches\, managers and supervisors\, human resources professionals\, ombuds-people\, non-profit staff\, and other people whose work will be enhanced by  increased skills in conflict resolution.  Participants report it is one of the top mediation programs they have taken. \n \nWhat is the Format of the Training?\nThis hands-on online training features briefings on the core skills of the Understanding Based Approach\, followed by lively demonstrations and role-plays\, all of which immerse participants in the learning. Realistic simulations\, in which participants work through mediations from beginning to end\, with coaching from our teachers\, offer participants the chance to hone their skills and experience the emotional challenges faced by parties in dispute. Participants describe these different modes of learning and their interplay as enjoyable as they are engaging and rewarding. \n \nWho are the Trainers?\nCatherine Conner has been a mediation and collaborative practice trainer since 2004. She is a frequent presenter at collaborative conferences and family law workshops. She authored Collaborative Practice Materials with Steven Neustadter and Margaret Anderson. Catherine Conner’s private practice focuses on family law alternate dispute resolution\, including mediation\, collaborative practice\, and private judging. She graduated from the University of California\, Boalt Hall in 1982 and is a founding partner of Conner\, Lawrence\, Rodney\, Olhiser & Barrett\, LLP. In 1992\, Catherine became a Certified Family Law Specialist.  She has been honored as the recipient of the Rex Sater Award for Excellence in Family Law\, the Eureka award by Collaborative Practice California and was the 2018 honoree for Careers of Distinction.  She was on the Board of Directors of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals from 2007-2014 and served as the President in 2013. \n  \n  \nMelanie Rowen\, our President\, is a mediator and conflict coach who believes in the power of understanding-based conflict resolution to transform our world. She frequently trains individuals and groups on effective communication in conflict situations and on creating inclusive environments\, particularly around gender\, sexual orientation\, and disability. Melanie previously litigated civil rights cases\, including marriage equality\, employment discrimination\, issues involving transgender and gender non-conforming youth and their families\, and issues facing LGBTQI elders\, at the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Before that\, she worked in business litigation at Latham & Watkins LLP.  Melanie serves on the Board of Directors of the Transgender Law Center and is the Associate Director for Public Interest Programs at UC Berkeley School of Law. \n  \n \nWhat are the Logistics – When\, Where\, Cost?\nThe training session will be conducted through Zoom. After registration\, Kayla Hellal (kayla@understandinginconflict.org) will send a separate e-mail with Zoom connection details. \nParticipants are encouraged to log on around 7:50 AM PST / 10:50 AM EST to troubleshoot any technical issues and help ensure the programs can start on time everyday. \nEach session will begin at 8:00 AM PST / 11:00 AM EST\, with several breaks during the day to allow for a rest from being online and for meals. The sessions end each day at 4:30 PM PST / 7:30 PM EST. \nCost\nThe program training fee is $1\,350. \nA 5-10% discount is available for our CUC Connect members. Click here for more information. \nCancellation Policy\nPlease note our cancellation policy: If you cancel 4 weeks or more prior to the program\, we return your deposit minus a $250.00 administration fee. Between 4 and 2 weeks prior to the program\, we retain 50% of the total cost of the program unless we are able to find a replacement for your seat\, in which case we will refund the fee minus the $250.00 administration fee. There are no refunds for cancellations less than two weeks prior to the program unless we can find a replacement. \nIs there Continuing Education Credit?\nCalifornia  \nThe Center for Understanding in Conflict is an accredited provider of California Continuing Legal Education by the State Bar of California.  The Working Creatively with Conflict Training —appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys — will qualify for 32 participatory and 8 self study CA MCLE credit hours. \nNew York \nIn New York\, The Mediation Intensive Training will fulfill 40 NY MCLE credit hours (6.5 Ethics credits; 19.5 Professional Practice credits; and 14 Skills credits).  For continuing legal education purposes\, the Mediation Intensive Training is appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys. \nThe Center’s in-person and online training has been approved under Part 146 by the New York State Unified Court System’s Office of ADR Programs. (Please note that final placement on any court roster is at the discretion of the local Administrative Judge and participation in a course that is either approved or pending approval does not guarantee placement on a local court roster.) \n  \n \nFor additional information\, please email us at admin@understandinginconflict.org or call us at (844) 242-3428.
URL:https://understandinginconflict.org/event/mit-online-sep22/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Basic mediation,Online Training
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