Featured News & Articles - ADRhub - Creighton NCR2024-03-28T15:22:04Zhttp://www.adrhub.com/forum/categories/featured-news-articles/listForCategory?categoryId=4905899%3ACategory%3A13&feed=yes&xn_auth=no50 Years of Loving – Moderated Online Discussiontag:www.adrhub.com,2016-11-04:4905899:Topic:755992016-11-04T16:40:31.790ZADRhub.com - Creighton NCRhttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/ADRhubWerner
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: helvetica;">The 2040 Initiative</span><br></br> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: helvetica;">and</span><br></br> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: helvetica;">The Werner Institute</span><br></br> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: helvetica;">at the Creighton School of Law</span><br></br> <span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: helvetica;">present…</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-3">The 2040 Initiative</span><br/> <span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-3">and</span><br/> <span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-3">The Werner Institute</span><br/> <span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-3">at the Creighton School of Law</span><br/> <span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-3">present</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><br/> <span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-4">50 Years of Loving:</span><br/> <span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-4">Transforming Society Through Relationships</span><br/> <span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-4">Symposium, March 23-24, 2017</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-2">In preparation for the symposium, the 2040 Initiative will be hosting a moderated discussion of the</span> <span style="font-family: helvetica;">following question:</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-2"><strong>From the perspective of your academic discipline or professional institution, what are the questions, issues, or tensions that have arisen out of 50 years of Loving?</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-2"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You do not need to be a member to comment on the discussion, but all posts will be considered for publication in the Creighton Law Review June 2017 edition. Click <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://blogs.creighton.edu/creighton2040/50-years-of-loving-moderated-online-discussion/" target="_blank">HERE</a></strong></span> for a link to the blog and more information on the <em>Loving vs Virginia</em></span> decision.</span></p> Restoring Hope: Online Panel Discussion with the Opus Prize Finalists at Creighton Universitytag:www.adrhub.com,2016-11-02:4905899:Topic:757362016-11-02T18:36:07.877ZADRhub.com - Creighton NCRhttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/ADRhubWerner
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-2">Come join the streamed live online panel discussion with the Opus Prize finalists. Prof. Jacqueline Font-Guzmán will be representing the Werner Institute and sharing how she addresses in her teaching and scholarship one or more of the three crises that the Opus Finalists address (homelessness, refugees, and human trafficking).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-2">The panel is for distance students as well as for campus students, though distance students will get preference with asking questions because this is the only opportunity for Creighton's distance students to engage with the Opus Prize finalists.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-2">The questions are asked via the message function in WebEx.</span><br/> <span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-2">Here is the lifestream link via WebEx: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbluecafe.webex.com%2Fbluecafe%2Fonstage%2Fg.php%3FMTID%3Debea86807b4a9b00169e101cf6de72580&h=KAQEVb-1sAQFcTIkGF88vD_F7xJfJOVnQJqKC57XWZsTSZQ&enc=AZOuovp2C0y8NP-oDUDFEslMPoQr_jib_TlyXsLZPcqnjWfOXaDVJ-k6BGEOCmqiVRfhkRo-u7VSGdSX3BsJBDvnJEFHbE5mBvQdB8vGXVVen5GBA_3vdXGJX9VjOqqHPA1-nLbALmXTetsLkqnMdijnlwm6xwvw68liq_3pZBODdoGqAEFO2oJM7pm3hhHPg8IMseuMG4KIM9wawI9kCXOl&s=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://bluecafe.webex.com/bluecafe/onstage/g.php…</a></span></p>
</div> Werner Institute 2015-2016 Annual Impact Reporttag:www.adrhub.com,2016-10-20:4905899:Topic:753052016-10-20T20:57:09.916ZADRhub.com - Creighton NCRhttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/ADRhubWerner
<p>Werner Institute has released its 2015-2016 impact report. <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2311566655?profile=original" target="_self">Click here to access the report:</a></p>
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<p>Werner Institute has released its 2015-2016 impact report. <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2311566655?profile=original" target="_self">Click here to access the report:</a></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2"><b>What's Happening in Conflict Resolution" is a weekly roundup of the all the ADR news, jobs, events and more. Check it out each week and view past versions [</b><a href="http://www.adrhub.com/profiles/blog/list?user=3m0b5r1rcpppx" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a><b>].</b></span></p>
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<h1 align="center"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #000000;" class="font-size-4">International Arbitration Bill Approved by State Senate</span></h1>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">By Michael Booth (09/16/2016, New Jersey Law Journal)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">The New Jersey Senate has passed legislation that would make the state a center for international alternative dispute resolution.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">The bill, S602, sponsored by state Sen. Thomas Kean, R-Union, passed in a 33-0 vote Sept. 15 and now goes to the Assembly for consideration.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">The bill, if passed by both houses of the Legislature and signed by Gov. Chris Christie, would codify a process in which disputes between U.S.-based and foreign-based parties could be resolved through arbitration or mediation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">"This is exactly the kind of legislation to make New Jersey more hospitable to the business community," Kean said in a statement. "We need to develop policies that promote economic growth and give businesses a reason to come here. Kean said nine other states have enacted similar legislation. Learn more about the innovative bill <a href="http://www.njlawjournal.com/this-weeks-news/id=1202767597548/International-Arbitration-Bill-Approved-by-State-Senate?mcode=1202617207189&curindex=5&slreturn=20160820111820" target="_blank">here</a>.<a href="http://www.njlawjournal.com/this-weeks-news/id=1202767597548/International-Arbitration-Bill-Approved-by-State-Senate?mcode=1202617207189&curindex=5&slreturn=20160820111820"><br/></a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">By Rebeccah Lutz (09/18/2016 Tallahassee Democrat)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">Ann Grosmaire’s ashes rest in a handcrafted wooden acorn on a table at the foot of the stairs in her parents’ home. The table celebrates the youngest of the three Grosmaire daughters, a tall girl with long blonde hair. She loved animals and dreamed of owning her own sanctuary.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">Surrounding the acorn are mementos and photos of Ann’s vibrant life: Ann in a black and white prom dress; Ann wearing a purple princess hat surrounded by colorful balloons on her last birthday; and Ann swaddled in a blanket on her mother’s lap shortly after she was born.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">Kate and Andy Grosmaire pass this table each time they walk to their upstairs bedroom, but they do so in peace. More than six years after Ann’s death, the Grosmaires remain committed to telling others about the power of forgiveness and restorative justice.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">Click <a href="http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/09/16/restorative-justice-forgiveness-not-pardon/90351460/" target="_blank">here</a> to learn more about how the Grosmaire’s pursuit of restorative justice</span></p>
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<p align="center"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4"><b>Why Are We Nicer To Strangers Than Our Loved Ones?</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">As many of you know, I’ve been (unsuccessfully) trying to become a decent tennis player, and now the moment has come when I know all hope is lost: My 12 year-old can play me under the table.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">Despite this, I decided she and I would “team up” and play doubles against two friends of mine who are about our level. And, all was going well – until I messed up a few times. Well, this upset my daughter to the point that she mumbled, “I didn’t want you on my team in the first place.” Yep. It hurt.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">But, it got me thinking: She would NEVER treat a stranger like this. I’ve watched as other doubles partners mess up over and over again, and she doesn’t seem to mind at all. So, what gives? Why do my loved-ones treat strangers better than they treat me? And why do I do the same?.. Find out more <a href="http://www.adrhub.com/profiles/blogs/why-are-we-nicer-to-strangers-than-our-loved-ones?xg_source=activity" target="_blank">here</a>.<br/></span></p>
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<h1 align="center"><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-4">What practical skills for negotiation should we teach students?</span></h1>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">By Chris Voss (Posted in Quora and Huffington Post, 09/14/2016)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">Here are three things that are both practical and give you the power to distinguish yourself:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2"><b>#1. Don’t be afraid to find out: amplify and clarify.</b> This will get you to the point where you’ll learn to listen between the lines and find out what makes people really tick. You’ll make great deals and have great allies. Learning to read people and then make that knowledge useful in your negotiations in a way that benefits your negotiation partners eventually makes you become someone who can make deals others can’t. You become the “fixer”, that is, the go-to person who they send in to succeed when no one else can.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">Find out the other two tips <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/quora/3-negotiation-tricks-ever_b_12008778.html" target="_blank">here.</a><br/></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2"><b><span class="font-size-4">Negotiation Book Club - Tower of Babel symposium</span></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">In the runup to symposium to be held at the University of Missouri on October 7: <a href="http://law.missouri.edu/faculty/category/csdr/16-symposium-csdr/" target="_blank"><i>Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding</i></a>, Prof. Rishi Batra explains why the negotiation field needs to be familiar with Samuel Arbesman’s book,<i> <a href="http://https/www.neweggbusiness.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIV0UN4FD9830&nm_mc=afc-cjb2b&cm_mmc=afc-cjb2b-_-Books-_-Penguin+Group-_-9SIV0UN4FD9830" target="_blank">The Half Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Da...</a></i>. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2"><b>I'm absolutely convinced. <a href="http://www.indisputably.org/?p=9588" target="_blank">Read about it, here.</a></b></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">The ACR Conference is almost here! Click <a href="http://www.acrannualconference.org/" target="_blank">here</a> to learn about the events happening in Baltimore September 28 to October 1 including the reception celebrating the Werner Institute’s 10<sup>th</sup> anniversary* and the inauguration of the new ACR President (and ADRHub contributor and administrator) Bryan Hanson.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2"><i>* Note the reception is free and open to the public. You do not need to register to participate in the conference in order to attend the Werner Reception.</i></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">The Communicate 2016 Conference is taking place September 26-27 in Sydney. With international and local experts confirmed, do not miss this opportunity to hear from some of the leading communication professionals working in the field. Whether your interest is business, family, workplace or ADR practice, this event will enhance your understanding, skills, and ability to manage conflicts in personal and professional environments.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino;" class="font-size-2">Find out more information about the conference <a href="http://www.communicateconference.com/" target="_blank">here</a> including how to register for access via livestream.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><b>What's Happening in Conflict Resolution" is a weekly round up of the all the ADR news, jobs, events and more. Check it out each week and view past versions [</b><a href="http://www.adrhub.com/profiles/blog/list?user=3m0b5r1rcpppx" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a><b>].</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span class="font-size-4"><b>This is the week of the Werner Institute’s 10<sup>th…</sup></b></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><b>What's Happening in Conflict Resolution" is a weekly round up of the all the ADR news, jobs, events and more. Check it out each week and view past versions [</b><a href="http://www.adrhub.com/profiles/blog/list?user=3m0b5r1rcpppx" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a><b>].</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span class="font-size-4"><b>This is the week of the Werner Institute’s 10<sup>th</sup> Anniversary!</b></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><a href="https://law.creighton.edu/news/werner-institute-celebrating-10-years" target="_blank">Click here</a> to learn more about the Werner Institute 10-year anniversary event</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">By Samuel King (09/09/16. Fox9 news)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">A program in Minneapolis aims to resolve conflicts among young people, one conversation at a time.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">The week-long program called SALAM or Somali-American Leaders and Mediators, was held in conjunction with the nonprofit group Community Mediation and Restorative Services.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">“We don’t have to tell the people what to do,” said Farah Farah, a student who took part in the program. “We can tell them how to find their own solutions to their own problems.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">To learn more about this exciting group, click <a href="http://www.fox9.com/news/204126980-story">here</a>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">By Josephine Adeyinka-Ahmed (09/13/16. Today. Photo of Adeniji Kazeem, included in article)</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">The Lagos State Government has urged residents to embrace mediation in resolving disputes to enhance peaceful coexistence in the state.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">The government said mediation, as an alternative to dispute resolution, was a tool that could foster global peace among citizens of the world.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem, spoke while commemorating the 2016 United Nations 2016 International Day of Peace, a statement said on Sunday.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Kazeem noted that everyone had a role to play in maintaining peace in their neighbourhood, adding that all segments of society had to work together for peace to reign.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Read more about Kazeem’s statement <a href="https://www.today.ng/news/nigeria/180764/lagos-urges-peaceful-resolution-conflicts">here.</a></span></p>
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<h1><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Dane County jail diversion report suggests expanding Community Restorative Court</span></h1>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">By Jeff Glaze (09/12/16. Wisconsin State Journal)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Expanding the Community Restorative Court and creating alternatives to jail sentences should be priorities in efforts to reduce racial disparities in Dane County’s criminal justice system, a new report focused on diversion strategies concluded.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">The report released Friday ahead of Tuesday’s Dane County Public Protection and Judiciary Committee meeting includes a handful of overarching recommendations that range from reducing the number of people jailed for missed court appearances to connecting people with mental illnesses to services.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Click <a href="http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/dane-county-jail-diversion-report-suggests-expanding-community-restorative-court/article_dd9fd584-f4b7-566a-9e4e-296918850c9c.html">here</a> to learn more about how restorative justice can help people take responsibility for their actions while avoiding jail time. </span></p>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: helvetica;">Effective Apologies Turn Conflict Aftermath into Healing Afterglow</span></h1>
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<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">By Dr Jamie Williamson (09/12/16. The Huffington Post. Photo from the article)</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Conflict can lead to greater understanding. Conflict can clarify similarities, differences, and preferences. Conflict can help couples learn how to deal with future conflict. And, perhaps most importantly, conflict can make it clear where efforts to communicate can and should be strengthened.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Surprisingly, conflict can be good for your relationship even if you occasionally behave badly (but not abusively) during the conflict..... as long as you master the art of the true apology. Learn what constitutes a genuine apology <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jamie-comstock/effective-apologies-turn-_b_11950994.html">here</a> </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">By Lester Levy</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">This article discusses early cooperation between parties and insurers in resolving complex environmental disputes. It summarizes strategies that recently succeeded in a six-way dispute over the costs of investigating and remediating an extended plume of PCP groundwater contamination. It moved rapidly from a traditional lawsuit to a voluntary mediation process aimed at identifying the most economical and reliable remedial approach to cleaning up the contamination, and allocating the costs of doing so among all parties. Although the parties agreed to refrain from traditional court-mandated procedures, they retained the right to try the case if the cooperative process was unsuccessful in resolving all disputed issues. Ultimately the process was successful and the need for trial was eliminated. See more <a href="http://www.mediate.com/articles/LevyLbl20160909.cfm">here</a></span></p>
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<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><b>Time to call in the mediator</b></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">By HRD (09/12/16. HC Online)</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Toxic workplaces are characterised by broken relationships, constant conflicts and disputes, bullying and harassment. They are places where the dysfunctional behaviour of those in the workplace is having a negative impact on the services or product that the organisation produces. It’s moved beyond a minor tiff between John and Sally and is now a systemic problem whereby customers aren’t being looked after, patients aren’t being cared for, roads aren’t being repaired or information isn’t being passed between security guards. Even more frightening, a toxic workplace knows no boundaries – it can seep in from the front line right up to the top.</span><br/> <br/> <span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">How can things get so bad? Find out <a href="http://www.hcamag.com/features/time-to-call-in-the-mediator-223206.aspx">here</a> (and learn some tips on the benefits of mediation for resolving workplace disputes).</span></p>
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<p align="center"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><b>Strategic Studies, Conflict Resolution and Transnational Conflict</b></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">By Oliver Ramsbotham (08/24/16. Oxford Research Group)</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">This paper offers an overall conceptual framework for the venture. What is the difference between strategic studies and conflict resolution? Why do strategic studies and conflict resolution both need to adapt in response to changing patterns of contemporary conflict? How can they mutually inform each other? And what are some of the wider implications for possible future collaborative work?</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">A few weeks old, but worth it! Read more <a href="http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/articles_multimedia/strategic_studies_conflict_resolution_and_transnational_conflict">here.</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-2">In the runup to symposium to be held at the University of Missouri on October 7: <a href="http://law.missouri.edu/faculty/category/csdr/16-symposium-csdr/" target="_blank"><em><u>Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding</u></em></a>, Prof. Rishi Batra explains why the negotiation field needs to be familiar with Samuel Arbesman’s book,<em> <a href="http://https//www.neweggbusiness.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIV0UN4FD9830&nm_mc=afc-cjb2b&cm_mmc=afc-cjb2b-_-Books-_-Penguin+Group-_-9SIV0UN4FD9830" target="_blank">The Half Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Da...</a></em>. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-2"><strong>I'm absolutely convinced. <a href="http://www.indisputably.org/?p=9588" target="_blank">Read about it, here.</a></strong></span></p>
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<p align="center"></p> What's Happening in Conflict [09/06/2016]tag:www.adrhub.com,2016-09-06:4905899:Topic:745332016-09-06T19:45:10.116ZADRhub.com - Creighton NCRhttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/ADRhubWerner
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<h1 style="text-align: center;" class="entry-title"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-4">Werner Institute Celebrates Ten Years at Creighton</span></h1>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">A message from Jackie Font-Guzmán:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">This year the Werner Institute is celebrating its 10 year anniversary and what a decade it has been! We wish to thank our ADR community for sharing this journey with us.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">As part of our anniversary events we will be hosting a workshop led by Deb Gerardi and a cocktail reception at Creighton University on September 15, 2016.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">We also invite the ADR community to join us for a cocktail reception at the ACR annual conference in Baltimore, Maryland on September 30, 2016 to celebrate our decade of successes and congratulate Bryan Hanson, assistant director of the Werner Institute, in becoming ACR’s next president.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><a href="https://law.creighton.edu/news/werner-institute-celebrating-10-years" target="_blank">Click here</a> to learn more about the Werner Institute 10-year anniversary events.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">If you are curious about what we have been up to in the last decade, I invite you to read our <a href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/806dc038#/806dc038/1" target="_blank">10 Year Anniversary Report</a>:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Thanks for being part of this journey and we look forward to continue sharing our successes with such extraordinary colleagues.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,palatino;"><strong>Permanent Cease-Fire Taking Effect in Colombia Under Accord</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-2" style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,palatino;">By Joshua Goodman (08/28/16. Associated Press)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A permanent cease-fire took effect in Colombia on Monday, a major step in bringing an end to 52 years of bloody combat between the government and the country's biggest rebel group.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">The commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia announced Sunday that his fighters would cease hostilities beginning at 12:01 a.m. as a result of the peace accord the two sides reached at midweek. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos made a similar announcement Friday, saying the military would halt attacks on the FARC beginning Monday.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Read the full story <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-permanent-cease-fire-taking-effect-in-colombia-under-accord-2016-8" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">here.</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-4"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Philippine Government, Communist Rebels Sign Ceasefire Deal</span></strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-2"><span style="color: #000000;">By Alister Doyle (08/26/16. Reuters; photo from article).</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">The Philippines government and Maoist-led rebels agreed indefinite ceasefires on Friday as part of an accord to accelerate efforts to end a conflict that has lasted almost five decades and killed at least 40,000 people.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">The government expressed hopes that a peace agreement could be reached within a year after the Oslo talks, the first formal meeting for five years. The guerrillas, who reiterated demands for "revolutionary change", stopped short of setting a deadline.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Both sides, at a signing ceremony in a hotel on the outskirts of Oslo, hailed the ceasefire deal and measures to step up negotiations as a breakthrough after 30 years of fitful peace talks.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">See more <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-rebels-norway-idUSKCN1110LL" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">here</span></a>.</span></span></p>
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<h1><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><strong><span class="font-size-4">Family Businesses that Embrace Conflict Find More Success</span></strong></span></h1>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-2">(09/06/16. PR Newswire).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span class="xn-location"><span><span>NEW YORK</span></span></span>, <span class="xn-chron">Sept. 6, 2016</span> /PRNewswire/ -- Conflict can actually be an asset to companies when it's effectively managed and properly resolved. This is according to study findings from EY and <span class="xn-org">Kennesaw State University</span> (KSU) compiled in a new report, <i>Can embracing conflict spur positive change?</i>. The study collected data from 25 of the world's largest family businesses in each of 21 top global markets, which average <span class="xn-money">$3.48 billion</span> in sales and 12,000 employees.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">It examines how family businesses can identify, manage and grow from conflicts that emerge in their operations and from other sources. Given family businesses represent 80-90 percent of all enterprises in <span class="xn-location"><span><span>North America</span></span></span> and nearly 80 percent of new job creation in the U.S., many stand to benefit from embracing conflict<sup>1</sup>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Read the full report <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/family-businesses-that-embrace-conflict-find-more-success-300322534.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">here</span></a>.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; color: #000000;">You can learn more about mediating in family-owned businesses from ADR hub's latest <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.adrhub.com/forum/topics/adrhub-webinar-transitions-in-family-owned-businesses-how-a-media" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">webinar</span></a>,</span> <span class="font-size-2">Transitions In Family-Owned Businesses: How a mediator’s skills can help a family-owned business successfully transition to the next generation.</span></span></p>
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<h1 id="headline" class="eza-title"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><strong><span class="font-size-4">To Atone for Past Ties to Slavery, Georgetown Tries Something New</span></strong></span></h1>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-2">By Gretel Kauffman (09/01/16. The Christian Science Monitor)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">In 1838, Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., sold 272 slaves, a sale that rescued the university from dire financial straits. Now, nearly 200 years later, in an attempt to atone for this sale and the years of slave labor from which Georgetown benefited, the school has introduced a set of measures that includes an initiative that offers preferential admission status to descendants of those held in slavery by the university. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Georgetown is far from the first school to publicly denounce its past ties with slavery or take steps to atone for historic wrongdoings. A number of colleges including Brown University, the College of William and Mary, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have created commissions, built memorials, and funded research projects to open a dialogue about the role of slaves in the universities' respective histories. But Georgetown is the first to actively recruit the descendants of the people it wronged.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">To learn more about Georgetown's plan, click<span style="color: #0000ff;"> <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2016/0901/To-atone-for-past-ties-to-slavery-Georgetown-tries-something-new-video" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">here.</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;" align="center"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3">By Bernie Mayer</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-3">So much has happened in the six weeks since I wrote my last entry to this series (during most of that time time I was happily on vacation in Colorado and Wyoming), and yet in most respects, little has changed.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: 12pt;">The conventions happened. Trump has continued to be Trump (with a few pallid efforts to be more “presidential”). Clinton’s email problems just won’t go away. But it does seem that Trump will—or at least he seems much less likely to be taking up residence in the White House. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-1" style="color: #000000; font-family: georgia,palatino;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For me, however, the most important question remains and that is what this surrealistic election season says about the future of American democracy. Or to put it more bluntly, have we lost the capacity to deal with our most pressing challenges as a nation and as a people?.... see more<span style="color: #0000ff;"> <a href="http://www.adrhub.com/forum/topics/can-we-talk-staying-w-conflict-election-edition-2016-1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">here</span></a></span></span></span></p>
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<h1 class="entry-title"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><strong><span class="font-size-4">Three Ways to Deal with an Angry Person</span></strong></span></h1>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-2">By Guy Harris</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">How do you like dealing with an angry person?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">If you’re like most of the people I know, you hate it. And, you occasionally have to do it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">While some people seem to have a knack for helping others “back off the edge,” most people feel at least a little bit nervous or apprehensive about these situations. I happen to be one of those people.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">In my effort to master this skill, I have learned that having pre-planned strategies often helps me to keep my cool and to manage the situation more calmly.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">If you’re like me, and you really don’t have a natural gift for handling situations where other people are angry, here are three pre-planned strategies you can use to navigate tense, angry conversations more skillfully…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Find out Guy's tips <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://recoveringengineer.com/resolving-conflict/three-ways-to-deal-with-an-angry-person/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">here</span></a>.</span></span></p>
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<h1 id="blox-asset-title"><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;"><strong><span class="font-size-4">Restorative Justice is Concept Worth Applying</span></strong></span></h1>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-2">By Valerie Glass</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-2"><span class="first-paragraph"><span class="paragraph-0">The local community group Compassionate Winston-Salem has a favorite saying: “Justice is compassion raised to an institutional level.” When I think about this quote, it really gets me to think deeper about the meaning of the word justice. What is justice? How do we achieve justice? And what does it mean to “hold someone accountable”? The answers to these questions aren’t simple, and then they lead me to more questions: Can we do better justice? Who decides if justice has been served? Are there other ways to think about justice?</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Read Valerie's explanation about the benefits of restorative justice <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.journalnow.com/opinion/columnists/valerie-glass-restorative-justice-is-concept-worth-applying/article_8e9a9912-8ca3-566b-96c0-b2646c5ab526.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">here</span></a>.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-2">In the runup to symposium to be held at the University of Missouri on October 7: <a href="http://law.missouri.edu/faculty/category/csdr/16-symposium-csdr/" target="_blank"><em><u>Moving Negotiation Theory from the Tower of Babel Toward a World of Mutual Understanding</u></em></a>, Prof. Rishi Batra explains why the negotiation field needs to be familiar with Samuel Arbesman’s book,<em> <a href="http://https//www.neweggbusiness.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIV0UN4FD9830&nm_mc=afc-cjb2b&cm_mmc=afc-cjb2b-_-Books-_-Penguin+Group-_-9SIV0UN4FD9830" target="_blank">The Half Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Da...</a></em>. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;" class="font-size-2"><strong>I'm absolutely convinced. <a href="http://www.indisputably.org/?p=9588" target="_blank">Read about it, here.</a></strong></span></p>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-6" style="font-family: helvetica; color: #000000;">The Werner Institute @ Creighton University Celebrates 10 years!</span></h1>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-6" style="font-family: helvetica; color: #000000;">The Werner Institute @ Creighton University Celebrates 10 years!</span></h1>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: helvetica;">To honor Werner's 10th Anniversary, we will be recognizing three graduates who embody the Werner mission during Creighton University's homecoming events.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>WHEN:</strong> September 15, 2016</span></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>WHERE:</strong> Law School Commons, Creighton University*</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>TIME:</strong> 4:00pm to 6:30pm</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: helvetica;">Are you ready to self-nominate or nominate one of your colleagues for an award?</span></p>
<p><strong><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: helvetica;">HOW: </span></strong><br/> <span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: helvetica;">Reflect upon all of the amazing individuals you have had the opportunity to engage with during your studies at The Werner Institute and nominate (or self-nominate) in one of the following three categories: </span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: helvetica;">1. an alumni who has provided outstanding service to his or her community, </span><br/> <span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: helvetica;">2. an alumni who has engaged in masterful conflict engagement, or </span><br/> <span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: helvetica;">3. an alumni who lives with a commitment to the Ignatian value of dedication to promoting human dignity.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: helvetica;">Click on this link to take you to the Nomination Form in BlueQ: <a href="https://blueq.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_blKWfGrOyBglE2x" target="_blank">https://blueq.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_blKWfGrOyBglE2x</a></span></p>
<p><br/> <span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: helvetica;"><strong>SUBMIT BY:</strong> <a href="https://blueq.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_blKWfGrOyBglE2x" target="_blank">August 25, 2016</a></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: helvetica;">*You do not need to be present to receive the award. Please share this post with your fellow Werner alumni.</span></p> The Werner Institute @ Creighton University Celebrates 10 years!tag:www.adrhub.com,2016-08-10:4905899:Topic:742292016-08-10T20:41:07.079ZADRhub.com - Creighton NCRhttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/ADRhubWerner
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: helvetica;">Are you ready to register for an amazing workshop as part of THE WERNER INSTITUTE'S 10th ANNIVERSARY EVENTS!</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: helvetica;">What if…?…</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-4">Are you ready to register for an amazing workshop as part of THE WERNER INSTITUTE'S 10th ANNIVERSARY EVENTS!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-4">What if…? Creative Approaches to Inter-professional Conflict in Health Care Workshop </span><br/> <span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-4">Presented by Deb Gerardi, RN, MPH, JD</span><br/> <span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-4">(Hosted in collaboration with the Creighton College of Nursing)</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-4"><strong>WHEN:</strong> Thursday, September 15, 2016, 1–4 p.m.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-4"><strong>WHERE:</strong> Skutt Student Center, Mutual of Omaha Ballroom on the Creighton University Campus in Omaha, NE.<br/></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-4"><strong>REGISTRATION:</strong> <a href="http://ow.ly/fmdK3035gcB" target="_blank">http://ow.ly/fmdK3035gcB</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-4">The Nebraska Office of Dispute Resolution approved three hours of Continuing Mediation Education (CME) credits relating to general mediation skills.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-4">Please also join us after the workshop for cocktails, appetizers, and conversation @ The Werner Institute's 10-Year Anniversary Reception.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-4"><strong>WHERE</strong>: Ahmanson Building, Law School Commons <span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-4">on the Creighton University Campus in Omaha, NE.</span><br/></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-4"><strong>TIME</strong>: 4–6:30 p.m.</span><br/> <br/> <span style="font-family: helvetica;" class="font-size-4">Please share this information with those that may be interested.</span></p> What's Happening in Conflict [05.24.16]tag:www.adrhub.com,2016-05-23:4905899:Topic:733302016-05-23T23:53:54.770ZADRhub.com - Creighton NCRhttp://www.adrhub.com/profile/ADRhubWerner
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><em>What's Happening in Conflict Resolution" is a weekly round up of the all the ADR news, jobs, events and more. Check it out each week and view past versions [<a href="http://www.adrhub.com/profiles/blog/list?user=3m0b5r1rcpppx" target="_blank">HERE</a>].…</em></strong></span></p>
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<h1 class="article-headline"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="font-size-6">This Is the Secret to a Successful Negotiation</span><img src="http://i0.wp.com/fortunedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/gettyimages-539253357.jpg?crop=0px%2C951px%2C5500px%2C3174px&resize=840%2C485&ssl=1" alt="" style="font-size: 13px;" width="622" height="359"/></span></h1>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="s1"><span class="s1">The Leadership Insiders network is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in business contribute answers to timely questions about careers and leadership. Today’s answer to the question</span>: </span><span class="s1">How can you be a good negotiator</span><span class="s1"><span class="s1">? <span class="s1">is written<span class="s1"><span class="s1"> by <span class="s1"><span class="s1"><span class="s1">Rod Drury, CEO at Xero.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Good negotiation doesn’t necessarily mean that to win, the other party has to lose. A good negotiator will work toward a win-win scenario, always considering the deal from the other side’s perspective.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Read more from Fortune.com [<a href="http://fortune.com/2016/05/14/xero-negotiations-skills-success/" target="_blank">HERE</a>]. </strong></span></p>
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<h2 id="newttl"><span class="font-size-6">Challenging The Myths Surrounding Divorce Mediation</span></h2>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.mediate.com/articles/HalemL16.cfm#bio">Dr. Lynne C. Halem</a></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Myth: Divorce Mediation Only Works When Spouses Can Communicate Well</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Fact: If that were true, CMDR would be out of business. It is the mediator’s job to facilitate communication between spouses. A skilled mediator can draw out the less communicative party and help him or her vocalize ideas. The mediator is the catalyst in bringing about negotiation, compromise and agreement. However, it is the couple that decides what is fair and emerges as better communicators as a result of the mediation process.</span></p>
<p><br/> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Myth: The Divorce Process Moves Faster with Attorneys</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Fact: The logistics of one spouse meeting with his attorney, and then waiting for the other spouse to meet with her attorney to review a proposal and come back with any changes are overwhelming and time consuming at best...</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Read more at Mediate.com [<a href="http://www.mediate.com/articles/HalemL16.cfm" target="_blank">HERE</a>]. </strong></span></p>
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<h1 class="headline__title"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-6">How to Prepare for Mediation</span></h1>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="2016-05-15-1463332568-8926956-Handsnegotiating.jpg" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2016-05-15-1463332568-8926956-Handsnegotiating-thumb.jpg" width="570" height="379"/></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a class="author-card__details__name" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-esrey-">Elizabeth Esrey</a>- I enjoy the people I work with immensely. They may not realize it but I often learn more from them then I suspect they learn from me. Each mediation renews my belief that people are willing to listen, learn and create resolution in the interest of peace, time, and fiscal responsibility.</span></p>
<div class="content-list-component mt-paragraph text"><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">People ask how I succeed in getting so many mediation agreements. Frankly, I don’t gage the success of a mediation based on getting an agreement...</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">There is no guarantee that a mediation will yield an agreement. Over my twenty plus years of mediating, I am less focused on that. Instead, the greatest benefit of mediation is the opportunity to have a difficult but direct conversation in a safe place where various opinions are heard and considered. The listening and learning that comes from mediation, is often the greatest gift. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Read more from the HuffingtonPost.com [<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-esrey-/how-to-prepare-for-mediat_b_9982240.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>]. </strong></span></p>
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<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1633389267718012557"><br/> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://crisisnegotiator.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Crisis Negotiator Blog</a>- There are plenty of articles written about the skills of effective crisis hostage negotiators. I should know I have written a bunch myself! </span><br/>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We have read plenty of times the importance of <a href="http://crisisnegotiator.blogspot.com/2013/12/active-listening-techniques-of-hostage.html">active listening</a>, <a href="http://www.mediate.com//articles/ThompsonJ11.cfm">being calm</a>, verbal/<a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/beyond-words/201308/hostage-crisis-negotiators-nonverbal-communication-basics">non-verbal communication</a>, <a href="http://ac4.ei.columbia.edu/2013/10/16/sustainable-peace-conference-workshop-preview-learning-from-hostage-crisis-negotiators-by-jeff-thompson/">slowing things down</a>, and <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/beyond-words/201510/the-5-core-skills-hostage-negotiators">building rapport</a> but what is it that keeps us sharp and competent to continually assist people in the midst of a crisis? </span><br/>
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<span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Is it "GRIT"?</strong></span><br/>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Angela Duckworth tells a compelling story why it very well might be grit and how it is what keeps us going forward.</span></div>
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<div class="post-body entry-content"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Read more [<a href="http://crisisnegotiator.blogspot.com/2016/05/hnt-skills-what-is-grit.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>]. </strong></span></div>
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<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #231f20; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'calibri'; font-size: small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We are pleased to announce the launch of </span><a href="http://hostageus.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #231f20; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font-family: 'calibri'; font-size: small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hostage US</span></a><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'calibri'; font-size: small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, the first support and resource centre for American hostages and their families. Hostage UK</span><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'calibri'; font-size: small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> is a co-founding partner along with </span><a href="https://www.jamesfoleyfoundation.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #231f20; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font-family: 'calibri'; font-size: small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the James W Foley Legacy Foundation</span></a><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'calibri'; font-size: small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. Hostage US also receives funding from the Ford Foundation. </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #231f20; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'calibri'; font-size: small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Watch the Hostage US </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font-family: 'calibri'; font-size: small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://wp.hostageus.org/2016/04/about-hostage-us/" style="border: 0px; color: #231f20; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">video</a> below</span><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'calibri'; font-size: small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> to learn more and visit the Hostage US </span><span style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font-family: 'calibri'; font-size: small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.hostageus.org/" style="border: 0px; color: #231f20; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">website</a>.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #231f20; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'calibri'; font-size: small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'calibri'; font-size: small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hostage UK has been supporting American hostages and their families for a number of years – but unfortunately from a distance. We knew there was a need for a similar support service in the US to the one we have been able to deliver successfully in the UK and further afield for over a decade.</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #231f20; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'calibri'; font-size: small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Like Hostage UK, </span><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'calibri'; font-size: small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hostage US provides families with a range of support, including a dedicated team member to walk alongside them every step of the way and access to a range of professional support services, such as legal, financial management, health and counseling. </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #231f20; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'calibri'; font-size: small; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Help us to spread the word on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn – tell your friends and colleagues about Hostage UK and the launch of Hostage US. You can also follow us on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/hostageuk">@HostageUK</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/hostageus">@HostageUS</a>.</span></div>
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<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #231f20; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For families going through the horror of a kidnap, Hostage UK provides pastoral care and practical support. Because we are independent, families can be confident that we are there for them without any competing interests. We provide impartial yet knowledgeable information and through our network we can help families to solve the problems they will face along the way. We often work with families who have nowhere else to turn.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #231f20; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hostage UK also provides education and training for organisations to help them to improve the support they can provide to families, colleagues and returning hostages. We do this through seminars, in-house training sessions, providing expert speakers for events and scenario sessions. We want to use our experience to help organisations provide the level of care, support and assistance that we do.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #231f20; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hostage UK advocates publicly and privately for the needs of hostages and their families, improving the care and support offered by the government, police, statutory agencies, employers, the health service and a range of other organisations. Hostage UK rarely speaks in the media, apart from to advocate for hostage and family support.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #231f20; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hostage UK does not engage in operational response to kidnaps. We cannot bring the hostage home, but we can help to make a very stressful experience just a little bit more bearable.</div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #231f20; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px 40px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you are the family member of a hostage or a former hostage and need our support, call our 24/7 local rate helpline on 0845 608 1360 or <a href="mailto:mags@hostageuk.org" style="border: 0px; color: #231f20; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s; vertical-align: baseline;">email us</a>.</div>