Roger Fisherco-founder of the Program on Negotiation and the Harvard Negotiatio..., died on August 25 at age 90. A true pioneer and leader, he helped launch a new way of thinking about negotiation, and he worked tirelessly to help people deal productively with conflict.
“Through his writing and teaching, Roger Fisher’s seminal contributions literally changed the way millions of people around the world approach negotiation and dispute resolution,” commented Professor Robert H. Mnookin, Chair of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.“He taught that conflict is not simply a ‘zero-sum’ game in which a fixed pie is divided through haggling or threats. Instead, he showed how by exploring underlying interests and being imaginative, parties could often expand the pie and create value. Here at the Program on Negotiation and the Harvard Negotiation Project, both of whichRoger helped launch, we, his colleagues, are committed to carrying on his work of improving the theory and practice of negotiation and dispute resolution.” MORE

 

First Impressions: The Mediator's Opening Statement – Which Words T...

Giuseppe Leone- If it is true that first impressions are so important, it is also true that each word chosen by the mediator during the opening statement – to explain the purpose of mediation, his or her role, and how mediation works – may have a lasting (positive or negative) impact on the parties. As a result, depending of whether the parties like or dislike what they just heard by the mediator in the first 5 minutes, their mediation is likely to start off on the right or wrong foot.

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Call for book chapters (ODR-related)

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http://bit.ly/MIhcX9

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