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    “Finding Solutions, Growing Peace” Brown Bag Lunch Series – “Communicating with Empathy: The Path to Seeing More Deeply”

    Zoom

    "How can we engage in communication that will help to establish a deeper connection with others?" asks Smoke.  "Empathy development includes emotional intelligence techniques such as perspective taking, staying out of judgement, recognizing someone's emotions, and communicating understanding." In this talk, you'll take away tools to practice empathic communication in your daily life. Anne Marie Smoke is Appellate Mediation Program Administrator and Trainer for the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Hawai'i State Judiciary.  She holds a graduate certificate in conflict resolution and MS in Travel Industry Management (sustainable tourism), is a facilitator for multiple policy-development and strategic planning initiatives, and has 17 years of training experience including teaching conflict management practices. To get the Zoom link, register online at https://freebrownbagtalk.eventbrite.com. For more information, contact Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center at (808) 935-7844 or info@hawaiimediation.org.  Or visit www.hawaiimediation.org.

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    Innovating the Future of ADR

    Zoom

    Presented by Sam Fife, Director of Innovation for Better Business Bureau Great West and Pacific   During this virtual brown bag session, Mr. Fife will lead an exploration of innovation models and human-centered design processes that can be applied to problem solving. With a practical look at how these creative approaches complement the tools ADR practitioners currently use, Mr. Fife will turn the focus toward how practitioners can use both to shape the evolution of ADR. Event Flyer is here: Fife-Feb 23, 2022  Register Here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Fifeinnovate CADR Virtual Brown Bag Sessions – Skills for Problem Solving In collaboration with: Conflict Resolution Alliance (CRA) • The Hawai'i State Bar Association – ADR Section (HSBA-ADR) • Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace & Conflict Resolution (MIPCR), and Community Mediation Centers: Kaua`i Economic Opportunity, Inc. Mediation Program • Ku`ikahi Mediation Center • Maui Mediation Services • The Mediation Center of the Pacific • West Hawai`i Mediation Center   To request disability-related accommodations, call the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution at (808) 539-4237 or send inquiries to Cadr@courts.hawaii.gov. The Hawaiʻi State Judiciary does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information provided by the speaker. Nor do the speaker’s remarks necessarily reflect the opinions of the Judiciary.

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    Navigating the Changing Legal Climate by Ron Ousky

    HSBA Conference Room 1100 Alakea Street, Suite 1000, Honolulu

    The legal environment has changed dramatically during the past forty years. The rise of mediation, Collaborative practice, unbundling, interdisciplinary practice and self-representation, along with the innovations in the court-system have created a new landscape that is both exciting and challenging. This presentation by Ron Ousky will focus on summarizing the best ideas that have emerged and on how we can adapt to this new environment to build truly client-centered exciting practices. Ron Ousky is a leading family law practitioner who has, over the course of the past 35 years worked in, studied, and written about the changing dynamics of the legal system. Ron co-authored a groundbreaking book with Stu Webb, the founder of Collaborative Law and has co-founded one of the largest interdisciplinary family conflict centers in the world. In 2015, Ron was the sole individual to be awarded the Lawyer as Problem Solver Award by the American Bar Association. Register online at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/navigating-the-changing-legal-climate-tickets-89539921315. Click here for the event flyer.

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