Saturday, April 18, 2015 Gay Barfield, Ph.D, Lic. MFT will present “From Conflict to Connection”, a Ku’ikahi Mediation Center workshop. Participants will learn how to: Engage in spirited fighting (while maintaining personal integrity) Make the first move toward reconciliation Increase compassion and caring Foster a sense of ease at home, in the workplace and across cultures Set personal aims for making change ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Gay Barfield, Ph.D., Lic. MFT, is a human relations educator, trainer, consultant, and therapist specializing in Carl Rogers’ person-centered approach to diversity, conflict dialogue, and listening across differences at work, at home, cross-culturally, and between genders. WHEN AND WHERE Saturday, April 18, 2015 – 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 16-105 Opukahaia Street, Kea’au, HI 96749 TUITION – $50 (Group discounts and partial scholarships available) SIGN UP – For more info and to sign up click here
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The theme of the 5th Annual International Cyber Conference on Dispute Resolution, which will be held on April 15, 2015 from 9 to 11:30 am Hawaii Time, is “Inter-cultural Conflict Resolution”. Sessions include: Therapeutic jurisprudence and inter-cultural conflict The causes and consequences of inter-cultural conflict and the value of restorative practices Circle peace-making, indigenous knowledge and dispute resolution Posters and papers (APA formatted) are still welcome and you have the opportunity to be published in the Alaska Journal of Dispute Resolution. Please submit to bnjarrett@alaska.edu You can attend in person (Saunders Hall 713 – UH Campus) or by teleconference. TO ATTEND IN PERSON RSVP by April 13, 2015 – call (808) 956-6459 or email smoke@hawaii.edu TO PARTICIPATE BY TELECONFERENCE Send an email asap to Jerry Farnam at ua-video@alaska.edu for video confereconferencing and technical support to confirm your participation in the conference. To view the conference flyer click here
Conflict Resolvers routinely enter into conversations and circumstances most would choose to avoid. These conversations can contain some of the strongest emotional triggers, and create the most stressful situations, that we may ever experience. Join Stephen Kotev, Chair of the Association for Conflict Resolution’s Task force on Safety in ADR to learn how to prepare, what to ask, and what to do to care for yourself and your clients in the most dangerous of circumstances. Click here for the ACR Guidelines for Safety Presenter Bio Stephen Kotev is a Washington D.C. based conflict resolution consultant and Chair of the Association for Conflict Resolution Taskforce on Safety in ADR. He holds a Master of Science degree from George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution and a black belt in the Japanese martial art of Aikido. Stephen specializes in training conflict resolvers on how to maintain their calm in the most stressful of situations and teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on this topic for George Mason University. He can be reached at www.StephenKotev.com When This Free 1-hour ADRHub.com webinar will be held Wednesday, March 25th, 2015 6:00PM Eastern Time (Noon Hawaii Time). To sign up click here
If you are a member of the ACR Workplace Section you can attend “Mediating Conflicts in the Religious Workplace with David Brubaker, MBA, Ph.D.”, a free 1-hour teleseminar Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 2:00pm EST (8:00am Hawaii Time). Practitioners with experience mediating conflict in the workplace are well-placed to expand their practice to include religious settings. Regardless of faith tradition or organizational context, (congregation, diocese, or faith-based organization), conflicts surface in every religious workplace. What’s most important for conflict interveners in the religious workplace is an understanding of and respect for the spiritual commitments and practices of disputants. This teleseminar will include insights from the presenter’s experience of mediating and consulting with a broad range of organizations in the Christian tradition and with a Hindu ashram. We will also invite participants to share their learning from conflict work in other traditions. Presenter David Brubaker is Associate Professor of Organizational Studies in the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University. He has more than 25 years of experience in workplace mediation and training and in organizational and congregational consulting. David has consulted and trained with organizations throughout the U.S. and in a dozen international settings including Northern Ireland, Mozambique, Angola, Nepal, Myanmar, Egypt, and Jordan. He is the author of numerous articles on conflict transformation and of “Promise and Peril: Understanding and Managing Change and Conflict in Congregations” (published by The Alban Institute) and co-author of “The Little Book of Healthy Organizations” (Good Books). David earned a BS in business administration from Messiah College, an MBA from Eastern University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona, specializing in religion and organizations For more information click here
1-Hour INTRODUCTION TO ONLINE MEDIATION FREE Webinar with Giuseppe Leone, Founder of Virtual Mediation Lab Sponsored by ACR Hawaii and the Hawaii State Bar Association – ADR Section This 1-hour webinar is based on the experience of ACR Hawaii board member Giuseppe Leone: Running more than 100 online mediation simulations with mediators from 30 countries Mediating online workplace cases for the United States Postal Service Teaching mediators around the world how to mediate online Learning Objectives Participants will learn: What Online Mediation Means How It Works How to Integrate Mediation by Video, Phone, Email and Face-to-Face Which Case Are Suitable for Online Mediation Online Mediation Benefits Mediation Experience and Online Technology Additional Skills and Experience for Online Mediation Which Video Conferencing Software Works Best for Online Mediation Face-to-Face Mediators – From Skepticism to Enthusiasm How to Get Online Mediation Experience and Training About Giuseppe Leone Giuseppe has been a mediator since 1997. He is the founder and Project Manager of Virtual Mediation Lab – an online mediation project sponsored by ACR Hawaii to help mediators worldwide (1) practice their skills by participating in Free online mediation simulations of commercial, family and workplace cases; (2) learn how to mediate online and add online mediation to their practice. After Virtual Mediation Lab was launched in 2011, it received national and international attention – for example, it was featured in the Summer 2013 issue on “Innovation and Conflict Resolution” of ACResolution, the quarterly magazine of the Association for Conflict Resolution. In January 2014, Giuseppe broke new ground in the USPS REDRESS mediation program. For the first time since that program started in 1994, he mediated a workplace discrimination case “online” – with the parties in Guam and an EEO observer in California. Thanks to his extensive online mediation experience, Giuseppe is now participating…
ADRHub.com announces their February 2015 FREE webinar, which is titled “A Practical Approach to Online Mediation”. Presented by Joe Al-Khayat and Aditya Shivkumar, it will take place Friday, February 27th, 2015 at 12:00pm Central Time. Joe Al-Khayat is the Co-Founder of mediateitonline which provides video based technology for parties to mediate online. During his presentation, Joe will explore: an introduction to ODR, overcoming the commonly raised challenges to ODR and conducting a mediation using mediateitonline. To sign up click here
On February 19, 2015 27 people (all interested in conflict resolution) attended Lisa Jacobs’ workshop Defuse Conflict With Nonviolent, Compassionate Communication, which was held at HSBA Conference Room. Here are some pictures kindly taken by ACR Board Member Lisa Nakao. At the end of Lisa Jacobs’ workshop, ACR Hawaii Board Member Giuseppe Leone gave a 5-min presentation on our Association Participants were invited to give us their feedback by filling out an Exit Survey that had been prepared by Lisa Nakao and whose results are shown below
The use of mediation has grown and evolved over the last thirty years. As the “founders” begin to retire and new voices emerge, what is the future of mediation from a global perspective? Ken Cloke is a well known figure in the field of conflict resolution with extensive experience nationally. He is the Director of the Center for Dispute Resolution in Santa Monica, California. Wearing the hats of mediator, arbitrator, attorney, coach, consultant, and trainer, he also specializes in resolving complex multi-party conflicts including community, grievance and workplace disputes, collective bargaining negotiations, organizational and school conflicts, sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits, and public policy disputes. Ken also provides services in designing preventative conflict resolution systems for organizations. He is the author of numerous books and articles including the just published The Dance of Opposites: Explorations in Mediation, Dialogue and Conflict Resolution Systems. WHEN AND WHERE – PARKING Wednesday, February 25, 2015 – 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. The William S. Richardson School of Law – Moot Courtroom Parking: $5 before 4 p.m.; $6 after 4 p.m. PROGRAM 3:30 Reception 3:45 Welcome and Introductions 4:00 Up Close and Personal with Ken: An In Depth Interview – Peter S. Adler, PhD, Accord3.0 4:30 Mediation in Local, National and Global Perspective – Ken Cloke, JD 5:00 Reading the Tea Leaves: The Future of Mediation! – Peter and Ken 5:15 Open Discussion SPONSORS Association for Conflict Resolution Hawaii Chapter Hawaii State Bar Association – ADR Section Matsunaga Institute for Peace & Conflict Resolution Mediation Center of the Pacific SPECIAL THANKS TO Accord3.0 Richardson School of Law University of Hawai‘i, Hilo College of Arts and Sciences
TALK STORY SERIES 2nd Quarterly Gathering of Conflict Resolution Practitioners On January 22, 2015 seasoned and new conflict resolution practitioners will get together (for the second time) to talk story, share ideas and learn from each other This event is sponsored by: ACR Hawaii Mediation Center of the Pacific Hawaii State Bar Association ADR Section U.H. Mastunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution When and Where Thursday, January 22 – 5:30 – 7:00pm Mediation Center of the Pacific Training Room – 245 N. Kukui Street, Suite 206 – Honolulu To view or print the flyer of this event click here REGISTER NOW (Seating is Limited to 25) If you are interested to participate, register now through the Mediation Center of the Pacific – send an email to nathan@mediatehawaii.org
Affirmative Mediation (AM) focuses on positivity in conflict resolution and promotes meaning through living an authentically happy life. AM works beyond only solving the conflict, and incorporates Positive Psychology and emotional intelligence: To resolve the issues To improve the relationship To promote human flourishing, for both the individual and the community Offered by the ADRHub.com Werner Institute, this free webinar will take place Tuesday, January 20, 2015 6-7:00pm Eastern Time (1-2:00pm Hawaii Time). About the Presenter Trip Barthel has been teaching conflict resolution across the US and around the world for the past 18 years, including the last six years full time in Asia and Europe. Sign Up – Spots Are Limited To learn more and sign up click here