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

“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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Join us at “Innovating the Future of ADR” with Sam Fife Feb 23

Aloha, I woke up this morning listening to sports news filled with conflicts of various degrees in professional sports. With all the apps & technologies available to help us do all sorts of things better, why do we feel like we are going backwards for building and finding peace at times? If you have time this week, we hope you would join the virtual brown bag session to find ways to innovate the future of ADR to meet people where the are heading to help solve conflicts and build peace effectively into the future. Event details: https://www.crahawaii.org/event/innovating-the-future-of-adr/  See you there and Happy Presidents Day!

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Registration is Open for “Innovating the Future of ADR” with Sam Fife Feb 23

Aloha, ADR Practitioners!   Hawaii’s ADR partners would like to invite you to attend the next Skills for Problem Solving Virtual Brown Bag:   Innovating the Future of ADR Feb. 23, 2022 • 1 – 2:30 p.m. (HST)   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.   Register Here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Fifeinnovate Event Flyer is Here: Fife-Feb 23, 2022  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.

Innovating the Future of ADR

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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Free Event in February – Navigating the Changing Legal Climate by Ron Ousky

Happy New Year! We have the first seminar of the year scheduled in February, presented by Ron Ousky, and wanted to share information about this exciting topic! 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.

Navigating the Changing Legal Climate by Ron Ousky

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.

“Handling Unconscious Bias: Our Own and Others’” – FREE BROWN BAG LUNCH SERIES

The Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center hosts a free talk on Third Thursdays in the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney at 655 Kilauea Avenue in Hilo. This month’s speaker is Kimberly Dark on the topic “Handling Unconscious Bias: Our Own and Others’.” “While seeking racial justice and working toward fair and equitable interactions, it’s important to see our own unconscious biases,” says Dark. “These unconscious ‘default settings’ can get in the way of enacting our own beliefs and values.”   In this talk, learn tips to recognize, acknowledge, and work with your own and others’ deeply engrained stereotypes and how to kindly help when others are acting upon them.  For more information, contact Ku‘ikahi Program Coordinator Majidah Lebarre at 935-7844 x 3 or majidah@hawaiimediation.org.  Or visit www.hawaiimediation.org. This lunch-and-learn series is made possible thanks in part to funding from the County of Hawai‘i and Hawai‘i Island United Way. 

Talk Story! – “Managing Conflict in Turbulent Times”

Join the Mediation Center of the Pacific, Association for Conflict Resolution – Hawaii, Matsunaga Institute for Peace, and the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution to talk story about the challenges maintaining good relations in modern times and how to overcome them. Whether interpersonal, community, or systemic issues, we will brainstorm effective ways to address conflict, share personal experiences, and come up with steps that we all can take. For More information, Click below: 20190924 Managing Conflict in Turbulent Times *Parking at Ala Wai Elementary School

Advanced Mediation Training in Honolulu

Hosted by The Mediation Center of The Pacific This three-day course is 24 hours of interactive skills exercises, role playing, and individualized coaching. It builds upon the skills learned in Basic Mediation including enhancing the ability to manage power imbalances and overcoming impasse. Participants learn methods of working with interpreters, attorneys, multiple participants, accommodating persons with disabilities and addressing cultural differences and personality types. For each training, the registration fee includes all materials, as well as light refreshments each day and lunch on Saturday. To register, click here.

Advanced Mediation Training in Honolulu

Hosted by The Mediation Center of The Pacific This three-day course is 24 hours of interactive skills exercises, role playing, and individualized coaching. It builds upon the skills learned in Basic Mediation including enhancing the ability to manage power imbalances and overcoming impasse. Participants learn methods of working with interpreters, attorneys, multiple participants, accommodating persons with disabilities and addressing cultural differences and personality types. For each training, the registration fee includes all materials, as well as light refreshments each day and lunch on Saturday. To register, click here.