Category: Events
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This year the American Bar Association’s Mediation Week returns to the themes of civility and Rule of Law. We are participating in Mediation Week in the following ways: For this week we have reduced the price of our Facilitation Analytics e-books to encourage and equip all of those interested in more civil discourse. We will…
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It’s been a busy few months. Sarah’s daughter got married and, along with other matters, we have been working on a very interesting project with the Kettering Foundation involving the media and democracy. Sarah has also been working through a local nonprofit on dialogues about youth and education, using another Kettering sponsored guide. We sponsored…
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Last month Sarah and Chris Berendes of Netalyst, Inc. led an NCDD Confab call on how to deal with “newcomers”, “latecomers”, and “disruptors” in an ongoing public engagement process. Often processes fail, and “disruptions” are more disruptive than they need to be, because we haven’t thought enough about how to link our dialogues to other…
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Over this last week we have looked at how a commitment to civility and more widespread use of the communication tools that mediators use can make a difference in our national politics. During the US government shut-down, it was reported (NYT 10/101/13) that Bruce Josten, a lobbyist for the US Chamber of Commerce, was making…