The Davos Question: What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?

Daniel Shapiro, Director of the Harvard International Negotiation Initiative and faculty member at Harvard Law School and Harvard Medical School (psychiatry), talks about the critical role of emotions and identity in … Read More 

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Ruth Allen, Program Officer, Mercy Corps
Gerard McHugh, President, Conflict Dynamics Intl.
Jim Tull, International Conflict Management Specialist

Please join representatives from Conflict Dynamics International (CDI) and Mercy Corps for a discussion about their joint Humanitarian Negotiators Training Initiative (HNTI), which explores the unique situation that aid workers often face: negotiating with non-state … Read More 

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Speaker:
Kenneth R. Feinberg, Esq.

Mr. Feinberg will discuss his experience administering the federal 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund and how well the Fund functioned as a statutory alternative to the traditional civil justice system. Mr. Feinberg will emphasize why Congress enacted such a statute, delegating to … Read More 

Through the years, the art of negotiation has been stuck in a tired debate between win-lose and win-win tactics. Now, negotiation experts David Lax and James Sebenius take negotiation to a whole new level: the third dimension.

In their new book, 3-D Negotiation: Powerful Tools to Change the Game in Your Most Important Deals (HBS Press: … Read More 

On September 19, 2006, PON Managing Director Susan Hackley appeared on the CNN program Paula Zahn Now in a panel discussion on the possibility of war between the US and Iran over Iran’s development of nuclear technology.

Click here to view a webcast of the program. … Read More 

Daniel Shapiro’s article featured in the October 2006 O: The Oprah Magazine

Check out Dan Shapiro’s contribution to the October 2006 issue of O: The Oprah Magazine. His article, Before Your Next Fight, Read This, describes how he applied the ideas in his bestseller, Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate, to resolve a tough … Read More 

Ehud Eiran, PON Visiting Fellow and Research Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, appeared on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on August 9 as part of an expert panel discussing why, after naming a new commander to oversee the war, Israel broadened its offensive into Lebanon to try to destroy Hezbollah strongholds. Read the … Read More 

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Speaker:
Jim Tull

Jim Tull will share his own theory-to-practice experience in discussing his 1992 Nicaraguan Recompa abduction and subsequent negotiated release. After being taken hostage with several co-workers, Jim successfully applied his understanding of the theory from Getting to Yes to help diffuse a potentially tragic event. In his talk, Jim … Read More 

Faculty Discussion
Great Negotiator Award Presentation

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Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is the 6th recipient of the Great Negotiator Award presented by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School

CAMBRIDGE, MA (October 6, 2005)

The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School today announced that the recipient of its 2005 Great Negotiator award … Read More 

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Workshop I – Mapping Your Own Conflict Resolution Career Path

Workshop II – Getting Your Foot in the Backdoor: Strategies for Building a Career in Conflict Resolution

Workshop III – Strategies for Success as a Conflict Resolution Professional
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Workshop I

Mapping Your Own Conflict
Resolution Career Path
March 8, 2004

What is the range of backgrounds that can lead to a … Read More