Panelists will discuss the negotiation challenges presented by the banking crisis, GM’s restructuring, and the policy making process.
Moderator:
Robert Mnookin, Chair of the Program on Negotiation and Samuel Williston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
Panelists:
Howell Jackson, Acting Dean and Professor, Harvard Law School
Robert Pozen, Chairman of MFS Investment Management and Senior Lecturer of Business Administration … Read More 
Research shows that women—more than men—face a “compensation negotiation dilemma,” in which they have to weigh the economic benefits of negotiating for higher pay against the social risks of being perceived negatively for having negotiated. Professor Bowles will talk about her latest research on how women can overcome this compensation negotiation dilemma. She will also … Read More
Nancy Shippen, Executive Director, Our Prison Neighbors
The mission of Our Prison Neighbors is to recruit, support and expand the role of volunteers in Massachusetts’ prisons. The volunteers provide prisioners with educational, social and spiritual programs and are also advocates for sentencing reform and other criminal justice issues. Our Prison Neighbors programs include Alternatives to Violence … Read More
Families in business, whether pre- or post- a major liquidity event, often face difficult family and business conflicts over sharing assets, family participation and roles, operational decisions, inheritance, etc. Professor Peppet will focus on the skills and perspective that dispute resolution professionals can bring to such families, and on the common pitfalls that a “dispute … Read More
Kevin Jessar, J.D., Ph.D., Deputy Ombudsman at the National Institutes of Health
Join us for a discussion with Dr. Jessar who will describe his role at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the challenges and benefits of being an ombudsman.
Bring your lunch — drinks and desserts provided. … Read More
Are you interested in gaining valuable work experience in the field of negotiation and dispute resolution? Come to the PON Internship Fair to meet representatives of organizations that are recruiting interns and research assistants.
Recruiters will briefly introduce their organizations and the available internships at 5:30 P.M. sharp. Students will then be able to circulate among … Read More
Teaching negotiation using case studies focused on the efforts of great negotiators can help achieve several pedagogical goals at the same time. Developed by Professor James Sebenius of Harvard Business School, the Program on Negotiation’s Great Negotiator case study series, available from the PON Clearinghouse, highlights the lessons learned by each recipient of PON’s Great … Read More
Speakers:
Melanie Lewis, Corporate Manager of Conflict Management and the Solutions Program Director for Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
Chuck Doran, mediator, trainer, ombudsman and founder of Mediation Works Incorporated (MWI)
In an effort to proactively address employee concerns, senior management at Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) approved a plan in 2000 to launch a comprehensive ADR program designed to assist every … Read More
Herbert C. Kelman,the Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus, at Harvard University
Scheherezade Faramarzi,reporter for the Associated Press in Lebanon and Nieman Fellow
Herbert C. Kelman is the Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus, at Harvard University and was (from 1993 to 2003) director of the Program on International Conflict Analysis and … Read More
Come meet students interested in negotiation and conflict resolution from Boston-area universities and learn more about PON.
Cash bar and free hors d’oeuvres. … Read More
Could you forgive a person who murdered your family? This is the question faced by the subjects of As We Forgive, a documentary about Rosaria and Chantal—two Rwandan women coming face-to-face with the men who slaughtered their families during the 1994 genocide. The subjects of As We Forgive speak for a nation still wracked by … Read More
What are the particular psychological dynamics of social/political organizations? How do strong emotions, deep values and generational differences affect the work of public interest lawyers and other professionals? What strategies of conflict resolution and dispute systems design are most effective for people who work with these organizations? Professor Eben Weitzman will draw on his conflict … Read More
Great Negotiator Award
Negotiation and Nonviolent Action
PON Film Series
The Kelman Seminar
