Every day in communities across America hundreds of committees, boards, church groups, and social clubs hold meetings where they spend their time engaged in shouting matches and acrimonious debate. Whether they are aware of it or not, the procedures that most such groups rely on to reach decisions were first laid out as Robert’s Rules
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A process involving a good-faith effort to meet the interests of all stakeholders seeking unanimous agreement. (Lawrence E. Susskind, Sarah McKearnan and Jennifer Thomas-Larmer, The Consensus Building Handbook, [Sage Publications, 1999], 6)
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Negotiating Under the Gun: A Hostage’s Account, with Jim Tull
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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
Building a Career in Conflict Resolution
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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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The Handbook of Dispute Resolution
This volume is an essential, cutting-edge reference for all practitioners, students, and teachers in the field of dispute resolution. Each chapter was written specifically for this collection and has never before been published. The contributors–drawn from a wide range of academic disciplines–are among the most prominent in dispute resolution today, including Frank E. A. Sander,
PON 2nd Annual Internship Fair
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 Boston-area organizations that are hiring interns for the spring and summer.
Recruiters will briefly introduce their organizations and describe available internships at 5:00pm sharp. Students will then be able to
Using Dispute Resolution Techniques to Address Environmental Justice Concerns
A leak at a petrochemical plant releases a plume of sulfuric acid across 15 square miles, sending 24,000 people to the hospital. A refinery releases more than 100 tons of a toxic substance over four communities for 16 days, causing neurological disorders, skin reactions, and eye problems. A neighborhood built over abandoned crude oil storage
Mediation Brings Arab-Israeli Agreement on Park in Galilee
In what may be the first use of mediation to resolve a public dispute over land in Israel, Israeli mediators trained by the Cambridge, MA nonprofit Consensus Building Institute have helped Arabs residents and Israeli officials come to agreement on a plan for a 900-acre park to be built around the Nahal Tsalmon creek in
Conference in Honor of Howard Raiffa
Conference In Honor Of Howard Raiffa
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The Program on Negotiation is pleased to announce a conference and reception on Monday, May 24th in honor of Professor Howard Raiffa’s lifetime of work and in celebration of his 80th birthday. This event is open to the public.
Howard Raiffa is the Frank P. Ramsey Professor (Emeritus)
The Limits of Track II Diplomacy: Early Lessons from the Geneva Initiative
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Brian S. Mandell
In his presentation, The Limits of Track II Diplomacy: Early Lessons from the Geneva Initiative, Brian Mandell will examine the effectiveness of Track II initiatives. In December 2003, a group of prominent Israelis and Palestinians signed the Geneva Accord, a peace initiative that was negotiated in secret for more than two years despite
Building A Career in Conflict Resolution
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
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What is the range of backgrounds that
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