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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Deliberative Democracy: New Directions in Public Policy Dispute Resolution
June 28-30, 2006
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
www.eppconference.org
The Environment and Public Policy Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) announces that registration is open for its one-of-a-kind, provocative conference to be held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in historic Cambridge, Massachusetts June 28 – 30, 2006. Chaired by Professor Lawrence Susskind, Director of the MIT-Harvard
How to Facilitate Dialogue Between the Next Generation of Leaders in North and South Korea
Join PON for a special three-session discussion on how Track II Diplomacy helps defuse conflict around the world.
At this second session, the panelists will reflect on how to facilitate dialogue between the young leaders of these two countries.
Panelists include:
Roger Fisher, Harvard Law School
Herbert Kelman, Harvard University
Lawrence Susskind, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ronald Fisher, American University
Adil Najam,
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,
Workshop on Dispute Resolution and Deliberative Democracy
On June 24th and 25th of 2005, the Program on Negotiation (with support from the Hewlett Foundation) sponsored the two-day Workshop on Dispute Resolution and Deliberative Democracy, which brought together public dispute resolution professionals and political philosophers who study civic engagement.
The goal of the event, which attracted some of the most experienced public dispute mediators
The Fire Next Time
Film and Discussion with:
Lawrence Susskind, MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program
Patrice O’Neill
Pam Calvert, The Working Group
THE FIRE NEXT TIME chronicles two years in the life of a dangerously divided town in Northwest Montana where hate and intolerance manifest themselves in a community polarized by rapid change, economic displacement and environmental issues.
Following the film, MIT and HLS Visiting
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
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PON Fall Kick-Off Webcast
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Watch the webcast of the Program on Negotiation’s kick-off event to learn about PON’s activities and how you can get involved.
Special Presentation
HLS Professor Robert Mnookin, PON chair and director of the Harvard Negotiation Research Project, and HLS Visiting Professor Lawrence Susskind, director of the Harvard-MIT Public Disputes Project, describe
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)
What’s Fair: Ethics for Negotiators
Carrie Menkel-Meadow and Michael Wheeler, eds.
What’s Fair is a landmark collection that focuses exclusively on the topic of ethics in negotiation. Edited by Carrie Menkel-Meadow and Michael Wheeler, What’s Fair contains contributions from some of the best-known practitioners and scholars in the field, including Sissela Bok, Gregory Dees, Roger Fisher, James Freund, Deborah Kolb, Eleanor
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