Here are some examples of negotiation situations in which chaos at the bargaining table works to the negotiator’s advantage. Whether conducting business negotiations involving commercial transactions or personal disputes with a friend, the following negotiating skills and techniques can be used.
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New! Advanced Mediation Workshop: Mediating Complex Disputes
Course Dates: June 4-8, 2018
You’ve handled numerous mediation sessions with ease. You are confident in your mediation skills, especially between two parties who want a fair resolution. But how do the dynamics change when their lawyers join the session? What happens when the mediation expands to multiple parties who are bringing many issues to the … Read More
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Negotiation Master Class Fall 2018 Program Guide
Over the years thousands of professional have participated in negotiation programs at the Program on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard Law School. And after a few months or years of putting their negotiation skills and techniques to work, participants inevitably ask us, what’s next?
The Program on Negotiation is pleased to announce the Negotiation Master Class, … Read More
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Teach Your Students to Negotiate Climate Change
How Can Communities Negotiate Climate Change Risks?
With Hurricanes Harvey and Irma devastating much of Texas, Louisiana, the Caribbean, and Florida within days of each other, the impacts of climate change are dramatically affecting many communities. The severe flooding brought on by these storms has forced the impacted communities to confront a range of public health … Read More
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Harvard Negotiation Master Class: Advanced Strategies for Experienced Negotiators – November 12th-14th, 2018
Strictly limited to 60 participants who have completed a prior course in negotiation, this first-of-its-kind program offers unprecedented access to experts from Harvard Law School, Harvard Business School, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—all of whom are committed to delivering a transformational learning experience. By working closely with them, you will:
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Negotiation Master Class Fall 2017 Program Guide
Over the years thousands of professional have participated in negotiation programs at the Program on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard Law School. And after a few months or years of putting their negotiation skills and techniques to work, participants inevitably ask us, what’s next?
The Program on Negotiation is pleased to announce the Negotiation Master Class, … Read More
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The Best Negotiation Exercises, Simulations and Videos
Have you planned your curriculum and purchased your teaching material for next semester? We’re here to help you to find the best negotiation exercises and teaching aids for your negotiation classes.
The Teaching Negotiation Resource Center (TNRC) is your one-stop shop for negotiation exercises, role-play simulations and teaching videos. Whether you’re teaching a new course in … Read More
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“Chasing Heroin” with Situational Leadership and Negotiation
Across the country, America’s leaders are waging a highly-publicized battle against a raging heroin epidemic. “Chasing Heroin,” an investigative report by Frontline, recently shed light on responses to the crisis, which currently contributes to over 27,000 opiate overdoses nationwide each year. What reporters found is that the best methods for combatting the problem have come … Read More
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Negotiation Scenario: Hammering out Local Strategies for Managing Climate-related Public Health Risks
Climate change is already causing increased temperatures, more intense storms, and rising sea levels in many parts of the world. The threats, particularly the impacts on human health, are daunting. Despite uncertainties about the timing and severity of the impacts of climate change in each location, this simulation asserts that cities and towns must take … Read More
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Teach “Head and Heart” Negotiation with New Negotiation Game Technology
Do you teach students how to structure a negotiation process while helping them to develop the emotional acuity necessary for building relationships with counterparts? Professor Linda Kaboolian refers to this as “teaching head and heart negotiation”; an approach that was central to the 10 years she spent teaching simulation-based negotiation at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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Ambassador Tommy Koh of Singapore Named the Great Negotiator by the Program on Negotiation and the Future of Diplomacy Project
The Program on Negotiation, an inter-university consortium of Harvard, MIT, and Tufts, and Harvard’s Future of Diplomacy Project have named Ambassador Tommy Koh of Singapore the recipient of the 2014 Great Negotiator Award. In public events at Harvard planned for the afternoon of Thursday, April 10, 2014 (details to be announced), participants will honor Koh’s … Read More
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Women and Negotiation: Their Place at the Table in the US and Abroad
Katrin Bennhold, staff writer for the International Herald Tribune, and Paula Gutlove, Professor of Negotiation and Conflict Management Practice at the Simmons College School of Management, will present a talk on Women and Negotiation.
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Announcing the 2012-2013 PON Graduate Research Fellows
The Program on Negotiation Graduate Research Fellowships are designed to encourage young scholars from the social sciences and professional disciplines to pursue theoretical, empirical, and/or applied research in negotiation and dispute resolution. Consistent with the PON goal of fostering the development of the next generation of scholars, this program provides support for one year of … Read More
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Dr. William Ury and Dr. Gary Slutkin speak at the PON screening of The Interrupters
The Program on Negotiation Film Series recently screened The Interrupters, a documentary film that follows three “violence interrupters” as they work to prevent violence in Chicago’s neighborhoods. The interrupters are outreach workers who were once notorious for their past gang-related experience, but who now work for an organization called CeaseFire, an initiative of the Chicago … Read More
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PON Film Series presents “The Interrupters”
The PON Film Series presents
“The Interrupters”
followed by a post-screening discussion with
William Ury, co-author of Getting to YES &
Gary Slutkin, Executive Director of Chicago’s Ceasefire
Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall, Harvard Law School Campus
The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their Chicago … Read More
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“Taking stock of Cambodia 20 years after the Paris Peace Agreement”
“Taking stock of Cambodia 20 years after the Paris Peace Agreement”
with Kevin Doyle and Stephen Marks
Date: February 1, 2011
Time: 4:00-6:00 PM
Where: CGIS Building, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs,
1737 Cambridge Street, Room N-262, Cambridge MA
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu).
Speaker Bios
Kevin Doyle is the editor-in-chief of The Cambodia Daily newspaper in Phnom Penh where he has … Read More
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- Case Study of Conflict Management: To Resolve Disputes and Manage Conflicts, Assume a Neutral 3rd Party Role
- Case Study of Conflict Management and Negotiation: Coalitions, Alliances, and Groups in Multi-Party Negotiations
- Conflict and Negotiation Case Study: The Pitfalls of Negotiations Over Email
- Mediation and the Conflict Resolution Process
- 5 Conflict Resolution Strategies
- Crisis Negotiations
- What is Crisis Management in Negotiation?
- Famous Negotiations Cases – NBA and the Power of Deadlines at the Bargaining Table
- Police Negotiation Techniques from the NYPD Crisis Negotiations Team
- Crisis Negotiations: After the West Coast Ports Conflict, Damage Remains
- In This Greece Crisis Negotiation, Tough Conditions May Have Affected the Deal
- Dealing with Difficult People
- Examples of Difficult Situations at Work: Consensus and Negotiated Agreements
- Negotiation Tips: Listening Skills for Dealing with Difficult People
- Dealing with Difficult People: Coping with an Insulting Offer in Contract Negotiations
- Negotiation Tactics for Bargaining with Difficult People: The Comcast Merger
- Trust and Honesty in Negotiations: Dealing with Dishonest Negotiators
- Dealmaking
- Dispute Resolution
- What is Dispute Resolution in Law: The Ins and Outs of Arbitration
- What are the Three Basic Types of Dispute Resolution? What to Know About Mediation, Arbitration, and Litigation
- Conflict Negotiation Strategies: When Do Employees Choose to Negotiate?
- 15 Things You Need to Know About Environmental Dispute Resolution
- Patience is a Winning Negotiation Skill for Getting What You Want at the Negotiation Table
- International Negotiation
- Famous Negotiators: Tony Blair’s 10 Principles to Guide Diplomats in International Conflict Resolution
- Overcoming Cultural Barriers in Negotiations and the Importance of Communication in International Business Deals
- How to Overcome Cultural Barriers in Negotiation
- A Crisis Negotiations Case Study: Chen Guangcheng, the United States, China, and Diplomatic Negotiations
- Top 10 International Business Negotiation Case Studies
- Leadership Skills
- Leadership Styles in Crisis Negotiations
- How to Negotiate in Cross-Cultural Situations
- Ethics in Business Negotiations and in Leadership: How Collusion Limits Value Creating Opportunities
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Leadership Styles: Uncovering Bias and Generating Mutual Gains
- Negotiations, Gender, and Status at the Bargaining Table
- Mediation
- Managing Faultlines Group Negotiations
- Why is Negotiation Important: Mediation in Transactional Negotiations
- Negotiations and Logrolling: Discover Opportunities to Generate Mutual Gains
- Undecided on Your Dispute Resolution Process? Combine Mediation and Arbitration with Med-Arb
- The Mediation Process and Dispute Resolution: Strategies for Overcoming Obstacles at the Bargaining Table
- Negotiation Skills
- Negotiation Training
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- Teaching Negotiation
- Teach Coalition Management in Multiparty Negotiations
- Using Negotiation Games to Develop Skills for Commercial Dispute Resolution
- What Are Our Students Actually Learning? Gauging Effectiveness in Teaching Negotiation
- Teach Your Students Negotiation Psychology
- Subramanian Will Succeed Mnookin as Program on Negotiation Chair
- Win-Win Negotiations
- Win Win Negotiation: Managing Your Counterpart’s Satisfaction
- Win Win Negotiation: Different Cultures, Shared Meals
- What is a Win-Win Negotiation?
- The Importance of Negotiation for Female Negotiators: Women Should “Negotiate Hard”
- The Difficulty of Achieving a Win-Win Negotiation Outcome: Negotiations with Iran
