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ACR Blog Radio - ACR Greater New York Chapter

Tune in to hear about this year's ACR Greater New York Chapter's Annual Conference. This episode is for those considering attending and those far away who will not be able to as well. You will get to learn about the 25 sessions which includes panels, workshops and lectures on a variety of topics. During the episode you will learn about how to get resources, links, and more the get information on the programming regardless if you are attending.

You will also hear about this year's Keynote speaker, the State Department's Farah Pandith, Special Representative to Muslim Communities. Special Representative Pandith is the first ever appointee for this position and was selected by President Obama.

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12th Annual Meeting of the Online Dispute Resolution Working Group, the premiere gathering of ODR scholars and practitioners from around the world.

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A questionnaire CINERGY® designed on the subject of resilience provides a self-assessment on this subject. It is called the Conflict Resilience Quotient (CRQ) and this week’s ConflictMastery™ Quest(ions) blog invites readers to check out your conflict resilience by completing the form below.

See the questionnaire [HERE]