What's Happening [06.12.12]

Cinnie Noble- Welcome to this month's virtual book club! Over the month, my co-facilitator Tammy Lenski and I will be posting questions about the book and topic of conflict management coaching and we invite you to post your own questions and comments too.

We are going to be considering two chapters each week beginning this week with the Introduction and Chapter One. However as a starting point, we want to know something about you and your interest in conflict management coaching. Please feel free to answer one or both of the following questions:

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Episode #32 Success as a Mediator With Victoria Pynchon

Join host Jeff Thompson and mediator and author, Victoria Pynchon (Check out Settle It Now Dispute Resolution, Negotiation Law Blog, The ABC's of Conflict Resolution and She Negotiates). She shares with us tips from her latest book, Success As A Mediator For Dummies."

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JAMS Foundation Awards More than $120,000 in Grants

The nonprofit JAMS Foundation announced that it approved five new grants to organizations using innovative ways to promote and advance conflict prevention and dispute resolution. The foundation will distribute the money in the form of three Foundation Grants, which provide financial support up to $50,000 for ADR initiatives with national impact, and two Opportunity Grants, which award up to $10,000 for smaller scale and more localized projects.

“The JAMS Foundation is honored to fund initiatives that work to improve and increase uses of ADR around the country,” said Jay Folberg, executive director of the JAMS Foundation. “These programs will make a positive impact in resolving disputes and we’re pleased to help support them.”

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Surprise: A New Coalition Government in Israel!

Join in on the Conversation with mediation experts Noam Ebner & Bernie Mayer (8 Replies)

Is ADR a field?

Andre Jackson- Is ADR a field? Many of us may take the answer to this question for granted. But are we mediation-centric as we go through life? And what about ADR being “in the shadow of the law”? During the Keystone Conference in October 2010 the question of whether or not ADR is a field was discussed – first in form of a question and then in the form of two different answers. I thought those were good pointers for self-reflection…

First, Carrie Menkel-Meadow asks "Are We a Field?" ...

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