Ben Ziegler – Summary
Communications and Conflict Management:
- Workplace communications and conflict consultant to public, private, and nonprofit employers
- Mediator of 600+ (civil) business and community disputes
- BC Court Mediation Program mediator and mentor (25+ new mediators); 2003-2015
- Dispute Resolution System Design Consultant to BC Government (multiple projects)
- Online (contract) mediator with eBay
- Online (contract) mediator with Consumer Protection BC
- Facilitator of cross-cultural conflict management workshops, for Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria
- Volunteer advisor on international development projects for Catalyste+ (Canadian NGO); Philippines, Tanzania, Bolivia, Mongolia, Ethiopia
- Conflict management webinar for Association of Community Mediation (U.S.)
- Conflict management (volunteer) adviser on international projects (in Bolivia, Tanzania), with Canadian Executive Service Organization
- (Volunteer) Restorative Justice circle facilitator, Restorative Justice Victoria
- Blogger, author, speaker on conflict management and collaboration topics
- Certified Workplace Fairness Analyst, Workplace Fairness Institute
- Certified in Conflict Dynamics Profile® assessment instrument, Eckerd College
- Certificate in Conflict Resolution, Justice Institute of BC
Other:
- Coordinated advocacy program serving low-income seniors in the Greater Victoria Region.
- Virtual facilitator on innovation challenges, IdeaConnection.com
- Collaboration consultant to Board of Directors, International Association of Facilitators
- Collaboration consultant re: nonprofit sector, Vancouver Foundation
- Information technology business analyst and project manager for corporate clients; with Accenture, Sierra Systems, Ziegler Consulting; 1986-2008
- Construction project manager, land surveyor, planner; 1976-1985
- BA Arts, York University
- Civil Engineering Technician, Mohawk College