You need not leave your home to attend a conference these days. Yet, attending a conference, in-person, has its benefits. I had the best of both worlds last week. On the virtual front, I participated in a few of the sessions offered at Cyberweek 2011, a week long series of webinars and discussion forums, featuring […]
2 Dispute Resolution Conferences that got my attention last week
November 2, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Just Enough: Reframing the Paradox of Social Media
October 21, 2011 by · 4 Comments
Reframing is about changing the game. It’s about how we describe a conflict. There is no shortage of buzz about a personal conflict many of us wrestle with, our struggle to maintain attention, focus, in a world of digital busyness, the world of social media. Social media is a paradox. On the one hand, it […]
On being unconditionally constructive
October 4, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
The bible of interest-based conflict resolution may be well be Fisher, Ury & Patton’s book, Getting to Yes. I’d be surprised if there is a mediator (Western world, anyways) who is not familiar with it. At the heart of Getting to Yes is the message: be unconditionally constructive when it comes to negotiating resolution to […]
Face To Face: New movie tackles workplace bullying with community conferencing
September 15, 2011 by · 2 Comments
It’ s always nice when others take hold of concepts that one holds dear. Following on the restorative justice theme over the last week on this blog (and its not even restorative justice week yet!), a new movie was released in Australia last week, “Face To Face“. It is framed around a centerpiece of restorative […]
The Good News: Restorative Justice
September 13, 2011 by · 2 Comments
Two recent news items about restorative justice caught my intention. Which one should I let “take the day”? The first was what I consider a bad news story. Alberta pulls restorative justice funding, read the CBC news article headline. The Province of Alberta will stop funding restorative justice programs. This is hard one for me […]
