Sun, Jun 26, 2011
Dialogue: A Virtual Workshop - Video-based training from the Public Conversations Project
The experienced team at the Public Conversations Project, with support from the JAMS Foundation, have produced and freely shared a new virtual learning resource on managing dialogues on tough subjects. Dialogue: A Virtual Workshop is broken into 12 sections that each have a core video, discussion topics, activities, and additional resources. A full workshop guide provides an overview of the entire series. You can download the videos for classroom use as well.
Workshop Sections Outline
- Why is it so difficult for us–-as human beings–-to deal with our differences?
- How do differences turn into conflict?
- How does dialogue help people constructively address conflict?
- What thinking has influenced PCP’s approach?
- How do you build an effective dialogue?
- How do you help people prepare for dialogue?
- Why make communication agreements?
- What is the purpose and process of invitation?
- What are the tools and techniques used to create a reflective, dialogic space?
- How do questions advance dialogue?
- What role should a facilitator play?
- What special things should facilitators keep in mind?
Thu, Jun 16, 2011
Video - 10 Tactics for Turning Information into Action
The 50-minute video 10 Tactics for Turning Information into Action provides a very accessible international overview of ways to use information technology to promote social change. First published in 2009, 10 Tactics features 35 info-activism stories told from the point of view of advocates in 24 different countries including Lebanon, India, Tunisia, Egypt, Kenya, Indonesia, South Africa and the UK. The film is the project of the Tactical Technology Collective.
Here’s the list of 10 Tactics discussed. Each can be viewed individually, and each has an associated information card that spells out that tactic in more detail.
1. mobilise people
2. witness and record
3. visualise your message
4. amplify personal stories
5. just add humour
6. manage your contacts
7. use complex data
8. use collective intelligence
9. let people ask the questions
10. investigate and expose
Mon, Jun 13, 2011
Podcast Interview on Sustained Dialogue Campus Network posted
I attended a good workshop by Sustained Dialogue Campus Network (SDCN) folks at the 4th International CRE Summit held June 8-13 in Cleveland, OH. Afterward I had the chance to interview Amy Lazarus, the SDCN Executive Director and I’ve posted it on the Conflict Learning Audio podcast. Listen in to learn about SDCN’s dialogue work which is occurring on 15 different college campuses these days.
Sun, Jun 12, 2011
Quaker Calendar of Active Nonviolence
This online calendar, developed by Australian Quaker David Johnson, celebrates particular people or events in active nonviolence for each day of the year, with an especially prominent leader or organization noted for each month. Hovering your cursor over an entry provides more information on that person or event.
Mon, Jun 06, 2011
Collaboration & Team Science: A Field Guide
The NIH Center for Cooperative Resolution (their ombuds office) has partnered with the NHLBI to create a plain language field guide for folks involved in Team Science. The Team Science Field Guide is designed to help researchers participate in, develop, and lead successful scientific collaborations. The 79-page full-text pdf is available here.
Online Collection of Peace Education Activities
The School for a Culture of Peace project has shared their online collection of Games and Activities related to Peace Education here: http://bit.ly/mKynJU
Note: It is a little confusing trying to find the actual activities. You need to click on one of the sub bullet points in the right side menu to get to links to pdfs in that area.
Thu, May 12, 2011
Undergraduate Mock Mediation Tournament Opportunities in 2011
The National Intercollegiate Mediation Tournament for 2011 is scheduled for November 11-12, 2011 at Drake University Law School in Des Moines, IA. In addition to the 12th annual national tournament, there are other invitationals that are available.
Brenau University Mock Mediation Tournament - October 7-8, 2011 in Gainesville, GA
University of Wisconsin - Platteville Ninth Annual Peacemaker Mediation Tournament - October 14-15, 2011
Maharishi University of Management Fourth Annual Peacemakers Mock Mediation Tournament October 28-29 2011 in Fairfield IA.
Details and contact information can be found here.
Mon, Apr 25, 2011
Mediating University Workplace Disputes: ADR in Unionized Universities (video)
This 21-minute video, produced in 2001, introduces viewers to the use of mediation at the University of Hawaii Manoa campus, but it is useful as an exemplar of campus mediation more broadly. Narrated by David Chandler, the video follows a sample faculty/staff dispute through the process of mediation, starting with intake and then on to mediation. Various campus officials endorse the use of mediation on this unionized campus, explaining how mediation fits into the broader dispute resolution system. It was produced by the Program on Conflict Resolution at the University of Hawaii. At the time, a CD was produced that could be set via campus mail to people considering using the mediation service.
Thu, Apr 14, 2011
Mediation Case Law Videos from Hamline Law School
Earlier we blogged about a database of mediation case law developed by James Coben and Peter Thompson at Hamline Law School. If you are interested in bringing this case law to life for your students, you’ll be interested a related video collection from the same source. For the past eight years, as part of the annual Minnesota State Bar Association ADR Institute, Hamline Professor James Coben has been producing short videos illustrating mediation litigation. On their website, you will find 42 of the videos, organized by type of disputed mediation issue. There is also a “Top Dozen” listing for quick access. For each video you click on, you will be directed to a short case summary and a windows wmv or quicktime video file.
The subject categories include:
Enforcement
Confidentiality
Sanctions
Ethics/Malpractice
Miscellaneous
Sun, Apr 10, 2011
Video for Students on Approaching Faculty about Grade Disputes
The University of Minnesota Student Conflict Resolution Center has developed a short video entitled “Help! I’m Being Graded Unfairly” that provides two contrasting examples of a student approaching a faculty member when they disagree about the grade they got on a project. One approach works a lot better than the other…
Sat, Apr 09, 2011
Audio Files from 2010 Australian National Mediation Conference
More than 50 sessions were recorded at the National Mediation Conference held in Adelaide, AU September 6-10 2010. This was the 10th annual mediation conference there and the wealth of experience is obvious in the session topics covered. The full list of audio files are available here.
A Sampling of Sessions (with links to the audio file in the session number)
Session 1: Benchmarking Mediation: Experienced Mediators Offer Advice About Overcoming Challenges Frequently Encountered in Mediation - Susan Raines, Kennesaw State University, USA
Session 18: Entering the surf: mediation in the shark-infested waters of organisations. David Bryson, David Bryson & Associates Pty Ltd
Session 22b: Mediation and negotiation across the fence: Aboriginal and non-indigenous mediation practice Craig Jones
Session 27: Sticks and stones will break my bones, and names will also hurt me: An exploratory study of managers accused of workplace bullying. Moira Jenkins ‘Aboto’, Psychology and Workplace Conflict Management
Session 32b: Navigating uncharted waters: culturally appropriate conflict resolution education with local co-trainers - Serge Loode, Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
Session 37c: Telephone Dispute Resolution Utilising Co-Mediation Tdr Co Waiting Waiting Waiting - Bias Bias Bias-Blame Blame Blame Complaints!!!. Jean-Marcel Elizer Malliat MDR;Naomi Holtring MDR InterMEDIATE Dispute Management
Session 38b: Workshop: Mediation and qualitative research interviewing - commonalities and differences. Patricia Marshall, MEL Conflict and Educational Consultancy
Fri, Apr 08, 2011
Special Chemistry - Mediation Demonstration Video and Role Play Scripts
A mediation demonstration video (47 minutes long) and accompanying role play script and other sample documents is now available to educators provided appropriate attribution is provided (ACB Foundation, Toolkit Company, Manon Schonewille © 2009-10. All rights reserved) and you let the developers know you are using it.
The mediation case, known as Special Chemistry, is based on a role play written by Manon Schonewille that served as a mediation problem in the 5th ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition. The script for the video production was written by Hal Abramson (Touro Law School), Jeremy Lack (Altenburger) and Manon Schonewille. The case involves a cross-border (Canada and Germany) patent infringement dispute between two competitors acting in the specialty chemicals industry. Manon Schonewille serves as the mediator. Schonewille is Managing Director of ACB Mediation Corporate Conflict Management, based in The Hague, Netherlands.
Mon, Mar 07, 2011
Video Documenting Youth NV Activism Driving Egyptian Revolution
The Al Jazeera English network program People & Power recently featured a documentary entitled Egypt: Seeds of change that provides behind the scenes coverage of the work of the youth movement that helped power the Egyptian revolution that ousted Mubarak. The April 6 Youth Movement received nonviolence training well in advance of the revolution and the skills paid off.
Sun, Feb 20, 2011
Conflict Resolution Network (Australia) E-Learning Course and Video Playlist
The Australian Conflict Resolution Network has provided free conflict resolution training materials for quite some time. The latest initiative of the CRN is an E-Learning Certificate Course in Conflict Resolution. While it is not free (~$125 U.S.), probably due to the costs of paying instructors to monitor and support the learning, it may provide a valuable distance learning option for folks interested in a well-structured model for enacting conflict resolution skills. This pdf provides a snapshot of the course. I note that they are using Moodle, the open source learning management platform to deliver the course.
Of particular interest to some people will be the training videos clips illustrating core concepts that are part of the support material for the course, available via a YouTube channel.
Mon, Feb 07, 2011
Restorative Justice on Campus - Symposium and Training March 3-5, 2011
Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia is again providing a great opportunity for folks interested in applying restorative practices on a college campus by hosting a Restorative Justice in Campus Conduct Administration Symposium & Training, March 3-5, 2011. The half-day symposium on March 3 provides an orientation for campus conduct professionals, as participants will gain familiarity with restorative justice principles and models and discover how they are applied in a campus conduct setting. The following 2-day training will provide participants with insight into implementing restorative justice principles and/or programs into their own campus conduct or judicial system.