Gini Nelson’s Engaging Conflicts

Here’s the [UPDATED] final schedule for the panels that Denver attorney John DeBruyn is shepherding — remember, all programs are online, and free!:

TUESDAY, October 16, 2 PM Pacific - Online Mediation Role Play Workshop: Live role play demonstration utilizing audio conferencing, desktop sharing, and a collaborative web platform to deliver an interactive presentation to demonstrate online mediation and mediator training.

WEDNESDAY, October 17, noon Pacific - 40 ADR web sites in 60 minutes: Panel presentation with Geoff Sharp, Diane Levin, Robert Ambrogi, Colm Brannigan, Gini Nelson and John DeBruyn utilizing audio conferencing, desktop sharing, and a browser tour of the 40 sites.

THURSDAY, October 18, 1 PM Pacific - Mediation Excellence in Cyberspace HighSpeed audio conference/web visual interaction with Colin Rule, Ethan Katsh, Graham Ross, Colm Brannigan, Diane Levin, Gini Nelson and John DeBruyn. Objectives: (1) supporting Mediation Excellence in online dispute resolution; and (2) using the internet for education, mentoring, networking and cooperation between mediators and mediation organizations in the quest for Mediation Excellence generally. This program will also celebrate International Conflict Resolution Day which is October 18.

FRIDAY, October 19, 1 PM Pacific - Taking Peacemaking Public: All negotiation is built on trust. Trust is built on expecting and concluding that you are being listened to. We know that—-the public doesn’t. Why aren’t people beating down the doors of peacemakers, whether mediators, facilitators or negotiators? Does how we speak help lead them to conclude that they are not being listened to? How should we speak to them? How can the internet engage people online in ways that facilitate and promote peacemaking? Panel conflict specialists Gini Nelson, Vickie Pynchon, Colm Brannigan and Diane Levin will interact with the following guest panelists who regularly reach the public directly and effectively:

Michael Skoler, Executive Director, Center for Innovation in Journalism, Minnesota Public Radio at American Public Media. MPR’s Public Insight Journalism (PIJ) model features online simulations and collaborative tools, a public source network of over 30,000 people, a contact database that tracks expertise and interactions, and knowledge management software.

Sandra Blakeslee, a regular contributor to The New York Times who specializes in the brain sciences. Sandra will talk particularly about the need to tell stories to reach people, especially when explaining complex and subtle subject matter in science. Her newest book (cowritten with her son, also a science writer), just released within the past few weeks, is The Body Has a Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better.

Ben Stokes, Program Officer in the Digital Learning and Media area at The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, previously a co-founder of Games For Change, a spin-off from the Serious Games Initiative that concentrates on advancing the use of digital games for positive societal change. Prior to this, he was the e-learning architect for Student Activist Community and a program manager overseeing digital learning projects at NetAid under the umbrella of Education for Global Citizenship.

Here’s an earlier post with registration information.