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DECREVEL SHOWS MEDIATION TRAINERS NEW MARKETING OPTIONS
November 9, 2015 – Austin
Quarterly Meeting
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location
Dispute Resolution Center
5407 N I H 35 # 410, Austin, TX 78723
10:00 a.m. – Noon: Training
MARKETING OPTIONS: OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEDIATION TRAINERS
by Arlaine Decrevel
CEO of A.D Collaborative Solutions
Marketing is “the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large” – American Marketing Association. So what does that mean for Mediation Trainers? This presentation provides an overview of Marketing Concepts, the 4P’s (Product, Price, Place, Promotion) plus the often overlooked 5th P (Personal Selling). This overview explores the types of marketing vehicles available, helps you to determine what marketing mix is appropriate to meet your goals, good and bad marketing content, social media, marketing plans, and the impact effective marketing has in growing your business.
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Business Meeting
By Barbara Manousso
November 9, 2015 – Austin
Quarterly Meeting
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location
Dispute Resolution Center
5407 N I H 35 # 410, Austin, TX 78723
10:00 a.m. – Noon: Training
MARKETING OPTIONS: OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEDIATION TRAINERS
by Arlaine Decrevel
CEO of A.D Collaborative Solutions
Marketing is “the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large” – American Marketing Association. So what does that mean for Mediation Trainers? This presentation provides an overview of Marketing Concepts, the 4P’s (Product, Price, Place, Promotion) plus the often overlooked 5th P (Personal Selling). This overview explores the types of marketing vehicles available, helps you to determine what marketing mix is appropriate to meet your goals, good and bad marketing content, social media, marketing plans, and the impact effective marketing has in growing your business.
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Business Meeting
- Reviewing/adopting the minutes
- Treasurer’s report
- TMCA Update
- Web site update
- Legislative discussion –State discussions about mediation
- Recommendations for T3 in Feb
- Review/discuss draft of recommendations for mediation trainers.
- Review/discuss draft recommendations for being listed on our trainers/training web site
- Other business
- Adjourn
By Barbara Manousso
WRIGHT, OTEY, AND COPE SPEAK ON HIGH EMOTIONS IN MEDIATION
Sept. 28, 2015 – Austin
Quarterly Meeting
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Agenda
- 10:00 a.m – Noon: Training Program
- Dealing with Emotions in Mediation, Walter Wright–Attorney-Mediator and Professor at Texas State University.
- Dealing with High Emotions, Bob Otey (with support from Joey Cope)–An Overview of SMU Training by Doug Noll
- Noon – 1:00 p.m.: Lunch (Cafe on-site)
- 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Business Meeting
Education Service Center Region 13
5701 Springdale Rd, Austin, TX 78723
By Barbara Manousso
SHAW PRESENTS ON MINDSET AND QUESTIONING
May 11, 2015
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location
Education Service Center Region 13
5701 Springdale Rd, Austin, TX 78723
Training Room: Go into the training building (closest to the parking garage) and look on the marque for the room where we will be meeting. Bob or Laura will be in the lobby to greet people and help find the room.
Training Portion
“Mindset and Questioning: Lessons from Dr. Marilee Adams for Mediation Training”
Lori Anne Shaw, assistant director for program development at the Duncum Center for Conflict Resolution, will lead a discussion on incorporating Dr. Marilee Adam’s Question Thinking methodologies into mediation training. Dr. Adam’s is the author of Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 10 Powerful Tools for Life and Work and founder of Inquiry Institute.
By Barbara Manousso
May 11, 2015
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location
Education Service Center Region 13
5701 Springdale Rd, Austin, TX 78723
- There is a cafe where people can purchase lunch—the grounds are beautiful.
- There is ample parking and no reserved spaces.
- The building is not visible from Springdale Road but there is a brick sign at the entrance.
- If you get lost, please call Laura Otey.
Training Room: Go into the training building (closest to the parking garage) and look on the marque for the room where we will be meeting. Bob or Laura will be in the lobby to greet people and help find the room.
Training Portion
“Mindset and Questioning: Lessons from Dr. Marilee Adams for Mediation Training”
Lori Anne Shaw, assistant director for program development at the Duncum Center for Conflict Resolution, will lead a discussion on incorporating Dr. Marilee Adam’s Question Thinking methodologies into mediation training. Dr. Adam’s is the author of Change Your Questions, Change Your Life: 10 Powerful Tools for Life and Work and founder of Inquiry Institute.
By Barbara Manousso
HECKMAN PRESENTING AT TRAIN THE TRAINER 2015
Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable presents its annual Train the Trainer workshop in San Antonio, Texas on Thursday, February 19, 2015 at the Baha’i Center of San Antonio from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. (lunch provided). This year’s program features Brad Heckman’s presentation, “A Pleasant Assault on the Senses: A Mediation Training-for-Trainers.”
Presentation: “A Pleasant Assault on the Senses: A Mediation Training-for-Trainers”
In this highly interactive workshop, Brad will share a range of training tools he uses to teach mediators how to break impasse and generate movement throughout. The workshop is predicated on the idea that people learn differently, and we need to find creative ways to appeal to all learning styles in our teaching and training.
Brad will use visual, pop-culture, auditory, experiential, kinesthetic, musical, and theater-based elements in this workshop, which participants can adapt to their own practices. He will take us through a real-life training segment he conducts for fledgling mediators, and take us behind the curtain to reveal best practices (and some mistakes he’s made) for applying it to your training.
About Brad Heckman
Brad Heckman is Chief Executive Officer of the New York Peace Institute, one of the nation’s largest conflict resolution services. He’s also an Adjunct Professor at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs, where he teaches courses on international conflict resolution and organizational development. His teaching style includes subjecting students to his childlike drawings and arcane pop culture references.
Brad previously served as International Director of Partners for Democratic Change, for which he helped build the first community peacebuilding centers in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, South Caucasus, and the former Soviet Union. He worked extensively with the Roma – commonly known as Gypsy – communities in Eastern Europe, and subsequently made several ill-fated attempts to learn to play Roma music on the accordion. He was also a Vice President of Safe Horizon, a leading victims services and violence prevention agency. In that capacity, he oversaw the agency’s Mediation, Families of Homicide Victims, Legal Services, Anti-Trafficking, Batterers Intervention, and Anti-Stalking Programs.
Brad received a Master of Arts in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Dickinson College. He blogs for the New York Peace Institute.
Location
Baha’i Center of San Antonio
735 W Magnolia Ave, San Antonio, TX 78212
By Barbara Manousso
Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable presents its annual Train the Trainer workshop in San Antonio, Texas on Thursday, February 19, 2015 at the Baha’i Center of San Antonio from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. (lunch provided). This year’s program features Brad Heckman’s presentation, “A Pleasant Assault on the Senses: A Mediation Training-for-Trainers.”
Presentation: “A Pleasant Assault on the Senses: A Mediation Training-for-Trainers”
In this highly interactive workshop, Brad will share a range of training tools he uses to teach mediators how to break impasse and generate movement throughout. The workshop is predicated on the idea that people learn differently, and we need to find creative ways to appeal to all learning styles in our teaching and training.
Brad will use visual, pop-culture, auditory, experiential, kinesthetic, musical, and theater-based elements in this workshop, which participants can adapt to their own practices. He will take us through a real-life training segment he conducts for fledgling mediators, and take us behind the curtain to reveal best practices (and some mistakes he’s made) for applying it to your training.
About Brad Heckman
Brad Heckman is Chief Executive Officer of the New York Peace Institute, one of the nation’s largest conflict resolution services. He’s also an Adjunct Professor at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs, where he teaches courses on international conflict resolution and organizational development. His teaching style includes subjecting students to his childlike drawings and arcane pop culture references.
Brad previously served as International Director of Partners for Democratic Change, for which he helped build the first community peacebuilding centers in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, South Caucasus, and the former Soviet Union. He worked extensively with the Roma – commonly known as Gypsy – communities in Eastern Europe, and subsequently made several ill-fated attempts to learn to play Roma music on the accordion. He was also a Vice President of Safe Horizon, a leading victims services and violence prevention agency. In that capacity, he oversaw the agency’s Mediation, Families of Homicide Victims, Legal Services, Anti-Trafficking, Batterers Intervention, and Anti-Stalking Programs.
Brad received a Master of Arts in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Dickinson College. He blogs for the New York Peace Institute.
Location
Baha’i Center of San Antonio
735 W Magnolia Ave, San Antonio, TX 78212
By Barbara Manousso
MONK TO PRESENT ON NARRATIVE MEDIATION AT 2014 TRAIN THE TRAINER
Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable presents its annual Train the Trainer workshop in Austin, Texas on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at the Better Business Bureau from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. This year’s program features Dr. Gerald Monk’s presentation on narrative mediation.
About Dr. Gerald Monk
Dr. Gerald Monk is a Professor in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology at San Diego State University in the USA and a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California, USA. Gerald also works as a founding partner, trainer, and consultant for MGL Healthcare Communications and Conflict Transformation. Gerald worked as a psychologist and mediator in New Zealand for fifteen years prior to moving to the United States. Gerald is one of the developers of narrative mediation and has a strong interest in its applications with families, divorcing couples, school conflict and healthcare contexts. Gerald has taught numerous workshops on mediation in North America, Europe, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. He was a recipient of the Fred J. Hansen Grant for Peace Studies to conduct mediation workshops in Cyprus.
He has co-authored numerous articles and books translated in nearly a half a dozen languages. Some of the books include Narrative Therapy in Practice: The Archaeology of Hope (1997), Narrative mediation: A new approach to conflict resolution (2000), New Horizons in Multicultural Counseling (2008), Practicing Narrative Mediation: Loosening the grip of conflict (2008), When Stories Clash: Addressing Conflict through Narrative mediation (2013).
About Narrative Mediation
Narrative mediation is an innovative conflict resolution paradigm that is a revolutionary departure from the traditional problem-solving, interest-based model of resolving disputes. Based upon a postmodern, social constructionist philosophy, narrative mediation view conflict as arising within cultural contexts that have a direct bearing on how parties construct their perceptions of a particular event.
Narrative mediation is a culturally focused practice that is based upon the notion that our lives are shaped by the stories that people tell about us and by the stories that we tell ourselves. The goal of the narrative mediator is to co-author stories that highlight strengths and competencies, rather than conflict. It helps people separate themselves from conflict-saturated stories and gives them the opportunity to re-author relationships in more peaceful, cooperative, and respectful ways. From this alternative position, the resolution of conflict can often happen much more smoothly and effectively than in traditional problem-solving approaches.
This day-long training will expose trainers to the main hallmarks of narrative mediation. The main emphasis of the workshop will be on facilitating small group practice using narrative work. Opportunities for live demonstration will be offered. We will use relevant conflict scenarios that trainers find useful working with in their facilitation work.
Workshop Schedule
8:30 a.m. – Continental breakfast provided
9:00 a.m. – noon – Dr. Monk presents:
Theory underpinning Narrative Practice
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Dr. Monk presents:
Exercises and roleplays that group trainers can use to teach narrative practices to their students
Location
Better Business Bureau
1005 La Posada Dr
Austin, TX 78752
By Barbara Manousso
Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable presents its annual Train the Trainer workshop in Austin, Texas on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at the Better Business Bureau from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. This year’s program features Dr. Gerald Monk’s presentation on narrative mediation.
About Dr. Gerald Monk
Dr. Gerald Monk is a Professor in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology at San Diego State University in the USA and a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California, USA. Gerald also works as a founding partner, trainer, and consultant for MGL Healthcare Communications and Conflict Transformation. Gerald worked as a psychologist and mediator in New Zealand for fifteen years prior to moving to the United States. Gerald is one of the developers of narrative mediation and has a strong interest in its applications with families, divorcing couples, school conflict and healthcare contexts. Gerald has taught numerous workshops on mediation in North America, Europe, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. He was a recipient of the Fred J. Hansen Grant for Peace Studies to conduct mediation workshops in Cyprus.
He has co-authored numerous articles and books translated in nearly a half a dozen languages. Some of the books include Narrative Therapy in Practice: The Archaeology of Hope (1997), Narrative mediation: A new approach to conflict resolution (2000), New Horizons in Multicultural Counseling (2008), Practicing Narrative Mediation: Loosening the grip of conflict (2008), When Stories Clash: Addressing Conflict through Narrative mediation (2013).
About Narrative Mediation
Narrative mediation is an innovative conflict resolution paradigm that is a revolutionary departure from the traditional problem-solving, interest-based model of resolving disputes. Based upon a postmodern, social constructionist philosophy, narrative mediation view conflict as arising within cultural contexts that have a direct bearing on how parties construct their perceptions of a particular event.
Narrative mediation is a culturally focused practice that is based upon the notion that our lives are shaped by the stories that people tell about us and by the stories that we tell ourselves. The goal of the narrative mediator is to co-author stories that highlight strengths and competencies, rather than conflict. It helps people separate themselves from conflict-saturated stories and gives them the opportunity to re-author relationships in more peaceful, cooperative, and respectful ways. From this alternative position, the resolution of conflict can often happen much more smoothly and effectively than in traditional problem-solving approaches.
This day-long training will expose trainers to the main hallmarks of narrative mediation. The main emphasis of the workshop will be on facilitating small group practice using narrative work. Opportunities for live demonstration will be offered. We will use relevant conflict scenarios that trainers find useful working with in their facilitation work.
Workshop Schedule
8:30 a.m. – Continental breakfast provided
9:00 a.m. – noon – Dr. Monk presents:
Theory underpinning Narrative Practice
- the 10 Hallmarks of a narrative approach to resolving conflict.
- the practices that underlie narrative ideas such as externalizing conversations, relative influence questioning, mapping the effects, double listening and constructing counter stories.
- helping mediators separate themselves from the divisiveness of a dispute and create shared meaning.
- narrative approaches to opening new possibilities for understanding within the midst of a conflict.
- how to acknowledge the cultural influences that impact the parties in conflict.
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Dr. Monk presents:
Exercises and roleplays that group trainers can use to teach narrative practices to their students
- externalizing conversations
- mapping
- engaging in double listening and absent but implicit conversations
- practicing conflict coaching using narrative techniques
- working with counter stories
Location
Better Business Bureau
1005 La Posada Dr
Austin, TX 78752
By Barbara Manousso
Leeds and Krudop
THOMPSON, LEEDS, AND KRUDOP FACILITATE DISCUSSION ON IMPLEMENTING BARNS WORK
Inspired by the recent Texas Mediation Credentialing Association symposium by C. Richard Barns, Mary Thompson, Margaret Leeds and Walter Krudop presented “Teaching Negotiation: Best Practices for Mediation Trainers” at the November 4, 2013 TMTR meeting in Austin, Texas. The one-hour training included a facilitated discussion on how to implement Barn’s work in mediation training. Specifically, Thompson, Leeds, and Krudop, all highly regarded mediation trainers, highlighted topics on communication skills and theory and negotiation from Barn’s video “Strategic Negotiation Skills”. Discussion rendered a variety of specific and practical ideas for weaving Barns’ work into mediation trainings.
Mary Thompson is a mediation and facilitation specialist with more than 20 years experience in the design and execution of dispute resolution and collaborative problem-solving training programs. She trains regularly for the Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution at the University of Texas School of Law.
Margaret Leeds has been the owner of Leeds Conflict Management since 1993 where is offers training, mediation, executive coaching, and organizational development services. She is also a lead trainer for Conflict Resolution Education in Teacher Education (CRETE).
Walter Krudop is the president of the board of directors at the Hays County Dispute Resolution Center. He previously served as an Ombudsman for Shell Oil Company.
By Barbara Manousso
Inspired by the recent Texas Mediation Credentialing Association symposium by C. Richard Barns, Mary Thompson, Margaret Leeds and Walter Krudop presented “Teaching Negotiation: Best Practices for Mediation Trainers” at the November 4, 2013 TMTR meeting in Austin, Texas. The one-hour training included a facilitated discussion on how to implement Barn’s work in mediation training. Specifically, Thompson, Leeds, and Krudop, all highly regarded mediation trainers, highlighted topics on communication skills and theory and negotiation from Barn’s video “Strategic Negotiation Skills”. Discussion rendered a variety of specific and practical ideas for weaving Barns’ work into mediation trainings.
Mary Thompson is a mediation and facilitation specialist with more than 20 years experience in the design and execution of dispute resolution and collaborative problem-solving training programs. She trains regularly for the Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution at the University of Texas School of Law.
Margaret Leeds has been the owner of Leeds Conflict Management since 1993 where is offers training, mediation, executive coaching, and organizational development services. She is also a lead trainer for Conflict Resolution Education in Teacher Education (CRETE).
Walter Krudop is the president of the board of directors at the Hays County Dispute Resolution Center. He previously served as an Ombudsman for Shell Oil Company.
By Barbara Manousso
BACK SHARES EFFECTIVE MEDIA RESOURCES FOR MEDIATION TRAINING
At the September 16, 2013 TMTR meeting in Austin, Texas Melissa Back presented effective media resources for mediation training. She provided a helpful list of movie clips and videos that have enhanced her lectures. She provided a list of additional clips that can be used as case studies, spur discussion, and serve as examples of good and bad mediation techniques. Ms. Back is a mediator and arbitrator. She is a lecturer at Manousso Mediation Training and ADR Services and Adjunct Professor at the University of St. Thomas in Houston in Global Conflict Management.
Subsequently, attendees offered resources from their training programs. Specifically, Mark W. Batchelder offered techniques for asking questions and offering validation in mediation, Laura Otey provided a short overview of Michael Marquardt’s Leading with Questions, and Walk Krudop informed the group that the ADR section of the State Bar of Texas now only offers member to attorneys.
By Barbara Manousso
At the September 16, 2013 TMTR meeting in Austin, Texas Melissa Back presented effective media resources for mediation training. She provided a helpful list of movie clips and videos that have enhanced her lectures. She provided a list of additional clips that can be used as case studies, spur discussion, and serve as examples of good and bad mediation techniques. Ms. Back is a mediator and arbitrator. She is a lecturer at Manousso Mediation Training and ADR Services and Adjunct Professor at the University of St. Thomas in Houston in Global Conflict Management.
Subsequently, attendees offered resources from their training programs. Specifically, Mark W. Batchelder offered techniques for asking questions and offering validation in mediation, Laura Otey provided a short overview of Michael Marquardt’s Leading with Questions, and Walk Krudop informed the group that the ADR section of the State Bar of Texas now only offers member to attorneys.
By Barbara Manousso
Tony Belak, JD, on the left, and J-R Curtin, Ph.D. , on the right.
MAXWELL SPEAKS ON “KEY CONSIDERATIONS FOR EFFECTIVE MEDIATION TRAINING”
Dr. Madeline Maxwell presented an overview on what research says about mediator competency, and its implications for how mediators are trained at the May 13, 2013 TMTR meeting. She provided examples of interactive exercises to teach critical mediation skills and led a discussion among session participants on real-world applications.
Dr. Maxwell is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where she is Director of the UT Project on Conflict Resolution Project, Co-chair of the Graduate Portfolio in Dispute Resolution and Chair of the undergraduate Bridging Disciplines Program in Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies.
The courses Dr. Maxwell teaches at UT focus on conflict and methods of studying language and communication. She is an experienced professional mediator and mediator trainer and has mediated hundreds of hours of cases involving business, employment, family, government and intercultural issues. She is currently writing a book analyzing the discourse of mediation, based on 50 videotaped and transcribed mediation sessions.
By Barbara Manousso
Dr. Madeline Maxwell presented an overview on what research says about mediator competency, and its implications for how mediators are trained at the May 13, 2013 TMTR meeting. She provided examples of interactive exercises to teach critical mediation skills and led a discussion among session participants on real-world applications.
Dr. Maxwell is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where she is Director of the UT Project on Conflict Resolution Project, Co-chair of the Graduate Portfolio in Dispute Resolution and Chair of the undergraduate Bridging Disciplines Program in Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies.
The courses Dr. Maxwell teaches at UT focus on conflict and methods of studying language and communication. She is an experienced professional mediator and mediator trainer and has mediated hundreds of hours of cases involving business, employment, family, government and intercultural issues. She is currently writing a book analyzing the discourse of mediation, based on 50 videotaped and transcribed mediation sessions.
By Barbara Manousso
Lee Taft, J.D., M.Div
TMTR HOSTS 2013 TRAIN THE TRAINER EVENT
The Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable (TMTR) hosted its annual Train-the-Trainer Event on February 21, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. Lee Taft and Stuart Elovitz were this year’s featured trainers.
Taft, owner of Taft Solutions, is an attorney, mediator, and expert in apology. He presented “Reparative Processes in Mediated Settings: Apology, Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Mediation” and examined the role of apology and related reparative processes in mediation. Based on over twenty years of experience as a litigator and his scholarship in apology research, Taft presented his ground-breaking model. To bring the model to life, Taft led the audience through several specific case studies.
The Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable (TMTR) hosted its annual Train-the-Trainer Event on February 21, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. Lee Taft and Stuart Elovitz were this year’s featured trainers.
Taft, owner of Taft Solutions, is an attorney, mediator, and expert in apology. He presented “Reparative Processes in Mediated Settings: Apology, Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Mediation” and examined the role of apology and related reparative processes in mediation. Based on over twenty years of experience as a litigator and his scholarship in apology research, Taft presented his ground-breaking model. To bring the model to life, Taft led the audience through several specific case studies.
Dr. Stuart Elovit
Elovitz is an ophthalmologist, author, and lecturer on visual and emotional mapping. He presented “Mediators Smart Chart: Use the Hercules Affect Affliction Power Grid in Mediation Training” and overviewed of the color-coded Smart Chart, a detailed look at twenty-one emotions. Elovitz highlighted the significance emotions and facial expressions play in mediation.
Laura Otey and Betty Gilmore, co-conveners for the TMTR, expressed their thanks to Barbara Manousso, Train the Trainer chairman, for her work in planning the training.
TMTR is comprised of mediation trainers who endorse the TMTR standards for training. The organization gathers for three meetings each year in addition to the train-the-trainer event for additional training and to conduct the business of the organization.
By Barbara Manousso
Laura Otey and Betty Gilmore, co-conveners for the TMTR, expressed their thanks to Barbara Manousso, Train the Trainer chairman, for her work in planning the training.
TMTR is comprised of mediation trainers who endorse the TMTR standards for training. The organization gathers for three meetings each year in addition to the train-the-trainer event for additional training and to conduct the business of the organization.
By Barbara Manousso
TAFT, ELOVITZ TO PRESENT AT THE ANNUAL TRAIN THE TRAINER EVENT
Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable presents its annual Train the Trainer workshop in Dallas, Texas on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at the Hampton Inn, Walnut Hill from 8:30 AM until 4:30 PM. This year’s program features two national presenters:
Lee Taft, J.D., M.Div.
Lee Taft has been a Dallas trial attorney and mediator who attended the Harvard School of Divinity after being a litigator to explore the impact and pedagogy tools of apology and forgiveness. He is a compelling speaker, not to be missed.
Reparative Processes in Mediated Settings: Apology, Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Mediation
Taft’s workshop will examine the role of apology and related reparative processes in mediation. A variety of different definitions for each term will be explored. The workshop will be grounded in theory yet promises to be both practical and experiential for trainers to use in their training programs and in their own practice.
Stuart Elovitz, M.D.
Dr. Elovitz is an ophthalmologist, author, and lecturer on visual and emotional mapping. He brings a medical background and unique process on how to read clients, as well as a fresh insight as to how to train others on the use of these important skills.
Mediators Smart Chart: Use the Hercules Affect Affliction Power Grid in Mediation Training
Using the Mediators Smart Chart, Train the Trainer participants will learn the 21 feelings – emotions on the color-coded MEDIATORS SMART CHART and the significance of fear, anxiety, guilt, hurt, anger, hate, shame, and empathy; this knowledge will enable trainers to teach their students how to better approach the process of mediation.
Location
Hampton Inn Dallas-North-I-35E at Walnut Hill
11069 Composite Drive, Dallas, TX 75229
By Barbara Manousso
Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable presents its annual Train the Trainer workshop in Dallas, Texas on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at the Hampton Inn, Walnut Hill from 8:30 AM until 4:30 PM. This year’s program features two national presenters:
Lee Taft, J.D., M.Div.
Lee Taft has been a Dallas trial attorney and mediator who attended the Harvard School of Divinity after being a litigator to explore the impact and pedagogy tools of apology and forgiveness. He is a compelling speaker, not to be missed.
Reparative Processes in Mediated Settings: Apology, Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Mediation
Taft’s workshop will examine the role of apology and related reparative processes in mediation. A variety of different definitions for each term will be explored. The workshop will be grounded in theory yet promises to be both practical and experiential for trainers to use in their training programs and in their own practice.
Stuart Elovitz, M.D.
Dr. Elovitz is an ophthalmologist, author, and lecturer on visual and emotional mapping. He brings a medical background and unique process on how to read clients, as well as a fresh insight as to how to train others on the use of these important skills.
Mediators Smart Chart: Use the Hercules Affect Affliction Power Grid in Mediation Training
Using the Mediators Smart Chart, Train the Trainer participants will learn the 21 feelings – emotions on the color-coded MEDIATORS SMART CHART and the significance of fear, anxiety, guilt, hurt, anger, hate, shame, and empathy; this knowledge will enable trainers to teach their students how to better approach the process of mediation.
Location
Hampton Inn Dallas-North-I-35E at Walnut Hill
11069 Composite Drive, Dallas, TX 75229
By Barbara Manousso
COURT INVITES COMMENTS ON PROPOSED RULES FOR HB 274
On November 13, 2012, The Texas Supreme Court began inviting comments from the public on the proposed rules for House Bill 274. Slated to take effect on March 13, 2013, Rule 169(d) states,
“Unless the parties have agreed to engage in alternative dispute resolution or are required to do so by contact, the court must not – by order or local rule – require the parties to engage in alternative dispute resolution” (p. 10).
TMTR members are encouraged to review the proposed rules for House Bill 274 and submit their comments by February 1, 2013 to Marisa Secco, Rules Attorney at [email protected] or P.O. Box 12248, Austin, TX 78711.
By Barbara Manousso
On November 13, 2012, The Texas Supreme Court began inviting comments from the public on the proposed rules for House Bill 274. Slated to take effect on March 13, 2013, Rule 169(d) states,
“Unless the parties have agreed to engage in alternative dispute resolution or are required to do so by contact, the court must not – by order or local rule – require the parties to engage in alternative dispute resolution” (p. 10).
TMTR members are encouraged to review the proposed rules for House Bill 274 and submit their comments by February 1, 2013 to Marisa Secco, Rules Attorney at [email protected] or P.O. Box 12248, Austin, TX 78711.
By Barbara Manousso
MASSE TO SPEAK ON DECREASING CO-PARENTING CONFLICT
Loretta Maase, M.A., NCC will conduct a training on the Nurturing Parenting Co-Parent Program for TMTR members at the upcoming quarterly meeting on November 19, 2012. The meeting will be held at the Austin DRC and the training will begin at 10 a.m.
Loretta earned a Masters degree in counseling in 1995, with a specialization in child development and parent-education. She is a therapist, parenting coordinator, and parenting coach with over 25 years experience. Loretta is also a Credentialed Mediator and National Trainer with the Nurturing Parenting Program. In addition to maintaining a private practice, she provides training and consultation to legal and clinical professionals working with high-conflict co-parents.
The Nurturing Parenting Co-Parent Program (NPCP) is typically referred for Parent Coordination/Facilitation by Guardian ad litems, family attorneys, judges, and family mediators. The NPCP model combines the principles and structure of Divorce Impasse Parent Facilitation (mediation and conflict resolution) with the developmental sequence of the evidence-based Nurturing Parenting Program. NPCP helps parents learn: how to grow in empathy as a means to decrease reactivity and conflict; how to identify and meet their needs constructively while understanding and meeting their children’s needs; how to identify and overcome destructive attitudes affecting their role as a parent and co-parent; how to learn emotional regulation for themselves and their children; how to effectively communicate, resolve conflicts, reduce stress, and problem solve parenting and co-parenting issues. As parents’ awareness and skill in these areas increase, so does their ability to implement a nurturing, child-centered parenting plan with their co-parent.
This training session is only available to TMTR members.
By Barbara Manousso
Loretta Maase, M.A., NCC will conduct a training on the Nurturing Parenting Co-Parent Program for TMTR members at the upcoming quarterly meeting on November 19, 2012. The meeting will be held at the Austin DRC and the training will begin at 10 a.m.
Loretta earned a Masters degree in counseling in 1995, with a specialization in child development and parent-education. She is a therapist, parenting coordinator, and parenting coach with over 25 years experience. Loretta is also a Credentialed Mediator and National Trainer with the Nurturing Parenting Program. In addition to maintaining a private practice, she provides training and consultation to legal and clinical professionals working with high-conflict co-parents.
The Nurturing Parenting Co-Parent Program (NPCP) is typically referred for Parent Coordination/Facilitation by Guardian ad litems, family attorneys, judges, and family mediators. The NPCP model combines the principles and structure of Divorce Impasse Parent Facilitation (mediation and conflict resolution) with the developmental sequence of the evidence-based Nurturing Parenting Program. NPCP helps parents learn: how to grow in empathy as a means to decrease reactivity and conflict; how to identify and meet their needs constructively while understanding and meeting their children’s needs; how to identify and overcome destructive attitudes affecting their role as a parent and co-parent; how to learn emotional regulation for themselves and their children; how to effectively communicate, resolve conflicts, reduce stress, and problem solve parenting and co-parenting issues. As parents’ awareness and skill in these areas increase, so does their ability to implement a nurturing, child-centered parenting plan with their co-parent.
This training session is only available to TMTR members.
By Barbara Manousso
MARGARET LEEDS TO GUIDE GENERATION TRAINING
Margaret Leeds, principal in Leeds’ Conflict Management in San Antonio, will conduct a special training for TMTR members at the Roundtable’s next quarterly meeting on September 24, 2012. The meeting will be held at the Austin DRC and the training will begin at 10 a.m.
Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors. - Jim Mor
The term generation gap is a term used to describe the different values and attitudes between one generation and another. This term is typically used to describe the gap between parents and their children. Since the 1960’s, the term generation gap has also been used to describe the clash one age group has with another in various settings. Because humans live on average 77 to 80 years, four potential generations may exist in a social setting today. For example, the Traditionalist Generation represents people in a generation born before 1946. The Baby Boomers are people born between 1946 and 1961. Generation X represents people born between 1962 and 1980, and Generation Y represents people born in the 1980s and 1990s.
This mini-workshop will explore the dynamics of the generation gaps in today’s society… in the family, in the workplace…and, for TMTR’s purposes, in a mediation. Different generations interacting with each other may lead to miscommunication or misunderstanding. Furthermore, the way each generation handles confrontation may also be a point of friction. Understanding the differences in background, attitudes, and interactive styles of each generation is paramount in creating a mutually respectful and peaceful environment for all.
This training session is only available to TMTR members.
Margaret Leeds, principal in Leeds’ Conflict Management in San Antonio, will conduct a special training for TMTR members at the Roundtable’s next quarterly meeting on September 24, 2012. The meeting will be held at the Austin DRC and the training will begin at 10 a.m.
Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors. - Jim Mor
The term generation gap is a term used to describe the different values and attitudes between one generation and another. This term is typically used to describe the gap between parents and their children. Since the 1960’s, the term generation gap has also been used to describe the clash one age group has with another in various settings. Because humans live on average 77 to 80 years, four potential generations may exist in a social setting today. For example, the Traditionalist Generation represents people in a generation born before 1946. The Baby Boomers are people born between 1946 and 1961. Generation X represents people born between 1962 and 1980, and Generation Y represents people born in the 1980s and 1990s.
This mini-workshop will explore the dynamics of the generation gaps in today’s society… in the family, in the workplace…and, for TMTR’s purposes, in a mediation. Different generations interacting with each other may lead to miscommunication or misunderstanding. Furthermore, the way each generation handles confrontation may also be a point of friction. Understanding the differences in background, attitudes, and interactive styles of each generation is paramount in creating a mutually respectful and peaceful environment for all.
This training session is only available to TMTR members.
Patti Porter
TMTR HOSTS 2012 ANNUAL TRAIN-THE-TRAINER EVENT
The Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable hosted its annual Train-the-Trainer Event on February 23, 2012, in The Woodlands, Texas.
Pattie Porter, President of Conflict Connections, Inc. in San Antonio, was this year’s featured trainer and presented “The Delicate Balance Between Being the Expert and a Guide in the Training Room.”
Porter has worked extensively in the dispute resolution field for over 17 years providing mediation, facilitation, negotiation training, and conflict coaching services to individuals, businesses, and organizations, including higher education institutions such as the University of Delaware and the University of Texas. She has worked extensively with the Department of Homeland Security, the United States Postal Service, NASA, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Porter hosts her own Blog Talk Radio show, The Texas Conflict Coach. She holds the Advanced Practitioner – Workplace Mediator designation for the Association for Conflict Resolution, is a Credentialed Distinguished Mediator in the Texas Mediator Credentialing Association, and the CINERGY certified advanced conflict coach and coach-mentor recognized by the International Coach Federation.
The Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable hosted its annual Train-the-Trainer Event on February 23, 2012, in The Woodlands, Texas.
Pattie Porter, President of Conflict Connections, Inc. in San Antonio, was this year’s featured trainer and presented “The Delicate Balance Between Being the Expert and a Guide in the Training Room.”
Porter has worked extensively in the dispute resolution field for over 17 years providing mediation, facilitation, negotiation training, and conflict coaching services to individuals, businesses, and organizations, including higher education institutions such as the University of Delaware and the University of Texas. She has worked extensively with the Department of Homeland Security, the United States Postal Service, NASA, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Porter hosts her own Blog Talk Radio show, The Texas Conflict Coach. She holds the Advanced Practitioner – Workplace Mediator designation for the Association for Conflict Resolution, is a Credentialed Distinguished Mediator in the Texas Mediator Credentialing Association, and the CINERGY certified advanced conflict coach and coach-mentor recognized by the International Coach Federation.
In the day-long training, Porter led participants through an overview of seven intelligences for adult learning complete with suggestions for ways to incorporate each one into the design of training sessions. Participants were also asked to explore their own learning preferences and how they impact the emphases they place on training elements.
In a final exercise, participants formed teams to design and present a short training segment.
Laura Otey and Betty Gilmore, co-conveners for the TMTR, praised the workshop for its focus on enhancing training techniques. “This training, because of its emphasis on the training aspect, has been one of the richest train-the-trainer experiences we have had in recent years,” Otey said.
The winter meeting of the Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable was conducted at 4:30 p.m. immediately following the Train the Trainer Event. The location for the meeting was Trinity Episcopal Church, Atrium Room, 3901 S. Panther Creek Drive, The Woodlands, Texas.
In a final exercise, participants formed teams to design and present a short training segment.
Laura Otey and Betty Gilmore, co-conveners for the TMTR, praised the workshop for its focus on enhancing training techniques. “This training, because of its emphasis on the training aspect, has been one of the richest train-the-trainer experiences we have had in recent years,” Otey said.
The winter meeting of the Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable was conducted at 4:30 p.m. immediately following the Train the Trainer Event. The location for the meeting was Trinity Episcopal Church, Atrium Room, 3901 S. Panther Creek Drive, The Woodlands, Texas.
PATTIE PORTER TO LEAD 2012 ANNUAL TRAIN THE TRAINER EVENT
Pattie Porter, President of Conflict Connections, Inc. in San Antonio, will be the featured presenter for TMTR’s annual Train the Trainer (T3) Event on February 23, 2012, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church, 3901 S. Panther Creek Drive, The Woodlands, Texas. The T3 Event is hosted by TMTR each year on the day preceding the annual Texas Association of Mediators Conference.
Porter’s presentation will be specifically designed to address issues facing mediation trainers and is entitled “The Delicate Balance Between Being the Expert and a Guide in the Training Room.”
Porter has worked extensively in the dispute resolution field for over 17 years providing mediation, facilitation, negotiation training, and conflict coaching services to individuals, businesses, and organizations, including higher education institutions such as the University of Delaware and the University of Texas. She has worked extensively with the Department of Homeland Security, the United States Postal Service, NASA, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
As a senior trainer for Coca-Cola Enterprises during the launch of its nationwide dispute resolution program, Porter provided training in all areas of conflict resolution. In the last 5 years, she led, organized and designed multi-day, train-the-trainer workshops for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) which focused on teaching others about conflict management as a way to shift the organizational culture at airports across the United States.
Porter hosts her own Blog Talk Radio show, The Texas Conflict Coach. She holds the Advanced Practitioner – Workplace Mediator designation for the Association for Conflict Resolution, is a Credentialed Distinguished Mediator in the Texas Mediator Credentialing Association, and the CINERGY certified advanced conflict coach and coach-mentor recognized by the International Coach Federation.
Workshop Description:
Description: Are you a sage on the stage or a guide on the side? Being an effective and experiential trainer requires an understanding of adult learning theory but more importantly, the ability to carry out an engaging and powerful learning experience. A core element of this train-the-trainer workshop is the ability to facilitate a participant’s own learning through powerful questions, dialogue exchange, and the use of various exercises designed to address a number of participant learning styles. Participants in this training will learn how to balance between being an expert or sage, and a guide in the training room. They will also learn….
a) techniques to design processes when delivering an exercise
b) online technologies that enhance the learning experience
c) easy techniques for graphically recording on flip charts
d) how to facilitate a participant’s learning and understanding of key concepts
This is a hands-on, experiential workshop designed to challenge participants and move them outside their comfort zone. Participants will be physically moving in the room, so comfortable shoes and clothes are recommended.
Pattie Porter, President of Conflict Connections, Inc. in San Antonio, will be the featured presenter for TMTR’s annual Train the Trainer (T3) Event on February 23, 2012, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church, 3901 S. Panther Creek Drive, The Woodlands, Texas. The T3 Event is hosted by TMTR each year on the day preceding the annual Texas Association of Mediators Conference.
Porter’s presentation will be specifically designed to address issues facing mediation trainers and is entitled “The Delicate Balance Between Being the Expert and a Guide in the Training Room.”
Porter has worked extensively in the dispute resolution field for over 17 years providing mediation, facilitation, negotiation training, and conflict coaching services to individuals, businesses, and organizations, including higher education institutions such as the University of Delaware and the University of Texas. She has worked extensively with the Department of Homeland Security, the United States Postal Service, NASA, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
As a senior trainer for Coca-Cola Enterprises during the launch of its nationwide dispute resolution program, Porter provided training in all areas of conflict resolution. In the last 5 years, she led, organized and designed multi-day, train-the-trainer workshops for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) which focused on teaching others about conflict management as a way to shift the organizational culture at airports across the United States.
Porter hosts her own Blog Talk Radio show, The Texas Conflict Coach. She holds the Advanced Practitioner – Workplace Mediator designation for the Association for Conflict Resolution, is a Credentialed Distinguished Mediator in the Texas Mediator Credentialing Association, and the CINERGY certified advanced conflict coach and coach-mentor recognized by the International Coach Federation.
Workshop Description:
Description: Are you a sage on the stage or a guide on the side? Being an effective and experiential trainer requires an understanding of adult learning theory but more importantly, the ability to carry out an engaging and powerful learning experience. A core element of this train-the-trainer workshop is the ability to facilitate a participant’s own learning through powerful questions, dialogue exchange, and the use of various exercises designed to address a number of participant learning styles. Participants in this training will learn how to balance between being an expert or sage, and a guide in the training room. They will also learn….
a) techniques to design processes when delivering an exercise
b) online technologies that enhance the learning experience
c) easy techniques for graphically recording on flip charts
d) how to facilitate a participant’s learning and understanding of key concepts
This is a hands-on, experiential workshop designed to challenge participants and move them outside their comfort zone. Participants will be physically moving in the room, so comfortable shoes and clothes are recommended.
TEXAS SUPREME COURT AMENDS ETHICAL GUIDELINES
In response to recommendations from the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Supreme Court approved amendments to the “Ethical Guidelines for Mediators” which were adopted by Court Order dated June 13, 2005 (Misc. Docket No. 05-9107). The new Court Order, dated April 11, 2011 (Misc. Docket No. 11-9062), will make the revisions effective June 1, 2011.
For a copy of the Court Order and the newly-revised guidelines, click Ethical Guidelines Amended Order.
In response to recommendations from the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Supreme Court approved amendments to the “Ethical Guidelines for Mediators” which were adopted by Court Order dated June 13, 2005 (Misc. Docket No. 05-9107). The new Court Order, dated April 11, 2011 (Misc. Docket No. 11-9062), will make the revisions effective June 1, 2011.
For a copy of the Court Order and the newly-revised guidelines, click Ethical Guidelines Amended Order.
Lee Jay Berman
LEE JAY BERMAN LEADS 2011 TRAIN THE TRAINER EVENT
Thirty mediation trainers gathered in San Antonio on February 24, 2011, for the annual Texas Mediation Training Roundtable “Train the Trainer” event. Lee Jay Berman, Los Angeles, California, challenged the group to think differently about the diverse needs of both mediators and their trainers in today’s environment.
Noting that Texas was a leader in the mediation movement, Berman described how California had adapted and shaped the profession and the processes surrounding it. He emphasized the need of mediators to meet the expectations of the parties while honoring the proven techniques of facilitation. “An important part of our job as trainers, is to keep mediators fresh,” Berman said.
Berman addressed the difficulties of providing training to a diverse group of individuals. Much has been done to standardize training, he said, and for good reason. However, he presented the question of whether trainers are meeting the needs of those who come for training.
Thirty mediation trainers gathered in San Antonio on February 24, 2011, for the annual Texas Mediation Training Roundtable “Train the Trainer” event. Lee Jay Berman, Los Angeles, California, challenged the group to think differently about the diverse needs of both mediators and their trainers in today’s environment.
Noting that Texas was a leader in the mediation movement, Berman described how California had adapted and shaped the profession and the processes surrounding it. He emphasized the need of mediators to meet the expectations of the parties while honoring the proven techniques of facilitation. “An important part of our job as trainers, is to keep mediators fresh,” Berman said.
Berman addressed the difficulties of providing training to a diverse group of individuals. Much has been done to standardize training, he said, and for good reason. However, he presented the question of whether trainers are meeting the needs of those who come for training.
Lee Jay Berman challenges trainers to see things differently
Berman is the Founder and President of the American Institute of Mediation. He served as the national chair of the American Bar Association Section on Dispute Resolution’s Training Committee for four years. Berman is the former director of the Mediating the Litigated Case program at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law. He is a national panelist for the American Arbitration Association, a Distinguished Fellow with the International Academy of Mediators, a Diplomat with both the California and National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, and is internationally certified by the International Mediation Institute.
Berman shares his insights on dispute resolution through his blogsite, Eye on Conflict, hosts a weekly radio show called Talk It Over, and trained mediators, judges and business leaders in India, Croatia, Jordan, the UAE, and the Netherlands.
The Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable is a guild of individuals who come together to set standards and ensure the quality of mediation training in the State of Texas.
Berman shares his insights on dispute resolution through his blogsite, Eye on Conflict, hosts a weekly radio show called Talk It Over, and trained mediators, judges and business leaders in India, Croatia, Jordan, the UAE, and the Netherlands.
The Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable is a guild of individuals who come together to set standards and ensure the quality of mediation training in the State of Texas.
Lee Jay Berman and Train the Trainer participants
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2011 Train the Trainer Event – San Antonio
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