See this 30-minute free video on Think Tech Hawaii’s website with ACR-Hawai‘i’s Directors Lisa Jacobs and Tom DiGrazia as they discuss the collaborative divorce process.
Ooops! Pardon my slip, here’s the link. See this 30-minute free video on Think Tech Hawaii’s website with ACR-Hawai‘i’s Directors Lisa Jacobs and Tom DiGrazia as they discuss the collaborative divorce process. Lisa Jacobs is a Mediator, Collaborative Attorney, Facilitator, Speaker, and Trainer in the areas of Family and Elder Law. She founded Better Way Divorce, also known as Pono Divorce, where she devotes 100% of her law and mediation practice to support families resolve their disputes using non-adversarial processes. Lisa has been licensed to practice law in Hawai‘i for the past 23 years. She has handled over 1,800 cases as a Family Law Consulting Attorney, 110 cases as a Mediator, and 12 cases as a Collaborative Attorney, with an agreement rate exceeding 90%. Tom DiGrazia is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Richard School of Law at UH Manoa, and currently teaches a family law mediation course. He is also an author on a book on family mediation and peacemaking. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, Hawai‘i Time, every weekday then streams earlier shows through the night. It’s vision is to be a leader in shaping a more vital and thriving Hawai‘i as the foundation for future generations. It’s mission is to be the leading digital media platform raising pubic awareness and promoting civic engagement in Hawai‘i.
Have you ever watched parties in a mediation struggle to hear what each other is saying, or even to get what you’re saying? What if the important things people were trying to say in your mediations were not evaporating into thin air? What if the parties could literally see their comments in real time and reflect on them? How might that impact the process of coming to agreements? If you attend this webinar, you’ll learn how visual communication is being applied to family mediation to make communication more effective, creative, and interactive. In particular, you will: Understand why visual communication is so powerful for parties in resolving conflict Learn about groundbreaking visual mediation methods Discover ways you can begin building your own visual communication skills MORE INFO ON VISUAL MEDIATION To learn more about visual mediation visit the Mediate BC blog ABOUT LISA ARORA Lisa Arora is an internationally recognized expert in the field of graphic facilitation and a comprehensive family mediator who uses visuals to enhance communication and foster productive, mutually beneficial agreements during mediation. Since 2008, Lisa’s firm Get The Picture has specialized in providing engaging visual meeting experiences that result in highly productive dialogue, shared understanding, alignment and high-quality decisions. Visual meeting strategies are on the rise and being used across all industries to tackle deep-rooted and emerging issues. Lisa is also a well-regarded instructor in visual facilitation/group graphics methodology and author of 3 practical visual facilitation eGuides. REGISTER NOW This Mediate BC/Virtual Mediation Lab 30-min Free webinar will take place Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 9:00am Pacific Time (11:00am Central Time | Noon Eastern Time | 5:00pm London, UK Time). You can attend our event with a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Android tablet or smartphone. To sign up fill out this ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM Link to Virtual…
March 29, 2017, 11:30 AM -1:30 PM Hawai’i Supreme Court Conference Room, Ali’iolani Hale, 417 South King Street, 2nd Floor Honolulu, HI 96813 Panel discussion led by Lou Chang, Mediator/Arbitrator/Attorney: Panelists include: Judge Victoria S. Marks (Ret.), VSM, LLC and Mark D. Bernstein, Esq.Moderated by Dick Mosher, Esq., Mediator/Arbitrator/Attorney, and International Centre for Dispute Resolution and CAPP Arbitrator REGISTER ONLINE REGISTRATION FEES: Members of Sponsoring Organizations $25 Non-Members $35 Students $10 Hawai‘i Arbitration Vacatur Rulings flyer
Thursday, March 16, 2017 Noon – 2:00 PM Hawai‘i Supreme Court Conference Room, Ali’iolani Hale 417 South King Street, 2nd Floor Presented by: Beadie Kanahele Dawson, Hawai‘ian activist, attorney, mediator, haku and 2017 Living Treasure of Hawai’i Awardee Sponsored by the Hawai‘i State Judiciary Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution; Co-sponsored by the Native Hawai‘ian Bar Association; the Hawai‘i State Bar Association-ADR Section; the Association for Conflict Resolution-Hawai‘i, and the Mediation Center of the Pacific RSVP to cadr@courts.hawaii.gov or call 539-4237.
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 2:00 noon – 1:30 PM Hawai‘i Supreme Court Conference Room 417 South King Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu. The esteemed panel and moderator will include Hawaii arbitrators Lou Chang, Judge Victoria S. Marks (Ret.), Mark Bernstein, and Richard Mosher. ACR-Hawai‘i members receive the reduced registration rate of $25 ($35 for non members of sponsoring or co-sponsoring organizations, and $10 for students). Please register in advance for this workshop. Here is the link to register.
Workshops “Negotiation Skills for Women”, “Challenging Conversations: How to Share Your Concerns so People Will Hear You”, and “Addressing Annoying Behaviors: Tools Mediators Use…And You Can, Too!” with Elizabeth Kent (Pre-registration required) Group discounts & partial scholarships available Hawai’i Innovation Center at Hilo (HICH) 117 Keawe Street, Hilo, HI 96720 We negotiate constantly–with our spouses, partners, bosses, children, peers, and others. Do you want to develop the skills you need to negotiate successfully and narrow the gender gap? Join us to participate in simulated negotiations, plus learn the stages and components of negotiation, including offers, counter-offers, and modes of communication. Elizabeth Kent, J.D., has helped people and institutions find solutions to sticky problems for over 25 years. She has clerked at two federal courts of appeals, practiced commercial law, served as the Deputy Director at the Hawai’i State Department of Human Services, taught at University of Hawai’i at Manoa, and directed the Hawai’i State Judiciary’s Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution. A trained facilitator and mediator, Elizabeth teaches graduate classes in conflict system design and negotiation at UH-Manoa and a variety of conflict resolution skills classes around the state. She has received the Hawaii Women Lawyers’ Distinguished Service Award and the Church of the Crossroads’ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Peacemaker Award. To register, contact Jenifer at 935-7844 x 1 or jenifer@hawaiimediation.org. Free Brown Bag Lunch Talk “The Conversation: Why is it So Difficult to Talk about Death and Dying” with Cathy Hough Thursday, February 16, 2017 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Free (walk-ins welcome) Office of the Prosecuting Attorney 655 Kilauea Avenue, Hilo, HI 96720 Cathy advocates facing death as a natural part of life rather than being fearful or in avoidance of it. “Preparing oneself and one’s loved ones for the inevitability of death frees people to…
Students Helping Each Other Across the USA Click here for the 30-min video of the January 31, 2017 webinar “Online Peer Mediation Platform – Students Helping Each Other Across the USA”. The Online Peer Mediation Platform (OPMP) is a project funded by the JAMS Foundation, currently managed by the National Association of Peer Program Professionals, and previously managed by the Association for Conflict Resolution
3 SKILLS-BUILDING WORKSHOPS with Elizabeth Kent Hawai’i Innovation Center at Hilo (HICH) 117 Keawe Street, Hilo, HI 96720 Thursday, February 9, 2017 from 8:30am to 11:00am NEGOTIATION SKILLS FOR WOMEN We negotiate constantly–with our spouses, partners, bosses, children, peers, and others. Do you want to develop the skills you need to negotiate successfully and narrow the gender gap? Join us to participate in simulated negotiations, plus learn the stages and components of negotiation, including offers, counter-offers, and modes of communication. Friday, February 10, 2017 from 8:30am to 12:00pm CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS: How to Share Your Concerns so People Will Hear You Learn a 4-part process to discuss difficult issues in a way that maximizes the possibility of success! Part 1 is to center and ready yourself to have a productive conversation. Part 2 is to explore the other person’s readiness and willingness to listen. Part 3 is to plan your logistics and approach. Part 4 is to have the conversation using powerful and effective “I” statements. Friday, February 10, 2017 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm ADDRESSING ANNOYING BEHAVIORS: Tools Mediators Use…And You Can, Too Do you work with people who are aggressive or passive-aggressive? Who talk too much? Or who don’t listen? Learn to deal confidently with annoying conduct and strategize tactics when faced with problem behaviors. In this interactive workshop, explore how to break down the behaviors and why they are difficult, and understand the different ways people communicate and respond to conflict. Instructor Elizabeth Kent, J.D., has helped people and institutions find solutions to sticky problems for over 25 years. She has clerked at two federal courts of appeals, practiced commercial law, served as the Deputy Director at the Hawai’i State Department of Human Services, taught at University of Hawai’i at Manoa, and directed the Hawai’i State Judiciary’s Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution. …
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 Reflective Practice Workshop — building competence in your workplace Presented by Nicola Hartfiled, New Zealand based mediator 9 to 11:30 a.m.; HSBA 10th Floor Conference Room; $35 members of co-sponsoring organizations/$45 non-members. Payment by check only made out to HSBA-ADR Section. RSVP: Lynn lynn@chjustice.com Sponsored by HSBA-ADR Section; Co-sponsored by HSBA-Labor and Employment Section, ACR-Hawaii, MCP, and CADR Fri. Feb 17, 2017 Informational session: Set up your own Reflective Practice Group Presented by Charles W. Crumpton, Hawaii based civil litigation attorney/mediator/arbitrator, consultant, and university faculty/trainer; and Nicola Hartfiled, New Zealand based mediator 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.; 10th Floor HSBA Conference Room. No charge for this workshop. RSVP: Lynn lynn@chjustice.com. Sponsored by HSBA-ADR Section; Co-sponsored by ACR-Hawaii, MCP, and CADR Tues. Feb. 21, 2017 Workshop: Strategies to shift impasse in Family Dispute Resolution Presented by Nicola Hartfiled, New Zealand based mediator; Lisa Jacobs is an Hawaii based mediator, collaborative attorney, facilitator and trainer in the areas of family and elder law. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 10th Floor HSBA Conference Room; $35 members of co-sponsoring organizations / $45 non-members. Payment by check only made out to HSBA-ADR Section. RSVP: Lynn lynn@chjustice.com Sponsored by HSBA-ADR Section; Co-sponsored by HSBA-Family Law Section, HSBA-Probate and Estate Section, ACR-Hawaii, MCP, and CADR