Thursday & Friday, December 1 & 2, 2016 8:00 am – 4:30 pm (morning & afternoon snacks provided; lunch on your own) UH Hilo Campus, UCB 127 $400 tuition $3 daily parking fees apply To register, call 932-7830 or visit http://hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/ccecs/FacilitativeSkills.php ABOUT THE WORKSHOP This is a unique, two-day workshop developed and presented by retired UH specialist Donna R. Ching, Ph.D. She has deconstructed the concept of collaborative leadership and created a very practical program for helping individuals lead from within their organizations or groups, starting with the planning and conducting of successful meetings. Meetings represent only one venue where collaborative leadership can be demonstrated, but they serve as a microcosm of an organization’s dynamics and provide a useful place to practice and master one’s leadership skills, whether in the role of participant or in-house facilitator. At a time when organizations are seeking to leverage their existing resources, training people in facilitative skills is a highly efficient way to ensure that 1) meetings are productive; 2) critical conversations are well managed; and 3) individuals at every level are working in a collaborative manner. With its emphasis on practical skills and its real-life examples, this workshop provides a roadmap for adding to one’s toolkit a set of skills and practices that are foundational to collaborative leadership. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Donna Ching is a recently retired University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Extension Specialist and the founder of the Pacific Center for Collaboration. She is an advocate for collaborative leadership and one of Hawaiʻi’s premier practitioners of group facilitation. Donna’s workshops on leadership, facilitation, group process, and strategic planning are very popular with participants from non-profit, for-profit, and government organizations. In her role as a practitioner, Donna facilitates a variety of meetings in community and organizational settings. She is sought after for…
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From the Virtual Mediation Lab: “Introduction to Online Mediation” Free 30-min Webinar/Demo November 29, 2016, 7:00 am Hawai’i time Are you a mediator, mediation center or ADR organization interested in online mediation? If so, you can attend “Introduction to Online Mediation”, and in 30 minutes you’ll learn: – What Online Mediation means and how it works – Benefits of Online Mediation – How mediators can do online everything they are used to do in-person: e.g. Joint and private meetings (caucus) with the parties; “Shuttle Diplomacy” in multi-party disputes; Information (documents, pictures, worksheets, videos) sharing and annotation; Writing up the parties’ “Memorandum of Understanding” or agenda for their next meeting – Which cases are suitable for Online Mediation – When and how to blend face-to-face and Online Mediation – Which video conferencing software works best for Online Mediation – How to get hands-on training in Online Mediation – How to try Online Mediation for FREE PRESENTER – Giuseppe Leone, founder of Virtual Mediation Lab, an online mediation project sponsored by the Association for Conflict Resolution Hawaii Chapter. SIGN UP – For more information and to sign up click here Please Note. In order to make this “Introduction to Online Mediation” 30-min free webinar as interactive as possible, seating is limited.
Dear ACR-Hawai‘i Members You are all cordially invited to the ACR-Hawai‘i Annual Dinner and General Membership Meeting Friday, December 2, 2016, from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Da Spot Restaurant, 2469 S. King Street, Honolulu, HI 96826 Free for ACR-Hawai‘i members, $25 for guests Guest speaker will be Chris Miller Trainer and Practitioner of Nonviolent, Compassionate Communication. Chris also has a passion for Restorative Justice. His interactive presentation will be fabulous. Membership renewals will be accepted at the December 2nd event. Please RSVP on or before Monday, November 28, 2016, to Lisa Jacobs, at email: Lisa@PonoDivorce.com, with the number of persons attending. ACR-Hawai‘i – Nominees for 2017 Officers and Directors President (automatically elected): Lisa Nakao is the Director of Operations at Hawai‘i’s Better Business Bureau. She oversees all public services of the organization, including dispute resolution (conciliation, mediation and arbitration) for marketplace related issues, business / charity reviews and accreditation, advertising review, marketplace investigation, database management and consumer education. After graduating from high school in Japan, she obtained Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing and International Business from University of Hawai‘i. President-Elect: Amrita Mallik currently serves as a Program Officer within the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at UH, where she helps the University address workplace conflict. She was a Senior Trial Attorney with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She holds a B.A. from Brown University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. Vice President: Tom DiGrazia is a Peacemaker, Lawyer and Director of Mediation Center-Windward Oahu. He holds a JD from the University of Notre Dame Law School, and a MA in Political Science from Rutgers University. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Law School at UH, and the author of Peacemaker: A Sicilian American Memoir (2013) and Light on Peacemaking – A Guide to Appropriate Dispute…
November 10, 2016 – The non-profit Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center hosts a free and open to the public talk on November 17 as part of their “Finding Solutions, Growing Peace” Brown Bag Lunch Series. Talks are Third Thursdays from 12 noon to 1 pm in the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney at 655 Kilauea Avenue in Hilo. This month’s speaker is Tim Hansen on “Restorative Justice: Ways to Restore Victims, Offenders, and Communities.” “In honor of Restorative Justice Week 2016, come learn about restorative responses to harm that honor victims, hold offenders accountable, and strengthen communities–leaving them stronger, rather than weaker, after crime occurs,” said Hansen. “Restorative Justice (RJ) is not a ‘new way’ of looking at crime but is based on the values that many indigenous cultures have practiced for centuries.” Tim Hansen, MSW, has worked with victims, offenders, and communities for nearly 30 years. He has a Masters in Social Work from UH-Manoa and degrees in Psychology, Speech/Theatre Arts, and Sociology from the University of Minnesota-Winona. Hansen is currently adjunct faculty at UH-Hilo in the Sociology and Political Science Departments and is working on his Clinical Social Work Licensure. As a survivor, he is passionate about the work of healing. This lunch-and-learn series is made possible thanks in part to funding from the Atherton Family Foundation. For more information, contact Ku‘ikahi Administrative & Program Assistant Jenifer Aveiro at 935-7844 x 1 or jenifer@hawaiimediation.org. Or visit www.hawaiimediation.org.
Dear ACR-Hawai`i Members, You are cordially invited to the upcoming ACR-Hawai`i Annual Dinner and Meeting, scheduled for Friday, December 2, 2016, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., at Da Spot Restaurant, 2469 S. King Street, Honolulu, HI 96826. Cost of the dinner is free for ACR-Hawai`i members, and $25 for guests. Our guest speaker is Chris Miller, who is a Trainer of Nonviolent, Compassionate Communication. Chris also has a passion for Restorative Justice. Please RSVP on or before Monday, November 28, 2016, to Lisa Jacobs, at email: Lisa@PonoDivorce.com, with the number of persons attending. We hope to see you there. Best – Lisa Jacobs, 2016 President, ACR-Hawai`i
Free Webinar from the Virtual Mediation Lab: The Importance of Personal Branding for Launching an Online Business Online mediation can open up new business opportunities. Like any other business, however, an online mediation business requires a plan. Why? Because you need to have a clear answer to some key questions: e.g. who exactly are your prospective clients? How will they find you, know you, trust you, like you? And, more importantly, why should they hire you? The most critical component of such plan is your “personal branding”. During this Virtual Mediation Lab webinar, which took place on October 19, 2016, Nicole Abboud explained the basics of personal branding, and how mediators can apply those concepts to launch a successful online mediation business. In particular, she talked about: What a personal brand is and why it’s important for any business owner. How to begin building your personal brand. The importance of differentiating yourself in your mediation niche market. PRESENTERS Nicole Abboud , attorney, podcaster, and owner of Abboud Media. She works with lawyers who understand the value of building relationships with clients through content creation. Giuseppe Leone, founder of Virtual Mediation Lab, a project sponsored by the Association for Conflict Resolution Hawaii Chapter to teach mediators around the world the benefits of online mediation, how to add online mediation to their practice, and how to blend face-to-face and online mediation. Link to the Importance of Personal Branding webinar PLEASE NOTE – This webinar is part of a series of Virtual Mediation Lab webinars on how to launch and market an online mediation business. To find out when the next webinars will be held, please follow the Virtual Mediation Lab via Twitter, Facebook or its LinkedIn Group.
Trainings, celebrations, and other events later this month: October 14, 2016 – Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center – Free Workshop – Kakou Let’s Work It Out! Workshop series – “Less Talk! More Listen!” – 5-7 pm, Campus Center Room 301 at UH Hilo – click here for more information October 14, 2016 – ADR and Litigation Seminar at the Hawai‘i State Bar Convention – “The Value of Mediation and Arbitration in Complex Disputes” – Friday, October 14, 2016 at the Hawai‘i Convention Center – 9:30-12:15 pm – 3 CLE credits – click here for more information October 17, 2016 – Advanced Mediation Practice: “Techniques for Handling Righteously Indignant Parties and Lawyers” – Hawai‘i Supreme Court Conference Room 2nd Floor Ali‘iolani Hale, 417 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813, Room 207 – Reception 8:30 a.m. – Workshop 9 a.m. – Noon – for registration information get the Advanced Mediation Practice Flyer October 20, 2016 – Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center – Open House! – 9 am to 5 pm – Hilo Lagoon Centre, 101 Aupuni Street, Suite PH 1014 B-2, Hilo, HI – click here for more information October 20, 2016 – ACR Conflict Resolution Day (Third Thursday in October) October 23, 2016 – West Hawai‘i Mediation Center – Napua Benefit – Mauna Lani Beach Club – starts at 5 pm – click here for more information October 27, 2016 – Pro Bono Celebration 2016 honoring Mediation Center of the Pacific volunteer Erika Ireland – 4:00 pm, Hawai‘i Supreme Court Courtroom, 2nd Floor Ali‘iolani Hale, 417 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813 October 27-29, 2016 – Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution in partnership with the Institute for Conflict Management at Lipscomb University – 2nd Annual Professional Skills Program in Nashville, Tennessee – visit their website October 28, 2016 – Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center – Community Workshop – “Civility in the Workplace: Conflict Resolution Skills and Managerial Mediation” with Diane Petropulos – 9 am – 4 pm in Hilo – click here for…
The Value of Mediation and Arbitration in Complex Disputes Friday, October 14, 2016 at the Hawai‘i Convention Center 9:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Credits: 3 CLE Course Description: This half day program is intended to inform and educate Hawai‘i lawyers and ADR professionals about the practical and tactical advantages and disadvantages of alternate dispute resolution for multi-party and complex disputes. The program will consist of three parts: (1) 45-60 minute mock mediation of a hypothetical complex dispute involving two private parties and a city called “Hawaiian Fest” (2) moderated one hour panel discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of mediation in multi-party and complex disputes, and (3) moderated question and answer session with the panel members and audience. This seminar will discuss issues of ADR vs. litigation; costs; expediency; complexities of working with multiple parties; benefits of a neutral mediator/arbitrator; on-line ADR options; how to obtain mediators/arbitrators and prepare for hearing, and the extremely important and timely issue of conflicts of interest by Hawaii mediators/arbitrators. They may also critique the mock mediation. Click here for further information
From the Virtual Mediation Lab: New Frontiers in Dispute Resolution: Introduction to Online Mediation – Arizona Association for Conflict Resolution – September 24, 2016 During their September 24, 2016 membership meeting held at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law – Arizona State University, members of the Arizona Association for Conflict Resolution (AACR) learned more about new frontiers in dispute resolution and saw them “in action”. Giuseppe Leone, founder of Virtual Mediation Lab, Showed them how mediators can do online what they are used to do in-person: joint and private meetings with the parties, information (e.g. pictures, pdf documents, worksheets, videos) sharing and annotation, writing up the parties’ “Memorandum of Understanding” or agenda for their next meeting. Explained the benefits of online mediation; how to blend face-to-face and online mediation; how mediators can add online mediation to their practice, in order to offer their services outside their city, state or country. Shared a 7-min video of an online mediation simulation run with two AACR members (Catherine Tornbom and Larrry Schwartz) and an Arizona State University student (Kenton Arbon). Gave AACR members in the audience the opportunity to ask Catherine, Larry and Kenton any questions about their first experience with online mediation. Answered several questions about online mediation. Here is the 80-min video recording of Giuseppe Leone’s presentation and what AACR board member Kate Otting wrote him after their membership meeting. ~~~ Giuseppe: I cannot begin to thank you. Your presentation was a hit. I’m grateful as well to Catherine, Larry and Kenton, for their willingness to take part in the simulation. I’m going to add both videos to our website for members. AACR members ended up talking for a few more minutes after you signed off, sharing their excitement about your presentation and what we’ve all learned about ODR from…
Advanced Mediation Practice Techniques for Handling Righteously Indignant Parties and Lawyers Monday, Oct. 17, 2016 at the Hawai`i Supreme Court Conference Room 2nd Floor Ali`iolani Hale, 417 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawai`i 96813, Room 207 Reception 8:30 a.m. • Workshop 9 a.m. – Noon Featured Speakers: Claudia Bernard, Chief Mediator, US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Howard Herman, Director, ADR Program, US District Court for the Northern District of California Two of the most nationally and internationally experienced and respected mediators and mediation teachers and trainers have graciously agreed to share their wisdom, insights and thoughts on the best practices, tools and tips on how to make the most effective and constructive possible use of mediation to resolve cases and conflicts, for attorneys, mediators and those associated with parties who are repeatedly involved in mediations. This program will combine speaker presentations with very interactive discussion that will enable attendees to raise questions, experiences, and thoughts on making the best use of the opportunities mediation makes possible. Registration: Contact Lynn Honda at (808) 439-8600 by Wednesday October 12, 2016. Space is limited. $45 General admission $35 Members of sponsoring organizations, government attorneys, state employees, and faculty $10 Students Cash or check only. Payable to: HSBA-ADR Section Mail to: Crumpton Collaborative Solutions, TOPA Financial Ctr., Fort Street Tower, 745 Fort Street, Ste. 702, Honolulu, HI 96813 NO REGISTRATION ON SITE. PRE-REGISTERED CHECK-IN ONLY AT THE DOOR. No exchange of money on site. Registration fees are to defray speaker expenses and do not benefit the State Judiciary or sponsoring organizations. Co-Sponsored by: Hawai`i State Bar Association (HSBA), Alternative Dispute Resolution Section; HSBA Litigation Section, and HSBA Appellate Section; The Hawai`i State Judiciary Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution; The Association for Conflict Resolution-Hawai`i, and The Mediation Center of the Pacific To request disability-related accommodations,…