CONVENING “WHOLE OF COMMUNITY”: Integrating approaches

& Practices to Address Conflicts in a Chaotic World

Thursday, October 8, 2009

7:30am – 8:30am WPS New Membership Meeting (Continental Breakfast)

2:00pm - 3:30pm Workshop Series 1

1.13             Decision-Making and Award Writing in Labor Arbitration (Contract vs. Discharge)
                    David Stiteler, Salem, OR

                    Jack Clark, Montgomery, AL

1.17       I Can’t Believe You Said That! – Gender Issues in Communication and Negotiation

                    Nina Meierding, Bainbridge Island, WA

4:00pm - 5:30pm Workshop Series 2

2.03            Developing a Health and Productivity Program: A Workplace Model           

          Victoria Scott, Toronto, ON, Canada

2.12             Resolving Workplace Conflict Between Generations           

               Michael Spangle, Broomfield, CO

               David Knapp, Thorton, CO

2.13             Mediator and Parties' Relationship: An Empirical Journey to Trust Building

                Jean Poitras, Montreal, QC, Canada

2.17             Identify and Intervene in Individual and Group Bullying in the Workplace           

                Cathryne L Schmitz, Greensboro, NC   

               Janet Schmidt, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

              Thomas Matyok, Greensboro, NC

Friday, October 9, 2009

7:45am – 8:45am ACR Annual Membership Meeting (Breakfast)

9:15am – 10:45am Workshop Series 3

3.11             Building a Competent Organization from Scratch: What Practitioners, Organizations, and the Conflict Resolution Profession Can Learn           

                    Rita Callahan, New York, NY  

                Robert Damato, Long Island City, NY

                   Doug Bush, Long Island City, NY

3.16             Organizational Misbehavior: Assessing & Responding to Organizational Conflict           

                Myra W Isenhart, Englewood, CO

               Michael Spangle, Broomfield, CO

11:15am - 12:15pm Facilitated Discussions on Diversity and Equity

DE-1          Hearing and Healing: The Power of Truth and Reconciliation         

              Reverend Nelson Johnson, Greensboro, NC;

          Joyce Johnson, Greensboro, NC

DE-2          University Responses to Legacies of Slavery, Segregation, and Discrimination         

          Frank Dukes, Charlottesville, VA

DE-3          Embracing Philosophical, Spiritual, and Religious Diversity in Conflict Resolution         

          Emily Gould, Montpelier, VT

DE-4          Confronting Hate Speech         

          Tom Matyok, Greensboro, NC;

          Barbara Strahl, Las Vegas, NV

DE-5          Gay Marriage vs. Civil Unions         

          Terry Wheeler, Columbus, OH

DE-6          Middle Class Assumptions: Do Conflict Resolution Processes Have Class-Based Values?         

          Sherrill Hayes, Brown Summit, NC

DE-7          Issues in Elder Mediation: A Conversation         

          Carolyn Rodis, Harwood, MD;

          Susan Butterwick, Ann Arbor, MI

DE-8          How to Have a Real Conversation About Race         

          Christy Cumberlander Walker, Columbus, OH;

          Crevon Tarrance, Columbus, OH

DE-9          Addressing Diversity Without Compromising Neutrality During Mediation         

          Catherine Powell, Pensacola, FL

DE-10          Diversity of Practice: Are We One Community?         

          Lou Gieszl, Annapolis, MD;

          Cheryl Jamison, Annapolis, MD

DE-11          Organizational Cultural Competency: Race, Disparities, and Conflict         

          Laura Ramnarace, Silver City, NM

DE-12          For People of Color: A Safe Space for Open, Honest Discussion         

          H. Ray Lanier, Washington, DC

DE-13          ACR D&E Network Update         

          Fernaundra Ferguson, Pensacola, FL;

              Angelia Tolbert, Little Rock, AR

12:30pm – 1:45pm Workplace Section BUSINESS Meeting (Light Lunch)

2:00pm - 3:30pm Workshop Series 4

4.02             Creating Connections, Building Consensus: Using Graphic Facilitation to Enhance Communication

                 Patricia M Porter, San Antonio, TX  

                 Ruth Britt, Arlington, VA

4.10             Impasse Is A Fallacy!

                 Lee Jay Berman, Los Angeles, CA

4.15             Developing a Company of Mediators           

                Janet P. Schmidt, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

                Dave Dyck, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

                Sandy Koop Harder, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

4:00-5:30pm Workshop Series 5

5.11             Building Organizational Cultural Competence from the Ground Up           

                  Laura Ramnarace, Silver City, NM

                 Elizabeth Lilliott, Albuquerque, NM

5.13             From the Inside Out: Transforming Organizational Conflict by Coaching an Internal Reference Team

                  David R Brubaker, Harrisonburg, VA

5.19             Pre-Dispute Arbitration Clauses: Reform Needed?             

                   Sharon Press, Tallahassee, FL

                   David Lipsky, Ithaca, NY

                Joseph Stulberg, Columbus, OH

               Timothy Germany, New York, NY

Saturday, October 10, 2009

8:15-9:45am Workshop Series 6

6.01             Taming the Dysfunctional Office through Mediation/Facilitation           

                   Lili Hutto, Davenport, IA

                   Jonathan Kaufmann, Annandale, VA

                   Linda Schneider, Bettendorf, IA

6.04             The Mediator’s Perfect Storm: Working Through Internal Conflict Caused by Colliding Ethical Values

                Susan Exon, Ontario, CA;

                Elaine Rosen, Redlands, CA

6.09             Tear Down These Walls - Making the Case for the Non-Attorney Arbitrator           

                 Rocco M Scanza, Ithaca, NY

                 Jay Grenig, Milwaukee, WI

                 David B Lipsky, Ithaca, NY

6.17             Sexual Non Harassment           

                Priscilla Prutzman, Nyack, NY

10:15am-11:45am Workplace Series 7

7.02             Narrative Mediation in Organizational Conflicts           

                 Nikolaj Kure, Aarhus, Denmark

7.09             Informal Conflict Coaching – Creating Peacemakers at Work and in the Community           

                 Janet Schmidt, Winnipeg, MB, Canada;

                    Dave Dyck, Winnipeg, MB, Canada;

                    David Falk, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

7.17             Sharing Our Applications of Conflict Coaching           

                 Cinnie E Noble, Toronto, ON, Canada

                 Ross Brinkert, Abington, PA         

                    Patricia Porter, San Antonio, TX

                    Rita Callahan, New York, NY

For Advanced Practitioners, the advanced track programs include:

1.13            Decision-Making and Award Writing in LABOR Arbitration (CONTRACT vs. DISCHARGE)

3.11            Building a Competent Organization from Scratch: What Practitioners, Organizations, and            the Conflict Resolution Profession Can Learn

5.19             Pre-Dispute Arbitration Clauses: Reform Needed?

7.17             Sharing Our Applications of Conflict Coaching

THANKS for joining us in Atlanta!!

COME JOIN US NEXT YEAR

IN CHICAGO ON SEPTEMBER 6-9!!

Workplace Section Tri-Chairs

Susan Conner, 2008-2010

Julie Denny, 2009-2011

David Stiteler, 2009-2011