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The MTI Monthly
Newsletter February 2012 See below to Subscribe / Unsubscribe / Friend-forward |
News and notes from Mediation Training Institute International
for all who share an interest in conflict and its management.
Continuously published since January 2003 — Last month's issue ("of the month" selections have been updated.)
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MTI News Center: Recent announcements
MTI courses pre-approved for PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification credits by HRCI for 2012 public offerings 2) Free 30-minute webinars offered by MTI Webiversity — calendar of upcoming webinars Topics: Meet-the-Mediator, How to Mediate Workplace Conflict, How to Measure the Cost of Conflict 3) Conflict Management Toolbox: Free instruments to measure the costs and forms of conflict in your organization 4) Recent videos about mediation: YouTube and other sources 5) Conference of the month: International Academy of Mediators Spring Conference, Washington, DC April 18, 2012 6) Article of the month: "Five and a Half Years: A Look Back at Growing a Mediation Practice" by Jim W Hildreth Plus links to more recent articles on mediation Related: Mediators: Retool for Workplace Mediation 7) Website of the month: "National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation" 8) Jobs of the month: 6 current openings: Texas, France, California, Washington DC/Baltimore/NYC, Asia/Africa/Europe, Florida Click to send email, receive reply in 10 seconds More available at MTI's Mediation Jobs resource page 9) Blog of the month: "Conflict Remedy" Plus best recent blog posts from Mediate(dot)com 10) Twitter newsfeeds for mediation, ombuds, conflict coaching, collaborative practice, and more Recent tweets from @MTImediation (continuous) Recent tweets from @ElectMediators (continuous) 11) Book of the month: "The 3rd Alternative" by Stephen R. Covey 12) Trainer of the month: Ben Adkins Attend Ben's upcoming certification course in Houston 13) Mediation-at-Sea Cruise: Florida to Eastern Caribbean, March 2013 (tentative) Help us select the next Mediation-at-Sea cruise itinerary 14) In-house training: Request proposal and price quote for as few as three people 15) Company licensing: Beyond training: Strategic management or organizational conflict ... an imminent imperative 16) Book excerpt: Managing Differences: Chapter 17: "Behavioral Science of Difference Management" Click to send email, receive reply in 10 seconds Downloadable audiobook: listen to first chapter free 17) Seminar excerpt: How to Mediate Employee Conflict: "When to Use Managerial Mediation: Who Defines the Problem?" Click to send email, receive reply in 10 seconds 18) Insurance mediation: Find a member of the Insurance Expert Network who has received MTI's professional mediation training 19) NYSDRA 1-Hour Teleseminars 20) Computer-based training in Managing Workplace Conflict with web-based testing and reporting 21) Training without Travel: "When you don't have time to go there" 22) Certification Course Calendar: Mediators, Professionals, Managers, TTT: 1 to 5 days: Tampa, Chicago, Washington DC, Knoxville, Houston, Switzerland, Sarasota, Denver, Milwaukee, Reno, Dallas, Boulder, Edmonton, Minneapolis, Lexington, Las Vegas, more ... 23) Bibliographies: ~ Conflict Management and Emotional Intelligence ~ Conflict in Family Businesses ~ Gender-based Conflict ~ more 24) Government Corner: ~ Mediator Certification: Washington DC, March 5-9, 2012 ~ Federal employee discount ~ Webinars: March 21-22, 2012 ~ Federal employee discount ~ Computer-based training ~ Government discount 25) Mediators' Corner ~ Underpaid? Retool to mediate in the lucrative workplace sector ~ Advanced Certificate in Workplace Mediation: Attend 3 days or 5 days ... your choice ~ Professional Mediators Monthly Teleconference: free ~ Elect Mediators to Public Office: A project for better government 26) Professors' Corner ~ Dan Dana will be your live "guest lecturer" for your class (anywhere in the world) ~ Adopt this CD as you would a textbook, with on-line testing and reporting of scores ~ Classroom simulation in managing workplace conflict ~ Summary of academic resources 27) Coaches' Corner: ~ Coach aboard MTI's next Mediation-at-Sea cruise (help select itinerary) ~ Conflict Coaching video ~ Trainer certification 28) International Corner: MTI Worldwide in over 30 nations ~ represent MTI in your country ~ MTI Europe: Courses in English, Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese 19-23 March 2012: Certification Course, Basel, Switzerland (in English) ~ MTI Lebanon 5 March 2012: Managerial Mediation, Beirut ~ MTI Africa 16-17 February 2012: Certification Course, Lagos, Nigeria ~ MTI Latinoamérica Courses to be announced soon in San Juan, San José, Puerto Vallarta, Miami, and other cities 29) Elect Mediators to Public Office, a non-partisan project for less polarization, more cooperation in government ~ Press release ~ Endorsed candidates ~ How to help (no money, please) ~ Follow on Twitter |
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