Recently I’ve facilitated several working groups in different organizations that shared a theme: how to manage the tension between the headquarters or central office of an organization and field or local offices. In these cases, the field offices had considerable autonomy, but the central office, due to new legislation or other pressures, required more standardization […]
Mayen Dengdit of South Sudan in Denver
April 27, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Pleased to have had lunch today with David Mayen Dengdit, who recently left his post as press secretary in the South Sudanese government in protest of its human rights abuses. He has taken up temporary residence in Denver, which has a significant South Sudanese community. I learned about the current state of the peace process […]
Presentation at the Korbel School
August 16, 2017 by Leave a Comment
I gave a talk at the Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, at the invitation of the university’s Conflict Resolution Institute. The talk, based on my doctoral research, was titled “Inclusivity and Peace Negotiations: Engaging Armed Groups and Civil Society” and featured Prof. Tim Sisk as discussant. The Institute’s newsletter just […]
Consultation in Burma/Myanmar
August 3, 2017 by 1 Comment
I had the enormous good fortune to conduct training and consultation with some groups involved in the country’s ongoing peace process in Myanmar/Burma. This was at the invitation of U.S. Institute of Peace’s Burma office, headed by Vanessa Johanson and colleagues Kyi Kyi Sein and Ye Htut (pictured). Learned a lot and am hoping to […]
Recording of webinar: Engaging Civil Society in Peacemaking
August 3, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday I conducted a webinar, “Engaging Civil Society in Peacemaking” hosted by the International Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution. Below is a recording in case you missed it. The full recording is 53 minutes; my actual talk runs approx. from minutes 3-28. The questions were great so listen to those too if you […]
Radio interview
July 25, 2017 by Leave a Comment
I was recently interviewed on a local radio show for businesses about mediation & facilitation–listen to my two short (10-min.) segments here: https://connectcollaborate.podbean.com/mf/web/ccbmjh /C_C_7-18_03.mp3 https://connectcollaborate.podbean.com/mf/web/pbb3qr/C_C_7-18_04.mp3
July 17, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Please join me for a free 1-hr. webinar “Engaging Civil Society in Peacemaking” sponsored by the Association for Conflict Resolution’s International Section Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at 1:00pm Eastern Time (10:00am Pacific Time | 11:00am Mountain Time | 6:00pm London/UK Time). Click here for more details and to register.
Listen to me on the radio
July 16, 2017 by Leave a Comment
I’m excited to announce I’ll be live on the radio in the 4:00 pm MDT hour Tuesday (July 18) on 1690 am Denver and also livestreamed. I’ll be talking about mediation and facilitation in business for the show “Connect and Collaborate,” the voice of the Colorado Business Roundtable, hosted by Paul Kullman and Tammy Schmidt. […]
Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program 10th anniversary
January 20, 2017 by Leave a Comment
NEWS I was invited to the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program for its 10th anniversary symposium. I spoke on a panel titled “Political Dialogue: The Promises and Perils of Facilitation.” Pictured here are (from left to right in the first photo) Toby Berkman, Heather Scheiwe Kulp, Bob Bordone, me, Fr. Josh Thomas, and Liz […]