Monthly Archives: August 2006

Free review copies of Kraybill Conflict Style Inventory now available to trainers

Free review copies of Kraybill Conflict Style test now availableRiverhouse ePress, founded by Ron Kraybill, a trainer and advisor in conflict transformation and peacebuilding since 1979 and an Associate Professor of Conflict Studies at Eastern Mennonite University, announces the release of free review copies of Style Matters: The Kraybill Conflict Style Inventory.

The inventory is a recently developed five-styles-of-conflict inventory used by business managers, organizational consultants, and conflict resolution trainers worldwide to teach personal conflict management skills. What makes this inventory unique is its ability to recognize cultural diversity among its users.

The 22-page instrument sells for $3.95 per copy in quantities of one hundred or more. A free trainer’s guide is available on the publisher’s website. Trainers and consultants may request a free review copy in PDF form, by sending an email indicating their organizational affiliation to StyleMattersOffer@RiverhouseEpress.com. A PDF file will immediately be forwarded.

For more information, you can visit the Riverhouse ePress web site.

Riverhouse ePress’s founder also publishes the latest addition to the World Directory of ADR Blogs, Paxblog: Alternative Perspectives on Security and Peace, which reflects blogger Ron Kraybill’s 25 years of experience in international peacebuilding efforts.

(Fans of personality tests should visit these earlier posts from Online Guide to Mediation: “Test of character: using instruments to probe conflict styles and moral intuition“, “Hidden agenda: online test reveals conscious and subconscious bias“, “Let’s face it: testing your understanding of facial expressions“, and “New world order: new web site promotes ‘culturosity’“.)

Newly established working group announces first meeting to discuss adapting Uniform Mediation Act to fit needs of Massachusetts mediators

Group proposes adapting Uniform Mediation Act to meet needs of Massachusetts mediatorsSeveral months ago I reported that the Boston Bar Association (BBA) had announced that it had drafted a proposed amendment to the Massachusetts statute protecting mediation confidentiality.

Now another group is forging off in a new direction. The Massachusetts Uniform Mediation Act Working Group (MassUMA) has extended an open invitation to mediation organizations and private practitioners to explore the feasibility of replacing the Massachusetts mediation confidentiality statute with an adapted version of the Uniform Mediation Act.

The first meeting will be held on Friday, September 8, 2006, at Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in the 4th Floor Faculty Dining Room. Please RSVP with Israela Brill-Cass by email or by phone at 617-439-4700 no later than Friday, September 1, 2006.

More information about MassUMA is available at its web site at www.MassUMA.com.

Online Guide to Mediation back to blogging with two new additions to the World Directory of ADR Blogs

Two more additions to the Directory of ADR BlogsI am glad to announce my return to blogging with two additions to the World Directory of ADR Blogs. The first of these is one I am sorry I hadn’t thought to include sooner, since its author supports ADR and has been a source of friendly encouragement to me and to many other bloggers. These two additions are:

What About Clients? shares the creative energies and insights of attorney J. Daniel Hull “on servicing business clients as valued customers in American law firms”–a message which applies equally to mediators and other conflict resolution professionals. This blog also explores issues confronting the American legal profession and cultural aspects of international law practice. Its sidebar contains a directory of non-U.S. law blogs (which includes some names familiar to readers of Online Guide to Mediation–Geoff Sharp and Stephen Raymond) together with international law resources, bringing a welcome global perspective to law bloggers and readers alike. (Mediators will be delighted to see the title of one of Dan’s recent posts: “First-Rate Mediators Are Worth Their Weight In Gold“–as indeed they are.)

Gini Nelson, an attorney, consultant, and coach in Santa Fe, New Mexico, recently launched the eponymous Gini Nelson’s Engaging Conflicts, a blog that explores, in Gini’s words, “what the converging disciplines of neuroscience, evolutionary biology, cognitive psychology, and anthropology can tell us about conflict, business success, and spirituality.”

It’s a pleasure to welcome Gini to the community of conflict resolution bloggers. It’s good to know that more voices continue to join our conversation.

Remember, if you publish an alternative dispute resolution blog (or one that is ADR-friendly) and would like to be added to the World Directory of ADR Blogs, please let me know. It’s a completely commercial-free site, and there is no cost to be listed. The Directory has information on submitting your blog and submission guidelines.

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