Abstracts and Biographies:
Practice skills workshop
Developing Excellence in Practice: The Path to
Artistry
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Michael Lang
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As practitioners stretch the boundaries of their practices,
critical questions emerge about how we integrate the skills and knowledge necessary to be
effective and resourceful practitioners. This session will explore the following
questions.
- How do mediators advance from learning basic skills to becoming excellent in their work?
- What makes a mediator effective, resourceful?
- How can we learn from our professional experiences, so we can become more competent in
our work?
This session will be personal, practical, hands-on, and provide participants with
opportunities to gain and practice new skills. A brief lecture will provide a foundation
in theory; while much of the seminar will be devoted to hands on practice. Participants
will learn and practice specific methods for increasing competence in their practices. In
addition, they will learn to identify the theories that guide their practices, to use
those theories in shaping their work, and developing methods and skills to become
competent, resourceful practitioners.
This session is designed for and would appeal to conflict resolvers/mediators in all
areas of practice. |
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| Michael D. Lang is Professor of Conflict Management at Royal
Roads University, Victoria, B. C., founding Director of Antioch University's Master of
Arts in Conflict Resolution, former Editor of Mediation Quarterly. Michael has been
a mediator, trainer, and consultant for 23 years. He is co-author of The Making of a
Mediator: Developing Artistry in Practice. |
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This conference is sponsored by the World Mediation Forum,
the University of South Australia, and the Hawke Institute.
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