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Oregon Mediation Association
th
28 Annual Fall Conference
November 7-8, 2014
Ambridge Event Center
1333 NE MLK, Jr. Blvd.
Portland, Oregon
Register at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2014OMAconf
Register by October 24 for best rate!
OMA is a nonprofit membership organization committed to the
development, support, and advocacy of mediation in the state of Oregon.
http://www.omediate.org ~ (503) 872-9775 ~ oma@omediate.org
Keynote Speaker
Conference Schedule
Leonard L. Riskin, JD
Friday, November 7, 2014
Leonard is the Chesterfield
Smith Professor of Law at the
University of Florida, College
of Law. He teaches and writes
about mediation, negotiation,
and alternative dispute
resolution.
He has led projects to
integrate dispute resolution
into standard law school classes and incorporate
mindfulness into the education of lawyers and
other dispute resolution professionals.
He is the author of the 2013 Harvard Negotiation
Law Review article: “Managing Inner and Outer
Conflict: Managing Selves, Superpersonalities,
and Internal Family Systems.”
7:30 – 3:30
8:30 – 10:30
10:45 – 12:15
12:15 – 1:30
1:45 – 3:15
3:30 – 5:00
5:00 – 7:00
Registration
Breakfast & Keynote Address 1
Workshop Session #1
Lunch & Awards of Excellence
Workshop Session #2
Workshop Session #3
Reception & Silent Auction
Saturday, November 8, 2014
7:30 – 2:30
8:00 – 9:15
9:30 – 11:00
11:00 – 12:30
12:45 – 2:15
2:30 – 4:00
4:00 – 5:00
Registration
Breakfast & Membership Meeting
Workshop Session #4
Lunch & Keynote Address 2
Workshop Session #5
Workshop Session #6
Closing Session
nformation
General Information
Conference Website
http://www.omediate.org/pg1147.cfm
Opening & Closing Sessions Presenter
Denise Gour, LCSW
Denise is the principal of
Mindful Place, based in
Portland. She is a licensed
clinical social worker with over
15 years’ experience,
specializing in stress reduction,
effective management of
depression, anxiety, and
addiction recovery.
She is trained to teach the Mindfulness Based
Stress Reduction program, developed by Jon
Kabat-Zinn.
Her practice integrates conventional
talk/cognitive therapy with art, meditation, and
gentle movement. Her goal is to help people
discover their own personal sense of a balanced
lifestyle and develop skills that support a sense
of well-being in relationships, work, and life.
Conference Location
Ambridge Event Center
1333 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Portland, OR 97232
Workshop Materials
The web address to access online workshop materials
will be made available at the Conference.
Conference Buddies
Is this your first OMA conference? Are you a
conference veteran who’d like to show a new attendee
the ropes? If so, sign up as a Buddy on your
registration and we’ll match you up!
Continuing Education Credits
OMA is applying for continuing education credits with
Oregon State Bar (OSB), National Association of
Social Workers (NASW), and Human Resources
Certification Institute (HRCI). Available certificates will
be provided by request at the Conference.
Important Dates
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10/17: Volunteer Applications Due
10/24: Early Registration Rate Deadline
Workshop Session #1
Friday, Nov. 7 ~ 10:45 – 12:15
Workshop Session #2
Friday, Nov. 7 ~ 1:45 – 3:15
1A: Mediating with Multiple Generations
(B) Understand and assist the five generations currently in
existence and having to interact with each other. Consider
and discuss workplace and family dispute case studies
through a generational lens.
Donna Lurie, Lurie Workplace Solutions
2A: The Art of Cross-Cultural Dispute Resolution
(IC) The presentation will examine how the obvious and notso-obvious cultural difference impacts resolution of interpersonal and inter-state (international) disputes. Specifically,
the presentation will bring an international perspective to
understanding the impact of culture in the most commonly
used international and domestic dispute resolution practices
(negotiation and mediation.)
Sukhsimranjit Singh, LLM, Associate Director, CDR
1B: A Path to Healing: Mediating Adverse Medical Events
(B) Mindful conversations that take place between patient
and caregiver following an adverse healthcare incident
can speed the path to healing for everyone involved. This
workshop will provide detailed information about a new
law in Oregon that created Early Discussion and
Resolution (EDR), a voluntary process for resolution of
incidents resulting in death or serious physical injury to
patients.
Donna Silverberg, DS Consulting / Randall Jenkins, JD,
University of Florida / Shannon Alexander, RN, MBA,
CHPRM, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center /
Pam Aneshansely Hren, Providence Portland Medical
Center / Melissa Parkerton, MA, Ore. Patient Safety
Commission
1C: The Mindful Mediator: Becoming What is Missing
(PS) Exploration of how the mediator’s application of
specific mindfulness practices may subtly but positively
influence the contour – the energetic boundaries – of a
mediation session and cultivate a sense of spaciousness
and resourcefulness that may otherwise be missing
Christine Trani, MA (Psychology)
1D: Collaborative Mediation: The Intel Story
(B) HR professionals know how successful mediation is for
resolving EEOC charges and lawsuits. But, what about
pure workplace conflict? Can formal mediation be used to
resolve challenging interpersonal issues between coworkers and managers? Intel has embarked on a pilot
program to determine how mediation might help in the
world of high technology
Patrick Lau & Jodi Maslowski, HR Business Partners, Intel
1E: Decision-making, Communication & Mindfulness
(P/S) Using mindfulness principles enhances participant
decision-making and communication during mediation,
enabling participants to more effectively clarify their needs
and interests, while understanding the perspective of
others.
Nancy Neal Yeend
1F: Silk Road: Eastern Spiritual Practices and Western
Mediation
(T) In this advanced mediation training, we will explore
principles and practices drawn from the ancient religious
traditions of Buddhism, Sikhism and Hinduism that are
universal in nature and can help contemporary Western
mediators resolve conflict more skillfully.
Michael Dwyer, JD, Dwyer Mediation Center /
Sukhsimranjit Singh, LLM, Associate Director, CDR
2B: Workplace Mediator? Why Should I Hire You?
(B, P/S) Every successful business learns early to listen to
clients. Here's your chance to literally do this. These
panelists have brought practitioners like us into their
organizations. Wouldn't you be hungry to know what
prompted them to pay for our services? How did they select
the right mediator?
Chris Sheesley, President, In Accord
2C: Mindful Policing
(C) Overview of mindfulness in the context of the American
Police Institution - how mindfulness can be introduced and
integrated into police culture and organizational leadership
to enhance human and organizational outcomes.
Richard Goerling, MBA, Lieutenant, Hillsboro Police
2D: Overcoming Resistance to Change
(P/S) An interactive workshop that explores the reasons why
people resist change in mediation, even if the change looks
to be substantially in their favor. We'll explore the concepts
of risk and uncertainty and how a mediator might help
people get to advantageous outcomes involving some
degree of risk.
Steve Greenwood, Deputy Director, National Policy
Consensus Center
2E: How Mindfulness and Loving-Kindness Practice
Supports Mediator Presence
(P/S) Transforming conflict depends on the ability to be with
discomfort, resisting the natural urge to “seek pleasure and
avoid pain.” Maintaining a compassionate presence to be
with strong emotions and intense interactions requires
clarity, steadiness, and warmth. This workshop will focus on
ways to cultivate those qualities through loving-kindness and
mindfulness practices.
Mary Zinkin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Buddhist Chaplain
2F: Mediation is Risky
(T) Three theories (Self-Determination, Transaction
Resource, and Collective Choice) reveal how professional
organizations can resolve mediation's three paradoxes
(psychological dissatisfaction, extra cost and mediator
manipulation) by passing mandatory ethical standards.
Sam Imperati, JD, E.D., Institute for Conflict Management
Business (B) ~ Community (C) ~ Intercultural (I/C) ~ Practical Skills (P/S) ~ Theory (T)
Workshop Session #3
Friday, Nov. 7 ~ 3:30 – 5:00
3A: Mediation with/for Latinos
(I/C) Exploring the variety of cultural components and
considerations when providing mediation services for
Spanish-speaking Latinos and their/our families and
neighbors.
Sandy Bacharach and Pete Johnson
3B: Conflict Coaching at OHSU: Supporting SelfDetermined Solutions to Workplace Conflict
(B) This workshop will expose participants to OHSU's
innovative internal Conflict Coaching Program, an
employee resource that was launched in 2012 and is
getting excellent results.
Mary Lind, MS, MA
3C: Beaverton Second Home: Partnership, Expansion,
and Lessons Learned
(C) This workshop presents the Second Home program
model, which utilizes mediators and facilitated discussions
to strengthen the relationships between homeless high
school students and volunteer home providers. Beaverton
Second Home is a collaborative effort between Ecumenical
Ministries of Oregon, Beaverton School District, and the
Beaverton Dispute Resolution Center.
Carley Berkey, MA (Conflict Res.) / Jennifer Pratt, MDiv
3D: CDR over ADR: Creative Dispute Resolution
(P/S) This workshop explores creativity skills and
associated techniques for generating new solutions to old
(and continuing) conflicts. Research in this area suggests
that "tilting" the mediation (or other conflict resolution
process) towards this approach produces more valuable
results and increases the appreciation of the role of the
neutral.
Jack Russo, Esq., JD, MBA, LLM
3E: Empathy: a Catalyst that Enhances Understanding
(T) This workshop will cover the definitions of empathy, the
development of empathy within ourselves and the effects of
empathy on the mediation process.
Charlie Young
3F: MI: Using Resistance to Create Change
(P/S) Motivational Interviewing is a dialogue style that
engages resistance as a motivator toward desired change.
We will practice “rolling with resistance,” then learn to
“develop discrepancy,” mindfully exploring the discomfort of
internal conflict to find an “internal resolution” that removes
barriers to progress.
Katherine Anne Stansbury, BA, CADCI
Workshop Session #4
Saturday, Nov. 8 ~ 9:30 – 11:00
4A: Taking Interest and Finding Value in Culture
(I/C) We interpret others’ choices from their past behavior—
and our own backgrounds. In this highly-interactive
workshop, we’ll explore values and interests manifested
from cultures and experiences of clients, colleagues, and
ourselves.
Kevin A. Grant, Neighbor to Neighbor Mediation
4B: Everyday Mindfulness for the Workplace and Beyond
(P/S) This is an interactive, skill-building workshop that
introduces several user-friendly strategies for integrating
secular mindfulness into everyday life at work and beyond.
Assorted practices offer variations in time length and
techniques making them suitable to individual situations
and needs.
Denise Gour, LCSW, Therapist/Mindfulness Educator
4C: Mindful Engagement with Children and Youth
(C) This workshop will explore collective narratives about
conflict, and how they impact the strategies we choose to
employ when we experience conflict with the children and
youth in our lives.
Theresa Logan, MS (Conflict Analysis and Resolution)
4D: Cultivating Fierce Compassion for Mediators
(T) Over the years Len Riskin has been a pioneer in
teaching us the positive impact that mindfulness can have
for mediators and professionals in conflict resolution. With
mindfulness we are able to develop positive attributes and
“mediator presence” to resolve conflict.
Michael Dwyer, JD, Dwyer Mediation Center
4E: Mediating High-Emotion Cases
(B, P/S) A fast-paced and entertaining presentation on the
neurology of conflict, the impact a mindful and
compassionate mediator can have, and tips and tricks for
talking parties off the ledge.
Scott Bellows, JD
4F: A Taste of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
(P/S) Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is the
epicenter of the current wave of mindful interventions.
Researched for 30+ years, MBSR provides direct
experience of the power of mindfulness. Sample a few
practices, and learn how you might start or continue your
own practice.
Laura Martin, LCSW
Business (B) ~ Community (C) ~ Intercultural (I/C) ~ Practical Skills (P/S) ~ Theory (T)
Workshop Session #5
Saturday, Nov. 8 ~ 12:45 – 2:15
5A: Vacant
5B: The Mindful Approach to Workplace Mediation
(B) Studies show us that mindful leadership increases
employee job satisfaction, employee performance and
decreases workplace conflict. This workshop will explore
the mindful leader's approach to mediating workplace
conflict and improving overall awareness and connection in
the workplace.
Jill Goldsmith, JD / Judy Clarke, MEd, Counseling
5C: Practical Skills-Based Deliberative Democracy in
Action: The Jackson County GMO Crops Citizen
Initiative Review
(C) 5 years on, Oregon has institutionalized the “Citizen
Initiative Review”, a process through which citizens learn
and deliberate about an initiative and produce a citizen
statement to help inform voters with credible, unbiased
information through the Voters Pamphlet. Participants will
explore how mindfulness applied to deliberative democracy
can make for more sound societal decisions.
Robin Gumpert, Senior Associate, DS Consulting
5D: The Roadmap to Mindful Resolution
(P/S) In this workshop we explore how to move into a new
consciousness that allows us to face conflict with clarity,
creativity, and confidence. Participants will learn how to
use insights from neuroscience and practices of
mindfulness to create this internal state shift where conflict
transforms from obstacle into opportunity.
Rangineh Azimzadeh Tosang, MA (International Conflict
Resolution) and Principal & Founder, Solh Resolutions
International and Brynn Wallace, MSW, LMSW (NY),
Certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
5E: Mindful Mediation: A Vision for the Future
(T) Where have we come from, where are we now, and
where are we going as a field? Bring your questions, your
hopes and your dreams to this interactive conversation as
we create our vision for the future.
Larry Coady, Lauren MacNeill, and Cynthia Moore, OMA
Standards & Practices Committee
5F: Transformative Mediation: Tools of Engaging
Parties in Powerful Dialogue
(P/S) This model of mediation is based on the premise that
despite conflict’s potentially destructive impacts on
interaction, people have the capacity to change the quality
of their interactions to reflect relative openness and
responsiveness. These positive dynamics feed into each
other so the interaction can regenerate and assume a
constructive, connecting, and humanizing character.
Tsipora Dimant
Workshop Session #6
Saturday, Nov. 8 ~ 2:30 – 4:00
6A: The Influence of Mindfulness on Microaggressions
(I/C) This workshop teaches techniques for improving cultural
competency by focusing one's awareness on the present moment,
while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings,
thoughts, and bodily sensations about common exposure to
racism in America.
Ronee Pillsbury-Hunter
6B: Listening to Self-Talk: Noticing our Biases
(I/C) Third-party neutral implies an ability to objectively interpret
biased information. This workshop challenges this concept, and
proposes one can better reflect the qualities of impartiality by
focusing on one’s own biases.
Marc D. Steiner, MA (Communication)
6C: The Confluence of Collaboration and Advocacy in ECR
(B, C) This panel brings together five practitioners and advocates
to discuss the relationship between advocacy and collaboration in
environmental conflict resolution. Focusing on environmental
conflict resolution, the panel will be an opportunity for
attendees/participants to consider how best to address
contentious issues over which there is often disagreement; to
consider new perspectives on and new frames for how we engage
across differences; and how we go about achieving goals in the
face of initial or apparent disagreement.
Gordon Levitt, JD / Steve Greenwood, Deputy Director, National
Policy Consensus / Tim Hicks, Fmr. Director, UO Conflict and
Dispute Resolution Program / Allison Hensey, Agriculture and
Watersheds Program Director, Oregon Environmental Council
(OEC) / Turner Odell, Natural Resources Program Manager,
Oregon Consensus
6D: Game Playing in Negotiation and Mediation:
Machiavelli's Place at the Table
(P/S) Game-playing, despite being derided by many present day
practitioners and theorists as disingenuous, irrational,
“Machiavellian,” and unethical behavior, is a natural and
necessary part of most human interactions--- especially in the
negotiation of difficult issues where people characteristically feel
vulnerable and at risk. Thoughtfully used, game-playing strategies
and tactics can offer a constructive and creative approach to
managing such matters.
Robert D. Benjamin, JD, MSW
6E: Practicing the Act of Listening and the Art of Hearing
(P/S) Improve your effectiveness as a coach, mediator, and
facilitator by helping clients get what they need most to be
successful—the experience of truly being heard. In this workshop,
attendees will learn and practice techniques they can use on their
own to help strengthen their ability to quickly engage in listening,
and to stay actively listening and empathically hearing.
Wendy Kincade, MS (Conflict and Dispute Resolution)
6F: Breakthrough with Buddhism: Mindful Resolution
through Buddhist Teachings
(P/S) The word Buddhi means ‘to wake up’, and as conflict
engagement practitioners we often find ourselves witnessing
participants ‘waking up’ as a result of engaging in a conflict
resolution or restorative justice process. In this engaging
workshop blending philosophy with practical tools, we will explore
how Buddhist teachings can correspond with, inspire, and enrich
our work.
Caitlan Hendrickson, Director, UO Conflict Resolution Svcs.
Business (B) ~ Community (C) ~ Intercultural (I/C) ~ Practical Skills (P/S) ~ Theory (T)
Registration Rates
Early Rates (through 10/24)
OMA Individual Member Status
OMA Member:
Paid Practitioner
or Friend of Mediation
OMA Member:
Unpaid Practitioner
or Full-Time Student
Not an OMA Member**
OMA Member:
Conference Volunteer***
Workshop Lead Presenter
Workshop Co-Presenter
Days
Attending
Regular Rates (after 10/24)
Individual
Rate
OMA
Organizational
MemberAffiliated Rate*
Individual
Rate
OMA
Organizational
MemberAffiliated Rate*
2
$280
$250
$310
$280
1
$160
$145
$180
$160
2
$160
$145
$180
$160
1
$90
$80
$100
$90
2
$350
$315
$390
$350
1
$200
$180
$220
$200
2
$115 (register by 10/17)
1
$65 (register by 10/17)
2
Complementary
1
Complementary
2
$115
1
$65
Notes
* To receive the OMA Organizational Member-Affiliated Rate, you must be affiliated with an organization that has a
current organizational membership with OMA. Eligible organizations will be listed on the online registration form.
**If you’re Not an OMA Member, consider signing up today! In addition to receiving discounted registration rates at the
Fall Conference and other OMA trainings, you’ll remain up to date on all things mediation in the state and help us all
support, develop, and advocate for mediation in Oregon. You may sign up as part of the online registration.
***To apply as a Conference Volunteer and receive the discounted rate, you must be (or become) an OMA Member and
apply on the online registration form by October 17. For more information, see: http://www.omediate.org/pg1166.cfm.
Additional Registration Information
Register Online at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2014OMAconf
Payment: We accept PayPal, checks, credit cards, government payment vouchers, and purchase orders for
advance registrations. If your organization or agency requires confirmation of registrations, please email
oma@omediate.org or call (503) 872-9775.
Cancellation & Refund Policy: Cancellations on or before October 24 will receive a 50% refund.
Cancellations after October 24 will receive no refund.
Scholarships and Donations: A limited number of scholarships may be available to those unable to attend
the conference otherwise. Please inquire by emailing oma@omediate.org or calling (503) 872-9775.
Conference Scholarships are made available through the generous contribution of our members and
supporters. To make a donation to the scholarship fund, and help pay the way for those in need, please visit
http://www.omediate.org, click Make a Payment, and select Shannon Stewart Mediation Training Fund.
Travel and Lodging Information
Hotels
Mention “OMA Conference” when booking at these
hotels to receive a special rate (limited availability):
Marriott Courtyard Downtown/Convention Center
435 NE Wasco St, Portland, OR
(503) 234-3200
Inn at the Convention Center
420 NE Holladay St, Portland, OR
(503) 233-6331
Parking
For conference parking information, please visit:
http://www.ambridgeevents.com/services/parking/
Homestays
If you’re interested in offering your home to out-oftown guests or would like to inquire about staying with
a fellow conference-goer, please email
oma@omediate.org or call (503) 872-9775.
Transportation
Mass Transit: The Ambridge Event Center is within
three blocks of a TriMet MAX station and bus stops.
For more information, visit http://trimet.org.
Carpooling: If you’re interested in carpooling with
others, register at http://drivelessconnect.com and
look for “OMA Fall Conference 2014” under Events.
The staff and volunteers of the
Oregon Mediation Association
28th Annual Fall Conference
sincerely thank you for your participation and support.
We wish you a wonderful conference
and look forward to seeing you soon!