WAM Annual Meeting & Training
Friday, November 4, 2011/ Country Springs Hotel in Waukesha
Speaker: Harry Webne-Behrman
Managing Impasse in Mediation
Country Springs Hotel in Waukesha
Non-members welcome!
Program 9:00 - 12:00
Managing Impasse in Mediation:
Embracing Entrenched Energy to Reframe Opportunities
Impasse is a natural and often predictable expression of the challenges facing people engaged in entrenched disputes. As such, mediators should view it as a normal element of the process, one that offers unique opportunities for the parties to engage in meaningful exploration of their underlying concerns and, as a result, to seek new opportunities for creative, meaningful, durable solutions that address both substantive and relational needs of the conflict.
Harry Webne-Behrman will lead a conversation about impasse and how mediators can utilize its fascinating dynamics to assist disputing parties in their efforts to navigate it.
Harry Webne-Behrman is Senior Partner at Collaborative Initiative, Inc., a dispute resolution and consulting firm based in Madison, Wisconsin. For nearly 25 years, Harry has been engaged as a professional mediator, focusing on disputes within workplaces and other organizations, public policy, and community issues. Along with his partner, Lisa Webne-Behrman, he has developed and offered hundreds of training programs in conflict resolution, consensus building, facilitation, and related areas.
Harry also serves as Training Officer for the UW-Madison Office of Human Resource Development, where he teaches similar courses and also coordinates a wide array of professional development programs that seek to engage staff in meaningful, collaborative efforts.
The author of several books and articles on mediation and facilitation, Harry was honored by WAM with its Distinguished Service Award in November 2006. Harry Webne-Behrman's excellent presentation is free to all members. Please sign up now!
Membership Meeting
The WAM Board will be presenting its strategic plan, electing new board members, and reviewing feedback on WAM's services. Please attend and present your ideas at the board meeting and also at the committee meetings after lunch.
Join the networking opportunities at the continental breakfast, the lunch and the committee meetings.
WAM will apply for legal continuing education credits. If you are a member of another profession and you would like us to apply for continuing education credits, please let us know.
The benefits of a WAM membership include a quarterly electronic newsletter, reduced rates at many other groups' conferences, free annual training, and having your name and contact information on our website's searchable list of mediators . . . a great way to reach potential clients!
If you are not currently a WAM member, join now and attend the membership meeting and morning program for free.
Meeting Agenda
8:30 - 9:00 - Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 - Noon - Presentation by Harry Webne-Behrman
Noon - 1:30 - Lunch & Annual Meeting
1:30 - 3:00 - Committee Meetings and Networking
On-line registration for this event is closed. However, you may register at the door on the day of the event.
