March 2020
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, Mar. 3, 2020
Date: March 3, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering and training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, Mar. 17, 2020
Date: Mar. 17, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering and training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Webinar - Avoiding Mediator Burnout, Mar 18, 2020
Date: March 18, 2020
Time: 12:00-1:00
Location: Online
Mediation is hard work. Mediators create meaningful connections without crossing boundaries, manage parties’ emotions without becoming emotionally involved, and empower decision-making without making decisions. The level of attentiveness required for this work combined with the intensity of the context makes mediators susceptible to burnout, and burnout can affect the quality of your practice. Join us for this one-hour webinar to discuss some causes and cures for mediator burnout.
Professional Credits: 1 standard CLE credit and 1 ADR credit have been applied for.
Conflict Coaching Training – March 19-20, 2020, St. Cloud
Date: March 19-20, 2020
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm each day
Location: Welcome Center, 355 5th Ave. South, St Cloud, MN 56301
This two-day workshop is for people who work with others in conflict. Conflict coaching is one-on-one process during which a trained conflict coach works with a person in conflict using conflict resolution skills and strategies to support the coachee’s ability to engage in, manage, or productively resolve the conflict. Conflict coaching can be used as a stand-alone process or as a step before or during mediation. A conflict coach is a confidential listener who helps the coachee see the conflict from all perspectives, consider options, and come up with a plan of action. In conflict coaching, the coachee, not the conflict coach, is responsible for the outcome. Conflict coaching can be useful for conflicts in the workplace, divorce and post-decree situations as well as community disputes.
The following topics will be covered: ·
• Understanding what conflict coaching is and is not;
• Understanding conflict- sources, types, physiology;
• Gaining new skills to help others transform conflict;
• Understanding and conducting the stages of conflict coaching;
• Understanding and appreciating the role of emotion;
• Gaining hands on skills in teaching “I” messages, conflict mapping, role playing, listening, perspective swapping and other skills;
• Practicing conflict coaching through role plays and exercises.
*Scholarships may be available for CRC current volunteers.
April 2020
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, Apr. 7, 2020
Date: April 7, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering and training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, Apr. 21, 2020
Date: April 21, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering and training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Webinar - Two Heads are Better than One: The Art of Co-Mediating, Apr 22, 2020
Date: April 22, 2020
Time: 12:00-1:00
Location: Online
Mediators know better than most that communicating with another person is an art, not a science. This is true when working with a co-mediator, too: There is an art to effectively mediating with another mediator: from the choreography of breaks and caucus, to reading your co-mediator’s nonverbal communication around questions and conversation. Community Mediation Centers are a great place to practice and learn the art of co-mediation. Join us for this one-hour webinar to discuss the joys and challenges of co-mediating and things to consider when preparing for co-mediation.
Professional Credits: 1 standard CLE credit and 1 ADR credit have been applied for.
May 2020
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, May 5, 2020
Date: May 5, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering and training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, May 19, 2020
Date: May 19, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering and training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Webinar - Work Peace in the Work Place, May 20, 2020
Date: May 20, 2020
Location: Online
Time: 12:00-1:00
People spend a LOT of time at work, and unfortunately not all of it is happy. Conflicts between co-workers are inevitable and costly. Work place conflict diminishes work performance, lowers morale, and affects people’s health. Not to mention, the lengthy lawsuits that can arise over workplace disputes. So why not mediate? This one-hour webinar will discuss different types of workplace conflicts and how mediation can help resolve them.
Professional Credits: 1 standard CLE credit and 1 ADR credit have been applied for.
June 2020
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, Jun. 2, 2020
Date: June 2, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering and training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Webinar - Communicating Across Difference, Jun.10, 2020
Date: June 10, 2020
Time: 12:00 to 1:00
Location: Online
Join us for a one hour webinar with Alex Glassman, attorney, family mediator, and member of the CRC board.
Professional Credits: 1 Elimination of Bias Credit has been applied for.
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, Jun. 16, 2020
Date: June 16, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering and training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
30 Hour Civil Facilitative Hybrid Mediation Class - Minneapolis, June 2020
Date: June 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 2020. Registration: June 24, 8:30am -9am.
Time: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Lower Level Conference Room Vision (C), 3600 American Blvd. W., Minneapolis, MN 55431
Cost: $800
Coffee and snacks available.
The 30-Hour Facilitative Civil Mediation Training is a comprehensive experiential training course that teaches participants to skillfully facilitate conversations between people in conflict in order to assist them in reaching creative, mutually-satisfactory outcomes. This course is designed for professionals who want to learn to mediate, and meets all requirements of both the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Rule 114 Training Guidelines and the Community Dispute Resolution Program Training Requirements for community mediators in Minnesota. Upon completion of this certified course, participants will have the skills to mediate in a wide variety of situations and be eligible for inclusion on the Minnesota Rule 114 Qualified Neutral Civil Roster as well as be eligible to volunteer with community mediation centers throughout Minnesota.
During the training, participants learn the mediation process, and gain the skills to identify the interests and fundamental needs that underlie the positions of people in conflict. Participants also learn to reframe positional or destructive communication into productive communication, and to understand conflict styles, become an active listener, manage impasse, and identify power imbalances. Additionally, participants learn skills to remain neutral in challenging situations, and gain an understanding of the cultural and ethical issues that may arise when mediating parties in conflict.
Professional Credits:
30 Alternative Dispute Resolution Credits (ADR), includes 2 Ethics Credits
26 Standard Continuing Legal Education Credits (CLE), includes 2 Ethics Credits and 2 Elimination of Bias Credits 30 total CLE
Participants will purchase The Mediator’s Handbook: Revised & Expanded Fourth Edition, by Jennifer E. Beer and Caroline C. Packard. There are copies available for sale at Conflict Resolution Center and can be purchased on the first day of class. It is also available through on-line bookstores.
CRC is a non-profit organization. If you are interested in training, but feel you cannot afford to pay the entire fee, or are interested in registering a group, please contact mediation@crcminnesota.org to inquire about group rates and scholarships.
July 2020
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, Jul..7, 2020
Date: July 7, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering or training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Registration coming soon!
Webinar - To Caucus or Not to Caucus? Jul. 15, 2020
Date: July, 15, 2020
Time: 12:00 to 1:00
Location: Online
Separating parties during a mediation session always changes the dynamics in the session. Sometimes the change is helpful, and sometimes it can seem as though the parties have reversed back into more positional thinking once they are no longer at the table together. Join us in this one hour webinar to discuss your experiences with the caucusing and techniques for ethically working with the parties in separate rooms.
Professional Credits: 1 standard CLE credit and 1 ADR credit have been applied for.
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, July 21, 2020
Date: July 21, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering or training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Registration coming soon!
August 2020
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, Aug. 4, 2020
Date: August 4, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering and training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Registration coming soon!
30 Hour Civil Facilitative Hybrid Mediation Class - St. Cloud Aug. 2020
Date: August 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 2020, Registration August 5 8:30am -9am.
Time: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Welcome Center, 355 5th Ave. South, St Cloud, MN 56301
Cost: $800
Coffee and snacks available.
The 30-Hour Facilitative Civil Mediation Training is a comprehensive experiential training course that teaches participants to skillfully facilitate conversations between people in conflict in order to assist them in reaching creative, mutually-satisfactory outcomes. This course is designed for professionals who want to learn to mediate, and meets all requirements of both the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Rule 114 Training Guidelines and the Community Dispute Resolution Program Training Requirements for community mediators in Minnesota. Upon completion of this certified course, participants will have the skills to mediate in a wide variety of situations and be eligible for inclusion on the Minnesota Rule 114 Qualified Neutral Civil Roster as well as be eligible to volunteer with community mediation centers throughout Minnesota.
During the training, participants learn the mediation process, and gain the skills to identify the interests and fundamental needs that underlie the positions of people in conflict. Participants also learn to reframe positional or destructive communication into productive communication, and to understand conflict styles, become an active listener, manage impasse, and identify power imbalances. Additionally, participants learn skills to remain neutral in challenging situations, and gain an understanding of the cultural and ethical issues that may arise when mediating parties in conflict.
Professional Credits:
30 Alternative Dispute Resolution Credits (ADR), includes 2 Ethics Credits
26 Standard Continuing Legal Education Credits (CLE), includes 2 Ethics Credits and 2 Elimination of Bias Credits
Webinar – Ethics, Aug. 12, 2020
Date: Aug. 12, 2020
Time: 12:00-1:00
Location: Online
Join us for our annual ethics CLE reviewing the rules and statutes governing ethical behavior for mediators in Minnesota. We’ll also provide an update on ethical statutes and rules and consider some fun hypotheticals to test your knowledge.
Professional Credits: 1 Ethics Credit has been applied for.
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, Aug. 18, 2020
Date: August 18, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering or training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Registration coming soon!
September 2020
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, Sep. 8, 2020
Date: September 8, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering and training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Registration coming soon!
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, Sep. 22, 2020
Date: September 22, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering and training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Registration coming soon!
30 Hour Civil Facilitative Hybrid Mediation - Sept 2020, Minneapolis
Date: September 23, 24, 25, 28, 29 , Registration September 23 8:30am -9am.
Time: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Lower Level Conference Room Vision (C), 3600 American Blvd. W., Minneapolis, MN 55431
Cost: $800
Coffee and snacks available.
The 30-Hour Facilitative Civil Mediation Training is a comprehensive experiential training course that teaches participants to skillfully facilitate conversations between people in conflict in order to assist them in reaching creative, mutually-satisfactory outcomes. This course is designed for professionals who want to learn to mediate, and meets all requirements of both the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Rule 114 Training Guidelines and the Community Dispute Resolution Program Training Requirements for community mediators in Minnesota. Upon completion of this certified course, participants will have the skills to mediate in a wide variety of situations and be eligible for inclusion on the Minnesota Rule 114 Qualified Neutral Civil Roster as well as be eligible to volunteer with community mediation centers throughout Minnesota.
During the training, participants learn the mediation process, and gain the skills to identify the interests and fundamental needs that underlie the positions of people in conflict. Participants also learn to reframe positional or destructive communication into productive communication, and to understand conflict styles, become an active listener, manage impasse, and identify power imbalances. Additionally, participants learn skills to remain neutral in challenging situations, and gain an understanding of the cultural and ethical issues that may arise when mediating parties in conflict.
Professional Credits:
30 Alternative Dispute Resolution Credits (ADR), includes 2 Ethics Credits
26 Standard Continuing Legal Education Credits (CLE), includes 2 Ethics Credits and 2 Elimination of Bias Credits
October 2020
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, Oct. 6, 2020
Date: Oct. 6, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering and training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Registration coming soon!
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, Oct. 20, 2020
Date: Oct 20, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering and training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Registration coming soon!
Webinar - Mediation Styles, What’s the Difference Anyway?
Date: October 21, 2020
Time: 12:00-1:00
Location: Online
Facilitative and evaluative mediators have strong feelings about what the “right” style of mediation is. These feelings have sparked debates and polarization between (ironically enough) mediators. This webinar will explore each of these approaches and where different mediation techniques fall on the continuum of these two mediation styles.
November 2020
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, Nov. 3, 2020
Date: Nov. 3, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering and training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Registration coming soon!
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, Nov. 17, 2020
Date: Nov. 17, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering and training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Registration coming soon!
Learn To Be A Conflict Coach - Nov. 2020, Minneapolis
Date: TBD (November, 2020)
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm each day
Location: TBD
This two-day workshop is for people who work with others in conflict and who have already completed a 30 Hour Facilitative Mediation trainings. Conflict coaching is one-on-one process during which a trained conflict coach works with a person in conflict using conflict resolution skills and strategies to support the coachee’s ability to engage in, manage, or productively resolve the conflict. Conflict coaching can be used as a stand-alone process or as a step before or during mediation. A conflict coach is a confidential listener who helps the coachee see the conflict from all perspectives, consider options, and come up with a plan of action. In conflict coaching, the coachee, not the conflict coach, is responsible for the outcome. Conflict coaching can be useful for conflicts in the workplace, divorce and post-decree situations as well as community disputes.
The following topics will be covered: ·
• Understanding what conflict coaching is and is not;
• Understanding conflict- sources, types, physiology;
• Gaining new skills to help others transform conflict;
• Understanding and conducting the stages of conflict coaching;
• Understanding and appreciating the role of emotion;
• Gaining hands on skills in teaching “I” messages, conflict mapping, role playing, listening, perspective swapping and other skills;
• Practicing conflict coaching through role plays and exercises.
*Scholarships may be available for CRC current volunteers.
Registration coming soon!
December 2020
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, Dec. 1, 2020
Date: Dec. 1, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering and training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Registration coming soon!
30 Hour Civil Facilitative Hybrid Mediation - Dec 2020, Minneapolis
Date: December 9, 10, 11, 14, 15. Registration: December 9, 8:30am -9am.
Time: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Location: TBD
Cost: $800
Coffee and snacks available.
The 30-Hour Facilitative Civil Mediation Training is a comprehensive experiential training course that teaches participants to skillfully facilitate conversations between people in conflict in order to assist them in reaching creative, mutually-satisfactory outcomes. This course is designed for professionals who want to learn to mediate, and meets all requirements of both the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Rule 114 Training Guidelines and the Community Dispute Resolution Program Training Requirements for community mediators in Minnesota. Upon completion of this certified course, participants will have the skills to mediate in a wide variety of situations and be eligible for inclusion on the Minnesota Rule 114 Qualified Neutral Civil Roster as well as be eligible to volunteer with community mediation centers throughout Minnesota.
During the training, participants learn the mediation process, and gain the skills to identify the interests and fundamental needs that underlie the positions of people in conflict. Participants also learn to reframe positional or destructive communication into productive communication, and to understand conflict styles, become an active listener, manage impasse, and identify power imbalances. Additionally, participants learn skills to remain neutral in challenging situations, and gain an understanding of the cultural and ethical issues that may arise when mediating parties in conflict.
Professional Credits:
30 Alternative Dispute Resolution Credits (ADR), includes 2 Ethics Credits
26 Standard Continuing Legal Education Credits (CLE), includes 2 Ethics Credits and 2 Elimination of Bias Credits 30 total CLE
Participants will purchase The Mediator’s Handbook: Revised & Expanded Fourth Edition, by Jennifer E. Beer and Caroline C. Packard. There are copies available for sale at Conflict Resolution Center and can be purchased on the first day of class. It is also available through on-line bookstores.
CRC is a non-profit organization. If you are interested in training, but feel you cannot afford to pay the entire fee, or are interested in registering a group, please contact mediation@crcminnesota.org to inquire about group rates and scholarships.
Taste of Mediation – Minneapolis, Dec. 15, 2020
Date: Dec. 15, 2020
Time: 5;30 – 6:30 pm
Location: Conflict Resolution Center, 2101 Hennepin Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
To learn more about mediation, CRC, volunteering and training, attend our bi-monthly Taste of Mediation! Get your questions answered by staff and board members. Refreshments are served.
Registration coming soon!