Mediator Spotlight

            Advanced Trainings Offered in 2010

            Erricka Bridgeford,
            Director of Training at CMM
            1) Sharpening the Mediator's Tools:  Strategic Listening, Framing Topics & Running a Thorough Brainstorm

            Presented by ERRICKA BRIDGEFORD,
            Director of Training at Community Mediation Maryland

            Date/Time:  Friday, Feb. 26, 5 - 9 pm, & Saturday, Feb. 27, 9 am - 5 pm             
            Place:              Scarritt Bennett Center, International Room - 2nd Floor of Scarritt Hall
            Cost:  $25 (includes lunch), additional contributions welcome

            10 hrs of CME credit approved for Rule 31 mediators

            Space is limited - RSVP by 2/23

            Scholarships Available

            Ready to take your listening skills to the next level?  This advanced training will teach mediators a trio of skills to help hear and understand mediation participants better, work on being non-judgmental (even while we are full of opinions), and develop strategies that allow participants to make their own decisions in mediation.  Read Erricka's bio


            2) TAPM-Sponsored Training: The Understanding-Based Approach to Mediation

            Presented by JACK HIMMELSTEIN,
            Co-founder & Co-director of the             Center for Understanding in Conflict

            Date/Time:  Pre-Meeting Reception & Dialogue - Thursday, Mar 4, 7 - 9 pm
                               Training - Friday, Mar 5, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
                               Post-Training Mediator Summit - Saturday, Mar 6, 9 am - 12 pm
            Place: Lipscomb University, Institute for Conflict Management, Ezell Center
            Cost: $25 for the first 10 NCRC members who call to register
             
            This training is sponsored by the Tennessee Association of Professional Mediators, and registration must go through the TAPM office.  The $25 fee is a reduced fee for NCRC members & volunteers who do not belong to TAPM.  Call 615-383-TAPM (8276) before February 19th to register at the discount rate.
             
            David W. McMillan, Ph.D.

            3) Breaking Deadlocks with the Third Position

            Presented by DR. DAVID MCMILLAN,
            Psychotherapist & Member of the NCRC Board of Directors

            Date/Time: Saturday, Mar 27, 1 - 5 pm
            Place:  TBA
            Cost:  $15

            4 hrs of CME credit approved for Rule 31 mediators

            RSVP by 3/22

            The primary purpose of the third position is to re-frame a dispute in terms of community
            or transcendent values.  Parties often become entrenched in me vs. you, win / lose, I'm
            right / you're wrong postures.  The third position invites parties to think with values instead
            of interests.  It begins the process of collaborative problem-solving in place of what was
            an adversarial process.  Read David's bio

            Mary Ellen Bowen,
            Executive Director, Mid-South Mediation

            4) Advanced Victim Offender Mediation & Restorative Justice

            Presented by MARY ELLEN BOWEN,
            Executive Director of Mid-South Mediation Services, Hohenwald, TN

            Date/Time:  TBA (early June)
            Place:  TBA
            Cost:  TBA
            Community Mediation Center, Knoxville, TN

            5) Civil-to-Family Crossover Training

            Presented by JACKIE KITTRELL,
            Executive Director of Community Mediation Center, Knoxville, TN

            Date/Time: Saturday, June 12 & Sunday, June 13 
            Place:  TBA
            Cost:  TBA

            Training pending approval from the ADR Commission

            NCRC Advanced Mediation Trainings are designed for persons who have completed basic mediation training and are active in NCRC's volunteer mediation programs.  Others are welcome to register as well (pending available space).  If cost is a concern, please call the NCRC office to request a scholarship:  333-8400