Online dispute resolution Cyberweek -- sponsored again this year by the
national center for information technology and dispute resolution at the
University of Massachusetts -- begins today (Monday). Programs will
available online, via teleconference and computer hook ups, without charge
other than long distance for the teleconferences.



Here is a listing of programs available Tuesday through Friday via
http://coadr.com <http://coadr.com/> and others are listed at
http://odr.info <http://odr.info/>



> An Online Mediation Role Play Workshop, Tuesday, October 16, 5 pm Eastern
(21 GMT) for an online role play demonstration -- the role play is laid out
at the foot of this message. Desktop sharing and/or group browsing will be
used to deliver the visual content to your computer screen. This online
workshop will continue on Wednesday and Thursday at times to be determined
to give participants hands-on experience with online mediation through role
plays.



> 40 ADR web sites in 60 minutes, an online tour of the web, Wednesday,
October 17, 3 pm Eastern (19 GMT), lead and narrated by Geoff Sharpe and a
panel of other internationally known ADR bloggers who are back, by popular
demand, from last year's Marketing Mediation Excellence program. Desktop
sharing and/or group browsing will be used to deliver the visual content to
your computer screen. The panel will track with the 40 sites program that
Geoff presented at the AU/NZ LEADR conference last month (September) in
Wellington, New Zealand.



> Mediation Excellence in Cyberspace, Thursday, October 18, 4 pm Eastern (20
GMT) featuring Colin Rule, Ethan Katsh, Graham Ross and others from last
years well attended Cyberweek presentation focus on using the internet for
education, training, and networking. The panel will also explore
conferencing at a distance without traveling to Melbourne, Hong Kong or
wherever the leaders and the experts of the profession are gathering; and
also the reestablishment of the ADR online community that once flourished in
various email-based ADR discussions that have now withered while the ADR
blogs have flourished.



> Taking Peacemaking Public: Friday, October 19, 4 PM Eastern (20 GMT), The
panel -- Gini Nelson, Vickie Pynchon, Colm Brannigan and Diane Levin -- will
dialog on this topic with two journalists who regularly reach the public
directly and effectively: Michael Skoler, Executive Director, Center for
Innovation in Journalism, Minnesota Public Radio at American Public Media
and Sandra Blakeslee, a regular contributor to The New York Times who
specializes in the brain sciences. Some of questions to be considered: "Why
aren't people beating down the doors of peacemakers, whether mediators,
facilitators or negotiators? and, "How can the internet engage people online
in ways that facilitate and promote peacemaking?"



For a full description of the technologyfor the programs listed here sign
into one of the conference areas at http://coadr.com For the time being we
are including teleconference as part of our definition of online since our
model is using the web for the visual component and teleconference for the
audio component. Although telephone connections are preferred, users of
Skype -- a free, voice-over-internet-protocol, software package -- may call
in from all parts of the world to the teleconference phone bridge for free.







After the demonstration on Tuesday other role plays utilizing the workshop
set up will be arranged later in the week including one on Thursday in
celebration of Conflict Resolution Day.



The workshop will demonstrate how technology may be used for intake and to
work with the parties in all kinds and levels of mediation ... and be used
in tandem with face-to-face mediation ... and also how technology may be
used to deliver training, learning and networking opportunities online.



Even if the time of day on Tuesday does not work for you, please sign in to
the workshop at http://coadr.com <http://coadr.com/> to look around as we
will be doing more online roll plays at other times, and/or evening, as
Cyberweek progresses.



Thanks,



John and Peter



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John and Peter DeBruyn

http://coadr.com <http://coadr.com/>

Skype us at jdebruyn or peter.debruyn

voice 303-377-1724 fax 303-321-2655

Denver CO USA



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