The Federal Interagency Sharing Neutrals Program

Friday, March 9, 2007, 12:00pm-1:30pm
Securities and Exchange Commission, Multi-Purpose Room

Working with Recalcitrant Managers

This workshop will provide mediators with new ways of presenting and understanding conflict resolution core concepts through the Japanese martial art of Aikido.  Blending, balance, center, and working with disputants’ energy are all core principles of Aikido.  These concepts will be explained and connected to conflict resolution best practices.  Attendees will also be exposed to innovative ways of physically expressing core conflict resolution concepts along with exercises and techniques that will help mediators deal with stressful mediations/situations. (Business attire is fine-you do not need to dress differently.)

Presenter: Stephen Kotev is a Virginia certified mediator and graduate of George Mason University’s Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR) Masters Program.  Currently, he works for the American Bar Association, Section of Dispute Resolution, as a Deputy Program Manager and is a black belt in the Japanese martial art of Aikido.

Please RSVP: by March 7 to: snbrownbag@sec.gov .  Please indicate in your email if you will be participating in person, by phone, or by video. 

Videoconference: If you have ISDN VTC capability and would like to try participating by video,  please have your IT person participate in one of the following mandatory test sessions to ensure system compatibility.  Call Myron Fears at 202 551-2989 (FearsM@sec.gov), on March 2nd or 5th at 1:30 (ET).

Directions to the SEC: 100 F Street, NE.
From the Union Station metro stop (red line), take either exit; go up the escalator to the main (ground) floor of Union Station. Walk past the gates to the train tracks. Just after Gate L, and before McDonalds, take a left and go through the double glass doors. Walk down the ramp, down the escalator and then walk straight ahead to the SEC lobby security. Please allow extra time for security processes.

Persons needing disability accommodations to participate in the meeting, please contact Leah Meltzer at meltzerd@sec.gov. Please allow sufficient time for us to make arrangements.

Sharing Neutrals Brown bags flyers are posted at www.adr.gov (click on “Federal Events) and at www.hhs.gov/dab/sn.