Plenary

Friday Opening Plenary - Re-Thinking Collaborative Practice: What Are You Going to Do In a Visual Era

If it weren't for that vexing thing called communication, collaboration would be a whole lot easier, right? Mis(sing) communication plagues the process of working together to find solutions and agreement, especially where there’s intense conflict.

We'll explore a scenario where the important things people try to communicate to each other are not just spoken and then evaporate into thin air. During this plenary, the key messages and points in the conflict resolution process are visually recorded so parties can see comments in real time, confirm their meaning and reflect on them.

Sunday Closing Plenary - Communication FLOW: Bringing Authenticity and Presence to Practice

Internal Martial Arts Instructor Harmony Wagner and Collaborative Lawyer-Mediator Jacinta Gallant combine forces for an experiential Sunday Plenary that will help move you into FLOW – by fostering curiosity and enhancing the presence we bring to our work and our lives.
Drawing from Jacinta’s Authentic Professional Series, and Harmony’s Communication FLOW techniques, we will come together using gentle Tai Chi exercises to experience the challenges we face in staying open, authentic and truly present in the midst of conflict. We will analyze