Baltimore Mediation

Louise Phipps Senft to Speak at the University of Virginia Leadership Development Program
2013-09-20 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 22904
The Leadership Development program is an interdisciplinary undergraduate program focused on developing engineering leaders who can bring both a top-down systems perspective and bottom-up component perspective to the problems they face: problems that are increasingly complex and require solutions that are agile enough to respond to changing needs.

Baltimore Mediation Founder and CEO Louise Phipps Senft will be talking to the new generation of leaders and entrepreneurs at the University of Virginia, about key principles of leadership: effective communication, problem solving skills and leading to inspire, and how they relate to mediation and conflict transformation, both professionally and personally.

Be Our Guest and Visit Baltimore Mediation’s Information Booth, Accelerent Business Breakfast, The Grand Lodge of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
2013-09-12 07:00 - 09:00, 2013-06-13 07:00 - 09:00, 2013-05-09 07:00 - 09:00, 2013-04-11 07:00 - 09:00, 2013-03-14 07:00 - 09:00 | The Grand Lodge of Maryland, 304 International Circle, Cockeysville, MD, 21030, United States
Louise Phipps Senft invites you to be one of our guests at the Accelerent Breakfast. RSVP necessary. Call Baltimore Mediation at 443-524-0833.

With over 50 exclusive business partners from different sectors of the market, Accelerent Baltimore Chapter aims at helping local entrepreneurs with their growth efforts, by establishing connections and providing them with useful resources, such as consulting services.

Each month Accelerent organizes an official breakfast, where partners can bring up to 5 guests and encourage them to network with other business executives. The breakfast, hosted by The Grand Lodge of Maryland and catered by Chef’s Expressions, gathers together almost 300 people every first or second Wednesday of the month in a casual yet professional environment, where partners can expose their business services and products in an official expo.

All breakfast events are complemented by a professional speaker who will seek to motivate parteners and their guests to strive for bigger and better for their businesses.

More information about Accelerent here.

Louise Phipps Senft speaks at Rotary Club Luncheon
2013-09-04 08:00 - 17:00 | Rotary Club, Hunt Valley, 21031
Louise with Rotary Club President, Matt May

ACR Blog Radio Interview with Family Section Conference Retreat Presenters
2013-08-28 12:30 - 13:30 | Unnamed Venue, New Orleans, LA, United States
ACR Blog Radio Interview with Family Section Conference Retreat Presenters! Tune in!

http://www.adrhub.com/profiles/blogs/acr-blog-radio-creative-reflection-on-our-practice-to-deepen-our

USPS EEOC Investigation Training
2013-08-12 08:00 - 2013-08-16 17:00 | EEOC Training Institute, Tampa, 33607
Baltimore Mediation team members participated in a one week training course organized by the EEO Commission and US Postal Service.

June 20-Hour Basic Mediation Training
2013-06-19 17:00 - 2013-06-21 17:30 | The Inn at the Colonnade, 4 W University Pkwy, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
This is a certificated 20-hour basic mediation training, part of our Mediation Core Curriculum designed to teach you everything you need to know to start mediating, either professionally or for daily use and practice. Throughout the year, Baltimore Mediation offers a series of 20- and 40-hour basic trainings in conflict transformation and mediation that you can take in any order or combination to build your mediation experience and meet your training requirements for mediating professionally. You can find out more about this and other basic trainings below:

February 40-Hour Basic Mediation Training
June 20-Hour Basic Mediation Training
October 20-Hour Basic Mediation Training
December 40-Hour Basic Mediation Training

For more information, call us at (443) 524-0833 or email us at louise@baltimoremediation.com

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How To Deal With Elder-care Decisions: Preserving the Integrity and Love of Your Family Presentation for Elder care managers and Families Dealing with Eldercare Decision Making
2013-05-09 18:00 - 19:30 | The Crossings at University Park, The Place at Innsbrook, 4036-C Cox Road, Glenn Allen, VA, 23060, United States
Please join The Crossings at University Park as we present an evening with Louise Phipps Senft, Esq.
Ms. Senft, an award-winning pioneer in the field of mediation, will discuss mediation for families dealing with eldercare
issues. Drawing on 20 years of professional experience, Ms. Senft, will offer practical tools in areas of understanding
conflict, transforming conflict and making sensitive eldercare decisions.

Hors d’oeuvres will be served.
Reservations are required by May 6th. Call (804) 554-1555

http://www.thecrossingsatuniversitypark.com/

Mediators Beyond Borders International Dialogues on Immigration Greek Talks
2013-04-26 - 2013-04-28 | Unnamed Venue, Athens, Greece
Recent issues in Greece have brought these problems to the forefront of the international mediation forum, and renowned professionals in the field, are making a first attempt to finding solutions and raising awareness, through a public dialogue session, which will be held in Athens, Greece, from April 26-28, followed up by another session in fall.

Together with international MBB mediators and trainers, such as Dr. Kenneth Cloke, Dr. Joan Goldsmith, Dr. Ionna Anastassapoulou, Nan Waller Burnett, Lynn Cole, Thomas Valenti, Esq., Rachel Wohl, Louise Phipps Senft will facilitate dialogue sessions on topics related to conflict, conflict transformation and conflict prevention for Greek citizens, journalists, local authorities, religious and political leaders, as an attempt to demonstrate that people can fraternize not only against a “common enemy” but also to have constructive dialogue and solve problems.

Louise Phipps Senft, Keynote Speaker for the Emerging Nonprofit Leaders Program
2013-03-21 08:00 - 2013-09-11 17:00 | Non Profit Learning Point, 7501 BOULDERS VIEW DRIVE, Richmond, 23225
Emerging Nonprofit Leaders is a dynamic eight-month experience for the next generation of nonprofit leaders in the metro Richmond area. In this engaging program, participants will have the opportunity to foster a deeper understanding of their leadership capacity, advance their understanding and practice of leading in the nonprofit sector, and strengthen their network of nonprofit colleagues. ENLP is part of the Nonprofit Learning Point program and is building a cadre of talented leaders for the future of our community.

Baltimore Mediation Founder and CEO, Louise Phipps Senft talks to young leaders about the importance of self awareness and about how to:

Develop relationships with other nonprofit leaders
Increase awareness of their leadership through a thorough assessment process, including 360-degree feedback, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Step II, and the Conflict Dynamics Profile
Benefit from individual leadership coaching, provided by professionals with experience in leadership development and nonprofit management
Network between sessions by engaging in dialogue with the other participants and instructors
Interact with exemplary nonprofit leaders in a forum where they share their experiences and perspectives

Conflict Transformation: Mediating Workplace Issues, 20-Hour Basic Training
2013-03-20 17:00 - 2013-03-22 17:30 | Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys, 5100 Falls Rd, Baltimore, MD, 21210, United States
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Be Our Guest and Visit Baltimore Mediation's Information Booth, Accelerent Business Breakfast, The Grand Lodge of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
2013-02-14 07:00 - 09:00, 2013-01-10 07:00 - 09:00 | The Grand Lodge of Maryland, 304 International Circle, Cockeysville, MD, 21030, United States

Custody, Child Support and Visitation, 20-Hour Advanced Training
2013-01-23 17:00 - 2013-01-25 17:30 | Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys, 5100 Falls Rd, Baltimore, MD, 21210, United States
More information about this advanced training is available here.

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Call us at 443-524-0833.

Baltimore Mediation "Conflict Transformation and Basic Mediation Skills Training", 40-Hour Certificated CME/CLE/CEU Certificated Course, Baltimore, MD
2012-12-17 09:00 - 2012-12-21 17:30 | Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys, 5100 Falls Rd, Baltimore, MD, 21210, United States
Every year, Baltimore Mediation offers an interactive 40-hour basic mediation training for people who are interested in qualifying to work as mediators in the state of Maryland. Our training is open to all participants who are interested in learning about mediation and conflict transformation, or those who are looking to refresh their skills.

More information available here.

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Questions? Call us at 443-524-0833 or email us at louise@baltimoremediation.com

Louise Phipps Senft ADVANCED MEDIATION & CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION SKILLS Kentucky Bar Association
2012-12-03 09:00 - 2012-12-07 17:30 | KBA Cabinet’s Conference Center, 200 Mero Street, Frankfort, KY, 40601, United States
More information about the program and how to register, available here.

The Mediation and Arbitration Institute of Quebec Conference on Psychological Harassment: Current Assessments and Future Persectives
2012-11-15 08:30 - 17:00 | Centre Mont Royal, 2200 Mansfield Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The Conference, taking place in Montreal, Quebec, on November 15, 2012, is designed to provide attendees with a wide range of both traditional and innovative means of dealing with workplace bullying, pursuant to anti-bullying legislation adopted by the Province of Quebec in 2004.

What are the objectives of these laws? What conclusions can be drawn from the practices developed over the last years in response to bullying in the workplace? Depending on the path chosen to resolve the issues, what are consequences for the parties involved in the conflict? Are there any prevention methods in place? What are some of the current methods in place to respond to psychological harrasement?

The Mediation and Aritration Institute of Quebec invites all professionals involved in conflict resolution/transformation in the workplace to attend this conference and try to get answers to these questions.

The one-day conference will feature internationally renowned practitioners in the field of mediation, such as John Peter Weldon, former Baltimore Mediation alumnus who has taken our learnings and developed a transformative practice in Canada, his home country. John Peter will talk about the benefits of transformative practice and how its tools can be used to resolve crises in human interaction in the workplace.

For registration and more information (in French) , please click here.

The Conference is sponsored by the Inter-professional Federation of Health, of Quebec, the Central Syndicates of Quebec, the Center of Expertise and Prevention of Treatment of Psychological Harassment among other names.

Be Our Guest and Visit Baltimore Mediation's Information Booth, Accelerent Business Breakfast, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
2012-11-14 07:00 - 09:00 | American Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key Highway, Baltimore, MD, United States
Louise Phipps Senft invites you to be one of our guests at the Accelerent Breakfast. RSVP necessary. Call Baltimore Mediation at 443-524-0833.

With over 50 exclusive business partners from different sectors of the market, Accelerent Baltimore Chapter aims at helping local entrepreneurs with their growth efforts, by establishing connections and providing them with useful resources, such as consulting services.

Each month Accelerent organizes an official breakfast, where partners can bring up to 5 guests and encourage them to network with other business executives. The breakfast, hosted by the American Visionary Arts Museum and catered by Chef’s Expressions, gathers together almost 300 people every first or second Wednesday of the month in a casual yet professional environment, where partners can expose their business services and products in an official expo.

All breakfast events are complemented by a professional speaker who will seek to motivate parteners and their guests to strive for bigger and better for their businesses.

More information about Accelerent here.

Louise Phipps Senft - Mentor at the Commit Foundation's Veteran Women's Mentoring Workshop
2012-11-08 08:00 - 2012-11-09 17:00 | Commit Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, United States
The COMMIT Foundation is committed to meaningful transition for veterans. Their mission is to create serendipity for men and women separating from the uniformed services and entering the private sector. The foundation works individually on a case by case basis and focuses on quality and impact.
The Mentoring Workshop
Through mentorship and harnessing the power of networks, the Commit Foundation enables veterans to put their best foot forward. Commit conducts an application process that results in the selection of twelve veterans to spend the day with twelve mentors from the private sector. Veterans are selected first and then mentors based on the veterans’ goals, personalities and glide paths. The workshops focus on life’s decision points, options, paths and goals. They are powerful sessions that reinforce integrity, family and passion.
Louise Phipps Senft is honored to be part of this initiative.

AFCC 10th Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations
2012-11-01 08:00 - 2012-11-03 17:00 | Arizona Grand Resort, Phoenix, AZ, United States
AFCC Conference Research & Practice: Bridging the Gap & Finding the Balance

More information about the conference available here.

Louise Phipps Senft Presents "Tips on How to Deal with End of Life Decisions and Preserve the Integrity and Love of Your Family" at National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers Conference, Towson, MD
2012-10-30 08:00 - 17:00 | Sheraton Hotel, 903 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson, MD, 21204, United States
Tips on How to Deal with End of Life Decisions and Preserve the Integrity and Love of Your Family
Families today are assuming responsibility for the informal care of over 75 percent of elderly family members and are often faced with difficult decisions from a bewildering array of choices: e.g. alternative living arrangements, financial issues, and multidisciplinary care. In the best of circumstances, this can be a stressful process and sometimes leads to disagreements, confusion, and conflict at a time when the best intentions of the family are to work together for the needs of a loved and respected aging family member.
What is elder care mediation? How can a mediator assist with exploring sensitive issues and making informed decisions? What is family conflict and when and how do we surpass it?
Who can and who cannot be involved in the process? How do you convince your loved ones to participate? And how do you deal with situations when family members have become estranged? Or when their mental capabilities have been affected by severe illness?
One of the goals of this presentation is to help geriatric care professionals find answers to all of these questions in a manner that is applicable to their everyday work with elder patients and their friends and relatives, as well as inform the audience about the benefits of mediation so they can then make this tool available to their patients and other interested parties.
The objectives are centered around:

creating a link between eldercare professionals and the conflict resolution world, so we can better assist each other with continuous and improved learning;
expanding the networking capacities of our fields of expertise;
creating an educational connection in order to better the quality of our work and care and assist our patients and clients in a more effective way.

The objectives of the presentation are as follows:

Define conflict and assess conflict experiences;
Differentiate the types of disputes and conflicts that are specific to the elderly, identify and analyze the most negative aspects and select strategies to overcome difficulties and enable transformation towards something more positive;
Explain conflict transformation theory, review main steps in the process and recommend best practices to employ when dealing with elderly conflict;
Compare conflict transformation to other forms of conflict management, determine its advantages and how can it be integrated into elder care practice;
Illustrate ways in which elder care providers apply conflict transformation skills to produce better quality results;
Indicate modalities for conflict resolution practitioners and elder care providers to create connections between practices and solve conflicts in a more time and cost efficient manner;
Review main points of the mediation/conflict transformation process and evaluate its applications in the geriatric care field;
Recommend next steps for elder care professionals in order to design specific conflict transformation levers within their organizations.

Visit Baltimore Mediation's Information Booth, National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers Conference, Towson, MD
2012-10-28 08:00 - 17:00 | Sheraton Hotel, 903 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson, MD, 21204, United States
Learn more about how families can make quality decisions around family dynamics, family business and elder care issues by stopping by our booth and talking to one of our experts.

Louise Phipps Senft Presents and Moderates Panel "Law, Finance and Family - Balance For Women" at the Women's Balance Symposium, Cylburn Arboretum, Baltimore, MD
2012-10-26 07:30 - 15:30 | Cylburn Arboretum, 4915 Green Spring Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21209, United States
Join Louise Phipps Senft, Esq., President of Baltimore Mediation, Lynne Brick of Brick Bodies, Suzanne Thompson of Healthplan Headquarters, Al Redmer of Redmer Insurance Group, and other experts in finance, health, technology and the law, in a comprehensive conference about how to find balance in today’s modern women’s lifestyle.

The conference is designed as an interactive discussion about what matters most in women’s lives and how to be yourself while playing a multitude of roles in our social life: from mothers and wives, to business owners, investors, tech users and innovators.

The symposium will start at 7:30 am and go until 3:30pm, and will be followed by a fun fashion show, wine and chocolate tasting.

More information available here.

Watch Louise Phipps Senft, Esq. and others while they talk about the Balance Conference Day.

Conflict Transformation: Mediation Core Skills II, 20-Hour Basic Training
2012-10-24 17:00 - 2012-10-26 17:30 | Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys, 5100 Falls Rd, Baltimore, MD, 21210, United States
BALTIMORE MEDIATION UPCOMING EVENTS:

Annually, BALTIMORE MEDIATION offers three separate and different basic trainings, all of which can be taken in any order and combination in February, June, or October to satisfy the equivalent of 40, 60 or 80 hour mediation training requirements.

Basic Mediation Skills II: Focusing on Sources of Conflict and Systems Approach

See also Basic Mediation Skills I; Basic Mediation Skills III.

Description:
Basic 20- hour mediation and conflict transformation and resolution theory and skills course with a focus on sources of conflict and a systems approach to conflict and intervention, with certification for circuit court mediators and for daily use and practice. The course emphasizes the following:

Understanding theory and practice as mediators, shapers of policy and academics: the mediation process and your own type and style
Explain conflict systems and the value of a relational approach
Hands-on conflict intervention skills necessary to mediate
Communication skills and conflict transformation how-to’s
Individual feedback from trainers addressing participants’ specific strengths and areas for continued development and excellence.

Dates:
Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 25, 2012, 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Friday, October 26, 2012, 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Trainers:
Louise Phipps Senft, JD
Nancy Good, PhD, LCSW

Location:
Radisson Hotel at Cross Keys, 5100 Falls Rd., Baltimore, MD 21210

Course Fee:
$795

What’s Included:
20-hour certificated courses held over a period of three consecutive days (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday), light meals and a training manual.

To register, use our online registration form! Or, call Baltimore Mediation, 443-524-0833. Enrollment is limited and on a first-come, first serve basis. To guarantee your reservation, Reservation Form and payment must be received by September 19, 2012. Thereafter, call for availability. Checks may be made payable to Baltimore Mediation. Credit card payments may be made by registering online, or by calling Baltimore Mediation, 443-524-0833.

A certificate noting 20 hours of attendance will be provided at the end of training. It may be used to apply for state circuit court rosters of approved mediators and for continuing education credits from the participant’s accrediting institution.

This training is approved by and/or a certificate of successful completion of this training may be used to satisfy the requirements of the following:

The Maryland Circuit Courts
The United States government and all federal agency rosters
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners
Most other states which have basic 20, 40 or 60 hour mediation training requirements.

NATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION DAY
2012-10-20 00:00 | Gramercy Mansion Carriage House, 1400 Greenspring Valley Road, Baltimore, MD, 21153-0119, United States
On this day of Conflict Resolution, Louise Phipps Senft invites you to have one moment of mindfulness today.

If you are facing something difficult, perhaps you will pause, listen carefully, receive a different viewpoint and engage thoughtfully.

Read more here.

Enneagram Association in the Narrative Tradition 2012 Conference
2012-10-18 09:00 - 2012-10-21 17:00 | Reston Town Center, 11900 Market Street, Reston, VA, 20190, United States
Louise Phipps Senft would like to invite all Baltimore Mediation’s past mediation/Enneagram training participants to the Enneagram Association in the Narrative Tradition (EANT) Conference, which will take place in Reston, VA, October 18-21: “Opening to Joy”, featuring Tara Brach as the keynote speaker, Helen Palmer, David Daniels, and a number of other dynamic speakers.

Some of the presentations include: “Passages to Joy – The Magic of the Harmony Triads”, “Letting Go of Suffering”, “Cultivating the Heart”, “The Enneagram and Collaborations Training”.

Tara Brach will talk about main differences between joy and happiness and how to embrace joy by working with the Enneagram.

Be sure to take advantage of the discounted registration fee, which has
been extended through August. For more information about the conference, log on here or to register, click here.

What: EANT 3 Day Conference
When: October 18-21, 2012
Where: Reston Town Center, Reston, VA

Louise Phipps Senft Presents "Understanding the Teenage Brain" at Roland Park Country School Kaleidoscope Program, Baltimore, MD
2012-10-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Roland Park Country School, 5204 Roland Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21210, United States
UNDERSTANDING THE TEENAGE BRAIN

Did you know there are neurological aspects to explaining teenage behavior? What are they thinking? Who is to blame? What can parents do to discipline their teenage children or to explain that what they are doing is unacceptable?
How can you, as a parent, make yourself understood?

Come learn about the why’s related to the intensity of emotions, impulsiveness and lack of making good decisions. We’ve all been there. We know how it feels to be a teenager: to want to go out, play games, meet girls/boys, punch a wall, tell a lie, skip class, go to a party. But we all think we had somewhat of a limit.

Our parents taught us well, but we can’t seem to be able to do the same with our own teenage
children. This class will provide answers to your questions and provide you with tips on how to improve your relationship with your teenage child. Learn to better understand the teenage brain and gain insight into how the adolescent brain works, in order to understand teenage behavior. The ultimate goal: to assist struggling parents and provide specific handson tips on how to handle adversity and reach meaningful, informed decisions that will positively shift the conflict interaction toward a more transformational experience, where both parents and children feel more confident in themselves and in each other.

More information available here.
