Baltimore Mediation

The Mediation and Arbitration Institute of Quebec Conference on Psychological Harassment: Current Assessments and Future Persectives
2012-11-15 08:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | 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, 2012-10-10 07:00 - 21:00 | 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.

Louise Phipps Senft Teaches "Enneagram and Self-Awareness in Mediation" for MACRO MPME, Eastern Shore, MD
2012-10-12 09:00 - 17:30 | MACRO, Eastern Shore, MD, United States

Louise Phipps Senft Teaches "Enneagram and Self-Awareness in Mediation" for MACRO MPME, Annapolis, MD
2012-10-10 09:00 - 17:30 | MACRO, Annapolis, MD, United States

Louise Phipps Senft Teaches "Enneagram and Self-Awareness in Mediation" for MACRO MPME, Baltimore, MD
2012-10-09 09:00 - 17:30 | MACRO, Baltimore, MD, United States

Enneagram Studies in the Narrative Tradition Workshop
2012-09-27 09:00 - 2012-09-30 17:30 | Bergamo Center, Dayton, OH, United States

Louise Phipps Senft 8-Hour Enneagram and Mediation Workshop for MACRO
2012-09-25 09:00 - 17:30 | MACRO, Annapolis, MD, 21401, United States
Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office has hired Louise Phipps Senft to train its professional mediators on issues related to the Enneagram, mediation and self-awareness. More information about MACRO here.

Louise Phipps Senft, Nan Waller Burnett and Jennifer Kresge Present at ACMI Conference
2012-09-14 08:45 - 10:00 | Unnamed Venue, New Orleans, LA, United States
“The Master Practitioner Series: A Transformative Creative Worldview for the Commercial Mediator. The Brain, Mind and Reason: How Science Helps Us Understand Creative Choice” with Louise Phipps Senft, Nan Waller Burnett and Jennifer Kresge. These dynamic presenters will provide a fascinating, interactive discussion of a transformative worldview in commercial mediation, the intentional cultivation of creativity in the brain, neurobiology and how it informs the work that practitioners do in conflict dynamics, and conflict transformation. They will explore the current research and work in creativity theory and neurobiology with specific application exploring the creative brain. Using interactive exercises the presenters will stimulate the creative and intuitive area of the brain and teach the attendees how the practitioner can use them to further enhance their own effectiveness at the table. Join these experienced mediators:Louise, a master of transformative conflict theory, Nan, a master of creativity and the brain, and Jennifer a master of brain science and educational theory, as they weave with you a tapestry of new thinking grounded in conflict theory and science and human spirit. You will leave inspired and your practice transformed.

Read more here.

Advanced Commercial Mediation Institute Annual Conference
2012-09-14 08:00 - 2012-09-15 17:00 | Unnamed Venue, New Orleans, LA, United States
Join Louise Phipps Senft and other commercial mediators as they cover hot topics on mediation for business and commercial disputes.

The Advanced Commercial Mediation Institute (“ACMI”) is an educational forum designed to further develop
advanced skills of professionals experienced in mediating commercial and business disputes. The program features
an interactive environment facilitated by leading practitioners and educators in the dispute resolution and related
fields.
This two day program is limited to 60 participants experienced in mediating complex commercial disputes so as to
facilitate extensive interaction among participants and faculty. Members of the American Arbitration Association’s
National Roster of Neutrals attending this program will receive A.C.E. credit.

Louise Phipps Senft, Nan Waller Burnett, internationally renowned mediator and trainer and founder of Dispute Resolution Professionals, Inc., together with international presenter, Jennifer Kresge will talk about “The Master Practitioner Series: A Transformative Creative Worldview for the Commercial Mediator. The Brain, Mind and Reason: How Science Helps Us Understand Creative Choice” on Friday morning, September 14, from 8:45 am to 10 am.

They will explore the current research and work in creativity theory and neurobiology with specific application exploring the creative brain. Using interactive exercises the presenters will stimulate the creative and intuitive area of the brain and teach the attendees how the practitioner can use them to further enhance their own effectiveness at the table. Join these experienced mediators: Louise, a master of transformative conflict theory, Nan, a master of creativity and the brain, and Jennifer a master of brain science and educational theory, as they weave with you a tapestry of new thinking grounded in conflict theory and science and human spirit.

More information available here.

Louise Phipps Senft and Nan Waller Burnett Present at the ACR Annual Conference
2012-09-13 14:00 - 15:30 | Unnamed Venue, New Orleans, LA, United States
Join Louise Phipps Senft and Nan Waller Burnett while they talk about “Transforming Marital High Conflict using a Relational Approach: New Learnings on Emotions and Neuroscience”. Access more information here.

Be Our Guest and Visit Baltimore Mediation's Information Booth, Accelerent Business Breakfast, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
2012-09-12 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 with guest speaker, Bud Krogh Egil. 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.

This September, the presenter is Bud Krogh Egil, an American lawyer who became famous as an official of the Richard Nixon administration, and who was imprisoned for his part in the Watergate scandal.

More information about Accelerent here.

Association of Conflict Resolution 2012 Annual Conference
2012-09-10 08:00 - 2012-09-15 14:00 | Convention Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
Join Louise Phipps Senft and her professional colleagues and ACR members and non-members, for 3 intense days of conflict resolution and mediation presentations and learnings.

Louise will be presenting together with Nan Waller Burnett, internationally renowned mediator and trainer, and founder of Dispute Resolution Professionals, Inc., on Thursday, September 13, from 2 to 3:30pm on issues related to marital conflict and how to use transformation skills in order to bring about change in the dynamics. The actual seminar, entitled “Transforming Marital High Conflict using a Relational Approach: New Learnings on Emotions and Neuroscience” will also talk about the implications of biological brain functioning in conflict situations.

You can download the conference agenda here.

For more information and registration, please click here.

Conflict Transformation: Mediation Core Skills I, 20-Hour Basic Training
2012-06-20 17:00 - 2012-06-22 17:30 | Loyola University Graduate Center, 2034 Greenspring Drive, Timonium, MD, 21093, United States
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 I: Mediator Self-Awareness and Third Party Intervention

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

Description:
Basic 20-hour mediation and conflict transformation
and resolution theory and skills course with a focus on mediator self
awareness and third party 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
Self-Awareness Inventory & Development
Hands-on conflict intervention skills necessary to mediate
Mediator Standards of Practice and Ethics
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, June 20, 2012, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Thursday, June 21, 2012, 9:00 am – 5:30 pm Friday, June 22, 2012, 9:00 am – 5:30 pm

Trainers:
Louise Phipps Senft, Esq.Lawrence J. Hoover, Esq.

Location:
Gramercy Mansion Carriage House1400 Greenspring Valley Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21153-0119

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 May 22, 2011. Thereafter, call for availability. Checks may be made payable to Baltimore Mediation. Credit card payments may be made through the online registration form, 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.

Conflict Transformation Training - in Portugal
2012-05-11 09:00 - 17:30 | Central Lisbon, Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal
In Portugal:

Cutting Edge Approaches for Executive Coaches: Empowerment from Within to Develop the Inner-Observer for
Personal Growth and Sustainable Outcomes
CERTIFIED TRAINING SEMINAR

Sponsored by Baltimore Mediation and Growing-U

This course can be used as 8 hrs towards a certification in conflict coaching.

Learn about Executive Coaching and Empowerment to develop the Inner-Observer for Personal Growth and
Sustainable Outcomes in the following areas:

The Premises of Transformative Theory
Define Conflict Coaching and distinguish it from other practices
Premises of a Transformative Approach to Coaching
Understanding Conflict, from the experience
of the coaching client
Client’s Goals and Coach’s Goals
Fostering Empowerment and Recognition Shifts for Clients
Neuroscience of the Brain and Conflict and Stress
Cognitive Impairment in Decision Making
Coaching out of Trauma
Methods for the Transformative Coach
The Transformative Question
Best Outcomes of Transformative Coaching

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The staff:

Louise Phipps Senft, Esq., is a US Master Mediator and Practitioner, pioneering transformative approaches for commercial mediators. She is founder of Baltimore Mediation, voted one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women and Baltimore’s “Best Mediator”. She served as Director of Training for Mediators Beyond Borders for four years. Ms. Senft is an adjunct Law Professor at University of Maryland and on past faculty of Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation, Insight Initiative, and is one of Chief Judge Advisors for US Mediation and Conflict Resolution. She is the first professional
mediator approved by the Association for Conflict Resolution to offer trainings on all mediation topics, and an author of Transformative Mediation: A Sourcebook.

Nan Waller Burnett, MA is a Harvard trained transformative high conflict mediator, dynamic facilitator, psychotherapist, conflict systems design consultant, and an executive conflict coach. She is a founding board member of Mediators Beyond Borders, and an author of the 2008 Gold medal for Calm in the Face of the Storm.

Conflict Transformation in Commercial Disputes - Rome, Italy
2012-05-02 09:00 - 2012-05-03 17:00 | Hotel Universo, Via Principe Amedeo, 5 00185, Rome, Italy
In Rome, Italy:

Be part of the cutting edge relational transformative approach to Conflict Resolution, which produces Sustainable Outcomes on Authentic Terms. Certification is provided by LPS Associates an ACR certified trainer. This course satisfies 16 hours for Level 1 Certification.

Learn how you can be part of the new European movement to streamline solutions for your Learn advanced skills in Conflict Transformation, for commercial disputes, including environmental and zoning conflicts, partnership disagreements, noncompetition and trade clauses, breach of contracts, partnering and mergers acquisition difficulties, healthcare providers and facilities, policy and regulatory conflicts, inter and intradepartmental conflicts.

Be apprised of the latest developments in neuroscience for the Advanced Mediation Practitioner.

Cost: €500 per person plus VAT (21%)

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The staff:

Louise Phipps Senft, Esq., is a US Master Mediator and Practitioner, pioneering transformative approaches for commercial mediators. She is founder of Baltimore Mediation, voted one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women and Baltimore’s “Best Mediator”. She served as Director of Training for Mediators Beyond Borders for four years. Ms. Senft is an adjunct Law Professor at University of Maryland and on past faculty of Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation, Insight Initiative, and is one of Chief Judge Advisors for US Mediation and Conflict Resolution. She is the first professional
mediator approved by the Association for Conflict Resolution to offer trainings on all mediation topics, and an author of Transformative Mediation: A Sourcebook.

Nan Waller Burnett, MA is a Harvard trained transformative high conflict mediator, dynamic facilitator, psychotherapist, conflict systems design consultant, and an executive conflict coach. She is a founding board member of Mediators Beyond Borders, and an author of the 2008 Gold medal for Calm in the Face of the Storm.
