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NEW OMA Roundtable — Thursdays on Zoom

April 20, 2020 by ormediate

Join your peers via Zoom, starting in April at OMA’s Roundtable.  These Thursday Roundtable meetings will provide an opportunity to connect socially, and learn from each other during this unusual time.

Advance your skills, meet your peers, and learn more about different types of mediation, while you practice participating with others on Zoom. Roundtable discussions will be expertly led by those in our community who have interesting things to share. Topics to be discussed on upcoming Thursdays include Mediating on the Edge, Zoom Mediation: Possibilities and Pitfalls, and How to Create a Profitable Mediation Practice.  

While the format may change some from week to week, the goal is always to spark dialog. If you are interested in being a facilitator for a future week, please send a paragraph describing the discussion you’d like to facilitate and a bio to OMA@ormediation.org.  If you have a topic you would like to see discussed, let us know.

When:   Thursdays @ 4:00pm-5:30pm and several Thursdays each month moving forward in 2020.

What:   OMA Roundtable — a weekly facilitated forum for OMA members and select guests.

Who:  Upcoming Thursday OMA Roundtable facilitators include Donna Silverberg, Molly Keating, Randy Kinnison and Tsipora Dimant to start.

Location:  Zoom Meeting 

Charge:  Free for OMA members

Registration: Email: OMA@ORmediation.org to receive a Zoom Meeting invite for a specific Thursday Roundtable.

 

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Bridging the Gap Through Mediation and Beyond: Conference Update and Photos

January 10, 2020 by ormediate

Our OMA 2019 Conference was a great success! We hosted our 33rd annual conference back in Portland after spending 2018 in Eugene. We had great turnout – long-time practitioners, volunteer mediators, community members, students, and some new friendly faces to the profession. Our theme was “Managing Conflict: Bridging the Gap through Mediation and Beyond.”  Back in 2018, our committee decided to begin providing “tracks” throughout the conference, or certain strings of workshops to attend that would be dedicated to topics such as family, business, or diversity and inclusion. Based on the positive feedback in 2018, we decided to continue expanding upon those “tracks” to develop networking within conference participants. We grew our list to six tracks, and will continue to create robust opportunities for more specialized education throughout the year. OMA also created a new award for 2019, or the “Spirit of Mediation” award. The committee awarded four practitioners who embody the “spirit” of mediation through one or more luminaries. The award winners were: Bryan Egan, Rene Bove, Stuart Watson, and Jack Bevilaqua. The board also shared initiatives each committee is working on during our annual open meeting, including a Mediators of Color network across Oregon. Finally, we introduced our new mentorship program during the conference. Reach out to sosborn@uoregon.edu or c.rob.bearden@gmail.com if you are interested in learning more.

  • Rene Bouve, 2019 Spirit of Mediation Award Recipient
  • Devin Howington discusses Certification survey results
  • Tera Cleland, OMA Board Member and President
  • Amy Chase Herman and Meagan Robbins (Board Member)
  • Amy Chase Herman, Alice Inez and Gene Tish (new Board Member for 2020)
  • Keynote Speaker Alison Allen-Hall, The Oregon Peace Institute
  • Chris Sheesley, Donna Silverberg and Clare Fowler
  • Connections
  • Taking moments to connect
  • John Inglish, OMA Board Member and Secretary
  • Keynote Traci Rosi, and family mediator Kathleen Maloney
  • Keynote Speaker Traci Rossi, Portland State University Center for Women’s Leadership
  • Dr. Fowler with Mediate.com
  • Conveying Empathy in the Digital Age
  • Sam Imperati on Walking the Fine Line Between Impartiality and Advocacy
  • Yes, we love mediation

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Skills Training at Clackamas Dispute Resolution Services

January 10, 2020 by ormediate

Abbey Bowman headed up a ten-week Pilot Resolution Services Skill Development Program at Clackamas Dispute Resolution Services (CDRS) at the end of 2019.

Following The Mediator’s Handbook, the group of 12 flexed their mediation muscles and practiced role plays, flipping, getting curious (not furious), process development and more.

Mediators came from all over the Portland Metro area to join in this lively gathering and by all reports, it was blast.

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Welcome to OMA

Conflict is a natural part of life. Managed intentionally, conflict can positively transform lives and relationships. Mediators are trained to understand the source of conflicts and identify a path away from adversarial positions toward positive growth and change. Mediators create a safe space to have difficult conversations. The Oregon Mediation Association works to build greater awareness of mediation as a useful conflict management tool.

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