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NEW OMA Roundtable — Thursdays on Zoom

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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.

 

Collaborative Learning Opportunities

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There is a wealth of knowledge among OMA members. We are hoping to create more opportunities to learn, share expertise, collaborate and network.  Tell us what type of conflict resolution topics interest you most.

Some ideas might be: Weekend skill building groups focused on specific mediation types; Marketing for the practitioner; or advanced mediation skills…we want your input on what you want to learn or share. 

Please send your ideas to OMA@ORmediation.org

OMA Members Tell Us About You!

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As part of OMA’s 2020 Communications initiatives, we want to hear from and celebrate our mediation community.  Consider being profiled on OMA’s Facebook page and our Blog!  It will give your colleagues an opportunity to find out what you’re doing, who you’re doing it with, and any successes and stories you’d be willing to share.

We plan on highlighting individual practitioners, mediation volunteers, and mediation organizations. We want to know what makes “you,” you and how you navigate in the world of mediation.

If you would like to be profiled (or there’s someone you think we should know about), drop us an email at oma@ormediation.org and we will send you our profile template to complete. We won’t profile anyone without their consent! Don’t be shy, be shiny and let us highlight you.

OMA has a New Home!

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We are very pleased to announce that OMA has found a new home.  Our new location is in Tigard with easy access from I-5 and 217.  If this location sounds familiar, it’s because it’s already an established mediation center. Genesis Mediation has graciously provided a space for OMA. Please call 503.872.9775 if you want to schedule a time to visit. We look forward to holding OMA sponsored events and meetings here soon. Our new mailing address is as follows:

Oregon Mediation Association
7307 SW Beveland Street, Suite 200
Tigard, Oregon 97223

Our phone and email remain the same:  503.872.9775 and oma@ormediation.org. Mail from OMA PO Box will be forwarded for the next few weeks.

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.

OMA in a Nutshell

OMA is a network of practitioners and supporters who are committed to the development, support and advocacy of mediation in Oregon.

Mission

OMA's mission is to help Oregonians transform the way they confront and resolve conflict in their personal lives and in their communities.

Contact Us

Main: 503-208-4309
OMA@ORMediation.org
620 SW 5th Ave Ste 900
Portland, OR 97204

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