2017 Mediation Clinics @ Community Boards
Playing with Perspectives: Reframing and Seeing Other Sides

Is the glass half full, or half empty? Experience tells us there are many ways of looking at the same issue and it is easy to get stuck on one point of view or frame of reference, especially in conflict. 

One of the essential jobs of mediators and those helping to resolve conflict is to create the possibility of a change in perspective.  This can entail interventions from reframing toxic, judgmental, and demeaning language, to helping a person see someone else's point of view.

Betsy Zeger and Cordell Wesselink, co-creators of Community Boards Conflict Coaching model, will use tools and techniques from Conflict Coaching to:
  • Explore different perspectives
  • Play with ways to reframe language to effectively bring opposing sides together
  • Share techniques that can be used to help people begin to see new ways of looking at a situation, conflict, and others 
This workshop is a perfect skill boost for mediators and also gives a small taste of the Community Boards Conflict Coaching model for those who might be interested in learning more or deepening their current knowledge of it.
CORDELL WESSELINK, MA
Cordell works as Mediation Supervisor for the Consortium for Children, which mediates throughout California between adoptive and birth families to help children maintain important relationships after adoption. Previously he was Community Boards' ADR Programs Director, where he co-created their Conflict Coaching program, managed their Neighborhood Mediation operations, coordinated and led various trainings, including those for the SF District Attorney's restorative justice-focused Neighborhood Courts program, and facilitated numerous private and public meetings.  Cordell has a background in Gestalt Process from the Esalen Institute, coaching, mediation, and group meeting facilitation, along with theoretical and practical expertise from a Master's Degree in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding. Visit Cordell's website: www.corelinkservices.com.
BETSY ZEGER  
Betsy is a versatile and highly accomplished Conflict Resolution Specialist with long-term experience in helping clients achieve their goals. Betsy had a 25-year career as an agent and personal manager for composers in the music industry; for the past 10 years she has been a community mediator/facilitator; and Certified Professional Co-Active Life Coach. She also teaches High School students communication skills which are used in the Peer Support Center that she helped create. Betsy is a co-creator and co-trainer for Community Boards' Conflict Coaching trainings. Visit her website here: www.betsyzeger.com.
Logistics
  • DATE & TIMES: Tuesday, October 3, 6-8 pm
  • COST: $25, CB Members | $45, Public
  • MCLE: Course approved by the State Bar of California for 2 MCLE credits (provider #9323). $20 processing fee required. Pay MCLE here.
  • LOCATION: JAMS, 2 Embarcadero Center, 15th Floor
  • REGISTRATION: Click "Register & Pay Here" button below
This mediation clinic is one in a series of monthly clinics
sponsored by Community Boards.
Karen H. Lipney, ADR Programs Director
[email protected] | (415) 920-3820 x109
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