Cool Tools for Hot Topics: Group Tools to Facilitate Meetings When Things Are Hot (The Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding)
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (999 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1561485438 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 90 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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"How to resolve a dispute - 101" according to Robert Leming. A colleague handed me a copy of The Little Book of Cool Tools for Hot Topics: Group Tools to Facilitate Meetings When Things Are Hot (The Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding). We both work in an organization, live in a community, have allegiance to a Land, and are concerned for the whole world - so conflict and disputes are all around us."It's a quick read, hands on, lots of useful techniques; you'll like it."It was and I did.Whether you are planning to lead a group through a conflicted time, or will be part of the group itself and want to learn more about taking a larger point of view - this little book is a great resource.Bob Lemin. An Essential Book for your Toolbox Thomas W. Porter Everyone who is facilitating conversations on difficult subjects and/or conflictual issues should read this book. Ron Kraybill gives us his best tools, learned from years of mediating and teaching, including years working in South Africa. Whatever your issue or conflict, there is a tool here that will help you.. Excellent This text for a future class, Spring 201Excellent Miss Kriss This text for a future class, Spring 2014 arrived early and in fabulous condition. I am using it in a class grad level for ministry of Interfaith between Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists in Hartford, CT at Hartford Seminary!. arrived early and in fabulous condition. I am using it in a class grad level for ministry of Interfaith between Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists in Hartford, CT at Hartford Seminary!
About the Author Ron Kraybill has been a mediator, group facilitator, and trainer in peacebuilding skills since 1979. In 2004 he established Riverhouse ePress, a Web and print publsher of conflict resolution materials located at RiverhouseEpress. In recent years Kraybill has served as a consultant and trainer for peace initiatives for the United Nations, the World Bank, USAID, and other organizations in Burma, Sri Lanka, India, Guyana, and elsewhere.
Not necessarily. Some subjects seem too hot for a group to discuss sanely. During the years of the South African political transition, he trained local, regional, and national leadership in negotiation and mediation skills and served as a training advisor to the National Peace Accord. Cool Tools is rich in anecdotes and practical how-to for any group faced with tension-filled decision-making.. The Little Book of "Cool Tools for Hot Topics" -- Group Tools to Facilitate Meetings When Things Are Hot shows how to help people hear each other when they feel like shouting; how to focus on the issues at stake rather than having a war of personalities; how to employ actual practices for better understanding (interviews, small-group discussions, role-reversal presentations); and how to move a group toward making a decision that all can ho
. He was founding director of the Mennonite Conciliation Service from 1979 to 1988. Ron Kraybill has been a mediator, group facilitator, and trainer in peacebuilding skills since 1979. in Religious Studies is from Uth University of Cape Town. In 2004 he estab