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Nonprofits LEAD: Conflict Resolution
Do you love conflict? For most of us, the answer to that question is “absolutely not!” However, whenever you work with people, conflict is going to be a part of your professional life. Each of us has the power to reduce our anxiety about conflict and actively engage it as a force for personal, professional, and organizational growth. This introductory level workshop will give participants theory, skills, and strategies to understand conflict better and manage it more effectively.
Participants will learn about: principled negotiation, family systems theory, the various conflict management styles and how to decide which to use in a given situation, and how to decide when to employ mediation or other external resources. Participants will also engage in hands-on activities to build skills such as active listening, re-framing, and facilitation that can be applied to conflicts in various situations and settings. Participants will leave the workshop with a better understanding of their own conflict management styles and skills that can improve their effectiveness in supervision of staff and volunteers, collaboration with colleagues, work with or on a board, and even in your personal relationships.
Cost: $25 Refreshments will be provided. Scholarship funding can be requested.
Intended Audience: Executive directors; staff members; board members; volunteers; interns
Maribeth Saleem-Tanner holds an MA in conflict transformation with a concentration in peacebuilding and development from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Her research at EMU focused on understanding differing perspectives on community development in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, where she lived and worked for over ten years at High Rocks, an award-winning youth leadership development program. She also worked with nonprofits throughout the Allegheny Mountain and taught English and Management courses through New River Community College. Saleem-Tanner currently oversees the Office of Civic Engagement and teaches courses within the action component in the McDonough Leadership Program.