Thursday, March 25
8:00am PST | 11:00am EST
Offered by Will Work For Food and moderated by Jeff Kichaven (www.JeffKichaven.com ) and Jean Lawler (www.LawlerADR.com)
This worldwide conversation will be like nothing else. Join in! Share, learn, have fun.
Our special guest will be Michael Lang. He will be talking with us on the topic,“Does Practice Make Perfect: Benefits of Reflective Practice”
The common phrase, practice makes perfect, suggests that experience determines competence. Experience alone does not produce competence. Repetition leads to acting on auto pilot. Mastery is achieved when we use our experiences as learning opportunities.
Most of us work in a bubble. With notable exceptions, we seldom solicit, or receive, feedback. As a result, we have little if any basis for understanding whether and why our efforts were effective and responsive.
There are limited opportunities for collegial support and input. Most of us are solitary beasts, prowling the savannahs of conflict, not part of a pack (or practice group).
Professional development sessions are communal learning experiences where the objectives are: learning about new skills and strategies, or gaining knowledge about theory or research. There are limited opportunities to gain feedback on the use of new techniques or to test our understanding of the ideas presented.
In this webinar, participants will learn the practical, real-world benefits of reflective practice, and how they help improve competence, effectiveness and efficiency.
For over 40 years Michael has mediated family, workplace and organizational disputes.
He has designed and presented introductory and advanced mediation and conflict management courses, workshops and webinars in the US and internationally.
Michael created one of the first graduate programs in conflict resolution in the US at Antioch University in 1992 and served in a similar role at Royal Roads University in Victoria, BC.
He has authored The Practitioners Guide to Reflective Practice in Conflict Resolution (2019), co-authored The Making of a Mediator: Developing Artistry in Practice, (2000). He is the lead author for a series of ebooks, Divorce and Separation: A Practical Guide To Making Smart Decisions. He is the co-creator and co-editor of Living Together, Separating, Divorcing: Surviving During a Pandemic (2020) and Family Conflict During a Pandemic: Stories of Struggle and Hope (2021).
Michael has created a video series, In Their Voices, www.thereflectivepractitioner.com/video-conversations.
Michael currently facilitates 9 monthly online reflective practice groups for practitioners.
Mr. Lang has requested that you consider donating to his preferred food bank, All Faiths Food Bank. More information can be found at: https://allfaithsfoodbank.org
If you don’t already have a favorite charity please consider using the links below to find a food bank near you:
· In the USA: https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/health/coronavirus-how-to-help/#meals-and-food-support
· In Europe: https://www.eurofoodbank.org/
· In Africa: https://foodforallafrica.com/
· In Australia: https://www.foodbank.org.au/?state=au
· In Canada: https://www.foodbankscanada.ca/