Collaborative Practice Durham Region
The Collaborative End Game*
Presented by Catherine
Conner
(a former president of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals,
a Collaborative Practice and Mediation Trainer with the Center of Understanding in Conflict,
a consensual dispute resolution lawyer with a practice based in Santa Rosa, California)
Thursday, June 2, 2016
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Deer Creek Golf and Banquet Facility
2700 Audley Road North, Ajax, Ontario
Early Bird Registration fee: $350.00
After May 18, 2016: $400.00
Payable to Collaborative Practice Durham Region
c/o Laura Fraser, 117 King Street East, Whitby, Ontario L1N 4Z1
Registration restricted to 25 participants
*Please see attached for further information relating to the
session and Ms. Conner’s bio.
Title:
The Collaborative End Game
Description:
We all have the best of intentions heading into a Collaborative file. Things often
start out well and then after a few sessions, we find ourselves at impasse or at a
loss as to how to proceed. We find ourselves struggling to reach agreement using
Collaborative principles and sometimes resort to more traditional negotiating.
In this training, we will examine the big picture of the various routes that can lead
us astray and ultimately to impasse. We will explore how to get from an
exploration of the interests of the parties to a completed agreement on all issues.
We will consider questions such as what does transparency really mean and what
does it look like? What is the role of advocacy in collaborative negotiations?
Deconstructing the end game allows parties and professionals to give the same
level of care to the end game as they do to starting the process.
Through conceptual presentation, discussion amongst the program participants,
and experiential exercises, a new way to think about and work in the Collaborative
End Game will emerge.
Trainer bio: Catherine Conner’s practice focuses on family law consensual dispute
resolution, including mediation, collaborative practice and negotiated settlements.
She is a collaborative practice and mediation trainer with the Center for
Understanding in Conflict. She authored Collaborative Family Law Practice
Materials with Steven Neustadter and Margaret Anderson. She was on the
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals board of directors from 2008
through 2014 and was the President in 2013.
DIRECTIONS TO DEER CREEK BANQUET FACILITY
2700 Audley Road North
Ajax, Ontario L1Z 1T7
T: 905.427.7737
F: 905.427.1574
FROM THE EAST
Highway 401 west to Salem Rd. Go north on Salem until Taunton Rd. Turn right onto Taunton and travel east towards
Audley Rd. Turn left onto Audley. The driveway entrance is on the left hand side.
FROM THE WEST
Highway 401 east to Salem Rd. Go north on Salem until Taunton Rd. Turn right onto Taunton and
travel east towards Audley Rd. Turn left onto Audley. The driveway entrance is on the left hand side.
FROM HIGHWAY 407
Highway 407 east through Brock Rd. and continue on Highway 7 towards Audley Rd.
Make a quick right onto Audley Rd. and travel south. The driveway entrance is on your right hand side.