Sample Agendas for
CONCUR Professional Development Courses
The following sample course agendas show what you can expect when taking a CONCUR training workshop.For more information, please see the main training page or contact Amy LeBlanc at our Berkeley Office:
1832 Second Street
Berkeley, California 94710, USA
(510) 649-8008 Telephone
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| COURSE
ONE: NEGOTIATING EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS |
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DAY ONE |
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| 8:30-9:00 | Registration, Parking, Light Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome and Introductions |
| 9:15-9:30 | Distinguishing Features of Environmental Disputes |
| 9:30-9:40 | Participant Introductions |
| 9:40-10:00 | Review of Course Agenda and Schedule |
| 10:00-11:00 | Key Elements of Mutual Gains Bargaining |
| 11:00-11:15 | Break |
| 11:15-12:10 | Simulation: Avoiding Escalation and Entrapment |
| 12:10-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:00 | Simulations: Building Coalitions. Exercise and Debriefing |
| 2:00-2:30 | Getting and Using Negotiating Power |
| 2:30-2:45 | Break |
| 2:45-3:45 | Case Examples of Successes and Failures in Environmental Negotiation |
| 3:45-4:45 | Ethical Responsibilities of Negotiators |
| 4:45-5:00 | Overview of Coursebook Contents; Preview of Day Two |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |
| 6:00 - 7:00 | Complimentary Class Dinner at Berkeley Thai House |
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DAY TWO |
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| 9:00-9:10 | Questions from Day One |
| 9:10-10:15 | Steps in a Mediated Negotiation I: Preparation |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break |
| 10:30-11:30 | Steps in a Mediated Negotiation II; Bargaining and Post-Negotiation |
| 11:30-12:15 | Introduction to Multi-Party Negotiation Involving a Facilitator |
| 12:15-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-1:30 | Preparing for a Multiparty Negotiation |
| 1:30 | Begin Negotiations |
| 2:45-3:15 | Negotiations Continue; Conclude Negotiations; Record Agreements |
| 3:15-3:30 | Break |
| 3:30-4:00 | Debrief Simulation |
| 4:00-4:45 | Taking Action: Applying Interest-Based Bargaining to Environmental Disputes |
| 4:45-5:00 | Final Questions and Comments/Course Evaluation |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |
| COURSE
TWO: FACILITATING AND MEDIATING EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS |
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DAY ONE |
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| 9:00-9:50 | Welcome, Introductions and Agenda Review |
| 9:50-10:15 | Overview
of CONCUR's Stepwise Model of Assisted Negotiation, Designing a Negotiation Strategy |
| 10:15-10:30 | Introduction to Conflict Assessment and Stakeholder Analysis |
| 10:30-10:40 | Break |
| 10:40-12:05 | Conduct
Conflict Assessment (Simulation Exercise and Demo with Approx. 5 groups and 5 mediators) |
| 12:05-1:05 | Lunch |
| 1:05-1:20 | Debriefing on Conflict Assessment |
| 1:20-2:20 | Preparation for a Two-Party Negotiation Involving a Facilitator |
| 3:20-3:30 | Break |
| 3:30-4:00 | Debriefing |
| 4:00-4:50 | Distinctions Between Facilitation and Mediation in Practice: Group Discussion |
| 4:50-5:00 | Preview of Day Two/Adjourn |
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DAY TWO |
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| 9:00 -9:15 | Welcome, Questions from Day One |
| 9:15-10:15 | Introduction
to Framing an Agenda for Negotiation (Simulation Exercise and Debriefing Each participant works as a co-facilitator) |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break |
| 10:30-11:45 | Introduction
to Groundrules and Case Studies, Crafting and Ratifying Groundrules for a Negotiation (Simulation) |
| 11:45-12:15 | Debrief Groundrules, Present Example of Case-Specific Groundrules. |
| 12:15-1:15 | Lunch |
| 1:15-1:35 | Preparation
for A Multiparty Environmental Dispute Involving a Mediator (Simulation Exercise with Approximately 3 groups and 6 mediators) |
| 1:35-2:00 | Begin Simulation Exercise: Conduct Caucuses |
| 2:00-2:30 | Mediators Convene Negotiating Parties; Begin Negotiations |
| 2:30-2:45 | Break |
| 2:45-4:00 | Continue and Conclude Negotiations |
| 4:00-4:15 | Mediators Post Agreements; Short Break |
| 4:15-5:00 | Debrief Negotiations |
| 5:00 | Preview of Day Three/Adjourn |
| 6:00 - 7:00 | Class Dinner at Berkeley Thai House |
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DAY THREE |
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| 9:00-9:30 | Introduction to Joint Fact-Finding: Creating Technical Foundations for Agreement |
| 9:30-10:30 | Case Examples of Joint Fact-Finding (Working Paper) |
| 10:30-10:40 | Break |
| 10:40-11:35 | Panel Discussion |
| 11:35-12:00 | Introduction to Single Text Negotiation |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-3:00 | Conduct Single Text Negotiation Exercise (Simulation) |
| 3:00-3:15 | Break |
| 3:15-3:45 | Present Negotiated Agreements |
| 3:45-4:15 | The
Post-Negotiation Steps: Case Examples of Ratification of Informal Agreements and Linkage to Formal Agreements |
| 4:15-4:50 | Class Discussion: Final Questions |
| 4:50-5:00 | Evaluation and Final Comments |