Overthinking Conflict Podcast

Overthinking Conflict: A podcast exploring the business, skills and styles or peacemaking.

Its coming together quickly and nearly ready for its launch later this month.  Thank you to everyone for your enthusiasm and support.

And a huge shout out to Jay Lyonns for his great graphic design work.  Check out this awesome logo design.

New Project a Foot

I have been somewhat quiet recently because I have a new side project.  I'm really excited about it.

Look for launch announcements in the next 2-3 weeks.

There is a hint in the picture.

Speaking about Conflict Resolution and Games

I have a number of dates coming up where we get together to chat about the role of games in conflict resolution.  If you are interested in the topic please check them out.

• CoRe Conflict Resolution Society Speaker Series, February 7th, 4:30-6:00. “Conflict Styles and Collaborative Games“, presented by Amanda Semenoff and Deborah White. Livestream available.
• People’s Law School, February 14th, Vancouver, BC. “Games and Other Tools for Intergenerational Conflict Prevention”, presented by Amanda Semenoff and Sharon Sutherland.
• Emerald City Comicon, March 2-5, 2017. Seattle, WA. Our panel is on Saturday, Mar. 4. Sharon, Mark, Emily, Amanda, Darsey and Taryn will speak about “Collaborative Tabletop Games for Conflict Prevention, Management, and Resolution”. 
• NWDR Conference, March 24-25, 2017. Seattle, WA. Emily and Amanda will offer a lunch session on Mar. 25th on “Alternative Tools for Dispute Resolution: Exploring Collaborative Games”.

We are open to more dates if you want a speaker on these topics please get in touch! 

Or check out what the rest of PignPotato is up to!

Welcome 2017

With the challenges, ups and downs of 2016 behind us I have been taking a bit of time to reflect on the past year and anticipate the new one.  It helps that the cold snowy weather is encouraging quiet time and tea.  

Looking forward I'm excited to

• build on the success of Zombie Fight or Flight kickstarter with PignPotato
• work towards a Restorative Justice initiative in New Westminster
• find new ways to practice mediation and conflict resolution

2016 taught me a lot about resiliency and adaptability.  Hopefully I have learned those lessons well and can apply them moving forward!  I've never been one for resolutions, they always seem somewhat punitive, but I do love a good theme.  This year I am challenging myself to put more things in the world before they are perfect.  I'll let you know how it goes.