TAPM Annual Seminar: Pillars of Peacemaking: Exploring Key Professions in Dispute Resolution

2 months ago

When

April 4, 2025    
8:00 am CDT - 3:00 pm CDT

Bookings

$100.00 - $200.00

Event Type

Registration is now open for TAPM’s Annual Seminar.  This all-day event will take place over Zoom. We invite you to participate and learn from our expert speakers on topics about peacemaking.

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Pillars of Peacemaking: Exploring Key Professions in Dispute Resolution

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Friday, April 4, 2025, 8am-3pm Central Time (9am – 4pm Eastern Time)

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5 hours CLE/CME Pending

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$125 to members; $200 for non-members.  Students can attend for $50.00 with a registration code.  Contact [email protected] for the code if you don’t already have one.

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Event Descriptions and Speaker Bios:

Join us for Pillars of Peacemaking, a full-day online seminar that dives into the essential roles of mediators, arbitrators, ombudsmen, facilitators, and conflict coaches, including the unique characteristics, responsibilities, and ethical considerations of each role.

We will delve into these distinct yet interconnected roles, examining how each contributes uniquely to resolving conflicts in various contexts. The presentation will also highlight the growing importance of community mediation and access to justice. Speakers include Ken Cloke, Clare Fowler, Murphy Funkhouser, Anne Sawyer, and Natalie C. Fleury!

This conference aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the dispute resolution field, empowering professionals at all stages of their careers to identify opportunities, enhance their skills, and navigate the interconnected nature of conflict management roles. Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner looking to expand your services or a newcomer exploring career options, this event offers valuable insights into the diverse and rewarding world of dispute resolution.

Mark your calendar and get ready for a day of growth, learning, and connection!

Speaker Bios:

Murphy Funkhouser Bio:

Murphy Funkhouser is a business, brand and marketing strategist, consultant and educator who has supported the creation or launch of over 500 brands in her 20-year career. She was the co-founder and owner of Kudzu Brands, based in Asheville, and now owns a private business and brand strategy firm, BrandStage Consulting. Her expertise includes creating, launching, and building brands and developing business and non-profit marketing strategies. Murphy has helped multiple mediators and litigators develop successful brands.

Murphy has taught business, branding and entrepreneurship at multiple higher education and business schools. She is a year-round teacher, coach and facilitator at the non-profit Mountain Bizworks in Asheville. She is a graduate of the Goldman Sach’s 10,000 Small Businesses program.

When she is not creating strategies that help businesses perform, Murphy is on the stage herself. Her understanding of the stage and the elements of a performance transfer to her understanding of business and branding. She knows how to tell a compelling story. She understands how to get an audience’s attention.

Her business and brand expertise combined with her experience as a performer make her the perfect business or brand strategist for any business or organization looking for creative and effective strategies to take center stage in the market.

Murphy is currently obtaining her Master’s Degree in Communications and Storytelling from East Tennessee State University.

 

Clare Fowler Bio:

  • Executive Vice-President of ODR.com
  • International Woman of Peace Award, 2024
  • Author of Rising Above Office Conflict: the light-hearted guide for the heavy-hearted employee

Dr. Clare Fowler received her Doctorate on designing dispute resolution systems for small businesses from Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education/ Organizational Leadership and her Master’s of Dispute Resolution from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law. Dr. Fowler also works as Managing Editor and with Caseload Manager at Mediate.com. She teaches at Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Department and University of Oregon. Clare mediates and trains, focusing on workplace disputes. Dr. Fowler’s dissertation was a phenomenological study of Workplace disputes. Her 2023 book, Rising Above Office Conflict, is a guidebook for HR directors dealing with high conflict behaviors.

Anne Sawyer Bio:

Anne Sawyer is a highly experienced mediator, facilitator, and conflict resolution consultant with over 20 years of experience guiding individuals and organizations through complex disputes. She holds leadership positions as Executive Director of 90 Minds Inc. and President of Kids Managing Conflict where she spearheads initiatives to empower youth through peer mediation and conflict resolution programs.

For more than a decade, Anne has facilitated dialogues with Days of Dialogue and the Institute for Nonviolence Los Angeles, moderating impactful conversations on critical issues such as civic engagement, climate change, social and racial justice, racism, policing, and violence. Her expertise extends to training other facilitators and leading virtual dialogues, fostering meaningful connection and understanding in diverse settings.

Anne is a strong advocate for deep listening and collaboration, believing in their power to drive positive change and help individuals and communities move forward with clarity and mutual respect.

Natalie C. Fleury Bio:

Natalie C. Fleury, JD has been an Ombuds at the Medical College of Wisconsin since 2015. From 2007-2022, she was the Program Coordinator for Dispute Resolution and Adjunct Professor of Law at Marquette University Law School, teaching the Small Claims Mediation Clinic from 2012-2022. She started her career in dispute resolution as a compliance manager with an ADR organization providing warranty arbitration services for Ford Motor Company and Daimler Chrysler.

Ms. Fleury is the Chair of the ABA DR Section Ombuds Committee Legislative Action Task Force and has held numerous leadership roles with the State Bar of Wisconsin. She is a member of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section and a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution Wisconsin Chapter. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School and holds a Graduate Certificate in Dispute Resolution from Marquette University.

Her areas of interest include legislation related to dispute resolution processes, dispute systems design, and the application of circle processes and restorative justice concepts to organizational ombuds work.

Ken Cloke Bio:

Ken Cloke is a world-recognized mediator, dialogue facilitator, conflict resolution systems designer, teacher, trainer, author and public speaker. He has been a pioneer and leader in the field of mediation and conflict resolution for the last 37 years. He is co-founder of Mediators Beyond Borders, based in Washington D.C. The organization supports individuals, organizations, communities and governments around the world in building conflict resolution capacity and conflict literacy, focusing on under-served communities.

He has done international work in conflict resolution in over 25 countries, including Armenia, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, Denmark, England, Georgia, India, Ireland, Japan, Latin America, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Thailand, Ukraine, the former USSR, United Kingdom, and Zimbabwe. As Director of the Center for Dispute Resolution, Kenneth Cloke works as a mediator, arbitrator, attorney, coach, consultant and trainer, specializing in resolving complex multi-party conflicts which include: community issues, grievance and workplace disputes, collective bargaining negotiations, organizational and school conflicts, sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits, environmental and public policy disputes. Ken also provides services in designing preventative conflict resolution systems for couples, families, groups and organizations.

Ken is the author of numerous books about mediation, organizational issues, and conflict resolution. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University’s School of Law, Strauss Institute. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Southern Methodist University, Saybrook University, and the University of Southern California. He has been an Adjunct Professor at Harvard University School of Law’s Program on Negotiation, Insight Initiative; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Cape Cod Institute; Massey University (New Zealand); and the University of Amsterdam’s ADR Institute, among others. His teaching experience in higher education includes law, mediation, history, political science, conflict studies, urban studies, and other social sciences at a number of law schools, colleges and universities, including the University of Southern California, U.C.L.A., Southwestern University School of Law, Antioch University, Occidental College, California State University Dominguez Hills, and El Camino College, among others.

He has been an Arbitrator and Mediator for nearly forty years in labor management disputes, and is a member of a number of arbitration panels. He has also served as an Administrative Law Judge for the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board and the Public Employment Relations Board; as a Factfinder for the Public Employment Relations Board; and as a Judge Pro Tem for the Superior Court of Los Angeles. He holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley; a J.D. from U.C. Berkeley’s Boalt Law School; a Ph.D. from U.C.L.A.; and a LLM from U.C.L.A. Law School.

Bookings

Tickets

Ticket Type Price Spaces
Non-Member Ticket
For attendees who are not active TAPM members
$200.00
Student Ticket
For students who have received a discount code, the price will be discounted to $50.00.
$100.00

Registration Information

Business Dissolution
Child Custody and Parenting Plans
Commercial and Financial
Contracts
Divorce
Employment
Environmental
Health Law and Elder Care
Intellectual Property
Nonprofit/Community Mediation
Personal Injury
Probate and Estates
Professional Liability
Real Estate and Construction
Technology and IT Disputes
Victim-Offender Reconciliation

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