On October 28, 2009, New Haven’s Community Mediation, Inc. celebrated 20 Years of Peacemaking to mark the retirement (at least from CM) of its long-time Executive Director, Charlie Pillsbury. The event also honored two former CM Board Presidents, Alison Bonds and Ronald Netter, and peer mediators in New Haven public schools. Volunteer adult mediators, peer […]
Elder Medation talk at Fowler Nursing Center- Postponed
I was scheduled to speak at Fowler Nursing Center, Guilford, CT on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 7:00. That talk has been postponed as a precaution against H1N1. As Connecticut shoreline residents know, Guilford has been hard hit by H1N1. So many students have been struck by it, that school administrators decided to close Guilford […]
Presentation on Crisis Intervention in Elder Mediation
On October 22, 2009 I gave a presentation on Crisis Intervention in Elder Mediation at VNA Community Healthcare in Guildford, CT. This presentation was a “return engagement” in a sense: in April, I had given an overview of elder mediation, including how it fits into mediation as a field and how it fits into the […]
Elder mediators and geriatric care managers
Yesterday’s New York Times included an article by Lesley Alderman titled “When Elder Care Problems Escalate, You Can Hire an Expert.” The article described the valuable role that geriatric care managers can play in helping elderly loved ones age safely. When families need help with health assessments, living accommodations, medication management, attending doctors’ appointments, finding […]
Conflict Resolution talk to Hamden Women in Business
On September 24, 2009, I had the good fortune to speak to the Women in Business group of the Hamden Chamber of Commerce. We started with some general, very interactive, discussion about common causes of conflict, at home and on the job. As you might expect, kids, spouses, co-workers, and the people we need to […]
Mediation for Westport, CT property dispute?
In the New York Times “Wealth Matters” column on September 5, 2009, Paul Sullivan wrote about a dispute between neighbors in “Somebody’s Watching … And Ready to Sue.” He described the case of Westport, CT neighbors feuding over a stone wall that cost $170,000 to install in 2005. Since then, the couple that built the […]
Tip on “Women Entrepreneurs, Why They Are Taking The Lead”
I was delighted to have my tip, “Women Smooth Ruffled Feathers”, chosen as one of 95 published on August 25, 2009 in the Toilet Paper Entrepreneur’s blog. The introduction to the piece states: “The biggest change ever in entrepreneurship is occurring right now. For centuries men have lead the entrepreneurial frontier. But, for a multitude […]
