Restoring Civil Discourse in an Overheated Society

July 8, 2021

Eric Galton and Tracy Allen

Course offered online via Zoom

 

Our national dialogue is out of control! Our polarized, fractured narrative, amplified by the echo chambers on cable news and social media, has made disagreeing without being disagreeable a lost art and minimized the opportunity for collaborative solutions. Where art thou civility?

Help is on the way in our course Restoring Civil Discourse in an Overheated Society! How did we get to this place? What can we do about it? And most important, what are the skill sets to restore thoughtful conversations that the majority of the nation cries out for?

For businesses, state or federal institutions or agencies, families, religious institutions... for anyone who wants to overcome the national sense of powerlessness and restore our ability to discuss important matters civilly and respectfully.

What You Will Learn

  • How did we get to this place?
  • What can we do about it?
  • What are the skill sets to restore thoughtful conversations?

Program Schedule

8:30 am - 4:30 pm. One hour lunch break.

Instructors

  • Eric Galton

    Eric Galton is considered by many to be a pioneer and defining force in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution. Since 1989 he has mediated over seventy-five hundred cases, employing a variety of mediation styles, and consistently maintains a 91% settlement rate. Over the past five years, Galton has mediated over 100 complex FLSA cases throughout Texas and has resolved 85% of those cases. Galton is Past President and Knight of the International Academy of Mediators and has published five books about mediation. In 2000, he, along with two partners, formed the dispute resolution firm of Lakeside Mediation Center, which continues to provide mediation services throughout the state of Texas. He is also a frequent speaker and trainer around the nation.

  • Tracy L. Allen

    Tracy L. Allen is a full-time mediator, arbitrator and ADR professor. As a former business, tax, real estate and estate planning attorney, she specializes in national and international mediation and arbitration, the strategic management and design of corporate and cultural conflict resolution processes, and ADR training. She writes and teaches extensively throughout the world. She is a Distinguished Professor of Conflict Management at Lipscomb University and serves as an adjunct professor to the Pepperdine School of Law Straus Institute. Ms. Allen serves on the roster of several national and international dispute resolution organizations. She served on the Michigan Supreme Court ADR Task Force which designed and implemented guidelines for court ADR plans and training (online and in person) of mediators in Michigan. She served as co-chair of the Mediation Committee of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section and is a Distinguished Fellow, Dame and past president of the International Academy of Mediators. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan (BA) and Wayne State University Law School (JD, LLM Taxation).

Fees

$175 government/nonprofit employees
$225