“The class has been very informative and useful. I've used this resolution plan and we are proceeding to resolve this with our sub from a collaborative approach - So far, it seems to be progressing well and it does not appear as if we are going to have to fire them, so that is good.
Once again, thanks for your input and the class has been very rewarding.”
“Josh and Aixa:
I just wanted to thank both of you for delivering excellent content via telephone conference call technology and MS Live Meeting software.
It is obvious you both have invested a significant amount of effort to insure excellent execution of each lesson.
The process is clear and I believe it is directly applicable to my role as Project Manager for CDM.”
“This is the first time I've taken a course online like this. I liked your whole approach of using a mix of presentations, audience participation, required readings and preparing a plan for a real conflict situation — all online! “
“Great website! It's so easy to navigate…clean, bright & inviting - it seems to reflect the very personality of the restaurant.”
- Anonymous comment on Rendezvous Central Square blog
“The course was a great experience. In addition to learning about conflict resolution skills, what I found most useful was learning about my own conflict style and how to modify it for different situations.”
“As a project manager at CDM for 20 years, CDM has us take many courses, some of which are very useful and some of which have no use.
“Reframing Conflict” was an excellent class; I've been involved in hundreds of conflicts over the years, but this is the first time I've actually sat down and thought about how I was handling myself, and whether or not I was looking out for the best interests of CDM (as opposed to myself).
Keep up the good work-it was 9 hours well spent.”
Thanks,
Thomas M. Casey
Senior Project Manager
“I thank you for your efforts in teaching this class. It really opened
my eyes to how common conflict is in our daily lives and how we need to
work to resolve. The way the class was structured, to keep us
moving and to update our plan every week really helped.”
- W. Barner, CDM Pittsburgh
“This was far and away the most beneficial class I have had the privilege of attending in CDM's strong training program.”
– Mark Peters
“Thanks for all of your guidance during [the Reframing Conflict class],
it was great timing, because this conflict really exists and I actually
worked through this conflict based on what you were enlightening our
thoughts about.”
- Mike Lovett
We have been supporting artists with free weblogs. It is a small way
for us to give back to the community. But we gain so much in being able
to read these wonderful weblogs. Here is a blog
just started by filmmaker Arleigh Prelow. She will be using the blog to
document her work on Howard Thurman, the subject of her documentary
film.
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And So We Begin…….
by Arleigh Prelow at 10:52PM (EDT) on September 4, 2005 | Permanent Link | Cosmos
Sunday, September 4, 2005, 6 PM
This is my first blog. Some inspiring comrades from Martha’s Vineyard
have insisted that I record my remembrances, insights and experiences.
But as I have discovered, and many have voiced all along, I NEED to
write. This blog is a venue to make outer, many of my inner ponderings
and discoveries. It also an opportunity to give flow to the internal
streams of thought that have long harbored inside of me.
This will certainly be an experience for me. Within, there has
been so much that has been stored, for so long. For a while I believed
that these thoughts and revelations were unremarkable. But a Spirit
within, urges me to gift the world with the insight that I’ve culled
from birth to present. And my comrades have confirmed that what I’ve
experienced, needs to be shared. Thank you Abby, Carole, Eric, Mary,
and Russell.
So with this blog, a wonderful gift from Kathleen Gilroy and her
Otter Group, I am embarking on this trek of sharing the journey of
completing a documentary on the spiritual giant, Howard Thurman. Among
many things, I will write about being an artist, a single mother of two
daughters, and an African American woman who quests to fulfill a dream
and a calling. I will also explore how both my life and spirit
have transformed in the process. I will even reflect on the current
occurrences which tug at our hearts, and challenge our spirits, like
Hurricane Katrina.
I hope that the postings will inspire you; that they will gift you with
a new courage; that they will touch and affirm the beauty of your
being; and that, most importantly, they will hearten and strengthen the
Spirit that is within you.
Thank you for taking this journey with me.….Let’s enjoy the ride!
