New!! The Negotiator's Desk Reference (NDR) is now published, as of December 2017. Edited by Chris Honeyman and Andrea Kupfer Schneider and with 106 other contributors, the NDR supersedes the same editors' Negotiator's Fieldbook as the most comprehensive book about negotiation available.

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CONVENOR works in conflict management and in community environmental decision-making.

​Our practice is distinct from most other firms working in these areas. We focus primarily on issues which affect conflict handling and participatory adult education systems, on a large scale.

In conflict management, we are best known for our work on 

• gaps between theory and practice and between different specialties; 
• issues related to mediators' ethics and qualifications; 
• new strategies for teaching about negotiation;
• infrastructure issues, and 
• organizations' widespread failure to plan ahead for inevitable disputes. 

In community-based education about the environment, we are best known for:

• strategies for engaging individuals and groups on priority environmental topics;
• Best Education Practices (BEPs) for natural resources education;
• models for youth water education.

Other Highlights

Topics:

• For conflict resolution topics, see Projects, as well as Consulting & Casework.
• For environmental education topics, see tabs under Community & Environment.

Methods:

• For conflict resolution projects, see the Methods page for an in-depth look at research approaches.
• For environmental education topics, see Community & Environment links and PDFs for specific projects

Publications:

• Key publications can be found on individual project pages for all topics.
• Conflict resolution publications are summarized under the Publications tab.
• Environmental education publications are listed under the Community & Environment tab. See Bibliography and Other Publications