* provides you with regular updates about developments in the conflict resolution field
* lets you know whenever any new Web pages appear on All-Things-Conflict- Resolution-and-ADR.com telling you about new content, finds or recommendations.
* keeps you up-to-date with other postings or news from the site.
* points out some special areas of interest that you might otherwise miss.
To subscribe to the Resolution Blog (no e-mail necessary), right-click on the orange RSS button (see bottom buttons to the left) and then paste the URL into your RSS reader. Or click on the My Yahoo! button or My MSN or Add To Google button if you keep a personalized home page there.
If you are not sure what RSS and blogging is all about, click on "What's an RSS Feed?"
Once you start, you will be amazed at what RSS can do.
It's fun . . .so enjoy!
Nov 12, 2008, Elder Law Mediation Resources - Links to help you make an informed choice
Where To Go To Get the Information and Support You Need
It is often said that social responsibility is primarily a trait of the younger Generation Xs and Generation Ys, certainly not those Baby Boomers over the age of 60. They're the ones that polluted the environment and caused all those wars, remember?
Here's a data set, though, that seems to fly in the face of that assumption. (Click on link below.)
The Seattle Longitudinal Study (SLS) has tracked a group of people (18,000 in the original sample) in Seattle, USA every seven years for over 45 years. The original intent of the study was organized around five questions:
1. Does intelligence change uniformly throughout adulthood or are there different life-course-ability patterns?
2. At what age and at what magnitude can decrement in ability be reliably detected?
3. What are the patterns and magnitude of generational differences?
4. What accounts for individual differences in age-related change in adulthood?
5. Can the intellectual decline that increases with age be reversed by educational intervention?
The graphic (at the link below) comes from pages 287 - 289 of the latest report on the study (Schaie, 2005.) It shows a fascinating trend in the directly observed trait of social responsibility. The trend lines are from the 1963 and 1970 studies (the purple and the red line respectively) and the most recently published data, from 1991 and 1998 (the green and dark blue lines.) The lines indicate the level of social responsibility across the various age cohorts in each of the four studies.
During the 1960s and early 1970s, it seems there was a trend where social responsibility decreased steadily from age 50 - 60 and onwards. However, for today's adult population, a very different picture exists. The data indicates that the level of social responsibility INCREASES STEADILY WITH AGE, with those in their 20s being the lowest and those over 65 the highest. The difference between the two early trend lines and the two most recent trend lines is at its most pronounced after age 60.
Are today's 'baby boomers' really more socially responsible than Gen Y's? If true, perhaps other assumptions about generational differences also need to be challenged.
Nov 6, 2008, The Kobre Guide, a new way to find quality journalism on the net.
Here's how the Kobre Guidedescribes itself:
"This project is an antidote to comprehensive Web video portals, such as YouTube and MetaCaf. We're focusing instead on handpicked, high-quality documentary-style journalism that is being produced primarily by major media outlets -- and frustratingly difficult for consumers to find.
We're a "curated" site (to use the latest buzzword, now that "edited" seems to have lost favor), which means that we're relying on discerning eyes and ears of people like YOU (and not search engines or web bots) to help alert and point us to the creme de la crème.
We've already located scores of prizeworthy multimedia gems to showcase at launch, and now we're soliciting input from smart folks like you, who are in a position to know about and share the good stuff out there.
Criteria? ... Think "60 Minutes" TV newsmagazine-style journalism (NOT daily news or event coverage) -- but geared for the Web... Mainly video, but also compelling audio-slideshows, or a hybrid thereof.
In short: True (nonfiction) journalism Web multimedia stories of the highest professional quality."
Nov 6, 2008, Have you heard the expression Web 2.0 and wondered what it meant?
Michael Wesch, an assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University, has posted a captivating and incisive 4-minute and 31-second video explaining the basic premise of Web 2.0, concluding that Web 2.0 is primarily about linking people. But it is the journey of this video that is the reward -- "Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us."
Nov 6, 2008, “Turning Limitations into Innovation.”
“Creativity is often misunderstood. People often think of it in terms of artistic work -- unbridled, unguided effort that leads to beautiful effect. If you look deeper, however, you'll find that some of the most inspiring art forms -- haikus, sonatas, religious paintings -- are fraught with constraints. They're beautiful because creativity triumphed over the rules. Constraints shape and focus problems, and provide clear challenges to overcome as well as inspiration. Creativity, in fact, thrives best when constrained.”
This is a quote from the article by Marissa Ann Mayer, Vice President search products and user experience at Google from the 2/1/06 edition of Business Week online. The article makes interesting reading.
Nov 6, 2008, Win/Win/Win: Conflict Resolution on The Office.
A parody of Employment Conflict Resolution from the hilarious television series "The Office." Unfortunately, the video is no longer available on YouTube. But go to Death and Taxes Blog (link below) for the written transcript.
Check out the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf working out their differences with the help of the Wise Old Owl, an experienced mediator who uses the facilitative mediation model.
Blink
Del.icio.us
Digg
Furl
Google
Simpy
Spurl
Technorati
Y! MyWeb