The Financial Women’s Association Of San Francisco –Silicon Valley Group
presents

A Professional Development Series Event: 
"Women and Men Are Different! Negotiation Style: Cooperative or Competitive?"

Wouldn’t it be great if we could ask for and get what we want, when we want it? Shouldn’t everyone understand your position on an issue? Shouldn’t everyone agree with the position? Maybe. Or...maybe not!

Negotiations! Discussions! Arbitrations! Arguments! Mixed motives! Wouldn’t you agree that whether you like it or not, both at work and at home, people often begin with different positions on an issue? When agreement is necessary to choose between possibilities, we must negotiate and perhaps compromise to move ahead. Whether we strategize in advance of the moment or find ourselves in an unexpected negotiation, choosing the style of negotiating is key to improving the chances of reaching the outcome we desire.

Please join us Tuesday, April 11th for this dinner event where Professor Peter Robinson of Pepperdine University will explore cooperative and competitive negotiation styles. Women and men may differ in their styles, and knowing when to employ each style is key to a successful negotiation and improves the chances of the desired outcome.

The program runs from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Il Fornaio Restaurant, 327 Lorton in Burlingame, CA . Fees are $45 for members and $55 for non-members or guests. Walk-ins are an additional $5 for both members and non-members or guests if space is available.

About the Speaker: 

Peter Robinson is the Managing Director of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and Associate Professor of Law at Pepperdine University in Southern California. Professor Robinson has presented advanced negotiation and mediation skills training in more than thirty states and abroad. His clients include private sector companies across many industries, bar associations at the county, state, and national level; and public sector clients such as government agencies at the local, state and national levels. He has served as the secretary of the Southern California Mediation Association, the president of the board for the Christian Conciliation Service of Los Angeles, and on the executive committee for the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s ADR section.

Mr. Robinson teaches Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes, Mediation Seminar, Negotiation and Settlement Advocacy, and Communication and Conflict. Mr. Robinson earned his B.A. magna cum laude from the University of California, San Diego and a J.D. from the Hastings College of Law.

Mr. Robinson’s full bio along with other information about the Straus Institute can be found at: http://law.pepperdine.edu/academics/faculty/robinson.html  

REGISTRATION

There are 5 ways to pre-register:

1. Register online. Online registration is now closed.

2. Print and mail the following form to FWA, P.O. Box 26143, San Francisco, CA 94126
  
3. Print and fax the following form to 415-586-6606
  
4. Send an email to
 
5. Call Rhoda Singer at (415) 586-8599

Refund Policy:  We are unable issue refunds unless the refund request is received 72 hours prior to the event.

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