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Wednesday, August 13th (8:00-9:00 am) -
Got Conflict?...Getting to the Crux of the Problem, a one-hour presentation, hosted by Senior Bridge will be given at Arden Courts at 15290 Huebner in San Antonio, TX. Please call 210-408-9100 for reservations. CEUs will be provided. For more information on these presentations, click here.

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August 2008
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Pattie Porter travels to Ottawa, Canada to work with Cinnie Noble, CINERGY® to begin an accreditation process as a lead trainer for the Basic Conflict Coaching workshops.

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The International Forum of Visual Practitioners (IFVP) holds their 13th annual conference in Chicago. Visual Practitioners are those who use a variety of visual methods including graphic facilitation, graphic recording, 3-D image modeling, and pictures as metaphors to support groups think, grow and change whether in a team setting or an organization experiencing change. Pattie Porter had the wonderful opportunity to be mentored by some of the top visual practitioners in the world including Brandy Agerbeck, Lynn Carruthers, Martha McGinnis, John Ward, David Sibbett and Nancy Margulies.

July 2008
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Conflict Connections, Inc. is officially recognized as a certified Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) in Texas.

--WELEAD, a network affiliate to the National Association of Female Executives (NAFE) invited Conflict Connections, Inc. to present "Are you a Conflict Competent Leader? at Paisano' Restaurant at the Quarry Market. For more information, click here.

--Pattie Porter provides coaching and mentoring services to a facilitator team in Dallas, TX for the Transportation Security Administration Model Workplace Program office.

June 2008

--Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Model Workplace Program gives Pattie Porter a three-week assignment to provide train-the-trainer courses for TSA facilitators. Pattie led the facilitation delivery team in Oakland, CA, Las Vegas, and Memphis, TN.

May 2008

--Organizations and employers can now request a one-hour presentation be delivered to their staff from the Conflict Management Series. The series includes the presentations "Knock! Knock! Who's There?....Conflict. Understanding Your Conflict Management Style", "Got Conflict? ...Getting to the Crux of the Problem" and "Conflict and Change: Managing the Transitions." For more information on these presentations, click here.

--Conflict Connections, Inc. traveled to Colorado Springs, CO to work with the TSA Operations Center delivering Conflict Management Essentials course.

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Conflict Connections participated in San Antonio PodCamp Numero Dos to learn more about how social media including blogging and podcasting can expand our networking and services. Soon, we will have a new blog called the Texas Conflict Coach...Stay tuned for more on the blog.

April 2008

--The International Association of Facilitators (IAF) held their annual conference in Atlanta, GA. Pattie Porter along with co-presenters Martha McGinnis and Cheryl Kartes delivered a highly participatory and well-received workshop entitled "Big Picture Facilitation: Color and Image Build Engagement, Results and Long-term Impact." In this three-hour workshop, 30 participants entered the graphic recording world learning how to use drawing in their facilitation work.

-- Pattie Porter becomes a member of the International Forum of Visual Practitioners (IFVP). Visual practitioners are also known as graphic recorders and graphic facilitators. To learn more about how Conflict Connections, Inc. use graphic facilitation, click here.

--Conflict Connections, Inc. traveled to Nashville, TN providing consultation, coaching and mentoring to TSA facilitators.

March 2008


--Conflict Connections, Inc. traveled to Casper, Wyoming to work with the TSA Facilitator team delivering Cooperative Problem-Solving for Managers' course.

-- Pattie Porter participated as a project team member, graphic facilitator and trainer in Mediators Beyond Borders (MBB) first national mission, the Hurricane Katrina project. The team traveled to Biloxi, Mississippi to work with the Mississippi Mediation Project and the community at large to share in a day of dialogue and surface the major issues the communities are dealing with as they rebuild and revitalize from the impacts of Hurricane Katrina. Then, we traveled back to New Orleans to participate in a destruction tour to see the devastation in the Lower 9th ward and get a better understanding from a locale resident of how the recovery process has been slow. We also worked with the community advocates and members of the dispute resolution community for a day-long event.Pattie now serves as a Subcommittee Chair for MBB's Training Committee.

Click here to read more about this project and to view the photo slide show.

-- Pattie Porter joins the ranks of members of The Texas Association of Mediators (TAM) and attends their annual conference in Galveston, Texas.

February 2008

-- Patricia Porter joins ADR Vantage, Inc. and the mediation roster for the United Parcel Service (UPS).

-- Conflict Connections, Inc. is interviewed by journalist, Laura Lorek from the San Antonio News-Express. Ms. Lorek interviewed entrepreneurs who participate in Co-Working San Antonio. Co-working is an opportunity for self-employed entrepreneurs who work in the field to gather once a week at La Taza (The Cup) Coffee House to work together, network and share ideas. Click here to read the article published in the Business Section of the newspaper on 2/21/08.

January 2008


-- Conflict Connections, Inc. joins the conflict management team of Chi-Resolutions and the Collaborative Action Dispute Resolution (CADR) Program of the Department of Interior. Pattie Porter is invited to CADR's kick-off conference to co-facilitate the 3 1/2 day conference in Albuquerque, NM while also providing graphic facilitation services. DOI employees representing Labor Relations, Human Resources, EEO counselors, Bureau Dispute Resolution Specialists, Solicitor's office, and the Federal Executive Board attend. Pattie also provides a 3 hour workshop on "Mediating Reasonable Accommodation Disputes."

--Patricia Porter earns from the Texas Mediator Credentialing Association (TMCA) the "Credentialed Distinguished Mediator," the highest distinction a mediator can achieve in Texas.

--The Hill Country Dispute Resolution Center (DRC) located in Kerrville and serving multiple Texas counties accepts Pattie Porter as mediator. Volunteering as a mediator for the DRC allows Pattie to give back to the community by assisting in a variety of mediation cases including divorce and business matters.

--As a founding member of Mediator's Beyond Borders (MBB), Pattie has joined the Hurricane Katrina project team that will work in the communities of New Orleans and Mississippi supporting the revitalization and conflict management integration in these communities. Pattie will provide graphic facilitation services during the events in early March.

--Conflict Connections, Inc. becomes an associate with Cohen & Associates from Houston, TX to provide critical incident stress debriefings to the workplace.



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