Brown Bag Talk "Resolving Conflict with Humor, Seriously?" with Dr. Anita Dorczak

The non-profit Ku‘ikahi Mediation Center hosts a free talk every third Thursday as part of their “Finding Solutions, Growing Peace” Brown Bag Lunch Series. Talks are Third Thursdays from 12 noon to 1 pm via Zoom. This month’s speaker is Dr. Anita Dorczak on the topic "Resolving Conflict with Humor, Seriously?" "When faced with conflict, your mind doesn't generally turn to humor, right?" says Dr. Dorczak. "Moreover, humor is not widely recognized as a useful tactic in conflict resolution; yet humor is a vital element of human communication." In this talk, discover theories of humor and view funny videoclips leading to serious discussion on why and how to introduce humor to enhance your conflict resolution skills... and that's no joke! Dr. Anita Dorczak (M.A., LL.B., Ph.D., CLP, PC, Cert. EM) is a Canadian lawyer, mediator, and trainer, with over 30 years of experience in dispute resolution. She has provided workshops and presented internationally at legal and non-legal conferences in Europe, Australia, and North and South America. She holds a Ph.D. in semiotics and the theatre from the University of Alberta, is fluent in 3 languages, and is insatiable in her search for avant-garde methods to settle conflicts. To find out more about our Brown Bag Talk series or our next event, please visit https://hawaiimediation.org/training