My favorite software for statistical analysis, JMP, just received a maintenance upgrade (from version 7.0 to 7.0.1).
Is there anything inherently conflict resolution-oriented about JMP? No. But whenever I give talks about conflict resolution research and go over datatsets using JMP, I inevitably get lots of audience interest in and questions about [...]

At a recent symposium I presented on the topic of defining, teaching, and assessing conflict resolution competencies. The symposium’s organizers videotaped the panel, and I’ll post the footage when it becomes available, but in the meantime, here’s the bibliography handout I compiled for the talk:

CR Competency, Learning Assessment, & Pedagogy Cites

Anderson, L., & [...]

Geoff Sharp at Mediator Blah Blah (and how wonderful a blog name is that?) recently gave kudos to Harvard’s Program on Negotiation (PON) for their online resources.
The kudos is deserved, but as an alumni of GMU’s Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution, it can’t help but also raise a sense of intra-field, wholly friendly [...]

Here are two web sites that allow for creating, sharing, and collaborating on concept maps and conceptual diagrams: Bubble.us and Gliffy and Bubbl.

My favorite online survey tool, Surveymonkey, just got a face lift. The interface is improved, new question types have been added, and they’ve thrown included survey templates to help folks get started.