In this session, two negotiation experts discuss their experiences with programs that teach negotiation skills to individuals from underserved communities. Daniel leads a program in which Columbia MBA students teach formerly-incarcerated individuals. Melissa is the Founder and Executive Director of Negotiation Works, where she develops and leads negotiation skills programs for individuals emerging from difficult situations such as incarceration, homelessness, addiction, and domestic violence. Daniel and Melissa will share how their respective programs are structured and what they have learned to date about the impact of their work. They will also discuss the societal need for such programs and the challenges and successes in creating and implementing them. This seminar is organized by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Women and Public Policy Program (WAPPP) and co-sponsored by the Program on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard Law School, which is an inter-university consortium among Harvard, MIT and Tufts, dedicated to connecting rigorous research and scholarship with deep understanding of practice.

Register: Bringing Negotiation Skills Trainings to Underserved Communities: Challenges and Successes with Melissa Reinberg of Negotiation Works and Dan Ames of Columbia Business School