About the Webinar:

This workshop will start with a brief video, followed by a series of exercises that demonstrate the application of “Powerful Non-Defensive Communication” (PNDC) skills in high conflict situations.  All participants will receive a free downloadable copy of Sharon’s PNDC Principles and Practical Skills, which summarizes concepts from her book Taking the War Out of Our Words and models effective ways to prompt others to drop their defenses and turn conflict into productive conversation.

About Sharon:

Sharon Strand Ellison, M.S. is an international communication consultant, award-winning speaker, creator of the Powerful Non-Defensive Communication™ (PNDC) process and the author of Taking the War Out of Our Words: The Art of Powerful Non-Defensive Communication (4th Edition 2016). With her daughter, Ami Atkinson Combs, she also authored Taking Power Struggle Out of Parenting (2007), winner of a Benjamin Franklin Award.

In the field of Mediation and other forms of ADR, Sharon has been a keynote speaker for: the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC), ADR Association of Northern California, the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution, Heartland Regional Conference of Mediators, Arkansas Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission, Kaiser Permanente, California Annual Statewide Ombuds/Mediators Conference, The US Navy, International Mediation Conference, California Family and Conciliation Courts, Federation of Law Societies of Canada, National Family Law Program. She has also trained court mediators in many jurisdictions including Sacramento, CA Superior Court, New Hampshire State and Federal Courts, Toronto, Canada, and  London, England (Centre for Dispute Resolution).