Multiparty mediation and facilitation: with Shirli Kirschner Monday 19 July Facilitation is a process of assisting groups to work together effectively. This can be face-to-face, assisted by talking paper, or through e-rooms and on-line facilitated dialogue. About Shirli Kirschner Shirli Kirschner has been a mediator for over 15 years and is the principal of Resolve Advisors Pty Ltd, which she established in August 1996. Resolve provides services resolving disputes, facilitating groups and ADR and system design services to a wide client base. Shirli has mediated a range of disputes in industries including the National Electricity Market and wholesale telecommunications market. Disputes include commercial; labour/management; shareholder; Trade Practices; financial services and discrimination issues. The disputes have ranged from small business to large disputes involving millions of dollars and numerous parties, including government bodies. She currently has positions on a number of mediator panels, including LEADR Advanced panel and the SPAN telecommunications panel as a case manager and mediator. Shirli has facilitated a number of consultation processes both within private organisations and between community stakeholders; most recently the 'future of greenpower' for the Sustainable Energy Development Authority ( SEDA) and consultations for Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority. Other group processes have included the use of aerial spraying, a review of the proposed consultation process for Palmerston North Airport and Hastings District Council (NZ), the improvement of a commercial relationship between two service providers to the Australian Defence Forces (2000) and, as a volunteer, assisting the mediation team in a multi-party dialogue on land rights in a National Park in Israel (2001). With a speciality for devising conflict management systems, Shirli has designed a number of industry systems (electricity and telecommunications) as well as systems for private companies including PolyGram Music, Universal Music, Fox Studios, NEMMCO and ETSA Transmission. She is currently the NECA Dispute Resolution Adviser for disputes in the wholesale electricity market. She was a consultant to Phillips Fox on the review of the ACCC arbitration process for telecommunications disputes (2002) and facilitated an integrated system design in that industry for SPAN for which she received and industry achievement award in September 2002. Shirli has lectured and designed programs in dispute resolution and negotiation for a number of organisations locally and internationally including the US Department of the Navy, the National Electricity Market Management Company Limited (NEMMCO), the Department of Health and Ageing, Cotton Australia, NSW Farmers' Association, the Environment Protection Authority, Energex and Argyle Diamonds. She also has been a lecturer in strategic negotiation and issues management in the Master of Communication program at the University of Technology, Sydney. Shirli is on the editorial panel of the ADR Bulletin, the editor for the Australasian Section on Mediate.com, member of The Law Society of NSW ADR Committee and ACR (USA) International Committee.
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Monday 19 July 2010 This event contributes 1 hour to your CPD Attendance and/or participation at this session will contribute 1 hour towards your CPD to attain or maintain accreditation under the NMAS.
A podcast of the recording from this meeting will be available to LEADR members on the LEADR website.
Presented with the generous support of Jackson McDonald lawyers. |
Shirli Kirschner has extensive experience in multiparty mediation and facilitation.
Shirli will share what she has learnt from these processes that can be applied to commercial and workplace mediation. Send comments, ideas and material for future LEADR Western Australian Events>>