Staying Sharp: Innovative Teaching Exercises from Negotiation Scholars

This symposium will introduce new approaches for teaching conflict management. Five experienced scholars and teachers will share their ideas and materials. These approaches will incorporate new technology and innovative approaches for teaching students how to improve their negotiation and conflict management skills. These exercises will cover topics ranging from foundations of the negotiation process, navigating the tension between cooperation and competition, deepening our understanding of the communication process, perspective taking, goal setting, and learning from simulations based upon actual negotiations. This symposium will challenge us to think differently about how and what we teach, how to integrate technology into the classroom, and offer practical guidance to update our materials.