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hope you're all having, or about to begin, a wonderful holiday season. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2228"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2228" class="ContentPasted0">I’m
writing to share news of a new book, and also celebrate a milestone in a project I began four years ago in which many IACMers have been involved.
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2228" class="ContentPasted0">In <strong><i><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Conflict-Resolution-Alternatives/dp/1734956224" target="_blank" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#196AD4">Star
Wars and Conflict Resolution</span></a></span></i></strong>, my co-editor Jen Reynolds and I bring together 25 conflict experts to put the Star Wars movies under the lens of the negotiation, conflict, and conflict resolution fields. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2228"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2228" class="ContentPasted0">Star
Wars</span></em><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2228" class="ContentPasted0">,
as never seen before! But you don't need to be a <em><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">Star
Wars</span></em> expert in order to enjoy the book. In exploring characters, scenes, dialogs, and fights in that galaxy far far away, the authors share many insights about conflict in our own world, including new topics yet to be addressed in the conflict
and negotiation literature.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2228" class="ContentPasted0">I’ve
presented on pop-culture and conflict resolution several times at IACM, and at last year’s conference in Ottawa Jen and I virtually joined chapter authors Deb Cai and Adrian Borbely to present on the project and the book. Several other IACM members have also
authored chapters! Our overall purpose is to use popular culture as a vehicle for advancing the general public’s conflict literacy and fluency, reaching out to all those people who will never be in our classrooms. And still, I learned so much from each of
the authors’ takes or analyses, so I know to say that there is something in here for those of you who have been in this field for decades.
<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2228"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2228" class="ContentPasted0">The
book is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Conflict-Resolution-Alternatives/dp/1734956224" target="_blank" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#196AD4"><b>available for purchase here</b></span></a>.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2228"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi" class="ContentPasted0">It’s not
often I get to have IACM on the line, so I’ll use the moment to say I hope things are going well for you all, in conflict management and beyond. I wish you all and your families a wonderful holiday season; lots of laughter, lots of rest. If you can only manage
one of those, grab it with both hands and hold on tight. I hope to talk <i class="ContentPasted0">
Star Wars</i> with you in Thessaloniki. Or, if you prefer, I’ll let you choose the topic.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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Wars & Conflict Resolution</span></a></span></span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(12, 100, 192)"><b> </b></span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(81, 167, 249)"><b><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"> </span></b></span><b><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(12, 100, 192)"><a href="https://twitter.com/StarWarsConRes" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://twitter.com/StarWarsConRes" data-linkindex="3" style="margin:0px" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">SW&CR
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Human Touch in ODR: Trust, Empathy and Social Intuition in Online Negotiation and Mediation</span></a></u></b></li></ul>
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