Kelman Seminar: Reporting Rape: How the media in the US and India cover sexual violence – and its impact on audiences

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The Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution is pleased to present:
Reporting Rape:
How the media in the US and India cover
sexual violence – and its impact on audiences
 
Jacqueline Bhabha
Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Jeremiah Smith Jr. Lecturer, Harvard Law School
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The dawn of the age of holograms | Alex Kipman

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Alex Kipman wants to create a new reality -- one that puts people, not devices, at the center of everything. With HoloLens, the first fully untethered holographic computer, Kipman brings 3D holograms into the real world, enhancing our perceptions so that we can touch and feel digital content. In this magical demo, explore a future without screens, where technology has the power to transport us to worlds beyond our own. (Featuring Q&A with TED's Helen Walters)

The Diplomat

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The Program on Negotiation Film Series and the Future of Diplomacy Project are pleased to co-present:
The Diplomat:
The Life and Legacy of Richard Holbrooke
A film screening and discussion with:
David Holbrooke
Director, The Diplomat
and
Professor James Sebenius
Harvard Business School
 
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
7:00 PM
Langdell Hall
Harvard Law School
 
Free and open to the public; pizza and soda will be served.
About the film:
The

How Negotiators Can Stay on Target at the Bargaining Table

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An excerpt from PON faculty member Francesca Gino’s book Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed, and How We Can Stick to the Plan that discusses the importance of staying on target in negotiations whether personal or business in nature.
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What is a “Brokered Ultimatum”?

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Researchers Aleksander Ellis, Stephen Humphrey, and Donald Conlon of Michigan State University and Catherine Tinsley of Georgetown University have studied this new transactional form, which they call brokered ultimatum games, or BUGs. They define a BUG as any transaction involving an intermediary in which one side offers an ultimatum price that the other side either
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How young Africans found a voice on Twitter | Siyanda Mohutsiwa

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What can a young woman with an idea, an Internet connection and a bit of creativity achieve? That's all Siyanda Mohutsiwa needed to unite young African voices in a new way. Hear how Mohutsiwa and other young people across the continent are using social media to overcome borders and circumstance, accessing something they have long had to violently take: a voice.

Ten Ways to Soften the Price Objection and Keep Pitching

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Many sales reps get thrown off their pitch when a prospect objects to something early on during the close.  
For example, if when talking about the price of a product or service, the prospects says something like, “Oh, that’s way too much,” many sales reps don’t know how to respond – and often do the wrong thing.  
The wrong thing in this case is to stop and try to overcome the objection.  Instead, a sales rep should retain control of the call, soften this objection and move on to build more value.
Here’s an example:

You have no idea where camels really come from | Latif Nasser

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Camels are so well adapted to the desert that it's hard to imagine them living anywhere else. But what if we have them pegged all wrong? What if those big humps, feet and eyes were evolved for a different climate and a different time? In this talk, join Radiolab's Latif Nasser as he tells the surprising story of how a very tiny, very strange fossil upended the way he sees camels, and the world. This talk comes from the PBS special TED Talks: Science & Wonder, premiering March 30th at 10 p.m. ET.

Empathy: The Groundwork for Building Lasting Relationships

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BY TED RUBIN The “and so it goes” phenomenon of going back to school that was so prevalent when school started again this year reminded me of how important milestones are to the people experiencing them, and why we need to cultivate empathy in all of our relationships (especially during those milestones). Perhaps you’re a parent ... Read more

“Chasing Heroin” with Situational Leadership and Negotiation

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Across the country, America’s leaders are waging a highly-publicized battle against a raging heroin epidemic. “Chasing Heroin,” an investigative report by Frontline, recently shed light on responses to the crisis, which currently contributes to over 27,000 opiate overdoses nationwide each year. What reporters found is that the best methods for combatting the problem have come
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