Negotiation workshop

with Prof. Charles Field

Senior Research Fellow and lecturer at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland at College Park

Thursday, June 13th from 6 pm to 9 pm.  This workshop is run by the Harvard Club of DC and is limited to 20  participants (members and their guests)

Learn key negotiation skills for use in both your public and private lives.  You are invited to participate in an four-hour intensive workshop on Interest-Based Negotiation, a pedagogy developed by Roger Fisher and William Ury (co-authors of “Getting to Yes”: Negotiating Agreements Without Giving in”) at the Harvard Negotiation Project.  The workshop is a hands-on experience designed to give you some working skills when you leave. 

Charles Field is a Senior Research Fellow and lecturer at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland at College Park. Dr. Field teaches basic and advanced negotiation to graduate students in the School of Public Policy. Dr. Field also teaches as an adjunct lecturer at the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University.  Dr. Field brings a rich background in teaching negotiation concepts and skills. He undertook his negotiation training through the Harvard Program on Negotiation where he participated both as a student and then as a teaching assistant with Roger Fisher. He has extensive experience working in both the public and private sectors in the housing and community development areas.

Before joining the University of Maryland, Dr. Field served as Staff Vice President and Regulatory Counsel for the National Association of Home Builders.  During his fourteen-year tenure at NAHB he served as chief staff negotiator on complex regulatory and product defect matters.  Prior to this private sector experience, Dr. Field served in both policy and regulatory/legal positions at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Dr. Field earned his PhD in City and Regional Planning from Harvard University (1971) and his JD from Georgetown University Law Center (1978).   Masters of Urban Planning from New York University (1965), and BA in government from Cornell University (1962).  He has written extensively on housing, housing policy, regulatory policy and negotiation/joint problem solving.
 

Registration
ColumbiaDC members and their guests: $55/person
Ticket includes talk, full dinner, and drinks

Venue

This venue is fully handicap accessible and our meals are designed to accommodate vegetarians.

The nearest metro station is Metro Center. Exit at 12th and F Street, NW. Your destination is the building named "Columbia Square" which will you see right in front of you as you exit the escalator.

There are several nearby parking garages including:

• Columbia Square Parking Garage: 555 12th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004 (202) 637-8105
• Parking Management: 600 13th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004 (202) 347-5469