This video is part of the 2024 Leadership Month webinar series for Virginia Master Naturalist chapter leaders.
Description: This highly interactive, thought-provoking, and practical workshop will introduce the participants to key principles of conflict transformation and of effective communication. The participants will learn how to utilize mindfulness, observation without evaluation, active listening, and curiosity to transform even the most difficult interactions into opportunities for growth, connection, and dialogue. 

Presenter: Henry Yampolsky, J.D. is a best-selling author of Dis-Solving Conflict from Within: an Inner Path for Conflict Transformation. Henry is a mediator, educator, lawyer and a multi-time TEDx speaker. Henry serves as the Assistant Director for Education, Outreach, and Conflict Resolution at Virginia Tech’s Office for Equity and Accessibility.  He also teaches conflict resolution, mediation, and peacebuilding as a part of Virginia Tech’s Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention. Henry has worked with hundreds of complex conflicts and has taught and lectured around the world including at: Columbia University School of Law, the New York Peace Institute, the International Gandhi Center in New Delhi, Bellevue Mediation in Zurich, Switzerland, Bharathiar University in Coimbatore, India and at the Sattva Summit in Rishikesh, India. Prior to embarking on a career in conflict resolution and peacebuilding, Henry was an award winning trial lawyer in Philadelphia. He holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Temple University and has a Bachelor of Science in International Relations from the University of Scranton. A native of Kyiv, Ukraine, Henry resides in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. 

Hosts: Michelle Prysby, VMN Program Director and Tiffany Brown, VMN Program Assistant

Zoom Recording ID: 83393684438 UUID: hu5vSf3IRhe4Inz1GwLazw== Meeting Time: 2023-11-29 11:16:56pmGMT