At work and in our personal lives, disagreements are inevitable. When they arise, you don’t have to be a doormat, a steamroller, or some bizarre hybrid of the two. Come learn from persuasion skills expert Margaret Anderson how to use improved persuasion skills to defuse animosity and reach consensus.

Meeting Notes: Take advantage of your membership and join us for lunch on TAX DAY for this seminar on Persuasion. Due to the nature of this learning experience, attendance is strictly limited to 30 WITI members only. Register early to ensure your ability to take advantage of this valuable learning experience.

About Our Speaker(s)

Margaret E. Anderson is an expert in negotiation and communication skills. Since 1992, she has trained and consulted for major corporations, domestic and foreign law firms, and professional organizations. She has taught negotiation and general, intercultural and intergender communication for the University of Houston’s MBA program. Her classes have been taped and televised as part of the University of Houston’s distance learning program. Margaret has also lectured in Southwest Texas State University’s graduate program for paralegal studies. She designed and teaches a course in Interpersonal Persuasion for the Rice University School of Continuing Studies.

Margaret has a B.A. in mathematics from the University of St. Thomas and her J.D. from South Texas College of Law. She has studied basic and advanced negotiation in Harvard Law School’s Program of Instruction for Lawyers and has taken a number of dispute resolution courses.

Event Date and Venue

This event will be held from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm on Thursday, April 15, 2004 at:

Dawson & Dawson Consultants, Inc.
2000 Bering, Ste 460
Houston, Texas 77057
Map

Bering Drive is located between FountainView and Chimney Rock and 2000 Bering is between Westheimer and San Felipe. If you are coming to the Galleria area via HWY 59, take the Chimney Rock exit north to Westheimer, turn left on Westheimer and then right on Bering Drive. If you are traveling via the 610 Loop, exit on Westheimer/San Felipe and then head west to Bering Drive.

Schedule

11:30 Registration, Networking and Lunch
12:00 - Welcome and Introductions
12:05 - 1:30 Seminar Presentation and "workshop"

Pre-registration for this event is closed and on-site registrations will not be accepted.

About Our Sponsor(s)

Dawson & Dawson Consultants, Inc. was founded in Houston, Texas in 1977 by Ken and Sheryl Dawson. The firm provides a range of process and program solutions in performance improvement, organizational alignment, talent development and transition strategies, and strategic event management, tailored to unique needs across many business segments.

Contact Us

For more info regarding registration or event details, please contact Brenda Brinkley ([email protected]).

For more details about pre-registration, contact Tech Support.