Sniffles and Professional Development
Today is my Dad’s birthday. I wonder if he is watching his grandchild grow. If he is, he had better pay close attention, because Célia Marie is growing fast. It seems like she is trying to turn 16 before she turns one.
We’ve had a bit of a rough patch since we last wrote. Célia came down with a virus and had a high temperature for several days. We took her to the hospital, but they weren’t able to do much except suggest an over-the-counter fever medicine. She’s fully recovered. But Carolyn has come down with a flu three days ago and is still struggling to shake it.
We’ll see if she is in good enough shape to attend the Christmas party at Church today. I’ve been asked to be the Master of Ceremonies. I’ve never MC’ed a Christmas party before and am not very prepared. Originally, I had been asked to play Santa (Yes, I have put on a bit of weight, but I didn’t think it was that much), but the first MC choice dropped out just two days ago, so I’ve been reassigned.
In case you’re wondering, I still haven’t heard officially if my Statement of Intent has been accepted or not. But that's okay by me, for as they say, “No news is good news!” The presentation went fairly well. I think most attendees were pleasantly surprised to hear Célia’s input. It sounded like she was well pleased with what she observed, but I suspect she was actually excited about all the raisins her mother fed her to keep her in one place. Otherwise she would have probably gone rifling through everyone’s bags.
This week saw another important milestone in my professional development when I presented a paper at the Australian National University for a conference titled “Dialogue across Difference: Governance in a Multicultural Era”. My paper discussed the role cultural difference can sometimes play in mediation by inhibiting communication or compounding the conflict. I presented a case study and then proposed two ways for mediators to assess the impact of cultural difference on their work. It was well received overall. The paper can be found here:
http://deliberativedemocracy.anu.edu.au/dadconf_prog.php#P2
I had a good time at the conference and it feels good to have taken this step. But the best part of the trip was the afternoon I spent with the Gordons. They are friends from Brisbane who moved to Canberra and it was good catching up with them and playing rugby, Frisbee and cricket with their little boy, Dechlan.
We’ve had a bit of a rough patch since we last wrote. Célia came down with a virus and had a high temperature for several days. We took her to the hospital, but they weren’t able to do much except suggest an over-the-counter fever medicine. She’s fully recovered. But Carolyn has come down with a flu three days ago and is still struggling to shake it.
We’ll see if she is in good enough shape to attend the Christmas party at Church today. I’ve been asked to be the Master of Ceremonies. I’ve never MC’ed a Christmas party before and am not very prepared. Originally, I had been asked to play Santa (Yes, I have put on a bit of weight, but I didn’t think it was that much), but the first MC choice dropped out just two days ago, so I’ve been reassigned.
In case you’re wondering, I still haven’t heard officially if my Statement of Intent has been accepted or not. But that's okay by me, for as they say, “No news is good news!” The presentation went fairly well. I think most attendees were pleasantly surprised to hear Célia’s input. It sounded like she was well pleased with what she observed, but I suspect she was actually excited about all the raisins her mother fed her to keep her in one place. Otherwise she would have probably gone rifling through everyone’s bags.
This week saw another important milestone in my professional development when I presented a paper at the Australian National University for a conference titled “Dialogue across Difference: Governance in a Multicultural Era”. My paper discussed the role cultural difference can sometimes play in mediation by inhibiting communication or compounding the conflict. I presented a case study and then proposed two ways for mediators to assess the impact of cultural difference on their work. It was well received overall. The paper can be found here:
http://deliberativedemocracy.anu.edu.au/dadconf_prog.php#P2
I had a good time at the conference and it feels good to have taken this step. But the best part of the trip was the afternoon I spent with the Gordons. They are friends from Brisbane who moved to Canberra and it was good catching up with them and playing rugby, Frisbee and cricket with their little boy, Dechlan.
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