The purpose of the PDC is to support and encourage those who have a serious interest in developing a practice in mediation and ADR.  For more information, contact Susan Rudy, 410-661-4790

September 24th (Tuesday)-730 -930   
Location: 23 Bloomsbury Ave, Catonsville MD
"Selling the Invisible, A Field Guide to Modern Marketing" by Harry Beckwith
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This book was recommended by several of MCDR's experienced practitioners ... Come prepared to discuss the practical take-homes and concepts you gained from the reading, as well as those that may not apply to your practice.   

October 23rd (Wednesday) 730-930   
Location:  Mount Hebron House, Ellicott City,  MD
Practitioner Interview with John Spiegel
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John is President-Elect of MCDR, and has a full-time divorce mediation practice in Rockville and Baltimore.  This will be the first of a series of interviews with local practitioners who have succeeded in crafting a practice in ADR.  The goal of the series is to explore, on the basis of individual success stories, the diversity of pathways into the field.

November 21st (Thursday) 730 - 930   
Location:  23 Bloomsbury Ave, Catonsville MD
Business Systems for the Individual Practitioner Offered by Doug Brookman
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Join us for a tour of a sole practitioner's office to learn some of the simple but elegant solutions to the administrative details of running a practice,

There is no event in December.

Directions:
For directions to the Catonsville events, please contact Doug Brookman at  410-719-0580
For directions to the Ellicott City event, please refer to directions found on page 3 of the newsletter.

Correction from the Editor

The Spring, 2002 article by Susan Collin Mark of Search for Common Ground, entitled "Coexistence Initiative and Creating a World Safe for Differences" was originally published in the Coexistence Chronicles (Volume 1, Issue 1). For additional information on the Coexistence Initiative, please see their website at: www.coexistence.net. Or, contact Ms. Angela Khaminw, the Program Director for Outreach at: info@coexistence.net. Their mailing address is: Coexistence Initiative, 477 Madison Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10022. ##

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