Faculty and administrators can now register for the 2014 Teaching About Global Conflict and Peacebuilding: A Seminar for Community Colleges to be held October 17-20, 2014 at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Virginia, USA and sponsored by the college’s Institute for Public Service. The seminar is designed to provide an opportunity for community collegeContinueContinue reading “2014 National Community College Peacebuilding Seminar: Northern Virginia Community College, October 17-20, 2014”
Author Archives: David J. Smith
Peacebuilding from Coast to Coast
I recently returned from traveling and speaking about peacebuilding awareness with youth, educators, and the general public. Though travel can be exhausting (particularly when taking returning “red eye” flights leaving the west coast!) it is well worth it to see the good work that is being done around the U.S. Much of this work goesContinueContinue reading “Peacebuilding from Coast to Coast”
Workplace Conflict As Opportunity
Back in March I wrote a blog focusing on workplace conflict and the need to develop “soft skills” to succeed at work (“The Importance of Conflict Management Skills in the Workplace,” March 23, 2014). A follow up to that topic is a piece that appeared in Forbes.com on May 15, 2014 and written byContinueContinue reading “Workplace Conflict As Opportunity”