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April 7-8, 2008
How to Say No...and Still Get to Yes
Cambridge
Wednesday
April 16, 2008
How to Say No...and Still Get to Yes
Teleconference
Monday
June 9, 2008
14th National Labor Management Conference
Washington, DC
Monday & Tuesday
September 22-23, 2008
Program on Negotiation
How to Say No...and Still Get to Yes
Cambridge, MA
Thursday & Friday
September 25-26, 2008
Program on Negotiation
Dealing with Difficult People and Difficult Situations
Cambridge, MA
Sunday
October 12, 2008
American Academy of Pediatrics
AAP National Conference & Exhibition
Boston, MA
Tuesday & Wednesday
October 14-15, 2008
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New York, NY
Wednesday
December 3, 2008
HSM
Special Management Program
Mexico
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Latest News
Learn 'The Power of a Positive No'
The Today Show, March 5, 2008
"The
secret to saying no without destroying relationships lies in the art of
the "Positive No," a proven technique that anyone can learn. William
Ury explains how in "The Power of a Positive No." Link to
an excerpt
from the book and a clip of The Today Show's interview with several
negotiation experts including Dr. Ury.
By Laura Sessions Stepp
The Washington Post, December 11, 2007
"Consider what can happen when people don't say no," writes
Laura Sessions Stepp in this review of "The Power of a Positive
No." "...A working mother of three volunteers to chair the PTA
board and wonders why she barks all the time at her husband.
A financial officer agrees to shift company money illegally,
against his better judgment, and ends up in prison."
A Third Alternative in Iraq
By William Ury
United Press International, June 22, 2007
The public debate on Iraq is framed around two main alternatives:
to stay or to withdraw. Neither solution is particularly attractive.
William Ury illustrates another alternative, involving the Third Side.
Guides to Negotiation (With a Boss or Child)
By Paul B. Brown
New York Times, April 8, 2007
"We spend a huge part of life in situations that require negotiation...Along the way we have learned, often the hard way,
to develop some negotiation skills. But formal training is rare - and,
if it occurs, is usually limited to one brief course. A handful of new books, either in bookstores now or coming soon, is aiming to fill
the void. The best of the bunch, 'The Power of a Positive No,' is by William L. Ury, director of the Global Negotiation Project at
Harvard."