Will Work For Food to Host Ombuds Webinar

On April 24, 2025, Chuck Doran will present a free webinar for WWFF on "The Organizational Ombuds – What A Mediator Might Want To Know About This Unique Role." WWFF is a five-year old nonprofit that offers educational webinars by and for attorneys, mediators and arbitrators. In lieu of a fee, attendees are urged to make a donation to a local food bank. ;

Here's a summary of Doran's program:

An organizational ombuds serves as an independent, impartial, informal, and confidential resource for members of an organization to help them surface and resolve concerns while providing upward anonymous feedback to leadership. Ombuds use a variety of skills including confidential listening, interest exploration, brainstorming, and other skills familiar to mediators.

Despite drawing from a similar toolbox, how are the roles of the ombuds and mediator different and complimentary? Join Chuck Doran, mediator and outsourced organizational ombuds..., to discuss the ombuds function and what a mediator might want to know about exploring this unique role.

Registrants are encouraged to read the following articles in advance of the session - https://www.mwi.org/mediator-as-ombuds and this article from the Journal of the International Ombuds Association - https://ioa.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/JIOA_Articles/JIOA-2024-O%20for%20Publication.pdf

The webinar starts at 8:00am PDT and advance registration is required. (WWFF Events.)

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