The Negotiation Works Video Series
What is A Negotiation Blueprint for Everyday Life?
A Negotiation Blueprint for Everyday Life is a series of pre-recorded videos that track our 4-week in-person negotiation strategies courses. These videos are designed to be interactive, with activities that focus the viewers on identifying negotiation concepts, analyzing disputes, and reflecting about how they can use specific negotiation strategies to address situations in their own lives. Accompanying materials include negotiation preparation worksheets, descriptions of negotiation strategies, role play scenarios, a negotiation journal, links to additional resources, and more. Scenarios are drawn from real-life situations involving child custody and visitation disputes, employment issues, landlord-tenant issues, and family disagreements.
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Who should use this resource?
The Negotiation Blueprint series, appropriate for anyone seeking to learn new strategies to work through everyday life challenges and become a stronger self-advocate, is particularly geared toward individuals with challenging life situations, including those who are:
experiencing homelessness
currently incarcerated
returning to the community after incarceration
fleeing domestic violence
recovering from substance abuse
experiencing long-term unemployment
The video package is designed to work well with:
Nonprofit organizations
Correctional institutions
Government agencies
Adult education programs
Programs that offer services for individuals from marginalized communities
Guy, a returning citizen who watched the video series, shared the following:
"The elements the videos laid out definitely give you insight on how to better strategize a potential negotiation."
"Thinking of possible outcomes/downsides to your next move is going to be very useful for me moving forward."
"Communication, teaching others that being interested in the other party's interest, and understanding their perspective makes a huge difference in the potential outcomes of a negotiation."
What’s included in the video package?
When you purchase a license to use the video series, you will receive:
Access to the 4-part series, with the following installments:
Part 1: Introduction to Negotiation: Perspective-Taking
Part 2: Identifying Interests and Options
Part 3: Making the Most of Your Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement (BATNA)
Part 4: Communicating Effectively in Negotiations
Two sets of written materials, a Negotiation Workbook and a Surveys & Negotiation Reflections bundle
Certificates of Completion for viewers who complete the series
Technical assistance
Upon request, results from our internal evaluation of the impact of the video series
What are some benefits of this video program?
For nonprofit providers, institutions, and government agencies, this series offers...
innovative and effective educational programming they can provide to their clients and constituents
engaging self-guided lessons, which can be particularly useful for institutions or organizations that might not have the continuous capacity to offer in-person or Zoom training to cohorts of clients or constituents
skills that complement and enhance the provider’s mission and that empower community members with tools for successful long-term employment, stable housing, and supportive family relationships
For community members, this series offers...
practical, tangible, and specific strategies they can implement immediately to improve relationships and achieve positive results in all aspects of their lives, including housing, employment, and family
opportunities for programming and educational credit
for those viewers who complete the series, a Certificate which can be added to their resumes and bolster their employability