Some of these are links to sites that I have found useful in the past few years. Some are links to organizations of which I am a member. Some are links to sites of organizations where I have undertaken training in the past few years. If anyone wants further information about any of the training courses just send me an email. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, USA My colleague, JJ O'Dwyer and I brought two facilitators from the FMCS here this year to provide training in Interest Based Bargaining skills to a group of independent consultants, and management and trade union negotiators. The FMCS is the US equivalent of the Labour Relations Commission. The facilitators were Jeanne Frank and John Wagner. Programme on Negotiation at Harvard Law School This is a workshop I took on Interest Based Bargaining called Negotiating Labour Agreements NTL Institute for Applied Behavioural Science I have taken courses in the NTL in Bethel, Maine, USA in Theory and Practice of Organization Development and Teambuilding Skills: Developing and Maintaining Excellence in Teams. Roffey Park Institute, UK I took a short course here called Advanced Facilitation Skills SPSS Ireland SPSS provide training in the use of SPSS statistical packages. I have used these in academic research and have taken a number of training programmes. Killaloe Hedge School of Writing David Rice, himself a published author of fiction and non-fiction works, delivers really good writing courses for those interested in improving their fiction or non-fiction writing skills. I found a course on writing non-fiction really helpful. Pathfinder Projects Mervyn Taylor is a friend and colleague based in Roscommon and Dublin. He provides a range of advisory, training, development, and management support services to projects and organisations. He offers a range of skills, experiences, insights and resources designed to develop creative potential and innovation in a wide range of situations and circumstances in the public, private and voluntary sectors International Association of Facilitators I am a member (inactive) of this organization. I find their journal useful. It is available online. Irish Management Institute I am an individual member of the IMI. They provide a really good library service online and are very fast at accessing journal articles that are not available on Proquest or other journal databases. Academy of Management, USA The AOM produces a range of publications for members. LANPAG - Local Authorities National Partnership Advisory Group This is the national partnership body for local government in Ireland. They are major clients for whom I have carried out consulting, training and facilitation assignments. A related site is the Local Government Management Services Board HSNPF - Health Services National Partnership Forum This is the national partnership body for the health sector in Ireland. They are major clients for whom I have carried out consulting, training and facilitation assignments. SIPTU SIPTU is Ireland's largest trade union with a membership spanning the public and private sectors. I have carried out consulting, training and facilitation assignments for SIPTU. NCPP - National Centre for Partnership and Performance This is the national statutory body responsible for the advancement of workplace partnership in Ireland. Industrial Relations News Where would we be without it? Ireland's main source of detailed reports on current industrial relations developments. Buying Out of Print Books Here are two great sites for new, out of print or second hand books http://www.alibris.com http://www.abe.com

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