Daniel Shapiro to Chat New Book NEGOTIATING THE NON-NEGOTIABLE at The Music Hall

The Music Hall's Innovation and Leadership series will present world-renowned Harvard negotiation expert Daniel Shapiro on Tuesday, May 3, 2016. Dr. Shapiro, in his new book NEGOTIATING THE NON-NEGOTIABLE: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts, shares a groundbreaking, practical method to reconcile your most contentious relationships and untangle your toughest conflicts.

The 7pm event includes an author presentation and moderated Q+A, plus post-event book signing and meet-and-greet. It will be held at the Music Hall Loft at 131 Congress Street, in downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

NEGOTIATING THE NON-NEGOTIABLE is a crucial step-by-step guide to resolve life's most emotionally challenging conflicts -- whether between spouses, a parent and child, a boss and an employee, or rival communities or nations. These conflicts can feel nonnegotiable because they threaten your identity and trigger what Dr. Shapiro calls the Tribes Effect, a divisive mind-set that pits you against the other side. Once you fall prey to this mind-set, even a trivial argument with a family member or colleague can mushroom into an emotional uproar. Dr. Shapiro offers a powerful way out, drawing on his pioneering research and global fieldwork in consulting for everyone from heads of state to business leaders, embattled marital couples to families in crisis. And he also shares his insights from negotiating with three of the world's toughest negotiators -- his three young sons.

"Now more than ever, with current events the way they are, I am deeply interested in the all-important topic of conflict resolution," said Patricia Lynch, Executive Director of The Music Hall and also the evening's moderator. "Whether within your family, business or community, understanding how to negotiate to achieve consensus is something we all need -- all of us can use new tools for understanding how we can work, live and love together. I am looking forward to hearing from Daniel Shapiro and learning the next and best steps in negotiating."

How often do you find yourself stuck in a tense conflict and uncertain how to resolve it? In NEGOTIATING THE NON-NEGOTIABLE, Dr. Shapiro introduces a revolutionary new paradigm for resolving conflict, one that speaks as much to the heart as to the head. Based on twenty years of research, his step-by-step approach will change the way you look at relationships, improve how you deal with people, and help you reach stronger agreements.

Dr. Shapiro goes beneath the surface to reveal the hidden emotional forces that strain our relations and sabotage cooperation: vertigo, repetition compulsion, taboos, assault on the sacred, and identity politics. The moment we feel attacked, these forces pull us into an adversarial cycle of conflict, turning a straightforward disagreement into an emotional uproar. NEGOTIATING THE NON-NEGOTIABLE presents a practical strategy to overcome these powerful dynamics and bridge the divide.

Illustrated with vivid examples from Dr. Shapiro's global fieldwork with individuals ranging from spouses and families to embattled government leaders and business executives, NEGOTIATING THE NON-NEGOTIABLE is an indispensable guide to discover the potential for reconciliation in any situation.

DANIEL SHAPIRO, Ph.D., is a world-renowned expert on negotiation and conflict resolution. He founded and directs the Harvard International Negotiation Program, which has pioneered innovative strategies and teaching methodologies to address the human dimensions of conflict resolution. Dr. Shapiro also is an associate professor in psychology at Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital and affiliated faculty at Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation, where he serves as the associate director of the Harvard Negotiation Project. For three years, he chaired the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Conflict Prevention. He has launched back-channel negotiations to help revitalize formal peace negotiations in a major Middle East conflict, and regularly conducts negotiation trainings for government leaders around the world-including Middle East negotiators, Chinese officials, Serbian members of parliament, and senior U.S. officials. Through nonprofit funding, he developed a conflict management program that now reaches one million youth across more than thirty countries. He has appeared on dozens of radio and television shows and has contributed to The New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, and other popular publications. Dr. Shapiro is the recipient of numerous awards, including the American Psychological Association's Early Career Award and the Cloke-Millen Peacemaker of the Year Award. The World Economic Forum named him a "Young Global Leader." In his spare time, he plays blues guitar and enjoys playing baseball with his three sports-loving sons.

The ticket package for Innovation and Leadership: Daniel Shapiro on Tuesday, May 3, at 7pm is $42. In addition to a reserved seat, the package includes a copy of NEGOTIATING THE NON-NEGOTIABLE: How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts ($28, hardcover), a bar beverage, and book signing meet-and-greet. Packages can be purchased through The Music Hall Box Office, located at 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, over the phone at 603.436.2400, or online at www.themusichall.org

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