News & Membership Renewal December 2020 | Annual Newsletter

Greetings Members, I hope all is well with you and yours, and that you are all able to celebrate this Holiday Season in a way that is special to you.  It certainly has been a year unlike any other, events were cancelled, the kitchen table became the classroom and office, and our four-legged friends finally convinced us there is no place like home. As the comment “I don’t think we’ll be out of this by June”, made during our discussions around April’s workshop, became reality we paused and reestablished how to move forward. We missed walking the grounds of the Audubon during our annual meeting and look forward to a time when we can do that again. Virtual meetings connected us, became part of daily life and will change how we operate beyond social distancing. Now, if your New Years resolution involves reestablishing proper dietary boundaries with your four-legged friends you’ve had a very 2020 year and we wish you well!  Continue reading on to renew your membership and to see what we did get up to in the last year. Have a Safe & Happy New Years!  Kristen Kelley, CFM NHCRA- President  

Board of Directors NHCRA is looking for active members to join the B.O.D.  All meetings held remotely (approx. 8 a year) 3 year term Develop learning objectives Organize an event Support membership engagement Connect NHCRA with new and exciting workshop and presenter opportunities  The list goes on & on!  Volunteer Eve of New Years Eve Peershare  Closeout 2020 Events with NHCRA on the eve of New Years Eve at our BYOB Peershare December 30th, at 5pm. Register here Workshops & Events NHCRA Events in 2020 went through many ebbs and flows. We want to thank members for sticking around for the ride. After holding off on hosting scheduled events in April and June, we had an adapted event calendar the last quarter of the year.  In late August, NHCRA hosted our first Zoom Peershare. Members shared in their virtual experiences, including surprise zoom guests and helpful tips for mediating in a virtual reality. The annual meeting was held in September, although a modest group of members for an annual meeting, we were pleased to both gather and support the Nackey S Loeb School of Communication. Bill Fisher’s Workshop, “Treatment Centers and the Impact on Family Dynamics”, was of great value and one we hope to offer again. In November we had another first, our first online training. NHCRA partnered with the NH Commission for Human Rights to provide a free event that included the core principles of their mediation program. We are incredibly grateful to the Commission, Sarah Burke-Cohen Esq., and Katrina Taylor for volunteering their time. Members can closeout 2020 Events with NHCRA on the eve of New Years Eve at our BYOB Peershare December 30th, at 5pm. As we look forward to 2021, NHCRA’s Education Committee is working on workshops that will focused on mental health, ethics, and remote mediation. These events will be hosted in April, June and fall of 2021.

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One of NHCRA’s objectives in 2020 was to optimize the usability of the website. For this task we partnered with Northeastern University’s Experiential Program to analyze marketing tools, streamline the visitor experience and to initiate the membership login function. The outcome of the project contributed to our decision to reduce marketing tools provided by our website host, integrate old with new tools, and renegotiate our website-host contract, saving NHCRA about $480 annually. Furthermore, we are happy to report that not only did this project reduce our technology budget it helped us became more adept at info technology.  Thank you to Briana Coakley for bridging the partnership between NHCRA and Northeastern University Experiential Program.

Member login is active: setup your username and password when you renew your membership or go to the login page and request new password*. Be sure to fill in categories, including member listing, to ensure that your information is accurately displayed.  *Reseting passwords is managed by NHCRA’s volunteer website committee so please have patience as we try to respond as soon as possible.

Updates to Member listings: A full membership list is available under the "About Us" section. The previous Quicklink titled “Members” is now labelled “Practitioners”, as seen above. Practitioner listings have expanded to the categories below: Family Mediation Probate ADR Organizational/Workplace Conflict Civil Disputes Collaborative Law Geographic location- Town/County in list form Member Search Directory In addition to expanding the categories of listings for practitioners the landing page also includes a short description of each type of dispute resolution. This, along with other site revisions, was done to create a simplified but more comprehensive experience for visitors to the site.

2021 NHCRA membership dues $75  ***Special Offer***  Renew 2021 membership before January 31 to receive a $25 discount code towards a future NHCRA event  Renew Membership Eligible members will receive discount code by Feb 1st, 2021 Members not in good standing will be removed from all listings on nhcra.org on Feb 1st, 2021

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