August 13 Business Connection Dinner - Speaker Alice Shikina

Topic:  Connecting More Deeply with Clients, Colleagues and Significant Others

 Main Talking Points

1. What are common communication behaviors that people engage in?
2. What are the correct ways to communicate more effectively and successfully?
3. Strategies, tips and tricks to improving your communication skills

 Audience Takeaways:

At the end of this introductory course, participants will have a better understanding of what constitutes effective communication and how to improve upon the skills that they already possess. They will also learn how to give constructive feedback to people they work with. Finally, they will learn skills that better enable them to resolve or avoid conflicts. 

Website: aliceshikina.com

About Alice

As a certified mediator, Alice Shikina has a unique background. She has over 20 years of theatre experience, which she brings to her mediation practice. She is a practiced improviser and an excellent people reader. She has mediated hundreds of hours of landlord/tenant cases, as well as families/au pair cases. She is a good listener, compassionate and a true neutral. Shikina has coached mediators in training through UC Berkeley extension.

Alice is a member of the Bar Association of San Francisco and the Alameda County Bar Association. In addition to having her own mediation practice, she also mediates for the Superior Court of CA in Alameda County; San Francisco Police Accountability Department; Arts Arbitration and Mediation Services; Department of Fair Employment and Housing; and Conflict Intervention Services.

 “I have worked with many expensive mediators, JAMS SF, JAMS San Jose, many retired judges, many mediators used by insurance defense firms, etc. Ms. Shikina is up there with the very best in getting results and settling cases, no matter how difficult.”

Peter Tuann, Esq.

 Dinner payment:  $ 30 Cash