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Full Name:
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Sandor Schuman
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NCDD Member Since:
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Oct. 5, 2002
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About Me:
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Sandor Schuman is a group facilitator, collaborative process advocate, and storyteller. He helps groups create shared meaning, make critical choices, and build collaborative relationships. He’s the editor of two recent books, The IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation and Creating a Culture of Collaboration, published by Jossey-Bass, and Group Facilitation: A Research and Applications Journal. He hosts The Electronic Discussion on Group Facilitation: Process Expertise for Group Effectiveness. Sandy’s Ph.D. in organization behavior is from the University at Albany, SUNY, where he is a Director of the Program on Strategic Decision Making at the Center for Policy Research.
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My Interest Areas:
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group facilitation, collaboration, consensus building, conflict resolution, group effectiveness, multiparty collaborative problem solving, decision making, participatory processes
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Organization Name:
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Center for Policy Research, Rockefeller College
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Title / Position:
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Director, Program on Strategic Decision Making
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Description:
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"Underlying all of our successes and failures – individual, organizational, societal – are the decisions we made. Improve decision making and improve the world."
The Center for Policy Research Program on Strategic Decision Making works with local, state, and federal government agencies, nationally and internationally, to
- integrate performance measurement and program evaluation in management
- strengthen their use of information in decision making
- conduct research to inform policy decisions
- improve their collaborative decision processes
- improve multiparty relationships, manage conflicts, and build consensus
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Other Organizations:
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (1981)
Association for Conflict Resolution (1992)
Sector on Environmental and Public Policy Disputes
Sector on Organizational Conflict Management
International Association of Facilitators (1996)
International Association for Public Participation (1996)
National Roster of Environmental Dispute Resolution & Consensus Building Professionals, US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution (2000)
National Storytelling Network/ Storytelling in Organizations (2001)
New York State Dispute Resolution Association (1997)
New York State Forum for Information Resources Management (1990)
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Where to Find My Work:
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Creating a Culture of Collaboration (Wiley/Jossey-Bass, 2006) www.culture-of-collaboration.com
IAF Handbook of Group Facilitation (Wiley/Jossey-Bass, 2005) www.iafhgf.com
Group Facilitation: A Research and Applications Journal
www.albany.edu/cpr/gf/gfj
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My Favorite Links:
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Group Facilitation: Process Expertise for Group Effectiveness www.albany.edu/cpr/gf
Assessment Tools and Resources for
Collaboration, Partnership, Participation, Group Facilitation www.culture-of-collaboration.com/collaboration-assessment.htm
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Email:
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sschuman@albany.edu
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Phone Number:
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518-442-5889
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Website URL:
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www.albany.edu/~sschuman
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Street Address:
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University at Albany, SUNY, Milne 300
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City:
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Albany
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State/Province:
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NY
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Zip or Country Code:
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12222
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