Background
Jessica is a dedicated trainer and has developed and led hundreds of classes and workshops throughout the United States and Internationally. She provides presentations and workshops in the areas of negotiation, mediation, facilitation, and a variety of individual topic areas related to these subjects or other specialized topics. She has experience adapting these workshops to the varied needs of different professionals such as biotech, construction, pharmaceutical and accounting companies, government agencies, bar associations, courts and law firms. Her depth of experience and teaching style lead to high demand for her services.
In California, Ms. Notini regularly teaches mediation, negotiation and facilitation as an Adjunct Professor in the law schools at Stanford, Berkeley and Hastings and in the business school at Mills College in California. She also serves as a senior trainer and consultant for several international negotiation and consulting firms including Lax & Sebenius, Accordence, Integrated Management Associates and the Northern California Mediation Center.
Teaching Style/Approach
Jessica is known to be a highly dynamic trainer with great talent for promoting the involvement of participants in the learning process and a “killer” sense of humor. Most workshops contain a mix of lively discussion of theory, demonstration, skill building exercises and role plays where participants put everything into practice. Feedback and reflection are also emphasized to deepen the learning. Jessica’s continued work as a mediator and facilitator keeps her training alive with practical examples drawn from a great depth of experience.
Presentations and workshops range from as little as 1-2 hours to weeklong intensives depending upon the objectives and availability of the client. Every presentation or training is customized to the needs and experience level of the participants. Regardless of length, participants report that the time flies!
Training Subjects
Special Topic Areas
- Mastering the Art of Persuasion
- Challenging Conversations
- Conflict Resolution Style and Skills
- Gender in Negotiation
- Influencing Without Authority
- Critical Communication Skills
- The Art of Listening
- Culture in Negotiation
- Energizing the Classroom (for trainers)
- Ethics for Negotiators and Mediators
- Effective Advocacy in Mediation
- Psychological Influences in Negotiation and Mediation
Guest Speaker/Trainer For:
- First Appellate Court Mediation Training, S.F., CA
- Second Appellate Court Mediation Training, L.A., CA
- Mediation Training by Steven Rosenberg, Mill Valley, CA
- Commercial Mediation Training by Teresa Carey, San Rafael, CA
- Conflict Resolution Panels of Contra Costa County, Concord, CA
- Senior Consultant/Negotiation Trainer: Accordence, Integrated Management Associates, The Latz Institute, MWI, The Negotiation Institute, The Henry Hecht Law Group and Lax & Sebenius Groups (on going)
- Core Trainer, Northern California Mediation Center: Corte Madera, CA. Co-teach essentials of mediation and divorce mediation (2002 - 2017)
