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Jennifer BeerPrincipal, JB Intercultural Consulting
The primary services her consulting practice offers are: 1. Negotiation and mediation: training, consulting2. Mediation and meeting facilitation. 3. Cross-cultural communication training and consultation, with a focus on Japan and on working with multiple cultures. Courses and workshopsSince 2001, Dr. Beer has taught a course in Negotiation & Dispute Resolution at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She also teaches a month-long negotiation course at ALBA Graduate Business School in Athens. For a decade she has led the Bryn Mawr School of Social Work post-Masters "Certificate in Conflict Resolution" program. She also leads training sessions on Japan and on cross-cultural issues for corporate and non-profit clients, and has taught several college courses on cross-cultural communication.Facilitation & Mediation:A professional mediator and facilitator for 27 years, Jennifer Beer's facilitations include historic preservation plan public meetings for the State of Delaware, community-industry meetings for a large chemical plant located a city neighborhood, mediating staff and staff/student disputes for two colleges, consulting on teamwork and communication skills for a suburban police department, and strategic planning facilitation for well-established non-profit organizations. She also mediates community disputes for the Center for
Resolutions and authored The Mediator's Handbook (winner of Amazon.com's "Best-seller in Mediation, Arbitration, and Negotiation Category" award for two years in a row).
International Projects:Jennifer Beer presented a mediation course to teachers and leaders in Aceh, Indonesia in 2007. In 2004-5 she worked with Peace Talks Radio on an Public Radio documentary about nuclear war and Japan's atom bomb experience. She travelled to Kabul in 2005 to to teach negotiation and strategic planning for government and NGO staff setting up new women's resource centers in Afghanistan. She has also led trainings for projects in Mauritius and Kyrgystan.
Background:Dr. Beer earned her Anthropology Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Her thesis researched Japan's overseas tourism industry in Asia. She also earned a Masters in International Administration from the School for International Training in Vermont. She has lived in Germany and in Japan, and speaks Japanese, basic German and French. She enjoys any project that requires creative thinking and design, and has significant training design, writing, editing, and website experience. |
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Dr. Jennifer Beer is a professor, mediator, and anthropologist who guides organizations and communities in negotiating conflicts and cross-cultural issues. Her business is based in the Philadelphia region of the U.S.A.