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The Program on Negotiation (PON) is a university [[consortium]] dedicated to developing the theory

and practice of [[negotiation]] and [[dispute resolution]]. As a community of scholars and practitioners,

PON serves a unique role in the world negotiation community. Founded in 1983 as a special research

project at [[Harvard Law School]], PON includes faculty, students, and staff from [[Harvard University]],

[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] and [[Tufts University]].

The Program on Negotiation publishes the quarterly Negotiation Journal and the monthly Negotiation

newsletter, and distributes the annual [[Harvard Negotiation Law Review]]. Throughout the year PON

offers a number of courses and training opportunities ranging in length from one day to an entire

semester.

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== History ==

In 1979, co-authors of the bestseller [[Getting to Yes]]: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In, [[Roger

Fisher]] and [[William Ury]], along with [[Bruce Patton]] founded the [[Harvard Negotiation Project]] (HNP), with

a mission to improve the theory, teaching, and practice of negotiation and dispute resolution, so that

people could deal more constructively with conflicts ranging from the interpersonal to the international.

Fisher began by asking the question of what kind of advice could be given to both sides of a dispute,

and in researching this question he came in contact with various professors, including [[James Sebenius]],

[[Lawrence Susskind]], [[Frank Sander]], and [[Howard Raiffa]], who collaborated to form the Program on

Negotiation.

The Program on Negotiation was founded in 1983 as the world's first teaching and research center

dedicated to negotiation and dispute resolution. As an [[umbrella program]] with founding members from

both Harvard and MIT, it soon expanded to include Tufts University as one of its consortium schools.

Since the beginning, the Program on Negotiation has been multi-disciplinary, with scholars from

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ethics and trust, and labor negotiations.,

Chair of the Program on Negotiation since 1994, Professor [[Robert H. Mnookin]] is Samuel Williston

Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Among his recent publications are the books, [[Beyond

Winning]] : Negotiating to Create Value in Deals and Disputes, and [[Bargaining with the Devil]]: When to

negotiate, when to fight.

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=== Harvard Negotiation Institute ===

[[Harvard Negotiation Institute]] (HNI) classes are offered every June and September on the Harvard Law

School campus and cover a broad range of negotiation and mediation skills, ranging from beginning

to advanced techniques. Most of the courses offered are five-day classes. However, a 2-day Intensive

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=== PON Seminars ===

Open to participants from all disciplines and professional fields, the PON [[Seminars]] provide negotiation

and [[mediation]] courses to the community. These semester-length courses are designed to increase public

awareness and understanding of successful conflict resolution efforts.

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== Great Negotiator Award ==

The Program on Negotiation established the [[Great Negotiator Award]] in 2000 to honor individuals of extraordinary achievement in dispute resolution. The award is designed not only to honor the accomplishments of outstanding negotiators, but also to focus public attention on the important role of negotiation as society faces increasingly complex disputes in all sectors–public and private, technological and ethical, personal and professional. PON has recognized a diverse cast of distinguished negotiators from their respective fields: [[Martti Ahtisaari]], [[Nobel Peace Prize]] recipient and former President of [[Finland]] (2010); [[Christo and Jeanne-Claude]], the artists who created [[“The Gates”]] in [[Central Park]] (2008); [[Bruce Wasserstein]], Chairman and CEO of [[Lazard]], an international financial advisory and asset management firm (2007); [[Sadako Ogata]], former [[United Nations]] high commissioner for refugees (2005); [[Richard Holbrooke]], former United States ambassador to the United Nations (2004); [[Stuart Eizenstat]], former U.S. ambassador to the [[European UnionUnio]]n (2003); Ambassador [[Lakhdar Brahimi]], the United Nations’ special envoy for Afghanistan[[Afghanista]]n (2002); [[Charlene Barshefsky]], U.S. trade representative in the second [[Clinton administration]] (2001); and former U.S. Senator [[George Mitchell]] for his work in [[Northern Ireland]] (2000).

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