Tag: mediation

Dean will be delivering a half day workshop at the Infonex 18th Annual Professional Regulation & Discipline Conference in Toronto on April 17, 2014. The title of the workshop is "Ensuring Your Investigation Does Not Go off the Rails: Mitigate Risk through Proper Planning and Investigation Management". Long title but interesting topic! 

Investigation interviewing is easily the most important aspect of investigations yet it is not the easiest aspect of investigations. If you want to be a great investigator, you must become a great interviewer. We are currently offering a full day workshop on investigation interviewing with demonstrations, exercises and coaching in all aspects of conducting an effective investigation interview. Come spend a day with us at the Sheraton Centre Toronto and let us help you hone your interviewing skills and take it to the next level.

Tonight we are going to the 12th Annual Tema Conter Tribute Gala. We are excited to be supporting this worthy cause and tonight we will be sponsoring a "Heroes Tribute Table" for ten deserving people to enjoy an evening that supports them and their families. Below is an excerpt from the Tema Conter Memorial Trust website that speaks to the purpose of this worthy cause.

Last week we attended the Human Resource Professionals Association Conference and Tradeshow. We were very excited to show off our new and improved booth at the tradeshow and we had many excellent conversations with people about workplace investigations and mediation. I had the privilege of speaking at the conference on the subject of investigative interviewing. I was impressed with the size of the audience and how engaged they were with the topic. 

We will have a FactFinders Newsletter coming out in the next day or two but I wanted to let you all know about the DVD preview video we just posted to the website. This video is the only one of its kind on the market. Take a look at the preview and consider getting a copy of the DVD. It will be very useful to anyone looking to enhance their interviewing skills.

Well it has certainly been a long time since I have blogged. I am hopeful that this latest effort is a turning point towards greater frequency of blogging. However I have always believed there is little point to send things into the blogosphere unless they serve some purpose. In this case we have a big announcement to make.

Check our latest career opportunity for an Investigations Intern click here

Check out the latest edition of FactFinders. In this edition we discuss the value and necessity of a proper process for managing evidence in all investigations. Click here to be directed to the newsletter. 

This month I have donated my upper lip for men's health and the fight against prostate cancer. Traditionally men don't look after their helth needs until it is too late. The reasons for this are numerous and complex but is primarily due to a lack of awareness of the health issues men face. This can largely be attributed to the reluctance of men to openly discuss the subject and the old ‘it’ll be alright’ attitude.

Have you ever wondered how some of the advances in forensic technology have come about? When fingerprints were used for the first time to convict a person of a crime or who invented the polygraph machine (lie detectors)? Check out this article titled The Forensics hall of Fame: 10 Forensic Scientists Who Made History. This is an interesting read and contains some links and other information that may be of interest. Click here for the article.