Hello, my friend, and welcome to another episode of Negotiate Anything.

Thanks for spending time with us today.

It's listeners like you in 181 different countries that have made Negotiate Anything the most popular negotiation and conflict resolution podcast in the world.

I'm your host, Kwame Christian.

I'm a business lawyer, mediator,

professor, and the director of the American Negotiation Institute. Before we get started,

I have two quick questions for you. Is negotiation a critical part of what you do? Do you need to

resolve conflict and persuade at work? If you answered yes to both of those questions,

visit our website to learn more about

our negotiation workshops. We've traveled the country working with professionals just like you,

and we'd love to have the opportunity to work with you too. Check out the link in the description to

learn more. Our second award is our young alumni award. So each year, we give out an award recognizing someone early in their

career who's graduated from one of our degree programs, who even though they are young in their

career, has already had a tremendous impact, perhaps in their profession, but broadly in public

service.

This year's award winner has clearly met the threshold.

Somebody at a very early stage in their career has just been incredibly impactful,

not just in starting their own organization that you're going to hear,

but starting an organization that's really had a global impact. This year's a winner is Kwame Christian, who's a 2013 graduate of our dual MAJD program, our partnership with the Moritz

College of Law. And the Moritz College of Law has an exceptional reputation in alternative dispute resolution and conflict negotiation.

And Kwame, who graduated less than a decade ago, has parlayed that experience and that education

into something called the American Negotiation Institute, which services a broad array of clients,

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