Robert Jones

Robert Jones

Robert Jones

Email Address rmjones@fsu.edu

Website http://consensus.fsu.edu

Position or Title Director

Professional Biography I started my career in ADR in labor and commercial arbitration and community mediation. Throughout the 1980's I worked at the National Institute for Dispute Resolution with practitioners, educators and policymakers. Since  1990, I have been the director of the Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium where I have specialized in facilitating more than 45 statewide and regional committees and task forces, many of which have focused on environmental and land use issues. I have also served as mediator in dozens of environmental enforcement and land use cases.  I try to work with the sponsor/convenor and the participating stakeholders as a nuetral to design processes that are sensitive to the political and technical nature of many of the issues and informed by interest based negotiation and large group problem solving and consensus building methods. My style of mediation practice focuses on facilitating the communication and conversation among parties to clarify the nature of the disputes and the options for finding solutions. I also try to bring a sense of humor to the task.

City Tallahassee

State Florida

Zip 32310

Phone 850-644-6320

Fax 850-644-4968

Small Business No

GSA Schedule Provider No

Federal Employee No

Native Dispute Resolution Network No

Total Cases Last 10 Years 60


ECR Services Provided

ServiceCaseYear
Strategic Planning for Collaboration or Conflict Resolution EffortFlorida Division of Emergency Management Emergency Notification Summit2013
Facilitation of Collaboration or Conflict Resolution EffortFDOT Freight Logistics and Trade Plan Development Process2013
Process DesignSouth Florida Water Management District Collaborative Leadership Initiative2012
Policy DialoguesFAU Offshore Ocean Energy Dialogue2010
Mediation/Assisted NegotiationSouth Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force Combined Structural and Operations Plan Stakeholder Advisory Team2006
Public Engagement/Public InputStrategic Intermodal System Committee FDOT2002
Regulatory NegotiationsFlorida Dept. of Agriculture Negotiated Rulemaking-Termiticides2002
Conflict/Situation AssessmentConflict Resolution System- Everglades Restoration2000

Case Experience by Subject Matter

ServiceCaseYear
Water issues GeneralSuwanee River and St. Johns River Water Management Districts North Florida Water Supply Partnership Stakeholder Advisory Committee2013
MiningSuwanee River and St. Johns River Water Management Districts North Florida Water Supply Partnership Stakeholder Advisory Committee2013
Military and/or Base IssuesOhio Airspace Strategic Integration Study (OASIS)2013
Coastal Zone and/or Marine Management IssuesDeep Water Horizon NRDA Trustee Council2010
FisheriesProject Fish Smart-Atlantic King Mackerel Fishery Practices2008
Agricultural issuesFlorida Department of Agriculture Consumer Fertilizer Task Force2007
Wildlife IssuesFlorida Wildlife and Conservation Commission Quote Hunt Workgroup2007
Ecosystem ManagementSouth Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force Combined Structural and Operations Plan Stakeholder Advisory Team2006
Wetlands and/or EstuariesSouth Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force Combined Structural and Operations Plan Stakeholder Advisory Team2006
Land Use, Growth Management, Sustainable DevelopmentCommittee for Sustainable Treasure Coast2005
Transportation Planning/Program ImplementationStrategic Intermodal System Committee FDOT2002
Energy Issues (Including Transmission, u00a0Development and Conservation Issues)NERC Electric Reliability Blue Ribbon Comm.1998

Type of Public Decision

ApplicationCaseYear
PlanningFlorida Geographic Alliance Strategic Action Summit2011
Policy developmentCommittee for Sustainable Treasure Coast2005
RulemakingFlorida Dept. of Agriculture Negotiated Rulemaking-Termiticides2002

Case Size

SizeCaseYear
Cases involving more than 60 participantsFDOT Freight Logistics and Trade Plan Development Process2013
Cases involving 15 to 60 participantsFlorida 2025 Transportation Plan Steering Committe2005
Cases involving more than 3 but less than 15 participantsFlorida Dept. of Agriculture Negotiated Rulemaking-Termiticides2002

Case Jurisdiction/Scale

JurisdictionCaseYear
StateFlorida Division of Emergency Management Emergency Notification Summit2013
National or regionally significant casesNOAA National Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Summit2010
Multi-jurisdictionalCommittee for a Sustainable Emerald Coast2007
Local/communityPalm Beach County Economic Development Summit2003
InteragencyFlorida Land Use and Transporation Committee1999
IntergovernmentalGovernor's Commission for a Sustainable South Flor1999
InternationalUSAID South Africa Provincial Offices of Mediation1998
Large landscape scaleFlorida Greenways Commission1994

Process Support Services

Meeting Support
Support ServiceCaseYear
Experience in a team of multiple ECR ProfessionalsNERC Cyber Security Standards Team2010
Engagement of technical experts/third party science advisorsProject Fish Smart-Atlantic King Mackerel Fishery Practices2008
Logistical and administrative support (organizing logistics for meetings, notetaking, etc.)Committee for a Sustainable Emerald Coast2007
Collaborative Technologies
Collaborative TechnologyCaseYear
Implementation Tools (e.g., content management tools, project management tools)Suwanee River and St. Johns River Water Management Districts North Florida Water Supply Partnership Stakeholder Advisory Committee2013
Evaluation and Monitoring Tools (e.g., electronic survey tools, dashboards)Florida Division of Emergency Management Emergency Notification Summit2013
Decision Analysis/Decision Support/Modeling (e.g., spatial analysis, multi-criteria discussion support, scenario planning, charettes)Department of Defense Gulf of Mexico Airspace Strategic Initiative (GRASI)2010
Engagement/Communication Tools (e.g., polling tools, social media, collaborative document production, video conferencing, webinars, ideation tools)NERC Cyber Security Standards Team2010
Visualization Tools (e.g., electronic maps, flyover video simulations, geographic information systems, digital storytelling)Committee for a Sustainable Emerald Coast2007
Project Websites (static, interactive, portals, etc.)Committee for Sustainable Treasure Coast2005

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