Never Not Negotiating

About The Event Location Note: This event takes place backstage in Studio A1 at the Winspear Centre. International Negotiator, Micro-Behavioural Neuroscientist, and Order of Australia Medal Recipient Allan Parker is coming to Edmonton for a rare business training opportunity. You and your team will come away with deeply practical skills in negotiation to elevate your personal and business performance to another level. Never Not Negotiating teaches negotiation from a neuroscience and forensic linguistics perspective in a way that’s accessible for everyone. Allan Parker shares the map – the principles, processes, micro behaviours, and language patterns – that has produced over 500 agreements in complex multi-cultural negotiations and disputes around the world. This special training event will explore: The four #1 mistakes commonly made in negotiation and leadership The language patterns of agreement and disagreement Mental shifts from rush and busy to calm, calculating composure The “7S” formula for maximizing and producing “more for all” – the practical skills to shift from adversarial negotiation to long-term sustainable partnerships The four skills of deep connection and empathy to produce mutually beneficial outcomes in each negotiation A master class in the deeply embedded skills of finding agreement and cooperation Bring your whole team: Orders of four or more tickets receive a 25% discount. About Allan Parker, OAM Allan usually introduces himself as an eccentric Micro-Behavioural Neuroscientist, International Negotiator, and Educator. He works as a negotiator/facilitator of large-scale multi-party negotiations within government and private organisations. He trains in negotiation, dispute prevention and healthy considered conversations. Allan has presented and facilitated in over 60 different countries around the world. At the United Nations-World Investment Forum, he had participants from 192 countries in a single audience. In addition to his commercial work, he tours Australia regional areas teaching How to have a Healthier Brain, and How to use it Better, then HOW to keep that Happening into the Future. He was a writer and a professor on the Masters’ Program of Dispute Resolution at the School of Law and Business, University of Western Sydney. In 2012, Allan wrote Australia's first degree in negotiation. In 2020, Allan was a recipient for the Order of Australia Medal for his contribution to business and dispute resolution. He is the author of The Negotiator’s Toolkit, the best seller Switch on Your Brain; and co-author of Beyond Yes – Negotiating and Networking, and his recent book, Would-Could-MIGHT-The art and science of Speculative Thinking In addition to his professional achievements, Allan has been a scratch golfer and has run 16 marathons and 11 ultra marathons (including 24 hours twice). In March 2026 he became only the 5th Triple Hall of Fame recipient with the Australian Professional Speakers Association, achieving the Australian Keynote Speaker of the Year award, at the Global Speakers Federation Summit.