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Contact:TimothyDayonot ForImmediateRelease
(510)6218412/dayonot@haas.berkeley.edu July10,2014
NegotiationsWorkshopFundraiserForManilatownHeritageFoundation
SANFRANCISCOTheManilatownHeritageFoundation(MHF)issponsoringafulldaynegotiations
workshopfundraiser,wheretheproceedswillhelpsupportMFHscommunityprograms.
TheworkshopwilltakeplaceonSaturday,August16
th
,from8:30AMto5:00PM,attheMHFs
ManilatownCenter,locatedatthehistoricInternationalHotel,868KearnySt.,SanFrancisco.
TheworkshopwillbetaughtbyTimothyDayonot,whoteachesnegotiationsatU.C.BerkeleysHaas
SchoolofBusinessandGoldmanSchoolofPublicPolicy.Dayonot,whostudiednegotiationswhilea
graduatestudentatHarvardUniversity,isvolunteeringhistimesothat100%oftheworkshopfeeswill
benefittheMHF.
IthoughtofferingtheworkshopwouldbeagreatwayofsupportingboththeMHFandthe
InternationalHotel,andteachingsomeusefulnegotiationskillstomembersofourcommunity,said
Dayonot,whoistheVicePresidentoftheBoardoftheInternationalHotel.
DayonotwasaformeraidetoGovernorJerryBrown(secondterm),andservedastheDirectorofthe
CaliforniaDepartmentofCommunityServices&DevelopmentforGovernorsGrayDavisandArnold
Schwarzenegger,thehighestrankingFilipinoAmericaninstategovernmentatthetime.
Theworkshopwillcoveravarietyoftopics,includinghowtonegotiatebetterpricesforgoodsand
services,resolvingconflicts,increasingbargainingpowerandhowtodefendagainstnegotiatingtricks
andploys.WefeelveryfortunatetohavesomeoneofDayonotsskillandexperiencetoprovidethe
workshopsaidCarolineCabading,VicePresidentoftheMHFBoardofDirectors.Cabadingexplained
thatthe$125workshopfeeissubstantiallylowerthancomparablenegotiationsworkshopsandwas
pricedtomakeitaccessibletomorepeople.Manyemployerswillprovidereimbursementforthecost
ofthistypeofworkshopandsomewillevenprovidecomptime,sincethetrainingtakesplaceona
Saturday,sheadded.
TheInternationalHotelisalowincomeseniorhousingdevelopmentnearS.F.sChinatownthatwasa
productofahistoric30yearstrugglebytheFilipinoAmericancommunityandotherstoblockthe
destructionandcommercialdevelopmentoftheoriginalInternationalHotel,whichwasthelast
remainingbuildinginanareaoncecalledManilatown,washometomanyelderlyFilipinoAmericans.
Theyandothertenantswereevictedin1977andthebuildingdemolishedin1981.Thenew
InternationalHotelwascompletedin2005andhas105apartmentsforlowincomeseniors.
Toregisterforthenegotiationsworkshop,goto
www.brownpapertickets.com/ref/665761/event/724433.MoreinformationabouttheMHFandthe
InternationalHotelcanbefoundatManilatown.org.
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