Hostage Negotiation Trainer and Author to Speak Oct. 21

Psychiatrist Mark Goulston will share insights on how to increase negotiation skills at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, in the Advanced Technologies Laboratories' Keck Lab (Building 7, Room 2). His talk will focus on how to increase the ability to get through to anyone. Goulston has trained the FBI and police in hostage negotiations, was a crisis psychiatrist for 30 years, and was a professor of psychiatry at UCLA for 25 years. He has authored several best-selling books, including "Just Listen," "Get Out of Your Own Way," and "Talking to Crazy: How to Deal with the Irrational and Impossible People in Your Life." The event is being co-sponsored by the California Agricultural Leadership Foundation. The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the presentation.