Certified Prompt Engineer for Negotiation (CPEN)

Participate in a transformative experience designed to elevate your negotiation skills through the advancement of prompt engineering. This program is a complete immersion into the art and science of negotiation paired with the tactical application of prompt engineering methods. You will learn about basic negotiation concepts, and eventually be a master of more advanced techniques of persuasion. This program will equip you with the knowledge to engage in complex negotiation settings with precision and confidence.
You will begin the learning process by examining the basic aspects of negotiation, where you will first understand the psychological foundation of persuasion and influence. This basic understanding will be your beacon as you move on through the complexity of framing effective prompts to maximize clarity and effect. From here, you'll learn to add on to these basics with major negotiation models, including distributive and integrative models, as well as gaining experience with important concepts like BATNA, ZOPA, and reservation price. With this well-nurtured inquiry, you will be able to cultivate a discerning understanding of strategically applying prompts to enhance your negotiation strategies.
Effective negotiation hinges on effective communication, and this course is designed to develop skills in active listening, emotional intelligence, and implicit verbal and non-verbal communication. You will learn to tailor your communication style to different negotiation scenarios so that you are accurate and convincing in all your interactions. The training also teaches you how to conduct difficult conversations and overcome common negotiation biases, allowing you to remain in control and in charge even in the toughest of situations.
Power relations and influence are key components of successful negotiation. In this course you will learn how to recognize and work with power relations, how to leverage prompts to assert power and credibility, and how to manage power imbalance with nuance. Ethical considerations are woven in naturally, so that your influence preserves the dignity of all parties concerned.
Tension de-escalation and conflict resolution is also a crucial competency covered. You'll learn how to identify the underlying causes of conflict and translate them into an opportunity for collaborative problem-solving. The emphasis placed on empathy generating positive outcomes in negotiations underscores its role in developing good, ultimately long-term working relationships.
At the end of the course, over the span of 4 days, you will learn adaptive negotiation strategies and become a negotiation wizard in terms of adapting to a shift in context where necessary. It is of utmost importance when negotiating under pressures and with uncertainties that being flexible is very important. Having scenario-based triggers to follow the path of flexibility for impromptu adjustment when negotiating with multiple parties or across cultures, you will have developed a substantial skill-set for successful negotiation.
Going forward, the course will speak more to the changing digital world of negotiations, where negotiation happens with the assistance of AI-powered tools. You will understand digital negotiations and the ways in which to apply AI tools to enhance decision-making and accuracy. You will also know about ethical implications tied to the implementation of AI to ensure you are not behind on modern negotiating skills, because you will have access to relevant information about the implications and possibilities emerging from technology for modern negotiating.
Crisis management and high-stakes negotiation are two of the most important areas in which prompt engineering can make a real impact. You will learn about the psychology of rushed decision-making and how to implement tactical cueing to crisis. Negotiation ethics and risk management in crisis contexts are emphasized, which will prepare you for the most challenging professional environments.
Finally, the program wraps up with the development of a personal negotiation style, putting it all together. The well-rounded learning enables you to graduate not only with certification but with a substantial transformation in your negotiation ability, ready to apply it to any career situation.
What this course is for:

• Professionals wanting to upgrade negotiation skills using creative strategies
• Business leaders looking to excel at persuasion and influence skills
• Negotiators of intricate cross-cultural or multi-party transactions
• Prospective users who are interested in utilizing AI towards achieving digital negotiation success
• Executives who deal with high-stakes negotiations and crisis situations
• Salespeople aiming to enhance communication and closing abilities
• HR managers who are concerned with conflict resolution and de-escalation strategies
• Consultants who require sophisticated negotiation frameworks and approaches