2007 highlights: the year’s best from Online Guide to Mediation

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Year’s end is a time for looking forward and also for looking back, as we take stock of where we’ve been, while we consider the journey ahead of us.

As part of that annual tradition, I’ve pulled together the posts from 2007 that have been the most frequently visited, the ones that drew the most comments and emails, or that are simply my favorites.

I hope you enjoy them.

From January:

“Is your negotiating style leaving value on the table?”

“Mediator certification and credentialing: getting accurate information on becoming a mediator”

“Bridging the divide between lawyers and mediators” – a three-part series

From February:

“Sunshine is the best disinfectant: Bob Sutton’s “The No Asshole Rule” gets an age-old workplace problem out into the open”

Blawg Review #94 – The Getting to Yes Edition

From March:

“What’s so funny ’bout peace, love and understanding? Thoughts on why we’re not getting to yes”

“Since when is changing your mind a bad thing?”

“Seeing ourselves as others see us: the art of feedback”

From April:

“Why I will not be observing One Day Blog Silence”

“Chicken peacekeepers mediate bunny turf war”

“Are mediators hindering a civil right to counsel? One scholar says yes”

From May:

“In This Case: blog allows people to tell their personal stories about the law”

“Does ADR deliver justice?”

From June:

“Premature negotiation: how to get rid of performance anxiety at the mediation table”

“The ups and downs of conflict: a game theory analysis of the toilet seat issue”

From July:

“Nothing but the truth: Radical Honesty movement proposes a world without deception”

From August:

“Won’t get fooled again: negotiating with liars”

“Mediator nominated for Congressional Order of Merit by National Republican Congressional Committee”

“Requiem for a friend”

From September:

“Art education may help prepare future lawyers (and mediators)”

“Free stuff online to help ADR professionals run their businesses”

From October:

Blawg Review #130 – the Double Hemisphere Edition co-hosted with fellow mediator Geoff Sharp

“(In)justice for all: the case against arbitration clauses in consumer contracts”

“Apologies can improve the health of hospital-patient relations”

From November:

“In weighing the Uniform Mediation Act, Massachusetts mediators may be poised to repeat mistakes of the past”

“How to turn a simple misunderstanding into all-out war: a mediator’s advice”

From December:

“In celebration of the ADR blogosphere: blogging transforms how we talk about dispute resolution”

“Out of the mouths of babes: a child’s guide to the law”

“Optical illusions as a training tool for mastering negotiation and conflict resolution skills”

A happy 2008 to all of you! And thanks as always for stopping by to visit.

Incidentally, in just a few days, in time for my third anniversary of blogging, big changes are coming to this blog. I’m pulling up stakes here at Blogger.com — Online Guide to Mediation will get both a new home (currently under construction) and a new name — plus an easier-to-remember domain name, too.

Plus I’ll be welcoming in the new year with a special series: on each of the first seven days of January, I’ll be posting “New Year (Dispute) Resolutions”.

Stay tuned!