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Book Review: Improvisational Negotiation by Jeffrey Krivis author.

Book Review: Improvisational Negotiation by Jeffrey Krivis

This article was originally published in "The Negotiator Magazine" which has kindly granted Mediate.com permission to republish.This is a book...

By Jeffrey Krivis, John D. Baker
Film Review: Thank You For Smoking Offers An Advanced Tutorial in Negotiation Strategies and Ethics author.

Film Review: Thank You For Smoking Offers An Advanced Tutorial in Negotiation Strategies and Ethics

“And God said unto Adam, ‘Of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil,’ thou shalt not eat,’ or something...

By Robert Benjamin

Nueva visión para el desarrollo de técnicas en la solución de conflictos: Un comentario al libro Más Chaplin y Menos Platón de Luis Miguel Díaz

Translated into English by Michaela Murphy Purnell. “Todo espectáculo educa, bieneduca o maleduca, pero educa” Señal CADAC [1] Héctor y...

By Cecilia Azar
The Life-Giving Gift of Acknowledgment (Book Review) Reflections from the field – and why conflict resolution practitioners might benefit from looking over the parapet author.

The Life-Giving Gift of Acknowledgment (Book Review) Reflections from the field – and why conflict resolution practitioners might benefit from looking over the parapet

I begin this review by declaring an interest. I met the author, Professor Michael Hyde at a conference co-sponsored by...

By Barbara Wilson
Reading For Stretch author.

Reading For Stretch

From Of Seeds and Sowers, NAICR's distinguished newsletter that includes current programs, projects and tele-classes, as well as humor and...

By Barbara Ashley Phillips
The Conflict Resolution Toolbox (Book Review) author.

The Conflict Resolution Toolbox (Book Review)

Order at Amazon.comRead the Introduction online. Introduction In reading books and articles about Mediation one seems to find distinctive categories...

By Jon Linden
Basic Skills for the New Arbitrator (Book Review) author.

Basic Skills for the New Arbitrator (Book Review)

Order at Amazon.comSecond Edition Basic Skills for the New Arbitrator By Allan H. Goodman   Who Should Read This Book?...

By Jon Linden
Confessions of a Tamed Cynic — Review of The Moral Imagination by John Paul Lederach author.

Confessions of a Tamed Cynic — Review of The Moral Imagination by John Paul Lederach

The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace.John Paul Lederach Oxford University Press, 200 pp. 2005. Even before...

By Robert Benjamin
Using Elder Mediation To Resolve Conflict Among Families, Seniors, And Organizations (Book Review) author.

Using Elder Mediation To Resolve Conflict Among Families, Seniors, And Organizations (Book Review)

The Intent The intent of Mss. Bertschler and Cocklin’s book is to point out the obvious. The obvious being, that...

By Jon Linden
Helping Others Resolve Differences (Book Review) author.

Helping Others Resolve Differences (Book Review)

Gregory Billikopf’s new book is an important one. In it, Mr. Billikopf introduces a NEW approach to Mediation. Upon first...

By Jon Linden
John Paul Lederach:  A Peacebuilder Bibliography author.

John Paul Lederach: A Peacebuilder Bibliography

I. Introduction. John Paul Lederach (LederachE is an important author and practitioner in the fields of conflict transformation and peacebuilding....

By Walter A. Wright
Mediation Practice Guide: A Handbook for Resolving Business Disputes (Book Review) author.

Mediation Practice Guide: A Handbook for Resolving Business Disputes (Book Review)

This review first published in THE CPA JOURNAL, May 2004. Order at Amazon.comSecond Edition By Bennett G. Picker Published by...

By Philip Zimmerman, CPA
Beyond Neutrality author.

Beyond Neutrality

Conflict Resolution: A Field in Crisis Conflict resolution as a field is facing a serious crisis, and the way in...

By Bernard Mayer
Marketing Monday 8 Days A Week (Book Review) author.

Marketing Monday 8 Days A Week (Book Review)

“Marketing Monday 8 Days A Week” By Natalie Armstrong In Marketing Monday 8 Days A Week Ms. Armstrong manages to...

By Jon Linden

The Mediator’s Handbook (Book Review)

Book Review The Mediator’s Handbook, Charlton R and Dewdney M, LawBook Co, 2nd ed, 2004 (www.lawbookco.com.au ) Reviewed by David...

By David Spencer
The Skilled Facilitator (Book Review) author.

The Skilled Facilitator (Book Review)

The latest edition of The Skilled Facilitator by Roger Schwarz is much improved over the earlier edition, and, in my...

By Sterling Newberry
Top Ten Mediate.com Articles Printed or Emailed author.

Top Ten Mediate.com Articles Printed or Emailed

Mediate.com tracks the number of times "Print this Article" and/or "Email This Article" options are used. We have been monitoring...

By John Helie

Preparing for Peace (Book Review)

Order at Amazon.comJohn Paul Lederach’s Preparing for Peace, presents a case for considering how we approach conflict resolution training across...

By Bonita Para

Conflict Mediation Across Cultures: Pathways and Patterns (Book Review)

Order at Amazon.comDavid Augsburger’s book, Conflict Mediation Across Cultures, is not only a scholarly work in regards to conflict resolution,...

By Bonita Para

Culture and Conflict Resolution (Book Review)

Order at Amazon.comKevin Avruch presents us with the idea that culture is a dynamic characteristic in humans, having been informed...

By Bonita Para
On Line Dispute Resolution For Business (Book Review) author.

On Line Dispute Resolution For Business (Book Review)

Order at Amazon.comODR For Business by Colin Rule is an important book, being only the second book yet published for...

By Jon Linden

The Five Minute Police Officer (Book Review)

The first five minutes of an interaction between a police officer and a member of the public is crucial. By...

By Marie Paoletti

Before Conflict: Preventing Aggressive Behavior (Book Review)

Order at Amazon.comBefore Conflict: Preventing Aggressive Behavior by John D.Byrnes. Before Conflict starts out with a powerful, attention-getting Foreword by...

By William Cottringer
Negotiating Skills For Managers (Book Review) author.

Negotiating Skills For Managers (Book Review)

Order at Amazon.comNegotiation vs Mediation When we mediate, we are engaged in the process of trying to help and persuade...

By Jon Linden
The Keys To Conflict Resolution: Proven Methods Of Resolving Disputes Voluntarily (Book Review) author.

The Keys To Conflict Resolution: Proven Methods Of Resolving Disputes Voluntarily (Book Review)

Mr. Kheel’s book is a truly refreshing book on Alternative Dispute Resolution. The book is filled with highly instructive advice...

By Jon Linden

Mediation Skills and Techniques by Laurence Boulle: A perfect(ing) marriage (Book Review)

This article was first published in (2001) 4(2) The ADR Bulletin, and subsequently in Bond Dispute Resolution News, Volume 11,...

By David Bryson
Becoming A Mediator: An Insiders Guide To Exploring Careers In Mediation (Book Review) author.

Becoming A Mediator: An Insiders Guide To Exploring Careers In Mediation (Book Review)

Order at Amazon.comFor those mediators who are still asking themselves the question, "Should I Really Be A Mediator?" Lovenheim's book...

By Jon Linden
Introduction to Online Dispute Resolution for Business author.

Introduction to Online Dispute Resolution for Business

Order at Amazon.com“Computers were first born as arithmetic engines, but my own view, and the view of some other people...

By Colin Rule
The Essential Guide To Marketing Your ADR Practice (Book Review) author.

The Essential Guide To Marketing Your ADR Practice (Book Review)

Author: Natalie Armstrong President, Golden Media Publishing Ms. Armstrong’s book is clear, clean, professional marketing advice for the ADR practitioner....

By Jon Linden
The Essential Guide To Market Your ADR Practice author.

The Essential Guide To Market Your ADR Practice

“Experience has taught me that there is one chief reason why some people succeed and others fail. The difference is...

By Natalie J. Armstrong-Motin

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