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This is an audioblog entitled Business Marketing for Mediators with Susan Diehl. During the Webinar we will: Highlight the important...

ADR professionals, our future, in my opinion, depends on how proficient we are in clearly defining and precisely getting the...

Most of the mediations I’ve conducted over the years are a blur. The faces, names, and resolution details all blend...

Once the mediator and a date for mediation have been selected, the question then is how best to prepare for...

Things are often not what they seem in conflict. We tend to confuse “our side of the story” with “the...

If you’ve heard about mediators you have probably been told that they do not have biases. According to Dictionary.com a...

For Supreme Court watchers, here's my article on Duke v. Wal-Mart over at the She Negotiates ForbesWoman blog, Wal-Mart Discrimination...

An increasing number of states are now using forms of mediation for purposes of processing consumer restitution requests and complaints....

Another news day. Another day of partisan wrangling that equates to tribalism. News reports of the Republican effort in the...

From the Mediation Matters Blog of Steve Mehta.Recently I gave a lecture about social media and suggested that people need...

This is the complete interview by Robert Benjamin with Albie Davis, a pioneering community mediation leader, filmed as part of...

From the Blog of Phyllis G. Pollack. Each year, the Southern California Mediation Association (SCMA) presents its Cloke-Millen Award also...

**Author’s Warning: This article is lengthy, over 1,600 words total. It’s intended to thoroughly outline NAFCM’s rationale in supporting Mediate.com’s...

PRESS RELEASE: August 24, 2010 Eugene, OR USA Mesa, AZ USA NAFCM and Mediate.com Announce Agreement to Bring Community Mediation...

Linda Singer shares her thoughts on why mediation is not as popular a service and field as it should be:...

Glenn Sigurdson believes mediation is a field. He says mediators build processes for problems not the other way around which...

This is the complete interview by Robert Benjamin with Terry Wheeler, former President of the Association for Conflict Resolution, filmed...

The San Francisco Police Department's Chief of Police, George Gascon, recently met with the local Community Board to praise their...

The most widely used mediation model places an emphasis on helping people find common ground. His model is different. Transformative...

Randy Lowry describes the growth and integration of mediation and negotiation into the court system to where judges want to...

David Hoffman emphasizes the need for more racial/ethnic diversity in the field in order to have the widest reach, broadening...

Larry Susskind speaks of the importance of being transparent and honest with participants and the elected officials in a public...

Linda Singer explains that the most critical element of her mediation approach is having patience. This tends to be difficult...

See all DVD Previews at www.mediate.com/Previews. Access all Nina Meierding videos here.This is a preview of "Cultural & Gender Issues...

Appeared in CONFLICT RESOLUTION QUARTERLY, vol. 27, no. 1, Fall 2009 © Wiley Periodicals, Inc. and the Association for Conflict...

From John Folk-Williams's blog Cross Collaborate Increasingly, leaders and managers are looking to collaborative methods for dealing with contentious policy...

Jay Folberg describes his start in the field, which came from himself and others trying to resolve conflicts and divorces between people...

Howard Bellman describes his early days mediating strikes in Wisconsin. He felt he was providing an important service for the...

Often when I speak about conflict and dispute resolution I mention three words that I consider to be my mantra...

First published in Oregon Mediation Association Newsletter, Spring 2009.The other day I was having breakfast and was about to open...