Category: Community

Since the early 1970s, two dimensions of the TKI have been used to plot the five conflict modes: Assertiveness and Cooperativeness (my...

I’d like to share some of the work I’ve done with applying the TKI in groups in order to improve conflict-handling behavior...

2022 APFM Conference Workshop Takeaway Tool, with Kimberly Cavanaugh, Dan Berstein, Alice Shikina, Nicole, and Beth Aarons PROTECT MENTAL HEALTH...

Being a facilitative mediator and mediator trainer has exposed me to intense situations and forced me to rethink my Christian...

University of California, Davis, Professor Donna Shestowsky and I recently had the pleasure of conducting the first neutral evaluation of any family...

The Marvin E. Johnson Diversity and Equity Award was established as a tribute to Marvin Johnson, a long-time SPIDR and...

The New York Times published a fascinating account of the plea bargaining of Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization CFO.  This was...

In May 2019, I posted a blog about a plaintiff who challenged a parking ticket on the grounds that chalking her tires...

The culture of a family, community, or organization partially determines whether a given conflict mode (particularly collaborating) can be used...

This article is part of a series of perspectives on eviction mediation program development that is being supported by the American Arbitration...

Victor Herbert died at home in Berkeley on June 26, aged 96. Herbert helped establish Berkeley Dispute Resolution Service in...

In this episode of The Tipping Point Podcast, Laura interviews Rob Fersh and Monika Glowacki of the Convergence Center for...

Many of us cannot count the number of times we have looked at the day’s news, been saddened, discouraged and...

"Resolution through Mediation for Community Mental Health." Please consider joining us to hear more about this and many other mental...

The Book Review How do mediators do what they do?  How do you approach conflict, and what can you do...

'America’s Peacemakers: The Community Relations Service and Civil Rights' is authored by Bertram Levine and Grande Lum America’s Peacemakers is...

To cover pickleball news these days, it helps to pay attention to what’s going on in local government chambers, community...

As you likely know, when we use the metaphor – an elephant in the room – we mean there’s an...

According to Harvard’s Joint Center on Housing Studies, rental housing is home to more than a third of American households.[1]...

I’m publishing this newsletter series to discuss the nuances of the four timeless topics for people and organizations: conflict, change,...

Even though the collaborating mode sounds ideal to most people, it can only be used successfully under the right conditions....

A chance encounter In 2014 Greg Pollock was attending a conference in the USA when he met a person he...

Encourage Early-Stage Mediation to Build Your Practice and Help Families. For those attorneys who thrive only when they are enmeshed...

Pensions have almost become a benefit of the past, having been replaced by 401(k) plans.  However, they still exist for...

People often ask me to clarify collaborating and compromising, especially since these two modes involve both people getting their needs...

More than two years since COVID-19 first broke out stateside, the U.S. housing sector remains in a state of flux. Various...

Even if you choose to avoid for the right reasons, does it make a difference what you actually say to...

Sometimes, the relationships in our lives can become toxic over time. Whether it’s in the relationships we hold with our...

Mediation is not a new concept in the Kenyan culture.  It was traditionally used to settle disputes.  It was used...

How a Mediation highlighted the Joys of Human Interaction We’ve had over two years of virtual mediations, arbitrations and court...