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Five Steps Divorced Parents Can Take to Cool Down Holiday Conflict author.

Five Steps Divorced Parents Can Take to Cool Down Holiday Conflict

We all have idealized images of the holiday season–perfect gifts and the warm glow of togetherness. But the gap between...

By Lorraine Segal
ICODR Podcast 26: Janet Martinez, Senior Lecturer – Emeritus and retired Director author.

ICODR Podcast 26: Janet Martinez, Senior Lecturer – Emeritus and retired Director

In this episode, Ian chats with Janet Martinez, Senior Lecturer - Emeritus and retired Director of the Martin Daniel Gould Center...

By Janet Martinez, Ian MacDuff
Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Interview with Chuck Crumpton author.

Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Interview with Chuck Crumpton

Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Video Conversation Project Chuck Crumpton founded Crumpton Collaborative Solutions in 2014 and concentrates on mediation...

By Charles Crumpton, Michael Lang
Ken Cloke – Mediate.com Great Reads Book Club author.

Ken Cloke – Mediate.com Great Reads Book Club

Ken Cloke, speaking about his upcoming book "The Magic of Mediation" interviewed by Clare Fowler as part of the Mediate.com...

By Kenneth Cloke, Clare Fowler
Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Interview with Ava Abramowitz & Kenneth Webb author.

Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Interview with Ava Abramowitz & Kenneth Webb

Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Video Conversation Project Ava and Ken apply behavioral analysis in order to understand what communication...

By Michael Lang, Ava Abramowitz, Kenneth Webb
ODR Cyberweek 2023: ThinkTech Webinar: AI and Mediation author.

ODR Cyberweek 2023: ThinkTech Webinar: AI and Mediation

From Cyberweek 2023: a webinar on AI and the future of mediation. With Dan Rainey, Ayelet Sela, Colin Rule, and...

By Colin Rule, Ayelet Sela, Daniel Rainey, Charles Crumpton
Conflict Tipping Podcast 28: Supporting mental health in conflict with Dr Nawaraj Upadhaya author.

Conflict Tipping Podcast 28: Supporting mental health in conflict with Dr Nawaraj Upadhaya

Strengthening Mental Health in Conflict Zones: A Conversation with Dr. Nawaraj Upadhaya In this episode of the Conflict Tipping Podcast,...

By Laura May
Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Interview with Michael Lang by Cinnie Noble (video) author.

Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Interview with Michael Lang by Cinnie Noble (video)

Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Video Conversation Project In a turn-around, Cinnie Noble talks with Michael, asking how he became...

By Michael Lang, Cinnie Noble
ODR Forum Montreal 2023: Keynote: Artificial Intelligence and ODR author.

ODR Forum Montreal 2023: Keynote: Artificial Intelligence and ODR

Speaker: Prof. Laurent Charlin. In this presentation, I discuss the field of AI with a focus on some of its recent...

By Colin Rule
ODR Forum Montreal 2023: ODR and the Courts author.

ODR Forum Montreal 2023: ODR and the Courts

Moderator : Colin Rule Speakers: Mrs. Simmi K. Sandhu, Mr. Nicolas Lozada, Prof. Michael Fang, Prof. Jeremy Barnett https://youtu.be/qx3vIfwVvGQ?si=Bc51B7RVer96OuY- Moderator...

By Colin Rule
Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Interview with Manon Schonewille author.

Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Interview with Manon Schonewille

Reflective Practice: In Their Voices Video Conversation Project Effectively training mediators requires both a thorough understanding of the knowledge and...

By Manon Schonewille, Michael Lang
Is Technology Now the ‘3rd Party’ or ‘4th Party’ in Dispute Resolution? author.

Is Technology Now the ‘3rd Party’ or ‘4th Party’ in Dispute Resolution?

Utilizing traditional “ADR” nomenclature, we, as a mediation field, commonly speak of “a 1st Party” and “a 2nd Party,” with...

By James Melamed, J.D.
ICODR Podcast Episode 25: Matt Bartlett on the regulation of emerging technologies author.

ICODR Podcast Episode 25: Matt Bartlett on the regulation of emerging technologies

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian speaks with Matt Bartlett, a doctoral student at Columbia Law School, where he...

By Ian MacDuff
The Rashomon Effect and Conflict author.

The Rashomon Effect and Conflict

What is the Rashomon Effect? And how can it help with Conflict? In my twenties, I got hooked on old...

By Lorraine Segal
New ‘Top Shelf’ Workplace Mediation Training Now Available Online! author.

New ‘Top Shelf’ Workplace Mediation Training Now Available Online!

Unlock the power of effective communication in the workplace with Mediate.com's comprehensive 2023 Workplace Mediation Course, "Connecting Employees, Departments, and...

By Clare Fowler
Richard Susskind | Keynote @ ODR Forum 2023 author.

Richard Susskind | Keynote @ ODR Forum 2023

This is the Plenary Presentation by Richard Susskind to the ODR 2023 Forum in India. https://youtu.be/oJsQLh_6FDE?si=ey-IAgSUzJUBh56A

By Richard Susskind
What Our Inner Conflict Tells Us About How We Mediate author.

What Our Inner Conflict Tells Us About How We Mediate

Conflict analysis is often taught to be an outward-looking process.  In a mediation, the mediator attempts to objectively analyze a...

By Aaron Leakey, Nur Masoumzadeh
To Disagree Better, We Need to Improve our Conflict Competence author.

To Disagree Better, We Need to Improve our Conflict Competence

Every year I train hundreds of professionals and university students on what I call “conflict competence,” or how to accept,...

By Danya Rumore
ICODR Podcast 24: Dr. Fahimeh Abedi on law and artificial intelligence author.

ICODR Podcast 24: Dr. Fahimeh Abedi on law and artificial intelligence

In this episode of the ICODR podcast, Ian speaks with Dr. Fahimeh Abedi, Research Fellow at the Centre for AI...

By Ian MacDuff
Conflict Tipping Podcast 26: Protecting People Over Tech Platforms with Anne Ikiara of Digital Action author.

Conflict Tipping Podcast 26: Protecting People Over Tech Platforms with Anne Ikiara of Digital Action

In this episode, Laura engages in a riveting conversation with Anne Ikiara, the Executive Director of the nonprofit Digital Action....

By Laura May
Dancing with Disagreement author.

Dancing with Disagreement

A person does not have to be particularly gifted to be able to make disagreements worse. On the other hand,...

By John Potter
The Future of Online Mediation with Jim Melamed and Colin Rule author.

The Future of Online Mediation with Jim Melamed and Colin Rule

Colin Rule interviews Jim Melamed at Cyberweek 2021 -- Nov 1, 2021 Jim and Colin review changes that have taken...

By James Melamed, J.D., Colin Rule
Scapegoating and other fallacious fun author.

Scapegoating and other fallacious fun

Mediators are well acquainted with parties blaming one another for problems.  Scapegoating in particular can get in the way of...

By Laura May
Conflict Junkies author.

Conflict Junkies

There are many causes of constructive and destructive conflict, and we try to engage in conflict in meaningful ways. There...

By John Potter
Conflict Tipping Podcast 24: Getting enough sleep and time traveling author.

Conflict Tipping Podcast 24: Getting enough sleep and time traveling

Laura May is joined by Dr. Patricia Cernadas Curotto, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Geneva interested in compassion,...

By Laura May
14 Effective Conflict Resolution Techniques (video) author.

14 Effective Conflict Resolution Techniques (video)

Here are some effective conflict resolution techniques - because avoiding conflict isn’t always possible! Conflict is part of life -...

By Brainy Dose
Noticing Six Dispute Modes author.

Noticing Six Dispute Modes

Noticing the Dispute Mode may help a neutral facilitator in monitoring for safety concerns as well as participant status during...

By James Harvey
Conflict Tipping Podcast Episode 23: When Political Parties Polarize author.

Conflict Tipping Podcast Episode 23: When Political Parties Polarize

Welcome to the Conflict Tipping podcast from Mediate.com where we explore social conflict and what to do about it. In...

By Laura May

Mediation and Mindfully Getting in the Middle: Brad Heckman at TEDx Teachers College

In this insightful talk, Brad Heckman discusses mindfulness in conflict mediation. Using poignant humor and his own hand-drawn illustrations, Heckman...

By Brad Heckman
50 Questions You Can Ask Friends and Relatives in Political Arguments author.

50 Questions You Can Ask Friends and Relatives in Political Arguments

As we head into another election season, during which we will be talking with friends and relatives we may find...

By Kenneth Cloke

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