From John Folk-Williams's blog Cross Collaborate Many who spend their time trying to find agreement among adversaries have long been...
By John Folk-WilliamsDiane Neumann discusses one of her strengths as being able to engage clients who are controlling and see the positive...
By Diane NeumannDiane Neumann discusses impartiality and neutrality in mediation.
By Diane NeumannMaxine Baker-Jackson shares her difficulty in understanding why minorities may not be more active in the mediation field and other...
By Maxine Baker-JacksonFrom John Folk-Williams's blog Cross Collaborate Over the last few years, concepts like collaboration, the wisdom of crowds and collaborative...
By John Folk-WilliamsMarilyn McKnight shares how mediators need to be pro-active about certain issues, such as pushing legislation and proving that domestic...
By Marilyn McKnightFrom Larry Susskind's blog on the Consensus Building Approach There's a lot of confusion about the best way to respond...
By Larry SusskindFrom John Folk-Williams's blog Cross Collaborate What is mediator power and how does it operate in collaborative governance and public...
By John Folk-WilliamsFrom Larry Susskind's blog on the Consensus Building Approach Imagine you are one of the members of Congress running a...
By Larry SusskindBill Lincoln explains how he doesn't see mediators as being neutral, but sees them as having a duty to facilitate...
By Bill LincolnChip Rose says he jumped into the practice of mediation in about two weeks. When he heard about mediation it...
By Chip RoseFrom Larry Susskind's blog on the Consensus Building Approach I was thinking about the reds and the blues. You'd think...
By Larry SusskindThis is the first installment of a periodic series of posts highlighting sources of information and insight about collaborative public...
By John Folk-WilliamsMarilyn McKnight discusses the mediator certification process and why she supports it as a positive thing for the mediation field.
By Marilyn McKnightFrom John Folk-Williams's blog Cross Collaborate I want to pick up the theme of the last post in this series...
By John Folk-WilliamsMichael Lang talks about his concern with how the certification process is lacking in the ability to assess - in...
By Michael Lang“What happened between a Harvard professor and a street cop from Cambridge was a Testosterone laden confrontation fueled by ego...
By Christopher C. CooperFrom John Folk-Williams's blog Cross Collaborate In an earlier post, I suggested that resolution of public policy conflict by collaborative...
By John Folk-WilliamsHoward Gadlin speaks of the motivation that scientists have in getting conflicts resolved, as they need a fully functional and...
By Howard GadlinHoward Gadlin talks about training: from an academic's bias (admittedly) he believes training should be "grounded more in solid theoretical...
By Howard GadlinFrom John Folk-Williams's blog Cross Collaborate Reaching collaborative agreements is complicated and requires the favorable convergence of many factors, among...
By John Folk-WilliamsRandy Lowry talks about why he got into and stayed in mediation: enjoys teaching, relates to a sense of faith,...
By L. Randolph LowryFrom Larry Susskind's blog on the Consensus Building Approach At a recent Burlington, Vermont meeting hosted by Robert Costanza (the...
By Larry SusskindMichelle LeBaron shares that mormon communities would historically handle conflicts by following the admonitions of the priesthood.
By Michelle LeBaronSid Lezak describes how he started practicing mediation without being conscious of it. As a US Attorney, he acted as...
By Sid LezakFirst published in Oregon Mediation Association Newsletter, Spring 2009.The other day I was having breakfast and was about to open...
By Grace Eagle ReedMaxine Baker-Jackson talks about the challenge of being an intermediary and preventing escalation by being non-bias and non-partial.
By Maxine Baker-JacksonFrom Larry Susskind's blog on the Consensus Building Approach Think about it from their perspective. Assume you are part of...
By Larry SusskindI do my best to stay on top of the phenomenon and evolution of mediation. How is mediation growing and...
By James Melamed, J.D.Barbara McAdoo observes the little research that has compared parties' settlements and experience from mediation to parties' settlements through other...
By Barbara McAdoo