Category: Training

Zena Zumeta explains that although she practices mediation in many different dispute contexts, she thinks there is an advantage of...

Larry Fong explains that a certification process makes it easier to discern incompetence rather than competence. Competence is a higher...

Michelle LeBaron talks about three things she does differently in mediation trainings she conducts: not role-playing, deepening capacities instead of...

Andrew Schepard talks about why he believes mediation has not taken off in the private sector. Firstly, he believes the...

Conflict Resolution is now recognized as a profession, having processes such as mediation, arbitration, restorative justice and conflict analysis as...

Terry Wheeler describes a court program where attorneys receive mediation training for a week. He shares his concern that most...

Greetings to regular readers, new visitors, and to the members of the Mediation Works Executive Mediation Training, with whom I...

Terry Wheeler explains how he doesn't see the field of conflict resolution as ever developing licenses to practice, but does...

As I deliver mediation training, it is fascinating to see a new group come to grips with its nuances. People,...

Joe Stulberg describes some teachable mediation skills - creating the physical environment and initiating discussion, identifying mediation vs. non-mediation issues,...

Regular readers know that for some time now I have not supported the movement favoring formal licensing or credentialing for...

Joan Kelly describes that her research on divorce and the effects it had on families made her want to become...

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

As I was getting ready for the start of the mediation training I was teaching, one of the participants, just...

After how much training can you call yourself a mediator? Diane Levin, who facilitated the latest episode of our new...

Helping law students master the skills necessary to mediate civil harassment cases last week put me in mind of two...

A few years ago, I and my Woodbury College faculty colleagues Susanne Terry and Alice Estey published an article on...

Tom Stipanowich explains his hope of training law students to be more thoughtful negotiatiors and ultimately, changing the way the...

See all DVD Previews at www.mediate.com/Previews.This is a video preview of "Get Busy, Get Paid! - How To Develop A...

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

Both of these images come from Improving Corporate Negotiation Performance, a Benchmark Study of the World's Largest Organizations (.pdf) I've...

What makes Deepak Malhotra’s and Max H. Bazerman’s 2007 Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at...

John Paul Lederach discusses how neutrality is a myth. The essential factor in building a relationship with parties (in his...

Arthur Pearlstein describes the Masters program at the Warner Institute and emphasizes how it was formed to fit the marketplace...

Michael Lang tells of when he first thought of mediation as a force for changing the way society looked at...

See all Course Previews at www.MediateUniversity.com. This is a preview to "Mediating Divorce Agreement," a 15 hour divorce mediation curriculum...

Ken Cloke talks about a training method he uses that makes mediators aware that they are no different than the...

Juliana Birkhoff explains mediators' mental process when they're in the room and says that the type of knowledge processing that...

Bill Lincoln talks about creating the capacity in the parties in order that they are equipped with the tools needed...

Diane Neumann discusses impartiality and neutrality in mediation.