Category: Videos

Margaret Shaw talks about the variety of approaches to mediating cases and emphasizes that each one has its pros and...

Carl Schneider shares that mediation reaches its full potential when a mediator can help to repair a torn relationship.

Peter Salem discusses why so many in the field want to define mediation. He sees it as a platform from...

Glenn Sigurdson talks about the importance of slowing down, especially at the beginning of a mediation. He calls this steering...

Jay Folberg observes the evolution of the kinds of professionals who practice in the field from when it started to the...

Roger Fisher talks about how he believes George W. Bush is too quick to make big decisions without first consulting...

Barbara McAdoo discusses that the spread of mediation is what most pleases her about the field. However, she is also...

Bill Lincoln speaks of his leadership role in training mediators in order to have a "professional standard of competency".

Richard Salem describes his time serving as an intermediary between police and the black panthers in Richmond, California.

Bill Lincoln talks about his start in international mediation and how he wanted to end the contradiction of rapid social...

Leonard Riskin describes his earlier struggle with holding back what he believed to be the answer in a conflict and...

Chip Rose talks about his extensive experience as a divorce litigator and how frustrated he became with the process mostly...

Chip Rose compares mediation with collaborative law and notes that in mediation he is able to meet with parties in...

Parties who are not clear about the purpose, value and definition of mediation may think they need a collaborative lawyer...

Lisa Parkinson describes her concern with how there is no mention of children or domestic abuse in the standards of...

Diane Neumann speaks about the importance of marketing your mediation practice to your targeted audience.

Bill Lincoln describes training members of the foreign ministry in Cuba: developing curriculum, meeting with ambassadors, teaching negotiation.

Constance Ahrons describes the result of a follow-up study she conducted on adult children from divorced parents. She found that...

James Coben gives an example of a lack of transparency and honesty when a mediator tells parties that the mediation...

Diane Neumann discusses some mediating cases involving lesbian and gay considerations.

Diane Neumann discusses where the mediation field is headed.

Lisa Parkinson discusses the benefits of the UK's model of mediation training and explains the risks of incompetent family mediators.

Gail Bingham discusses her thoughts on how mediation can play a larger part in the implementation phase of an agreement.

Lisa Parkinson describes how a team of mediation trainers can be more beneficial than just one trainer. Benefits include the...

Chris Moore shares his opinion on how world conflict has gone down in some arenas, but in others it has...

Chris Moore describes the role of a mediator: instead of advocating for the conflicting parties to have a better relationship,...

Chris Moore's account of CDR's work in South Africa during the apartheid and anti-apartheid movement. Moore describes working with employers...

Marilyn McKnight discusses her background in social work and how it has affected her work as a mediator.

Carrie Menkel-Meadow teaches negotiation highlighting four different models and she believes that it is important to teach all four models.

Marilyn McKnight discusses how mediators have approached the topic of certification.