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The History of Mediation and Why It Is Still in Use Today
To understand mediation, you must examine the reason behind having a mediator.
Amendments to the LCIA Mediation Rules, 2012 – Keeping Up with the Changing Times
Mediation, in general, is a more informal and less widely used procedure than arbitration.
Mediate is Top Ranked Mediation Website
Mediate.com is ranked the top mediation website by Alexa in its April 14, 2021 global website rankings. In business since 1996, Mediate.com has over 25,000 searchable mediation articles, blog posts, news items and videos and hosts the most utilized mediator directory in the world.
The 2020 Tax Conundrum: Questions Facing Couples Whose Divorce is Pending
2020 has been a year of too many upsets, too many uncertainties, and too many confusions.
Shovel 3: The Big One
In getting ready to continue digging up the return of Traditional Mediation, I read Rachel Gupta’s article on this site and I am grateful to her for writing it.
Using Text Messages and Emails in Mediation, Family, or Divorce Court
A guide on best practices related to the collection and use mobile evidence and the software options available best suited to assist.
Virtual v. In-Person Hearings in a COVID World and Beyond
Prior to the pandemic, virtual hearings for labor-management arbitration and mediation were rarely used but since its start and acceleration, virtual platforms are now the dominant forums for arbitrations and mediations. Will the adoption of virtual interactions continue after the pandemic or will in-person approaches return?
The 5 Benefits of Executive Conflict For Your Business
Executive conflict provides an opportunity for leaders to pause, reflect, and grow exponentially.
20 Ways to Improve UNFCCC Meetings and Climate Change Negotiations
In preparation for the next international meeting on climate change in Glasgow in November 2021, it is important to begin thinking together, not only about outcomes, but ways of improving the process of meeting, discussing, and negotiating agreements on climate change.
Questions and Questioning within the Conversational Framework
Mediators mostly focus on differences between open-ended and pointed questions, Yet, there is much more to questioning and question-asking than that.
Top Ten Cognitive Biases and Distortions in Mediation
“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you get what you need.” The Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed, 1969
The Singapore Convention on Mediation - Where’s Europe?
International commercial mediation - what a settlement agreement can do.
Confidentiality and Protecting Client Data in an Online Environment
Protecting client confidentiality is critical, not only to protect your business’ reputation but also to adhere to strict legislation around safeguarding data.
Affect in Methods of Dispute Resolution
The paper addresses affect in its philosophical aspect, proposing a rational reflection on the individual perceptions of each party involved in a conflict, in order to analyze how this affection influences the methods of dispute resolution.
Announcing Youth Conference -- Free for Students
Mediate.com is excited to announce a youth voices conferences, focused on 6 sessions spread out over multiple time zones, sharing strategies for advancing dispute resolution around the world.
Progressive Discipline, the Misunderstood Frontier - Part 3
Given this is our third article in this series the reader is reminded in our previous article we examined the overreaction on the manager’s part to disciplining employees. The focus of this article is to examine some of the challenges associated with training the management staff and agents.
Temporary or Partial Impracticability and Frustration of Purpose and Pandemic Affected Contracts and Leases
When the circumstances giving rise to the impracticality or frustration cease to exist, then Section 269 affords a party a reasonable time to resume performance.
Practical Tips for Presumptive ADR Participants: Five Do's and Don'ts for Pre-Mediation Statements
In light of backlogs resulting from closures due to COVID-19, many courts are turning to presumptive ADR programs.
ADR Principles and Clergy-Congregation Relations
It is likely that a large majority of clergy who serve congregations are hired, re-hired or terminated by the vote of the individual congregation.
For Ombuds Moving Online
Software should be smart enough to support you and not be a time-suck. That is why we call it a platform and not a canyon.
Mediate.com Announces 5 Online Mediation Training Forums
Forrest (Woody) Mosten, Task Force Chair, and Jim Melamed, Mediate.com Board Chair, invite you to participate in five (5) open Forums seeking to further Online Mediation Training. See the Forum Schedule and Register!
Caseload Manager Helps Ombuds Offices Meet Best Practice Standards
Ombuds offices have elevated and unique needs for managing personal and case information and for meeting International Ombudsman Association (IOA) best practice standards.
Evolution of the Mediation Field: Monthly Conversation Series with Field Leaders
As an ongoing Mediate.com Premium Membership benefit, Mediate is now hosting, on a monthly basis, an ongoing series of live online conversations with top mediators and conflict resolvers from around the world. Here is detailed description of the first 9 live conversations.
Announcing the Launch of the New and Improved Arbitrate.com
After many months of work, we are very proud to announce the launch of a new Arbitrate.com site, sporting a sleek design and a powerful set of updated features and capabilities. Please consider joining Arbitrate.com and sign up for our free Arbitration Today newsletter.
Insurrection, Demagoguery, and the Mediation of Political Conflicts
Following the “insurrection,” “putsch,” or “attempted coup” in Washington D.C., on January 6, 2021, and the subsequent acquittal of President Trump on impeachment charges, we find ourselves facing extremely significant and difficult, yet very different political conflicts and challenges from those we faced before.
Why Mediation Fails
The process of mediation, the opening of how to meet the people, how to engage with them, how to listen to them, how to manage them, how to explore them, how to take them closer to the resolution and how to get to the settlement from the horse’s mouth.
Weaving Our Tapestries
The tapestry of understanding cannot be woven by one strand alone.
Mediating Workplace Sexual Harassment: The Road Less Taken
This piece on mediating workplace sexual harassment cases provides an overview of what the mediation process would entail, the advantages of mediating such cases, and a brief discussion about the Indian perspective as regards workplace sexual harassment.
Domestic Harmony For Better Future Of Our Children
I remember standing by the wall with my brothers and crying while my father was beating my mother.
Courage is a Choice
It is a choice to be courageous in family conflict, and an important one.
How Do We Tell our Friends We’re Getting a Divorce?
Recently I had a client ask me, “How do we say to our friends we’re getting a divorce?”