New at Mediate.com
Building Leadership in Companies Through Transformational Mediation
A workplace that provides meaning and a sense of self-worth to its employees and equips them with skills to handle positively the challenges that exist when there are differences and disagreements, nurtures a leader fulfilling the mission and vision of the organization.
What To Do When Parties Attribute Bad Faith Motives To Each Other
Nearly all mediations involve parties that view the same facts in a very different light. But in a great many mediations, the parties go further.
Update on Remote Mediations and the Virtual Evolution of ADR
During past eight months, due to the coronavirus pandemic, mediators, lawyers and clients have experienced something once inconceivable: Almost all mediations have been conducted remotely.
Mediate.com Announces Task Force to Support Online Mediation Training
Jim Melamed, Board Chair of Mediate.com, is pleased to announce the establishment of a blue-ribbon Online Mediation Training Task Force, to be headed by Forrest R. (Woody) Mosten, to make recommendations on best practices and possibilities for both generally training mediators online and training mediators to perform online mediation.
What Is E-Mediation?
The internet has become an indispensable business resource as more companies rely on online tools.
Group Decision-Making on Complex Public Issues: An experiment with structure.
This article is a comparison of two facilitation approaches to group decision-making.
Mediation In Greece
This article discusses mediation in Greece, how the “Journey” started and the current situation.
An Academic Journal on Hispanic America Online Dispute Resolution
The inaugural ODR journal: Opening Ways of Knowledge for Hispano America.
Married Mediators: Kim Kovach and Eric Galton
An interview with Kim Kovach and Eric Galton about mediation, being married to a mediator, and the future of mediation. Recorded and shared as part of the Mediation 20/20 Conference.
Una Revista Academia Sobre ODR
Abriendo Caminos de Conocimiento para LatinoAmerica
Mediators Green Pledge
Promoting the Mediators Green Pledge is now the purpose of a new WoMACC site. It seems to be one way to commit to our future. I invite you to sign up to the Green Pledge and to promote it to those you know and work with.
Mediation 20/20 Conference - Day 3 Video
Mediation 20/20 Complete Day 3 Video: (1) Envisioning Mediation for a New Generation - Where Should We Go? Technology and New Generational Expectations; and (2) Moving Forward - How Do We Get There?
Because Mediators Deserve a Personality Test Too
This is a personality test, just for those in the dispute resolution field. Because mediators deserve a personality test too.
Mediation in Dollars and Sense
Conflicts impose many concealed costs in businesses, which can compound over time and damage an organization’s bottom line. While a manager or business leader may be uninterested in the good feelings that mediation can generate, they should care about mediation as a highly effective tool for improving their organization’s conflict resolution structure - and balance sheet.
Mediating Conflict in the Time of Covid-19
This article addresses internal and external skills for mediators to use during this time of Covid-19, to raise awareness of internal biases, and shift those biases in order to skillfully mediate for our clients.
Envisioning Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) for Internet Service Provider Outages
Before the pandemic, losing your internet connectivity was frustrating; now, losing connectivity can truly be detrimental to your health and safety. This article proposes a new model for redress where independent ombudspersons help consumers get fair redress for lost connections, enabling equitable outcomes and leveling the playing field.
Getting the Most from Mediate.com
This PDF presentation from Mediate.com CEO Colin Rule reviews available Mediate content, resources, and services to help you develop and promote your mediation services.
Mediation 20/20 Conference - Day 2 Video
Mediation 20/20 Day 2 Video: The current state of the field: obstacles and opportunities.
Married Mediators: Joan Goldsmith and Ken Cloke
An interview with Joan Goldsmith and Ken Cloke about mediation, being married to a mediator, and the future of mediation. Recorded and shared as part of the Mediation 20/20 Conference.
Creating Accessible Mediation
This paper summarizes legal and ethical reasons for accessible meditations and provides a summary of how to accomplish this goal.
Mediation: A Peacemaking and Peacekeeping Tool in International Relations
International mediation has become one of the most significant methods of managing cross-border conflicts. In this article, the authors have traced the emergence of mediation in international relations over the years.
Mediated Settlement Agreements in India - To Enforce or Not ?
Article 30 of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration encourages resolution of disputes through a settlement between parties by way of mediation.
Video: Mediate.com: The First 25 Years
This video, developed by new Mediate.com CEO, Colin Rule, recounts the founding of Mediate.com, now more than 25 years ago by John Helie and Jim Melamed.
Mediation 20/20 Conference - Day 1 Video
Mediation 20/20 Complete Day 1 Video - What Have We Achieved? How Did We Get Where We Are? Welcome and Celebration with Jim Melamed and John Helie plus panel.
Top 10 Tips for a Successful Employment Mediation
Since a very high percentage of employment claims are resolved through mediation, skilled advocates should work with their clients to carefully plan and make strategic moves throughout the early, middle and late phases of the mediation process to achieve successful results and durable settlement agreements.
ODR in India: Opportunity, Challenges, and the Obvious
This article will provide a brief overview of the current status of Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) in India by examining the opportunity and challenges the ODR brings and faces receptively in India.
Stanley Leonard Rodbell - 1934 - 2020
Stanley Leonard Rodbell, 86, of Columbia, Maryland, died July 29, 2020. During the latter 30 years of his career, he turned his attention to social work and counseling, providing mediation services, concentrating on divorce mediation.
Mediate.com Survey: Analyzing the Field
Mediate.com asked 300 dispute resolution professionals 7 questions about the field. Initial results are here.
Mediation: Movement, Business, or Racket?
"Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” Will mediation fall into this trap?
Conflict and Culture
How we engage in conflict and resolve disputes depends on a range of factors.