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Optimizing Mediation: An Interest-Based Problem-Solving Model

Table of Contents Next An Interest-Based Problem-Solving Model Once the administrative aspects of mediation have been completed, the mediator can begin guiding participants through a practical, efficient, and empowering interest-based problem-solving structure. Years ago, this structure might have lived on a flip chart; today, with so much mediation online, it often appears as a shared…

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Jim Melamed

Jim Melamed co-founded Mediate.com in 1996 along with John Helie and served as CEO of Mediate.com through June 2020 (25 years).  Jim is currently General Counsel for Mediate.com and ODR.com. During Jim's 25-year tenure, Mediate.com received the American Bar Association's 2010 Institutional Problem Solver Award.  Before Mediate.com, Jim founded The… MORE

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