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Optimizing Mediation: Baby Steps and Strategic Mediation

Table of Contents Next Baby Steps and Strategic Mediation Participants do not need to win, they are just unwilling to lose. Jim Melamed Once a participant has declared that the status quo is no longer acceptable and a conflict has been formally acknowledged, the central question becomes: How does the mediator help participants move toward—and…

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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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