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Optimizing Mediation: Working with Participants’ Resource States

Table of Contents Next Working with Participants’ Resource States Question: How do mediation participants come to us? At their best? Optimization in mediation ultimately grows out of participants’ goals for their futures. A central question for participants is: “What do you want your mediation agreement to create and accomplish for you in your life?” In…

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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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