This Week in Mediation #1028 March 20, 2024 – OUR 29TH YEAR! |
| In This Issue: Ombuds and AI • Make Money Mediating Podcast: What Are You Worth? Understanding Pricing for Dispute Resolution Professionals • AAAi Podcast Episode 1 • 2024 ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference in San Diego April 10-13 • AAAi Podcast Episode 2 with AAA CIO • The Emotional ChatGPT • Compassion: A route to realism and to detecting impossible possibilities • From Social Desirability to Authenticity in Conflict Assessment • Mediation in the News • Job Postings • Events Calendar • Blogs |
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| Ombuds and AI with Colin Rule and Clare Fowler As AI is encroaching on the ombuds world, we have to ask ourselves: Are we protecting our visitor’s data? Should we incorporate certain AI tools? Which tools are safe? What are the concerns? |
| Make Money Mediating Podcast: What Are You Worth? Understanding Pricing for Dispute Resolution Professionals with Susan Guthrie In this episode of the Make Money Mediating podcast, host Susan Guthrie provides an in-depth guide on how dispute resolution professionals can set their fees. |
| AAAi Podcast Episode 1 with Bridget McCormack Welcome to the AAAi Lab Podcast, where Legally Disrupted’s Zach Abramowitz and AAA President and CEO Bridget McCormack guide you through the American Arbitration Association’s® (AAA®) pioneering journey into artificial intelligence. This monthly podcast is a platform for thought leadership within the AI, legal, and dispute resolution spheres. |
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| 2024 ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference in San Diego April 10-13 This year’s spring ABA DR conference will be held in San Diego, CA, April 10-13, 2024 and will bring together hundreds of dispute resolution leaders – including mediators, arbitrators, ombuds, attorney advocates and ADR consumers. It is four days filled with networking, educational programming to advance your career, and more. Read the full event brochure to learn more: bit.ly/3Urmzk2 and register today at ambar.org/Spring2024. |
| AAAi Podcast Episode 2 with AAA CIO with Diana Didia Bridget and Zach talk with AAA’s CIO, Diana Didia, about how AAA is leaning into AI with multiple initiatives across the organization. |
| The Emotional ChatGPT By Phyllis Pollack While emotional intelligence will promote trust and long-term partnerships, it may undermine reaching one’s goals due to the making of too many concessions. |
| Compassion: A route to realism and to detecting impossible possibilities By Alia Ismail So often, both parties to a dispute are incapable of realistically envisioning what could be tolerated or not tolerated by the opposite party. |
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| Mediation Skills Training at Northwestern University Develop the tools needed to analyze and understand conflicts from multiple perspectives and learn how mediation can ensure quick and effective resolution in a variety of situations.
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| From Social Desirability to Authenticity in Conflict Assessment By Ralph Kilmann I believe that the lasting and growing success of the TKI over the past 35-plus years is precisely because the TKI controls for social desirability and thus provides its users with an accurate assessment: a true “aha” experience. |
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| 26th Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference – March 21-22 in Seattle After 5 years, the 26th Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference is BACK! Featuring Dr. Chantel Prat, author of The Neuroscience of You, delivering our opening keynote, the conference offers a great opportunity to connect with those who’ve dedicated themselves to helping those in conflict reach resolutions. Speakers also include Nina Meierding, Ken Cloke and Alan Kirtley. The conference is March 21 & 22, at the University of Washington Law School. Register and details HERE. |
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| AFCC 61st Annual Conference, Coping with Transition: Individual, Family and Beyond, June 5-8, 2024 in Boston Join AFCC in Boston for the 61st Annual Conference, Coping with Transition: Individual, Family and Beyond. The conference will examine how family law professionals assist families in a variety of transitions: from an intact family to one that lives in two homes; children’s transition between developmental stages; transitioning gender; or transitioning to new statutes, processes, and professional roles. Register and reserve your hotel today! |
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From Cyberweek 2023: a webinar on AI and the future of mediation. With Dan Rainey, Ayelet Sela, Colin Rule, and Chuck Crumpton https://youtu.be/u1UxyjKGTLU?si=rPv-f86qlpiCHqZR
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