ABSTRACT: Mediation is the facilitation of negotiation. Subsequent to this author's basic mediation training supplemental work was taken in divorce mediation, workplace violence, small claims applications, and civil harassment. But nowhere in all this was negotiation explained. Fortunately negotiation is explained in several mediation texts, Moore (2003), McCorkle (2005), Bush & Folger (2005). Based on these texts and this author's experience, several aspects of negotiation are discussed along with how they might be of use to the practicing mediator.
