Being a Mediator

• Science and Art
• Develop Your Tool Box
• Meet Parties Where They Are
• Balance Structure and Responsiveness
• Interdisciplinary
• Impartiality, Neutrality and Balance
• The "Right Way"
• Roles of the Mediator (manual)
• Benefits of Mediation (manual)

MEDIATION CULTURES

Comparing Divorce and Civil Mediation

• Agenda Setting
• Use of Caucus
• Overall Structure
• Attorneys
• Physical Setting
• Recommendations

Decision to Caucus

• the price you pay
• strategic, not automatic
• reasons to caucus
• confidentiality understanding
• homework

Subject Matter Expertise / Offering an Opinion

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Online Training Manual

Being a Mediator
Science and Art
Roles of the Mediator
Benefits of Mediation
Mediation Cultures
Caucusing
Subject-Matter Expertise