Negotiation and Mediation Training Services

       Nina Meierding MS, JD 

Nina Meierding, a national leader in the field of conflict resolution, has been providing training and mediation services for over twenty-seven years. She was the Director and Senior Mediator at the Mediation Center in Ventura, California from 1985-2007 where she mediated over 4,000 disputes. She is now a full-time trainer (Negotiation and Mediation Training Services) and professor. She has taught at Pepperdine University for over 20 years, Southern Methodist University for over 12 years and Lipscomb University for over 5 years.  She is the mediation consultant and trainer for the Wisconsin Special Education Mediation System (WSEMS). 

She is a former president of the Academy of Family Mediators and served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Conflict Resolution, the Council for Distinguished Advisors at Pepperdine University, the Advisory Board at Southern Methodist University, the Board of Directors of the Southern California Mediation Association and many other organizations.  In 2005, she was awarded the John Haynes Distinguished Mediator Award, which is an international award given annually by the Association for Conflict Resolution.

Nina provides customized training to businesses, courts, school districts, city, county, and federal governmental agencies, medical centers, corporations, non profit groups and universities throughout the United States and abroad. She has provided training in Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, the Netherlands, India and Sweden.

(See "About Nina" for further biographical information)                  

 Nina offers the following Training Opportunities

Negotiation and Advanced Negotiation

Gender and Cross Cultural Issues

Corporate & Organizational Conflict Resolution

Mediation Advocacy

Collaborative Law Training

Mediation Training - including approved 40 hour family and divorce programs, as well as advanced training in the following areas: family, civil, special education, organizational conflict and labor.

Trainings are customized to meet an organization's or agency's unique needs. Nina will work closely with you to tailor a specific program that qualifies for statutory requirements for state trainings for court programs or for the unique needs of your corporation.

See Nina's 6 DVD Set:
Cultural & Gender Issues in Negotiation & Mediation

Click here to see video of Nina receiving 2005 John Haynes Distinguished Mediator Award from the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR).

Please see our negotiation training and  mediation training pages for additional information (including the training calendar) and do not hesitate to use the contact page or email Nina at nina@meierding.com so that she may respond to you directly with regards to customizing a training program to meet your needs.