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Time for a National Mediation Policy Act!
Please join Mediate.com in our efforts to set America on a healing and optimizing path with the passage of the National Mediation Policy Act. This Act declares a national policy favoring capable mediation over disputes being litigated or remaining unresolved.
The Family Mediation Process – Step by Step Guide
Family mediation is becoming increasingly popular for families in the UK to help resolve conflict and reach agreements surrounding children or finances or in some circumstances, both.
Preparing for Mediation: Six Need-to-Knows for UK clients
Christopher Reeves explains the process, the potential benefits – and how construction companies should prepare for a mediation.
5 Key Questions to Ask About Family Mediation
For separating couples looking for an alternative to court proceedings, mediation can be hugely helpful in finding resolutions to the most contentious issues.
Name Your Anger
Disagreements often start when someone doesn’t want to discuss something or take a necessary action, and someone else accuses that person of avoiding.
Interview with David J. Smith - The Future of Mediation
This is an interview by Mediate.com Managing Editor, Dr. Clare Fowler, with David J. Smith, author of Peace Jobs: A Student’s Guide to Starting a Career Working for Peace, on career opportunities for those wanting to break into the dispute resolution field.
New Zealand Family Justice Puts Children First
The people of New Zealand can be confident that children and families are at the front of the minds of an independent panel on family justice based on the panel's first report released last month.
Should Therapists Mediate? -- A Look at UK therapists
Mediators come from a number of professional backgrounds, but lawyers and therapists are seemingly the most highly represented within their ranks.
Preparing Clients for Mediation: a quick communications course before the first meeting
In that couple-week wait from scheduling to the first meeting, could be a ripe and highly motivated time for Mediation clients to tune up on skillful communications.
Conflict Resolution is a Change Process, But What is Changing?: The Neural Reality of Conflict Experience
A conflict resolution process is a change process.
Mediation in Ayodhya Dispute: Possibilities for Collaborative Resolution
This article discusses the importance of Judicial Mandate for Ayodhya Mediation.
Dr. Joshua Weiss shares his TED talk on The Wired Negotiator
Dr. Joshua Weiss shares his TED talk on The Wired Negotiator.
Mediator Hostility is Effective?!
What follows is confusing and disorienting . . . and a little disturbing.
The 5 Pillars of Conversational Intelligence
Preventing conflict is better than a cure!
Caseload Manager Helps Ombuds Offices Meet Best Practice Standards
Ombuds offices have elevated and unique needs for managing personal and case information and for meeting International Ombudsman Association (IOA) best practice standards.
New Comparative Data on Mediator Directory Websites
According to brand new 3/31/2019 data from Alexa.com, Mediate.com is most visited and most linked mediator directory website, by far!
What Does Good Mediation Look Like?
A consumer’s eye-view of good mediation.
New Interview with Bruce Edwards - The Future of Mediation and Negotiation in Our Culture, Politics and Society
This is a new interview of Bruce Edwards by Mediate.com Managing Editor Clare Fowler as part of Mediate.com's interview series: "The Future of Mediation and Negotiation in Our Culture, Politics and Society." Bruce discusses growth in the field of mediation generally and the growth of mediation in India specifically.
Construction Dispute Prevention and Mediation
In this short article, I will discuss a common dispute that I experience as a neutral mediator assigned to resolve the dispute, which is the disagreement between the contractor and client over the project.
Time to Think About Jurisdiction and Look to Scotland
It should be remembered that Scotland has so much genuine quality to offer this market with the business, revenue, employment and other benefits which it can bring to the economy of Scotland as a leading service provider.
Mediate.com Recognized as a Top Attorney Directory!
Now entering our 24th year, Mediate.com is recognized as a Top Law Firm Directory for SEO! Mediate.com is the 8th ranked lawyer directory. No other mediation or ADR directory is listed in the top 100!
Name Your Anger
Disagreements often start when someone doesn’t want to discuss something or take a necessary action, and someone else accuses that person of avoiding.
The Fault Lines of the Contemporary Political Divide - Part 3
This article by Milan Slama and Ken Rasmussen is the second part to discuss the current political divide.
Core Negotiation Skills: Tools for Resolving Complex Political Disputes and Other Seemingly Intractable Disputes
The attempted negotiation concerning the government shutdown and border security is viewed by many as a tragedy of historic proportion, serving up examples of hubris, ignorance of established negotiation practices, and brinksmanship.
The Fault Lines of the Contemporary Political Divide - Part 2
This article by Ken Rasmussen and Milan Slama is the second part to discuss the current political divide.
Companies Need You!
Workplace mediation disputes are increasing and changing. To be prepared for this growing field, mediators should look at what skills they will need.
Wanted: Diverse Divorce Practitioners. Why Diversity is Good for All of Us
Couples from all backgrounds can benefit from help from diverse family law practitioners.
Control Emotions Better by Labeling Them
When we want to control emotions better in the midst of a difficult conversation, we may try to ignore the unwelcome emotion or try the opposite, indulge it.
Pew Charitable Trusts Calls for Standardization of US Court ODR Programs
The Pew Charitable Trusts (“Pew”) has reportedly issued a call for the establishment of a national body to standardize online dispute resolution (“ODR”) procedures in civil courts across the United States.
New Interview with Jeff Krivis - The Future of Mediation and Negotiation in Our Culture, Politics and Society
New interview with mediation leader and author Jeff Krivis by Robert Benjamin as part of Mediate's new "The Future of Mediation and Negotiation in Our Culture, Politics and Society" video series.
Ten Things Government Should Do to Make Mediation Effective in India
As a young republic, India and Indians have stepped up to the challenge and have successfully come within sniffing distance of setting up all the essential and necessary infrastructure that one has accustomed to associate with a modern, economic superpower of the 21st century.