Integrating Mediator Skills Into Public Policy Disputes

Topics explored include: A) How can a mediator help polarized stakeholders in a non-legal setting navigate the political intersection of logic and emotion? B) When is a mediator better suited than a facilitator for pre-judicial, upstream disputes? C) How do you mediate when everyone is watching? D) Practical tools to open the “black boxes” technical experts bring to the table. E) Can elected officials be “managed” in a public process? F) Expanding your practice to pre-litigation matters. G) Practical nuts and bolts impasse-breaking tools.