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Paths Forward for Online Mediation: Final Report of Online Mediation Training Task Force - Introduction

(9/24/21)Jim Melamed, Forrest (Woody) Mosten

Mediate.com’s Online Mediation Training Task Force here presents our Final Report and Recommendations, along with our Committee recommendations and resources, with humility, knowing that the ideas contained herein are intended to stimulate additional and continuing consideration, discussion and research.

Paths Forward for Online Mediation - 8 Primary Recommendations

(9/24/21)Jim Melamed, Forrest (Woody) Mosten

In addition to the many Committee Recommendations, the Task Force’s Executive Committee offers these 8 Primary Task Force Recommendations to support the field of mediation fully embracing online mediation and online mediation training:

Paths Forward for Online Mediation - Index of Resources

(9/24/21)Clare Fowler, Colin Rule

This index of resources is intended to assist readers to conveniently identify and access specific portions of the Mediate.com Online Mediation Task Force Report that are of the greatest interest.

Paths Forward for Online Mediation - Committee Reports, Recommendations & Resources

(9/23/21)Forrest (Woody) Mosten, Jim Melamed

Here are Committee Reports, Recommendations and Resources from the Mediate.com Online Mediation Task Force Final Report.

Register for Free Sept. 24 Forum on Final Report of Online Mediation Task Force

(9/22/21)Jim Melamed, Forrest (Woody) Mosten

The Mediate.com Online Mediation Task Force is holding a free Forum on Friday, September 24 to review the Task Force's Final Online Mediation Report, Recommendations and Resources. Space is limited, so register early!

SHOVEL 5 - Whose Fear is it Anyway

(9/22/21)Paul Rajkowski

Somewhere along the mediation trail, process change appeared. This change became a big drift from traditional mediation and led to the shuttle system.

Mediate.com Adopts Online Mediation Practice and Ethical Standards

(9/21/21)Colin Rule, Jim Melamed

One of the Primary Recommendations of the Mediate.com Task Force on Online Mediation is to update mediation practice and ethical standards to fully embrace online mediation. In response, Mediate.com has now formally adopted the Task Force's Recommended Practice Standards for Online Mediation effective January 1. 2022.

Why Have a Disclosure Protocol for Mediation?

(9/21/21)Daniel Rainey

I’ll describe the process we’ve used and report on the status of the Universal Disclosure Protocol for Mediation (UDPM), but first let me address the fundamental question that prompted us to begin work in the first place: why do we need a universal protocol for disclosure in mediation?

Ronald Melin Supancic - A Memorial

(9/21/21)Ron Supancic

Each breath we breathe is an invitation to live more fully, more consciously, more attentive, and more aware.

Preparing and Paying for QDROs in Divorce

(9/17/21)Mary Salisbury

The responsibilities of a plan administrator include reviewing QDROs or DROs and then distributing the funds to the non-plan participant spouse once they have approved the order--which become difficult in a separation.

Conflict in the Workplace – Mediation Can Make Your Team More Efficient

(9/17/21)Naveed Khan

Conflict in the workplace is inevitable when people with different values and opinions come together.

What Challenges Should the Proposed Mediation Act of India Address?

(9/15/21)Sneha Vardhani

Recently, the Supreme Court of India, admitting that there is ‘a dire need to enact Indian Mediation Act..’ created a Committee to draft a separate legislation for administration of mediation proceedings across the country.

The Limits of Mediation

(9/13/21)Kenneth Cloke

It is difficult to understand anything fully until we recognize its limits -- the places where it falls apart, or miraculously comes together -- where it begins and ends, or transforms into something entirely different.

High-Tech Dispute Resolution

(9/13/21)Beth Graham

In this scholarly work, the authors examine the intersection of online dispute resolution and psychology.

Negotiation Tactics: How They Work and How to Protect Yourself and Your Client from Them

(9/13/21)Antoinette Raheem

Why talk about negotiation tactics, manipulative moves designed to slant an outcome in one side’s favor more than the other, based on “tricks” or gamesmanship versus merit?

Yes and No are Powerful Words

(9/10/21)Sarah Peyton

Yes and No are powerful words. What impact does saying each of them have on your body and nervous system?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964: The Right to Bilingual Mediation

(9/08/21)Patrick Mastronardo

Providing Florida LEP Individuals Meaningful Access to Mediation: Bilingual Mediator Guidance on Standards of Conduct.

Eating Our Words

(9/07/21)Cinnie Noble

Adlai Stevenson once said, “Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.”

How Do You Define “Ethics?”

(9/07/21)Phyllis Pollack

"For centuries, we have shared common expectations of how we behave ethically in society, based largely on a mutual understanding of the reality in which our decisions play out. These underlying expectations have come to be guided by three pillars."

To Solve a Problem at Work–Ask; Don’t Assume

(9/07/21)Lorraine Segal

When you ask and don’t assume you already know the answers, you’re likely to find better solutions to workplace problems.

Who Wears the Pants in Your Family?

(9/07/21)Joy Rosenthal

So much has changed! When I was growing up, the expectation for middle-class marriages (which were always between women and men) was that it was the man’s job to earn enough money to support the family, and it was the woman’s job was to have children and to contribute to the economy by spending money.