This Week in Mediation #769

• New Interview with Jeff Krivis (3/09/19)
  New interview with mediation leader and author Jeff Krivis by Robert Benjamin.
  
• New Interview with Peter Salem (3/07/19)
  New interview of Peter Salem, long-time Executive Director of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC), by Robert Benjamin.
  
• New Interview with Don Saposnek (3/07/19)
  New interview with Don Saposnek, long-time leader and leading thinker in the field of divorce mediation and how to best support the interests of children in divorce, by Robert Benjamin.

• Basic 40-hr Mediation Training with Clare Fowler - 40 hours - $395
• Mediating Divorce Agreement with Jim Melamed - 15 hours - $249
• Culture and Gender Issues in Negotiation and Mediation with Nina Meierding - 7 hours - $149
• Workplace Mediation Training with Dr. Clare Fowler - 6 hours - $129
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• Conflict in the Mediator’s Backyard 
  Sarah Ater
• Community Mediation Funding 
  D.G. Mawn announces on behalf of NAFCM and JAMS
• Lost in a Conflict Story 
  Lorraine Segal

• Ohio Auditor Wants to Expand Public Records Mediation Program
  Under Ohio’s Public Records law, many local and state government records must be provided to the public, upon request. There is a mediation program in place to resolve disputes over what is and isn’t a public record. The state official in charge of that program wants to expand it.
• Ayodhya turns into security fortress as mediation panel members arrive
  Barricades have been erected to restrict movement on the road leading to the guest house where the panel members are staying. Identity of all residents has been verified and heavy police force has been deployed in the area.
• Litigants oppose Ravi Shankar on Ayodhya mediation committee
  A? Muslim litigant, too, has asked the spiritual leader to quit the panel if he fails to clear his stand on a letter in which he had purportedly suggested that Muslims should give up their claim on the disputed land.
• Egyptian mediator: Progress in talks between Israel, Hamas
  Official says tentative agreement would see Gaza rulers ‘freeze’ use of airborne incendiary devices in exchange for easing of economic restrictions.
• Gov. Ned Lamont says he fully supports foreclosure mediation program, but it could be absorbed into state’s court system
  A Lamont spokeswoman said the governor “fully supports” mediation services but noted the current caseload of 12,000 is less than half of the 27,000 when the program was created a decade ago.
• MIT Taps Prominent Mediator to Resolve Retirement Plan Suit
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced plans to take a pending class action over its retirement plan to a professional mediator. The school March 11 sought permission to pause the case so it can pursue mediation with Hunter Hughes Alternative Dispute Resolution. The mediation is scheduled for May 22.

• Bi-Lingual Case Manager - NY
• Resolution Services Director - NY
• Campus Ombuds Director - CA
• Part-Time Ombuds - WA
• Ombuds Director - WA
• Executive Director - Varies
• Ombuds and Mediation Intern - NY
• Mediator - NE
• Ombuds Internship - NY
• Mediator - Varies
• Facilitator - TX

• March 15-23 - Camarillo CA - Mediation & Negotiation Training
• March 19 - New York NY - Neuroscience in Mediation and Negotiation
• March 19 - Austin Area TX - 8 Hour Cultural Awareness & Sensitivity Training
• March 19-May 7 - Holyoke MA - 32-Hour Mass. Basic Mediation Training
• March 21-30 - Memphis TN - 46 Hour Family Mediation Training
• March 22-29 - Needham MA - Divorce Mediation Training
• March 23 - Delray Beach FL - Pro Se Divorce Mediation Workshop
• March 24-April 14 - New Brunswick NJ - 40-Hour Basic Civil Mediation Training
• March 25-28 - Ottawa ON Canada - Conflict Management Coaching Workshop
• March 25-29 - Reno NV - 40-Hour Beginning Mediation and Conflict Resolution Certificate
• March 25-29 - Atlanta GA - 40 Hour Basic Mediation Skills Course
• March 26 - Fairfax VA - Non-Violent Communication
• March 27-30 - Houston TX - Basic Mediation Training in Houston’s Uptown-Galleria
• March 27-31 - Springfield MO - Civil & Family Mediation Training
• March 28-29 - Corte Madera CA - Advanced Mediation Training with Steven Rosenberg
• March 28-29 - Seattle WA - 25th Annual Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference
• March 28-29 - Strategies for Dealing with Opposition and Outrage in Public Participation
• March 28-April 5 - Greenbelt MD - Cross-Border Family Mediation Training – Parenting Plans
• March 29-April 6 - Santa Cruz CA - 4-Day Mediation Skills Training
• March 29-April 7 - Santa Fe NM - 40-Hr Basic Mediation Training
• March 30 - Fairfax VA - Negotiation Training
• April 1-3 - New Orleans LA - 14th Annual IOA Conference
• April 1-5 - Macon GA - Civil Mediation Training & Practicum 
• April 3-5 - Boulder CO - Conflict Coaching, A Three-Day Basic Training
• April 4 - Des Plaines IL - How Values and Identity Impact Our Work as Dispute Resolution Professionals
• April 4-5 - Berkeley CA - Negotiating Effective Environmental Agreements
• April 5 - Somerset NJ - 6-Hour Supplemental Civil Mediation Training
• April 5-6 - Houston TX - Parenting Coordination and Facilitation Training
• April 6 - Orlando FL - Pro Se Divorce Mediation Training
• April 8 - Austin Area TX - 10 Hour Arbitration Training
• April 9-27 - Santa Ana CA - 40 Hour Basic Mediation Training
• April 9-12 - Richmond VA - Conflict Management Coaching Workshop
• April 9-10 - Austin Area TX - 20 Hour Child Protective Services Mediation Training
• April 9-12 - Fairfax VA - Mediation Skills and Process (basic mediation training
• April 10-13 - Minneapolis MN - 21st Annual ABA DR Spring Conference
• April 11-12 - Overland Park KS - 2019 HMA Annual Spring Conference
• April 13-May 5 - Somerset NJ - NJAPM 40-Hour Divorce Mediation Training, Spring 2019
• April 18 - New York NY - A Mediation Career: Getting Started
• April 23-26 - Toronto ON Canada - Conflict Management Coaching Workshop
• April 24 - Fairfax VA - Powerful Coaching
• April 25 - Fairfax VA - Civility in the Workplace
• April 26-27 - Charleston SC - Advanced Attorney-Mediator Training
• April 26-27 - Harrisburg PA - Conference: Building Skills & Expanding Practice
• April 26 - Fairfax VA - Mediation Practicum: Civil Cases
• April 30-May 4 - Washington DC - 40 Hour Mediation & Interest Based Negotiation Skills Training
• May 1-2 - Facilitation and Group Consensus Building
• May 2-17 - Milwaukee WI - Interdisciplinary Family Law Mediation Training
• May 6-20 - San Francisco CA - International Cross-Border Family Mediation Training
• May 6-10 - Austin Area TX - 40 Basic Mediation Training
• May 7 - Fairfax VA - Mediating EEO and Workplace Disputes
• May 8 - Fairfax VA - Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI) for Conflict Resolution Practitioners
• May 13-17 - Atlanta GA - 40 Hour Basic Mediation Skills Course
• May 14 - New York NY - Negotiation Skills & Strategies for Everyday Bargaining
• May 15 - Houston TX - Arbitration Training in Houston’s Uptown-Galleria

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