Facilitation Articles
Finding a Remedy When in Conflict
“Don’t find fault. Find a remedy.” (Henry Ford) While Henry Ford’s quote might well apply to making cars and running a business, it also has application to our interpersonal disputes when one of the common things many of us do is find fault with the other person.
Trust and Rapport - ODR Style!
One of the most important things a mediator must do- if not the most important- is to build trust and rapport with the parties. In pre-Covid days, this was a bit easier; the mediator could sit face to face with each party and schmooze.
Mediation Confidentiality: Misconceptions, Pitfalls, and Best Practices
CPR’s Mediation Committee presented Los Angeles mediator Jeff Kichaven on the limits of mediation confidentiality at a March 16 online program that provided attendees with cutting-edge and occasionally controversial practice guidance on confidentiality, and avoiding neutrals’ liability disclaimers, as well as ethics continuing legal education credits.
Reflection as a Manifestation of Recognition Beyond Relational Weakness and Self-Absorption
While debriefing immediately after a co-mediation, an interesting question arose: “Does a reflection always have the same function regardless of the context?”
Shovel 3: The Big One
In getting ready to continue digging up the return of Traditional Mediation, I read Rachel Gupta’s article on this site and I am grateful to her for writing it.
Using Text Messages and Emails in Mediation, Family, or Divorce Court
A guide on best practices related to the collection and use mobile evidence and the software options available best suited to assist.
20 Ways to Improve UNFCCC Meetings and Climate Change Negotiations
In preparation for the next international meeting on climate change in Glasgow in November 2021, it is important to begin thinking together, not only about outcomes, but ways of improving the process of meeting, discussing, and negotiating agreements on climate change.
The Relevance of Mediation in the Modern Workplace
Disagreements are a part of human nature. As long as people exhibit diverse traits stemming from different experiences, their opinions will differ.
ADR & Activism Through Art - Maya Angelou and Frida Kahlo
This article focuses on creativity and negotiation role models.
The Muddy Time
Some of us call it the muddy time. It’s the time in between the decision to divorce and when the actual divorce is made final.
Questions and Questioning within the Conversational Framework
Mediators mostly focus on differences between open-ended and pointed questions, Yet, there is much more to questioning and question-asking than that.
The Singapore Convention on Mediation - Where’s Europe?
International commercial mediation - what a settlement agreement can do.
Top Ten Cognitive Biases and Distortions in Mediation
“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you get what you need.” The Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed, 1969
Confidentiality and Protecting Client Data in an Online Environment
Protecting client confidentiality is critical, not only to protect your business’ reputation but also to adhere to strict legislation around safeguarding data.
Drafting Mediated Workplace Agreements
To enhance communication flow and joint involvement in certain decision-making areas, agreements need to be well planned-out.
How to Manage In-Laws Post Divorce
When I got married, I found that one of the strangest transitions wasn’t to being newlyweds or calling him my husband but was more related to my new in-laws. I think that often in-laws, especially mothers-in-law, have gotten a bad rap in popular culture.
Helping Kids Adjust to Life When Parents Go Through Divorce
If you are going through a divorce, one of the most significant concerns you may have is the effect it has on your children.
How Mediation Can Make Divorce Easier on Your Family
Getting divorced can take just as big of a toll on the kids as it does the adults involved. Fortunately, divorcing parents can help to mitigate the negative impacts of divorce on the entire family in a few key ways, namely with mediation. Learn how mediation can work for your family here.
Affect in Methods of Dispute Resolution
The paper addresses affect in its philosophical aspect, proposing a rational reflection on the individual perceptions of each party involved in a conflict, in order to analyze how this affection influences the methods of dispute resolution.
A Short Story: How My Friend Destroyed Their Bullies
When a friend told me how he overcame a bully, my curiosity peaked, and I asked him to show me how he defused a situation like that.
Announcing Youth Conference -- Free for Students
Mediate.com is excited to announce a youth voices conferences, focused on 6 sessions spread out over multiple time zones, sharing strategies for advancing dispute resolution around the world.
ODR Survey--Your response requested
James Claxton is requesting your response to his ODR survey.
Don't Look Where You Fall
“I’ve learned so much from my mistakes. I’m thinking about making a few more.”
Peace is Possible
This is a haiku supporting the workers in Hungary as they work toward establishing peace.
Be Open like Oprah and Candid like Chrissy
This article discusses the framing piece of how you talk and what makes people want to listen.