Category: About Mediation

This is the video recording of Colin Rule, CEO of Mediate.com and ODR.com, for the "Can ODR Change the World...

Table of Contents Next Change Positions – Change Perspectives Another opportunity that soccer gave me was the ability to literally...

Participant Empowerment, AI andProblem-Solving Optimization in Mediation by Jim Melamed Co-Founder and 25-year CEO at Mediate.com INTRODUCTION About this “Book"...

Table of Contents Next FOR SOCCER FANS Teamwork and Leadership Among other roles, a mediator is clearly THE leader of...

Table of Contents Next International Mediation Training Experiences Along with maintaining my mediation practice in the yurt, I became more...

Table of Contents Next Getting Started in Mediation My personal introduction to mediation was in 1981 during my second year...

Has a client ever come to one of your mediations armed with an AI analysis showing that they had a...

Table of Contents Next Managing Emotional and Relational Issues Even God cannot change the past. Aristotle Emotional and relational intensity...

Table of Contents Next Getting Participants Across the Goal Line Helping participants reach agreement is not about pushing, persuading, or...

Table of Contents Next SECTION 7:A PERSONAL JOURNEYModeling Integrity and Leadership In addition to talking plenty about mediation, I also...

Table of Contents Next "Dettmar Cramer’s Bible" The owner of the Stanford Soccer Camp and my coach at Stanford my...

by Jim Melamed Co-Founder and 25-year CEO at Mediate.com INTRODUCTION: ABOUT THIS BOOK What exactly is “a book” these days?...

Memoirs of a Wee Belfast Girl Who Became an International Peacemaker Some books stay with you long after you turn...

Why criticism is not the price of failure, but the cost of meaningful conflict engagement Every profession has its occupational...

Table of Contents Next An Interest-Based Problem-Solving Model Once the administrative aspects of mediation have been completed, the mediator can...

Table of Contents Next Hypothesis Generation and Testing Wonder rather than doubt or certainty is the root of knowledge. Abraham Joshua...

Table of Contents Next Doubt and Dissonance Better bend than break. Jean de La Fontaine Creating a Healthy Tension of...

Table of Contents Next Strategic Questioning A mediator’s questions are never random. They are strategic tools—purposefully crafted to advance rapport,...

Table of Contents Next Ultimately, there is positive intention behind all behavior. Richard Bandler and John Grinder De-positioning to Ultimate...

Mediation professionals do not need to be convinced that mediation changes lives. You see its impact every day: people move...

Table of Contents Next How do you want it to be? Jerry Weinberg Outcome and Evidence Questioning Helping participants reach...

Abstract Parenting plans are typically drafted as legal instruments that allocate time and decision-making between adults, yet from a child's...

Table of Contents Next The Goals for Your Mediation Fairness and Reasonableness?  Empowerment and Recognition? Our plans often miscarry because...

Table of Contents Next Less is More & Normative Stories Just as an effective mediator continually seeks to take the...

Table of Contents Next Baby Steps and Strategic Mediation Participants do not need to win, they are just unwilling to...

Table of Contents Next WORKING WITH PARTICIPANTS IN MEDIATION Perception and Parts Seeking to become an effective mediator is both...

Table of Contents Next Most Capable Solutions Success doesn't come to you...you go to it. Marva Collins If at first...

Table of Contents Next Working with Participants’ Resource States Question: How do mediation participants come to us? At their best?...

Table of Contents Next Maximizing Mediation as a Model There is no single “right way” to mediate. Mediation practices vary...

Myths and misinformation often shape people’s understanding of divorce law and their options for reaching a settlement through mediation or...