Yesterday I realized how ChatGPT, a free and popular AI (Artificial Intelligence) app, can help mediation trainees practice and hone their skills.In short, I asked ChatGPT to play the parties’ role (Landlord and Tenant sent to mediation by a judge) in a simulation with me playing the mediator’s role.Obviously, these simulations have some limits. For example, they are text-based (rather than online or in-person). And they are “virtual”, with no real persons playing the parties’ roles.And yet, I…See More

If you are a mediator and you believe that building a good rapport with the parties in an online mediation is as important as it is in an in-person mediation, you are welcome to participate in this Free 1-hour online event Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 7:00pm Eastern Time.Presented by Giuseppe…See More

On September 13, 2022 a group of mediators participated in a 1-hour Free Zoom webinar presented by Giuseppe Leone (yours truly) titled “Online Mediation - How to Create Quickly a Good Rapport with the Parties”.3 KEY TAKEAWAYS OF THIS WEBINAR1 - In online mediation, what matters most are the mediator’s skills, experience, and personal qualities. That’s because learning the “online” part takes only a few hours or days of practice. On the contrary, becoming an effective mediator takes several…See More

During my September 13, 2022 Free 1-hour Zoom meeting, I’ll share with fellow mediators many tips and proven techniques to quickly create a good rapport with your parties when you mediate online. Especially when it’s the first time they participate in mediation - let alone online mediation.In addition, we’ll consider another, more challenging scenario.Imagine that you,…See More

Hi:If you, as a mediator, believe that creating a good rapport with the parties is important, and would like to learn how to do that as quickly and tactfully as possible when you mediate online, you are invited to participate in my 1-hour Zoom meeting - Tuesday, September 13 at Noon Eastern Time.WHAT YOU'LL LEARNTo begin with, I’ll share with you many tips and techniques that I’ve been testing and fine-tuning since 2016, mediating online with my clients - among them, the United States Postal…See More

Mediate.com has published an article that I wrote to share with fellow mediators 3 important lessons I learned after my retirement from mediation practice. I learned those lessons accidentally, by reading some good books on mediation and human nature/behavior. Those books not only helped me understand better (belatedly) the parties’ and my own behavior in mediation. …See More