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Passing on this announcement by Susan Raines, introducing her new blog. Worth keeping an eye on!

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Hello Friends and Colleagues,



I am writing because we share an interest in mediation, negotiation and conflict management.…

Did you know the UN has a site dedicated to peacemaking?

They also have a mediation response team always on standby ready and able to help when called upon.  

From the site:

STANDBY TEAM

Established in 2008, the Standby Team is a group of full-time mediation experts that can be rapidly deployed to provide technical advice to United Nation’s officials and others leading mediation and conflict…

It may seem a strange coupling – threat or treat – when it comes to talking about conflict. Threat is, of course, more straightforward, since we commonly sense some type of challenge when we are in conflict. That is, if we perceive that something undermines our values, beliefs, or needs, we may experience that as a threat to us and our identities. Sensing any sort of threat when we are in conflict causes feelings of insecurity and vulnerability. This may, for instance, be due to…

“The National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) is proud to be a founding partner of the National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign. The goal of this campaign is to raise awareness and to educate students, teachers, school…

Revisiting "Win-Win" Negotiation: It's Still a Losing Game…

It's been a while since a story on CNN took my breath away, but this one did just that.

No matter what your take on transformative mediation, this story demonstrates how conflict presents participants with critical opportunities for decisionmaking, decisions of a sharper nature than day-to-day life usually presents us with. And, with these moments of…

When I first started to practice law some years ago I heard the expression and then, observed the act of “posturing” - as referred to lawyers who became positional during negotiations or court proceedings. As I observed it, posturing is typically demonstrated through body language, mannerisms, and words. These came together, it seemed, in an adversarial effort to ‘win’ and assert a position about a legal dispute. While posturing may be considered strategic and just part of the game of…

Home of McGruff the Crime Dog^®, the National Crime Prevention Council’s mission is to be the nation's leader in helping people keep themselves, their families, and their communities…

Seek First To Understand...

Firas Alsalih Reflects On His First Place Finish…

Seek First to Understand…

 Firas Alsalih Reflects On His First Place Finish at the Dubai Mediation Tournament…

Hon. Patrick J. Mahoney (Ret.) Joins JAMS in San Francisco

March 4, 2013

San Francisco – JAMS, the largest private provider of mediation and arbitration services worldwide, today announced the addition of Hon. Patrick J. Mahoney (Ret.) to its panel. Judge Mahoney will be based in the JAMS San Francisco Resolution…

I’ve recently received quite a few queries from people interested in hearing about mediation in Israel – development, opportunities, market and to on. In partial response, I’ve uploaded a book chapter I co-authored in 2007 about ADR in Israel. While it is not a perfect picture of the state of the art in Israel today, most of the information there is still relevant and can provide background for people wanting to…

You have likely heard or possibly used this expression “Yea, yea tell it to the judge”. In my experience, it is usually said in a demeaning and sarcastic manner when the speaker disagrees with another’s perspective on a matter. It’s one of those statements that implies messages such as: “You don’t know what you’re talking about”; “I disagree and it’s for someone else to decide – certainly not you”; “A smarter person than you knows the answer”; and so on. The implication is there’s a right…

We all have to manage conflicts in our brain on a daily basis, not only with others but with ourselves: making the right decisions, choosing between options, between objectives, allocating our time and resources, etc. Our session will cover what neuroscience has to tell us…

In this second part of a two part blog entry, I describe how trainings in transformative mediation ago.  You can read the blog entry here.

www.Justicebox.net is an online dispute platform that i built. 

I want to make a difference change the legal world and create a better way to solve disputes .

We all know that the legal system is not working.

caseload is on the rise, judges numbers are dwindling, staff and budget cuts hurt justice in all levels.

I built a legal platform that can change the legal world, stream legal process for the consumer and help transform a…

The Texas Conflict Coach® Blog Talk Radio program announces the following episodes starting

in the month of  March, held every Tuesday night from 7:00-7:30 pm CST/8:00-8:30 pm EST.

To participate, go to the designated link for each program or call-in live at 347-324-3591.

March 5th :   NCPC and Cyberbullying Prevention: What’s New and What to Do

                            Guest:  Michelle…

Longer-Term Consequences of Anger Expression in Negotiation: Retaliation or Spill Over?

Negotiators often concede to angry…

For a limited time you can apply to the either the Graduate Certificate Program or the Master Degree program in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution at Creighton University and have the application fee waived. Ends 3/1/13

Creighton University’s Master of Science in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution online degree program and Graduate Certificate approach conflict management and mediation through a wide lens, rather than simply looking at what each party wants and how to…

As we know, the word please is usually meant to be a polite statement that accompanies a request of another. With a drawn out pronunciation and sarcastic intonation, this word can turn quickly into an expression that reflects disgust, disapproval, anger, and disagreement. ‘Puullease’ may be used to dismiss the other person, to criticize, or to put them down. In any case, saying this word in the way just described typically leaves little room for conciliatory dialogue.

Consider a time…