(Originally Posted at EnjoyMediation)

As my credentials state, I am a International Mediation Institute (IMI) certified mediator. I beleive in the mission of IMI- to create a global certification scheme (administered by a…

I thought it might be of interest to members that pod casts of 82 sessions of the Australian National Mediation Conference - Adelaide 2010 are now uploaded onto the conference website. http://www.mediationconference.com.au/

Click on past conferences (Adelaide) or pod casts and papers and scroll down to the audio files.

Speakers include Justice Albie Sachs on the Process Architecture…

The USA show “Fairly Legal” is stirring up the mediation field. Whether you think it is a travesty of the professional mediation…

Episode #19

Mediator Quality

with Lisa Pomerantz

Join host Jeff Thompson and mediator/attorney Lisa Pomerantz as they discuss the findings and recommendations of the ABA Dispute Resolution Task Force on…

The International Ombudsman Association holds its sixth annual conference at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower, April 1-6, 2011. Organizers expect the event will draw about 400 practitioners and others interested in the field.  Keynote speakers will be:

• Alicia C. Shepard, Ombudsman for National Public Radio…

If you happened to read The New York Times today (March 24, 2011) nestled in the Business Section were two articles related to arbitration. One article was “Sheen Loses Bid to Block Arbitration” and the other was “Chief of American Apparel Faces 2nd Harassment Suit.” The Sheen article related to none other than the American icon, Charlie Sheen. The news was that Judge Jacqueline A. Conner of Los Angeles Superior Court turned down a last-minute request for a temporary restraining order that…

In a Missouri Court of Appeals decision this week an arbitration provision was held to be unconscionable and unenforceable.  Manfredi v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, No. WD71150 (Mo. App. W.D. 2011).  In this case Manfredi, a licensed chiropractor, entered into an Allied Provider Network Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City and its affiliates (“BCBS”).  The Agreement was on a form contract drafted by BCBS and presented to Manfredi on…

 ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Task Force on Improving Mediation Quality 

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Yesterday, I attended the State Bar of Michigan's annual ADR meeting.  The keynote speaker, Sharon Press of Hamline University School of Law, did a superb job with her current overview of the ADR profession and emerging developments.  She introduced a new concept for me of Mediation-Arbitration (Med-Arb) or Arbitration - Mediation (Arb-Med).  I will write more about these hybrid forms of NDR in a subsequent post.  I will add that her presentation was consistent with our CU education in terms…

(Originally posted at Absolution Mediation)

In February I had the opportunity to speak at Ignite Waterloo.  Wow...was I nervous!  I had 20 slides that auto-advanced every 15 seconds.  I'm not going to lie, I didn't say everything that I wanted to say in that 5 minutes, but I think my message got across.  Take a…

Mediate.com has support my blog, www.EnjoyMediation.com, since it started.  Recently I notice how I was unable to log into my favorite feature- the featured blog postings of the week.  No, it was not (solely!) to see if my blog made but rather I think the one of the best ways to keep up to date on the latest mediation news as well as get insight from some of the sharpest mediation…

From United States Institute of Peace's President

The House vote on February 17…

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Recently while reading Deborah Laufer's ADR Network newsletter, I cam across the following:

ABA Section…

Episode #18

Dynamics of Conflict Resolution

with Bernie Mayer

Join host Jeff Thompson and Bernie Mayer as they discuss conflict resolution, an update to his popular book- Dynamics of Conflict Resolution, the 'circle of conflict' as…

(Originally posted at Absolution Mediation)

Recently I read an article/blog questioning "How Powerful is an Apology?" We all like to think that when we receive or give an apology, that some sort of healing takes place.  In this…