Book Notes on The Making of a Mediator Developing Artistry in Pract...

David Hubbard, Adjunct Faculty 

From the beginning the reader will find two compelling reasons to continue examining the book.  First, the book promotes no preferred model or style of mediation.  Regardless of whether you practice an interest-based, evaluative, narrative, transformative, or some other hybrid style of mediation, it does not matter.  The ideas of reflective practice and interactional process presented are universal and can be used with any model, orientation, style or theory of mediation to enhance a mediator’s growth and development....

The reader discovers the many benefits of reflective practice including:                    

• a complexified understanding of conflict

• a deeper and stronger foundation

• a clearer understanding of the participants

• improved assessments of the situation

• enhanced self awareness

• greater clarity of one’s beliefs, biases and values

• a much larger tool box

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 Alec Wisner- ...The prison authorities looked at Doug and Laurel with bemusement as they began their work. Before anything else, they taught the women how to mindfully listen, a skill that I teach often, sometimes even to attorneys (without their realizing it). Next, they taught the women how to organize and manage peace circles, an excellent tool for conducting discussion about the issues behind a conflict. Finally, they taught the women who wanted even more actual mediation. At the end of the day, Prison of Peace had 70 trained mediators and 200 women trained in peace circles....

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Texas Conflict Coach - 100th Episode Celebration

Listen LIVE Nov. 15th at 5:00 pm PST/ 7:00 pm CST/ 8:00 pm EST at BlogTalkRadio. Call in at: (347) 324-3591

Patricia M Porter - It has been quite the journey since April 2009 when The Texas Conflict Coach Blog Talk Radio show launched with its inaugural episode. We have had fabulous guests, great topics, and a wonderful special guest host, Zena Zumeta join us this year. We invite you to join us for this special celebration anniversary show by calling in, joining us in the chat room, or e-mailing me atpmporter@conflictconnections.com with your favorite show and how it impacted you. We would love to hear your comments and feedback.

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Jason Dykstra- You know your hot buttons, your triggers, how you want to approach the situation, what you did well, what you could improve on, you know all of that better then anyone else.  Having a coach can be useful to help draw some of this knowledge out with various approaches.  They can also be useful to work with you to devise a plan on how to approach an ongoing or potential conflict situation.  However, the coach can help you do this with your knowledge of your skills...because you know you the best.

We all deal with this big, scary thing called conflict.  Everyone of us.  Here's my take on it though -Conflict is neither good nor bad, but it is how we deal with it that will determine its outcome. 

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Episode #28 Conflict Management Coaching

Join host Jeff Thompson and Cinnie Noble, professional conflict coach and author as she discusses her new book Conflict Management Coaching: The CINERGY Model.  

Cinnie explains the motivation in writing the book and how it can benefit not only conflict coaches but everyone who works in conflict resolution.  She also describes the CINERGY model and acronym:...

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Joe Markowitz- Congratulations to my fellow SCMA board member, and new president Barbara Brown, for pulling off a very successful SCMA fall conference at Pepperdine this weekend!

Forrest (Woody) Mosten led a presentation yesterday called Mediation in the Year 2030, imagining what the world of ADR might look like 20 years from now. Apparently, in the courthouse of the future, there will be 10 mediation rooms for every traditional courtroom. All judges and staff will be trained in mediation. Mediators will be credentialed, and highly skilled. Clerks will be helpful and friendly, seeing themselves as consumer representatives. Many disputes will not even enter the courthouse.

Mediators will be the first point of contact in resolving many disputes, and will assemble the necessary team of professionals appropriate to address each conflict. The values of mediation will pervade business and government, indeed all of society. We will have a Department of Peace, in addition to the Department of Defense. All in all, a very encouraging and hopeful picture for those of us interested in expanding the role of mediation. 

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