Diversity Articles
(4/16/21)Larry Susskind This article identifies four approaches to environmental policy-making or problem-solving.
(4/16/21)Amy Robertson Separation is challenging; going through a separation during a pandemic can be more challenging.
(4/10/21)Robin Brzobohatý, Tereza Hanajová While debriefing immediately after a co-mediation, an interesting question arose: “Does a reflection always have the same function regardless of the context?”
(4/09/21)Paul Rajkowski In getting ready to continue digging up the return of Traditional Mediation, I read Rachel Gupta’s article on this site and I am grateful to her for writing it.
(4/02/21)Kenneth Cloke In preparation for the next international meeting on climate change in Glasgow in November 2021, it is important to begin thinking together, not only about outcomes, but ways of improving the process of meeting, discussing, and negotiating agreements on climate change.
(4/01/21)Andrea Schneider This article focuses on creativity and negotiation role models.
(3/26/21)Consumer Protection BC, Henneke Brink International commercial mediation - what a settlement agreement can do.
(3/25/21)Amanda Singer When I got married, I found that one of the strangest transitions wasn’t to being newlyweds or calling him my husband but was more related to my new in-laws. I think that often in-laws, especially mothers-in-law, have gotten a bad rap in popular culture.
(3/25/21)Minson Vo When a friend told me how he overcame a bully, my curiosity peaked, and I asked him to show me how he defused a situation like that.
(3/22/21)Clare Fowler Mediate.com is excited to announce a youth voices conferences, focused on 6 sessions spread out over multiple time zones, sharing strategies for advancing dispute resolution around the world.
(3/19/21)Daniel Dana This is a haiku supporting the workers in Hungary as they work toward establishing peace.
(3/19/21)Phyllis Pollack Almost one year ago, life for most of us changed irrevocably: we went from commuting to and from our offices and fighting traffic to commuting between our bedrooms and “home” offices and fighting over internet access.
(3/19/21)Martin Rosenfeld It is likely that a large majority of clergy who serve congregations are hired, re-hired or terminated by the vote of the individual congregation.
(3/19/21)Kathleen Kauth Expectations are part of living as a human being. If we are in a relationship, we expect to be treated a certain way.
(3/16/21)Forrest (Woody) Mosten, Jim Melamed Forrest (Woody) Mosten, Task Force Chair, and Jim Melamed, Mediate.com Board Chair, invite you to participate in five (5) open Forums seeking to further Online Mediation Training. See the Forum Schedule and Register!
(3/08/21)Kenneth Cloke Following the “insurrection,” “putsch,” or “attempted coup” in Washington D.C., on January 6, 2021, and the subsequent acquittal of President Trump on impeachment charges, we find ourselves facing extremely significant and difficult, yet very different political conflicts and challenges from those we faced before.
(3/08/21)Bhavya Mahajan This piece on mediating workplace sexual harassment cases provides an overview of what the mediation process would entail, the advantages of mediating such cases, and a brief discussion about the Indian perspective as regards workplace sexual harassment.
(3/08/21)Veera Mahajan I remember standing by the wall with my brothers and crying while my father was beating my mother.
(3/05/21)Jennifer Shack In a randomized controlled trial of family cases involving parents reporting high levels of intimate partner violence (IPV), parents felt safer in and were more satisfied with shuttle and videoconference mediation than litigation.
(3/05/21)Amy Foust If you missed the 2021 CPR Annual Meeting in January—the first free public meeting held online in the organization’s 40-year history—the videos are being posted on CPR’s YouTube Channel.
(2/26/21)Richard Birke JAMS has developed a multi-pronged strategy to offer virtual ADR to its clients.
(2/19/21)John Lande Analyzing ADR can be like wrestling an octopus.
(2/05/21)Kathleen Kauth In Stephen Covey's book "First Things First" he talks about looking at a jar as the amount of time and energy you have, and a pile of rocks as your tasks.
(2/05/21)Rachel Gupta As a current mediator who has for years also been litigation counsel representing clients in mediation, I have noticed that there may sometimes be a disconnect between what mediators and litigators each expect from mediation and from each other.
(2/05/21)Sunny Sassaman Fear of rejection can inhibit ones possibilities to reach full potential in life and in the mediation room. Based on an experiment of actively seeking rejection, what can a mediator learn from the connection between conflict and rejection?
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