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Selected Mediation Articles
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More Mediation Articles
Among the Clouds
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Upcoming Seminars for Mediators

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Selected Mediation Articles

Below are some links to articles we selected that were posted recently on various mediation-related blogs. Hope you enjoy them!

Getting to Yes with Blogging: Time for ADR Practitioners to Join the Conversation
By Diane Levin - This post is the first in a series of essays on blogging for alternative dispute resolution professionals that will unfold over the course of the summer. Blogging, after all, is an... Read Entire Article

Email Marketing Tools for Mediators
By Tammy Lenski - Common wisdom out there is that you need both a blog and an e-zine to maximize your mediation marketing reach online. While that initially seems like a lot of writing, keep in mind that you can often "re-purpose" your e-zine or blog writing for use in the other tool, because subscribers to your 'zine may not be the same people who subscribe to your blog. There are several good, no- or low-cost e-zine services....Read Entire Article

International Commercial Arbitration Offers Advantages
By Anthony Cerminaro - "International arbitration has two major advantages over litigation in national courts. First, international arbitral awards are far more readily enforceable worldwide. More than 130 countries are signatories to the New York Convention 1958, which facilitates the recognition and... Read Entire Article
This Month's Featured Article

It's Still Just A Duck - Not Mediation!
by Perry S. Itkin - In an earlier post I noted that some ADR processes are called med-iation when, in fact and practice, they are not mediation at all! So, what on earth is "binding mediation?" In the California case of Lindsay v. Lewandowski, 2006 Cal. App. LEXIS 821 [Cal.App. 4th 2006] the court explored the differences between mediation and arbitration and "binding mediation". In the case on appeal, the...Read Entire Article
More Mediation Articles

Here are some more links to articles we selected that were posted recently on various mediation-related blogs. We're sure you'll enjoy them!

Gender Differences in Negotiation
By Victoria Pynchon - Competitive negotiations can act as gender triggers, consistent with societal expectations that men are more likely than women to be competitive and to succeed in competitive environments. Researchers have shown that women and men are equally competent in situations where... Read Entire Article

Worth a Read this Weekend
By Geoff Sharp - A must read is Prof. Paul Mullens' (Monash U) lecture notes on 'Persistent and Abnormal Claiming and Complaining' This is one of the few works in the area of persistant litigants. In a previous post I attempted an... Read Entire Article
Among the Clouds

Relax after a hard day of mediating by playing this "baloon ride" game brought to you by the folks at campus-adr.org. This game, which opens in a new window, is by Ferry Halim. Very tranquil background music. Please note that the game requires that you have Flash Player installed on your computer.

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