Victoria Pynchon’s Settle It Now Blog Spot has an insightful post on mediation of business cases. Many divorces involve valuing and dividing business interests. Her insights are eye-opening for those who simply try to “get to the number” too quickly. While her report is not directly aimed at divorces involving businesess, it’s certainly applicable. Our...Read More

Mediator Blah, Blah is a consistently delightful blog for mediators, yet often very substantive. In its posting on Heuristic theory it mentions “in passing the need to understand common heuristic theory such as – anchoring and adjustment, availability, self-serving evaluations, framing, status quo bias, contrast effects, and reactive devaluation.”Read More

Victoria Pynchon describes several styles of mediation at Settle It Now Mediation Blarg.Read More

“OK, Let’s Tackle This Unhappy Lawyer Thing” is the title of a posting in the Settle It Now Negotiation Blog. “Look around your law firm. Are the transactional lawyers actually having more fun putting deals together than are the litigators tearing them apart? We might learn a thing or two from them. Take a tax...Read More

Settle it Now Negotiation Blog posted “Professor Robert Cialdini’s Influence has become a classic in the science and practice of persuasion. Here are his six basic principles of powerful persuasion.” I like what I am seeing on Victoria Pynchon’s blawg and her Settle it Now Mediation Blog. I have added both her blogs to our...Read More

Negotiation advice from Harvard Business School Professor Michael Watkins is summarized at Settle It Now Negotiation Blog. While not geared specifically to divorce lawyers, I have long thought negotiation training is something law school students lacked. There is no more important field for lawyer continuing education.Read More

If you teach mediation training, take a look at “Ten Habits of Highly Successful Mediation Trainers” from Online Guide to Mediation.Read More

Online Guide To Mediation introduces us to a new negotiation blog, Settle it Now Blog Spot. The author also publishes the online Dispute Resolution Journal. The Journal is published quarterly and is seeking articles for publication. Here are its guidelines.Read More

Online Guide to Mediation reports that “Appreciative Intelligence” author Carol Metzker has posted at Idealawg, “where you can read more about this innovative approach to tackling difficult problems.”Read More

Mediator Blah Blah links to a helpful UK site with suggestions on what to do in mediation when you “get stuck.”Read More