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"[A]n offbeat online confessional in pursuit of reflective mediation."

Author: Geoff Sharp is a commercial mediator in Wellington, New Zealand.

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  • Deal or No Deal: Improving the Odds of Successful Mediation

    I have posted before on Don Philbin's masterpiece The One Minute Manager Prepares for Mediation: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Negotiation Preparation published in vol 13 of The Harvard Negotiation Law Review and a serious piece…

  • Expanding the Mediation Pie

    Just posted today is Expanding the Mediation Pie by Michael Leathes, Director of The International Mediation Institute;"As professionals gingerly tiptoe on the road out of recession, their travel bags need to be packed with new…

  • IMI Registrations Top 1,000 Worldwide

    July 1; IMI completed its Experience Qualification Path on June 30 2009. Over 1,000 experienced mediators from 35 countries took the opportunity to register on the IMI portal during the EQP period [read more]. [click…

  • The International Journal of Conflict Management is free all week

    The International Journal of Conflict Management will be free to access online this week.Simply visit the journal’s homepage and access the content through the table of contents. [click on the title of this post to…

  • Logo poll results

    Thanks to all those who took the time to vote on my Old vs New Logo Challenge.Here are the results.Jeff Thompson even gave me some options - he's a clever cookie; [click on the title…

  • Dinosaurs walk amongst us

    Today a lawyer told me to write him a letter as he did not believe in email.He should watch this video played at Sony's Executive Conference this year.[click on the title of this post to…

  • By popular demand

    I have had a number of emails about my last post where I mentioned a law firm breakfast I had last week to chat about 10 suggestions I had for lawyers heading into a mediation.Here…

  • TheTriumph of Soft Skills

    I sat in for a chat about mediation at a Big Law breakfast this week (juice, muesli, black coffee) and we talked about the evolving face of the new lawyer as well as 10 things…

  • Mediation Logo

    Having just posted my 1,000th post for your reading pleasure my dear reader, I hope I have earned the right to ask for something from you in return?If so, would you please give me a…

  • From Zero to Hero

    I get my best insights into how lawyers see mediators when I occasionally share a ride to the airport with one of them after a mediation (yeah I know, but I always check with the…


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