A11, iPhone & iPad Apps & Technology for Mediators – Christopher Hopkins (1.5 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This hands-on presentation will introduce you to iPhone/iPad apps and other technology for mediators. Bring your devices! We're not turning our phones off for this session. This presentation is for tech-newbies and savvy users alike. You will learn (a) iOS apps for mediators; (b) technology for your mediation practice; and (c) introduction to latest presentation software that your clients are using. Back by popular demand, this session is fully updated from 2013 and 2014.
A12, What Did I Do-What Do I Do Now? – Irv Lamel, Melvia Green, Yale T. Freeman (1.5 CME Credits Ethics)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
B01, Women Mediators and Gender Dynamics in Mediation – Kelly Hamer, Renee Thompson (1.5 CME Credits Cultural/Diversity Awareness)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00Women Mediators and Gender Dynamics in Mediation: Gender plays a dynamic role in the mediation process. From who the mediator and the parties are, to how the parties will ultimately reach resolution, understanding how gender and gender styles affect reaching resolution can help mediators achieve resolution. This presentation is designed to address gender awareness issues in mediation for all genders.
B02, Guardianship Mediation – Kristen Mory, Christopher Shulman (1.5 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00Guardianship Mediation...Mediators will learn the unusual features present when mediating disputes involving guardianship - whether the dispute is over the initial adjudication of incompetence and appointment of a guardian or whether the dispute involves another situation after adjudication. By learning some of the aspects of how aging and mental disability can affect everyone, and applying them to the mediation process, mediators will learn how better to address issues of capacity to mediate, and the techniques to use to help the parties have an appropriate mediation experience, should you decide all present have the capacity to mediate.
B04, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Veterans Court – Arve Wikestrom, Elizabeth Dilts (1.5 CME Credits Domestic Violence)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00The presentation covers Veteran’s Court, the purpose, operation and goals and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and how it effects our veterans. Elizabeth R. Dilts, Esquire an attorney, mediator and Army Veteran presents on the details of the Veteran’s Court. Arve A. Wikstrom, MBA, JD combat veteran of Afghanistan and Lt. Colonel in the Army Reserves shares the military member’s perspective on PTSD.
B05, Parenting Coordination and Mediation: Emerging Similarities and Strategies to Manage Client Challenges – Matthew Smith, Dana Nolan (1.5 CME Credits Family)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00The role of parenting coordinator (PC) is a relatively new one in the fields of family law and mental health and is evolving rapidly in practice. Recently, Florida enacted new rules that govern the practice of parenting coordination and the direction of PC work is moving towards dispute resolution and mediation. For the benefit of family attorneys, mediators and PCs, this presentation will shed some light on the role and responsibilities of parenting coordinators and compare/contrast PC work with mediation. As parents separate and divorce, there are a host of factors (practical, financial and emotional) that can set the stage for ongong conflict. This presentation will highlight how these stressors inpact the mediation and co-parenting process. We will problem-solve many common challenges and obstacles that parenting coordinators and mediators face helping parents work through their conflict and learn to effectively parent.
B06, Medical Marijuana: Mediating in Uncharted Waters – Bill Wohlsifer (1.5 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This workshop will provide an update on Florida and federal medical marijuana law and legislation and prepare the mediator to recognize societal, generational and cultural diversity of opposing perceptions relating to the medicinal treatment with cannabinoids found in marijuana, as its use transitions from a taboo to a personal wellness option. Attendees will discover why Florida will soon see a rise in medical marijuana-related cases being ordered to participate in mediation. This presentation will also caution mediators as to what can and cannot be said in light of permissible marijuana use under restrictive state law and absolute illegality under federal law.
B07, Train the Trainer: The Challenges of Adult Education – Blan Teagle (1.5 CME Credits Train the Trainer)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00How does training adults differ from teaching children? What are the fundamentals of adult learning and how can they be applied effectively in a mediation training venue? Can these techniques assist a mediator during a mediation session? These questions and more will be explored during this Train the Trainer session which will also be of interest to mediators at a more advanced level.
B08, Mediation on Appeal: The Same, or Different? – Teresa Musetto (1.5 CME Credits Appelate)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00A combined lecture and facilitated discussion using fictional case studies illustrating factors that are either unique or shared in trial and appellate mediation.
B09, The Lean Arbitration: Providing a Truly Efficient and Effective Process for Parties – Rebecca Storrow, Harold Coleman (Non CME)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00The basic principles of Lean are to provide a customer-centric approach to eliminating wasteful practices and to deliver greater value to the user or customer through more a more efficient and effective process. Given the increasing cost associated with arbitration, arbitrators can benefit greatly from applying this scientific approach to “cutting the fat”, reducing wastes such as delay, overproduction, and inefficient exchange of information. In this session, we will modify and apply Lean’s practical organizational tools, to improve arbitration practices that are are sometimes bloated and slow.
B10, Oh No You Didn’t: Things Not to Do or Say in Mediation – Michael Bloom, James Todd (1.5 CME Credits Ethics)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00After a one year hiatus, Jim and Mike are back bringing their humor and knowledge to the DRC. But this time, it's not about what to do in mediation, but what NOT to do! This interactive session will allow you to improve your mediation skills by exploring things not to do during mediation. The session will review both tools, skills, ethical considerations, breaking impasse, and general techniques. Audience participation, interaction, and a mindset of having fun are required! Get ready for an entertaining and wild ride.
B12, Using Software to Improve Negotiations – Daniel Caine (1.5 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00Mediators tend to be hesitant to use computer software to help in their mediations, but they shouldn't be. This session will increase participants' comfort with using software to divide assets and to negotiate incomes. These tools will help us creatively explore alternatives quickly and easily, and lead to significantly better outcomes for the parties -- achieved in less time. We will also see how we can improve overall efficiency by enabling clients to populate the initial data electronically.