A6 – Mediation in Public Policy – Rodney Max (1.5 CME Credits Circuit)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
Mediation in the last quarter of a century has proven itself as an effective process for resolving cases within the judicial branch of our government at the federal, state, and local levels. With the need for more effective and efficient decision-making within the other branches of government, this presentation makes the case for "Mediation in Public Policy."
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A7 – Comparative Appellate Mediation Practices – Nicholas Shannin (1.5 CME Credits Appellate)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
This workshop will review the nature of the differences in how each of the five District Courts of Appeal (DCA) approach mediation and how successful the use of mediation for appeals has been beyond the 5th DCA. A comparison of the Federal Appellate Mediation Model with the Florida rules will teach appellate mediators about this very different mediation method.
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A8 – Generating Settlements Through Lateral Thinking Techniques – Abby Milon (1.5 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
Lateral thinking techniques rearrange information to allow the parties to explore beyond the processes of acceptance and rejection that are the basis of logical thinking. This workshop will focus on the uses of de Bono's insight restructuring tool "PO" to generate movement in dispute resolution beyond that of "Yes" and "No" in an interactive participatory setting.
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A9 – LGBTQ Relationships: The New Family and Out-of-Court Dispute Resolution – Adam Cordover, Jeremy Gaies (1.5 CME Credits Cultural Diversity)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
Now is an exciting time to be in family law, as we have witnessed the recognition of rights of LGBTQ families and a march towards equality. This engaging, highly-interactive workshop will explore how mediators can help LGBTQ clients through private dispute resolution and examine current and future challenges and opportunities for the new family.
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B1 – De-Escalating Potentially Dangerous Mediation Proceedings – Brandon Peters, Rick Salcedo (1.5 CME Credits Interpersonal Violence)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
Mediator Brandon Peters will co-present with veteran hostage negotiator Rick Salcedo on anticipating, planning for and managing highly-emotional mediation proceedings. The goal of this session is to enhance mediator awareness and maximize participant safety by focusing on actual scenarios including discussing Detective Salcedo's role in directing communications with barricaded hostages during the tragic Pulse nightclub massacre in 2016.
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B2 – The Magic of Powerful Questions in Dispute Resolution – Patrick Williams (1.5 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
Questions are the key to negotiation and dispute resolution and yet the wrong questions can derail negotiations. The right questions can elicit exploration and understanding. Different points of view and information needed for resolution and compromise will be elicited. In this workshop, participants will engage in a process from Dr. Pat's 30 years as a psychologist, mediator, author and success coach, on how the Coach Approach can teach the use of "powerful questions."
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B3 – Doing Justice with Court Interpreting in Mediation – Ana Braun, Jo Dell Coning (1.5 CME Credits Cultural Diversity)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
This workshop will focus on the participation of language interpreters in mediation. Topics include, the role and functions of interpreter’s in mediation, the need for interpreters, and the qualifications of a certified, provisonally approved, and registered court interpreters.
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B4 – The Gray Divorce Revolution…Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me When I’m 64? – Richard Perlman (1.5 CME Credits Cultural Diversity)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
Gray Divorce is the term referring to the demographic trend of the alarming increase in the divorce rate of baby boomers (dob 1946-1964). This presentation shines a light on the myriad of reasons for the so called Baby Boomer Divorce Explosion now taking place across America and in fact around the world.
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B5 – Keeping it Neutral – Preserving Neutrality and Preventing the Appearance of Partiality – Jason O’Steen, J.C. O’Steen (1.5 CME Credits Ethics)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
This presentation focuses on the importance of maintaining impartiality and neutrality not only as our ethical duty as mediators, but as a critical component to reaching a resolution. The presentation is based on the experiences of two full-time civil mediators who are also father and son. The objective is to give participants real life examples of techniques they can use to help make their next mediation more successful by avoiding common pitfalls that may give the appearance of partiality.
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B6 – Implicit Bias 101 – The Honorable Peter Estrada, The Honorable Claudia Isom (1.5 CME Credits Cultural Diversity)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
Mediators have an obligation to create a safe, bias free environment for parties to engage in meaningful mediations. Their own neutrality is critical to the integrity of the process. By learning about the concept of implicit bias and the science of decision making, mediators will have the tools to understand the role unconscious bias plays in negotiation dynamics and how mediators can consciously reduce the impact of bias and prejudice without losing impartiality as a neutral during the dispute resolution process
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B7 – Roundtable for ADR Trainers/Educators: Facilitated Discussion of Issues, Trends, and Best Practice – Jeanne D. Maes, Robert Shearer (1.5 CME Credits Train the Trainer)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
Veteran trainers Robert Shearer and Jeanne Maes are back to explore adult student learning, effective presentation skills, lessons learned from small group activities and training methodologies. Come prepared to learn and share.
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B8 – The Appellate Mediator’s Toolbox – Nicholas Shannin (1.5 CME Credits Appellate)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
There is a common "toolbox" for circuit or family mediators, filled with tools to help get the trial-bound parties to reach settlement. Those same tools may not work as well to create a settlement for these parties when they are post-trial and headed to an appellate court. Learn what tools should be in your appellate mediator's toolbox and how to use them most effectively.
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