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.
B13 – CAUTION! Unwary Mediators Are Vulnerable to Grievances – Eric Dunlap (2.1 CME Credits Ethics)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00Each year numerous mediation participants file grievances against certified mediators. Although many grievances never result in sanctions against the mediator, the filing of a grievance leads to unwanted stress, costs, and disruption for a mediator. This interactive presentation will review scenarios that resulted in a grievance against a mediator and will also discuss ways to reduce the possibility of a mediation participant filing a grievance.
B13, Diversity and Domestic Violence: An Interactive Workshop, Robin Caral Shaw and Amy S. Wolsky (2.1 CME credits in Domestic Violence and Cultural/Diversity Awareness)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
B13, Special Education Mediation Understanding the Frameworks by Dr. Mary Bruck (2.1 CME credits in Cultural/Diversity Awareness)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00All public school districts in the U.S. must offer mediation as one of the alternative dispute resolutions for special education disputes. Many certified mediators who mediate in special education are baffled by the special education process and terms as well as the Individual Educational Plan (IEP) procedures. This presentation will serve as a vehicle to demystify background information which mediators will encounter.
B14, Negotiation Styles: Mine, Yours and Theirs, Hal Wotitzky (2.1 CME credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
B14, Tips and Techniques How to Break Impasse by Renee Thompson and Christine Harter (2.1 CME Credits in Ethics)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00Parties often say they are done negotiating, but really desire the mediator’s continued efforts bringing the other party a bit closer to resolution. How does the mediator continue when one party says they are done? What ethical considerations are involved?
B15, Effective Use of Caucus, Peter O. Brick (2.1 CME credits in Ethics)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
B15, Two Heads Are Better Than One A Team Approach to Mediation by Leonard Helfand and Leonia Maresch (2.1 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00The presenters will provide an explanation and give the historical background of team mediation. The presenters will discuss the current utilization of team mediation in the U.S. and internationally and will not only demonstrate the enhancement, balance, and diversity resulting from team mediation but will model how the cooperation of the mediators can enhance the prospects for settlement.
B16, How to Avoid Impasse, Rhonda Hollander and Samuel A. Coffey (2.1 CME credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
B2 – A Pluralist Approach to Restoring the Rookery Bay Estuary: A Qualitative Case Study of Local Water Conflict – Jorge Rice (NON CME)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This presentation is a qualitative case study related to water conflict in the Rookery Bay Estuary (RBE) Watershed in Southwest Florida and examines conflicts of community members in the private sector, public sector, and non-profit organizations involved with the use of water, and water management. Key findings include opposing interpretations as to the best water management practices, and indications that collaboration helps alleviate conflict among diverse stakeholders.
B2 – Cyber Security and Data Breach for Mediators – Christopher Hopkins (1.5 CME Credits Interpersonal Violence)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00