C01 – 10 Ways A Mediation Can Go Wrong, Mistakes & Missteps From the Trenches – J.C. O’Steen & Jason O’Steen (2.1 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00The presentation outlines and explores ten common mistakes new, and not so new mediators make during mediation. It is based on real life experiences of two full-time mediators who are also father and son. The object of this presentation is to explore examples of things mediators do that hinder the mediation process and keep parties from reaching a resolution.
C01 – MEAC Year in Review – Christy L. Foley (1.5 CME Credits Ethics)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
C01, Featured Workshop The LGBT Family Issues Which All Mediators Should Know by Elizabeth Schwartz (2.1 CME credits in Cultural Diversity)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This workshop will delve more deeply into the issues which come up for LGBT families in Florida. Special focus will be placed on family formation issues (adoption, insemination, surrogacy) as well as dissolutions. An update on the law regarding adoptions will be provided. The impact of living in a state which has no relationship recognition will also be discussed, including providing attendees with some insight into how couples can protect themselves and their loved ones as well as how they can dissolve their unions should that be necessary.
C01, How “Neutrals” Can Help Change the World: Saving Our Planet Earth and Children – Alexia Georgakopoulos (Non CME)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00There may be no greater threat to future generations than Climate Change and nothing more valuable to humanity than our children as they represent our future. Two current projects will illustrate how mediators and facilitators can help change the world. Project One: 2014 was the hottest year on record. The Pentagon says that climate change poses immediate risks to our national security. This is a time that climate change conditions are volatile and unprecedented in the history of the human race. It seems fitting that facilitators can assist in public policy discussions. What began in the White House is now a topic underway in our state with leadership from a House Representative. Dr. Georgakopoulos was invited as the lead facilitator. Project Two: Mediators and facilitators can make a difference in the lives of youth who can learn what the value of peace means as a verb.This READING PEACE PAL PROJECT joins everyday ordinary citizens in the community with local youth.
C01, Peacemaking with Victims and Offenders, J. Kim Wright (1.0 CME credit in Domestic Violence)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
C02 – Can’t We All Just Get Along? Mediating Condo and HOA Disputes – Joy Ewertz (2.1 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00The Florida laws regulating Condominium and Homeowner Associations are vast, complicated and confusing. Throw in personal emotions, conflicting views and a vendetta or two and you have a recipe for huge disputes! In this session the participants will learn the basics of Florida Statutes Chapter 720 and 718 (Homeowner and Condominium Laws), who the participants are, what the most common disputes are and how to find are solution.
C02 – Organizational Ombuds: Facilitating Resolution of Workplace Conflicts – Steven Prevaux (1.5 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
C02, Apology Forgiveness and Redemption as Tools for Resolving Disputes by George Knox (2.1 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00This presentation will include a discussion of the different dimensions of an apology. When an apology is given, more is needed than a mere “I’m sorry.” The efficacy in apology lies within addressing the layers of impact. When an effective apology is provided, there is an opportunity for the release of grudges and for accountability to be assumed. This diminishes barriers to negotiation and facilitates settlement.
C02, Mindfulness and Dispute Resolution: Moving Mountains with the Breath, Scott L. Rogers (2.1 CME credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
C03 – Diversity: Delights & Downfalls – Sharon O’Day and Cynthia Barry (2.1 CME Credits Cultural/Diversity Awareness)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00Every individual participating in mediation comes to the table with their own perceptions about their "position" and the "position" of every other person at the table. These perceptions can be based upon a variety of factors: the participant's gender, culture, or age among them. Mediators should not ignore this fact in both themselves and participants. This session will explore how a mediator can work to ensure the integrity of the process and promote the goals of mediation concentrating on gender and age considerations.
C03, Evaluating Truthfulness: See What You Have Been Missing, Susan Constantine (2.1 CME credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00
C03, The Direct Inferential Communication Model Are You Hearing What I Am Saying Am I Saying What You Are Hearing by Michael Holler (2.1 CME Credits General)
Price range: $15.00 through $18.00The Direct/Inferential model of communication explains how people both speak and listen in ways that are clearly stated and in ways that are transmitted and received nonverbally. Participants will explore how to utilize this knowledge to best keep parties engaged. The model has as a goal the minimization of errors in communication which often result in misinterpretations.