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Copyright 2026 - All Rights Reserved - James C. Melamed Also See: The Mediate.com Story INTRODUCTION About this “Book" About...

Table of Contents Next FOR SOCCER FANS Teamwork and Leadership Among other roles, a mediator is clearly THE leader of...

Table of Contents Next International Mediation Training Experiences Along with maintaining my mediation practice in the yurt, I became more...

Table of Contents Next Change Positions – Change Perspectives Another opportunity that soccer gave me was the ability to literally...

Table of Contents Next Getting Started in Mediation My personal introduction to mediation was in 1981 during my second year...

Table of Contents Next Managing Emotional and Relational Issues Even God cannot change the past. Aristotle Emotional and relational intensity...

Table of Contents Next Getting Participants Across the Goal Line Helping participants reach agreement is not about pushing, persuading, or...

Table of Contents Next SECTION 7:A PERSONAL JOURNEYModeling Integrity and Leadership In addition to talking plenty about mediation, I also...

Table of Contents Next "Dettmar Cramer’s Bible" The owner of the Stanford Soccer Camp and my coach at Stanford my...

INTRODUCTION: ABOUT THIS BOOK What exactly is “a book” these days? In the pre-digital era, the answer was self-evident: covers,...

Table of Contents Next An Interest-Based Problem-Solving Model Once the administrative aspects of mediation have been completed, the mediator can...

Table of Contents Next Hypothesis Generation and Testing Wonder rather than doubt or certainty is the root of knowledge. Abraham Joshua...

Table of Contents Next Doubt and Dissonance Better bend than break. Jean de La Fontaine Creating a Healthy Tension of...

Table of Contents Next Strategic Questioning A mediator’s questions are never random. They are strategic tools—purposefully crafted to advance rapport,...

Table of Contents Next Ultimately, there is positive intention behind all behavior. Richard Bandler and John Grinder De-positioning to Ultimate...

Table of Contents Next How do you want it to be? Jerry Weinberg Outcome and Evidence Questioning Helping participants reach...

Abstract Parenting plans are typically drafted as legal instruments that allocate time and decision-making between adults, yet from a child's...

Table of Contents Next The Goals for Your Mediation Fairness and Reasonableness?  Empowerment and Recognition? Our plans often miscarry because...

Table of Contents Next Less is More & Normative Stories Just as an effective mediator continually seeks to take the...

Table of Contents Next Baby Steps and Strategic Mediation Participants do not need to win, they are just unwilling to...

Table of Contents Next WORKING WITH PARTICIPANTS IN MEDIATION Perception and Parts Seeking to become an effective mediator is both...

Table of Contents Next Most Capable Solutions Success doesn't come to you...you go to it. Marva Collins If at first...

Table of Contents Next Working with Participants’ Resource States Question: How do mediation participants come to us? At their best?...

Table of Contents Next Maximizing Mediation as a Model There is no single “right way” to mediate. Mediation practices vary...

Myths and misinformation often shape people’s understanding of divorce law and their options for reaching a settlement through mediation or...

Congregations rarely divide because they run out of money. They divide because they run out of shared imagination. Scarcity becomes...

Table of Contents Next Building Rapport in Mediation Building Rapport Matching, Pacing, and Leading If asked to name the three...