| |
March
2006 |
Mediation
needs a Political Action Committee (PAC). We need professional
representation for our ‘industry’ among the decision
makers in our government at all levels: federal; state; and municipal.
We need to communicate what we can do to help elected officials,
policy makers, as well as business leaders |
| Mediation
at TOP OF MIND |
June
2005 |
Mediation needs to get closer to a ‘top of mind’ status
with consumers if we are to accelerate the development of our
profession and to accomplish more positive effect. To do that,
we need to invest ourselves in the marketing of our profession. |
| Diversity:
Breaking Out of Intellectual Bondage |
November
2004 |
The
concept of diversity means a lot more than what we generally tend
to associate it with. Popularly we tend to frame diversity in
terms of discrimination on basis of gender (please, it’s
NOT “sex,” it’s “gender”), skin
color, religious affiliations (or absence thereof), sexual orientation,
physical ability or appeara |
| Commercial Section Editorial |
October
2004 |
The
realm of commercial mediation is as wide and diverse as is business
itself. The Commercial Section of Mediate.com seeks to move the
profession forward with a big-tent approach characterized by inclusion
of a variety of areas, viewpoints, and philosophic approaches.
We serve as a nexus of information about profess |
| Iraq
and Afghanistan: Opportunities for ADR |
May
2003 |
The
collapse of one sort of governmental infrastructure needs to be
replaced with another, and the sooner, the better. Now is the
time to introduce collaborative conflict resolution and arbitral
conflict adjudication into the post-armed conflict re-construction
cultures of Iraq and Afghanistan. |
Impasse
Breaking Tip: What Would it Sound Like To You If They Understood? |
January 2003 |
I anguished over whether to write this piece or not. On one hand,
I wanted to share this experience with others. On the other hand,
I was concerned some practitioners may find this concept too elementary
and consequently think less of me for writing about it. Then I
factored in a major concern I have about our profe |
| What Kind Of Commercial Mediator Are You? |
August 2002 |
ARE
YOU A SPECIALIST OR GENERALIST COMMERCIAL MEDIATOR: WHAT DO YOU
KNOW ABOUT >MY< BUSINESS? By Tom Oswald 29 August 2002 Has
anyone ever asked you this question? Sometimes I get interrogated
about this when I introduce myself as a Commercial Mediator. The
broad range of po |
| Welcome to the Commercial Section |
May 2002 |
Welcome
to the Mediate.com Commercial Section. This section is devoted
to the advancement of professional commercial mediation from the
dual perspectives of both the consumer and of the practitioner.
I anticiate that we will focus on advancing the application of
commercial mediation to business disputes and the pract |
