Category: About Mediation
Mediate.com Interview with Tony Piazza: “Lessons from 5,000 Mediations: Converting Dialectic Into Dialogue”
August 4, 2026This Mediate.com interview of Tony Piazza was recorded on July 29, 2026. Over the past 46 years, Tony has mediated...
By Antonio Piazza, Stephen Kotev
Optimizing Mediation – Table of Contents
August 4, 2026Participant Empowerment, AI andProblem-Solving Optimization in Mediation by Jim Melamed Co-Founder and 25-year CEO at Mediate.com INTRODUCTION About this “Book"...
By Jim Melamed
Practice Swimming Like Whales
August 4, 20264⁴SRI® (4⁴ Structured Reflective Instrument) International Certificate Program Tzofnat Peleg-Baker, PhD with Certified 4⁴SRI® Practitioners PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE IS A PRACTICE...
By Tzofnat Peleg-Baker
Turns Out That RPS Coach Really Is Pretty Cool
August 4, 2026When mediate.com recently created this homepage for RPS Coach, it seemed like a good time to reflect on my amazing...
By John Lande
Using RPS Coach to Create a Disability Real Practice System (DRPS)
August 4, 2026This year, I have been celebrating my twentieth bipolar-versary by launching a number of different 20 Years Embracing Bipolar projects...
By Dan Berstein
Optimizing Mediation: About This Book
August 3, 2026by Jim Melamed Co-Founder and 25-year CEO at Mediate.com INTRODUCTION: ABOUT THIS BOOK What exactly is “a book” these days?...
By Jim Melamed
Optimizing Mediation: Mediation & Optimization
August 3, 2026Table of Contents Next Mediation & Optimization In any situation in which you are uncertain, consider: "What do I want...
By Jim Melamed
Optimizing Mediation: Mediation Myth Busters
August 3, 2026Table of Contents Next This “Myth Busters” article was written and issued in 2025 jointly by the American Arbitration Association...
By Jim Melamed
Immersive Mediation Program Trains Tomorrow’s Peacemakers
July 27, 2026Cal State Long Beach students are getting into the thick of other peoples’ problems — and solving them — while...
By Andrew Edwards
Mediation in India: Enforceable Settlements Without Compulsory Compromise
July 27, 2026In a Delhi family court, a marriage of seven years had already collapsed by the time the case reached the...
By Aftab Mohammad
Optimizing Mediation – About the Author
July 26, 2026Next Table of Contents Jim Melamed co-founded Mediate.com in 1996 with John Helie and served as CEO of Mediate.com through June 2020...
By Jim Melamed
Optimizing Mediation – Acknowledgements
July 25, 2026Next Table of Contents Acknowledgements First off, thanks to my parents. To my dad, now deceased at 93, for his...
By Jim Melamed
Optimizing Mediation – A Fascinating Journey
July 24, 2026Table of Contents Next OVERVIEW OF THE MEDIATION PROCES An Introduction to MediationA Fascinating Journey If we want to make...
By Jim Melamed
Background to Stephen Kotev’s July 29 Interview with Tony Piazza: “Lessons from 5,000 Mediations: Converting Dialectic Into Dialogue”
July 22, 2026- Register for Free Tony Piazza Interview Here - For almost two decades, I’ve been fascinated by the Aikido concept...
By Stephen Kotev, Antonio Piazza
Guidelines for the Submission of Articles to Mediate.com
July 21, 2026Mediate.com welcomes high quality articles on mediation and dispute resolution for publication on our web site. Authors are encouraged to submit...
By Clare Fowler, Jim Melamed, Colin Rule
Advanced Workplace Mediation Training
July 14, 2026with Dr. Clare Fowler of Mediate.com - October 2 and 9 via Zoom The Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center at ASU Law has...
By Clare Fowler
From Observation to Innovation: A Year Inside the AAA–Suffolk Online Dispute Resolution Innovation Clinic
July 14, 2026Introduction In August 2025, eight Suffolk Law School students became the inaugural participants in the AAA–Suffolk Online Dispute Resolution (ODR)...
By Maya Markovich
Designing the Future of ODR: The ‘Centaur System’ and Role of Humans in the AI Era
July 7, 2026This session from the 2026 Global ODR Forum at Harvard addresses issues of "Designing the Future of ODR: The Role...
By John Lande, Morgan Tregenza, Renee Jackson, Jim Melamed
Why the Best Business Relationships Have Nothing to Do with Business with Philip Fornaro
June 30, 2026The best business relationships have nothing to do with business. Not at the start, not in the room, not over...
By Susan Guthrie
Navigating Modern Dispute Resolution: A Review of John Lande’s RPS Coach for Parties and Aspiring Professionals
June 30, 2026The Real Practice Systems Negotiation and Mediation Coach (RPS Coach) is an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to help mediators, lawyers,...
By Jim Melamed, John Lande
Consideration of AFCC and ICODR Standards for the Use of AI in Family Mediation
June 30, 2026The landscape of dispute resolution has undergone a profound transformation, driven by technological advancements that were significantly accelerated by the...
By Jim Melamed, Colin Rule
When the Conflict Resolution Professional Becomes the Displaced Tenant
June 29, 2026Reflections on conflict, psychological safety, and the limits of professional neutrality There was a period in my life when I...
By Sarabjeet Wadhwa
Addressing Sacred Values in Conflict Engagement
June 29, 2026Some conflicts are not about what people want. They are about what people believe must never be given up. These...
By Bart Patton, John Potter
Making Dispute Resolution Accessible – ODR Forum 2026 (video)
June 23, 2026"Making Dispute Resolution Accessible" from the 2026 ODR Forum at Harvard University, presented by Jennifer Shack, Director of Research at...
By Jennifer Shack
Colin Rule Documentary Interview
June 23, 2026This is the video recording of Colin Rule, CEO of Mediate.com and ODR.com, for the "Can ODR Change the World...
By Colin Rule, Mac-Arthur Pierre-Louis
Navigating the Fog of Indirect Conflict: Practical Tools for Clarity and Prevention
June 17, 2026Being a conflict resolution specialist is, at least in my experience, a 24‑hour job. At first, people don’t fully understand...
By Alessandra Sgubini
Guidance for AI Usage – from the ODR Forum 2026
June 16, 2026This session from the 2026 Global ODR Forum is entited "Applying ODR Standards: Guidance for AI Usage for Human Third...
By Daniel Rainey, Leah Wing
Hired Before Hello: How Legal and DR Professionals Use Podcasting to Win Clients with Dennis Meador
June 16, 2026Imagine a potential client calling your office for a consultation, and before you can even finish saying hello, they say,...
By Susan Guthrie
What Are We Learning About the Effects of AI in Mediation – 3 Tips for Protecting Our Parties
June 16, 2026https://youtu.be/jhz_QnI2ZNk?si=56hZZbugqSaoJZqq Dr. Clare Fowler, Exec VP at ODR.com and Mediate.com, here presents on: "What Are We Learning About the Effects...
By Clare Fowler
Can Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Change the World? (film review)
June 12, 2026https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwiLG0hqrpU&t=2s Bill Glover was kind enough to do a review of the new documentary film on online mediation. Here's that...
By Mac-Arthur Pierre-Louis