Mediate.com has published How Agatha Christie Helped Me Be A More Effective Mediator – an interesting article written by ACR Hawaii member Elizabeth Kent. Elizabeth is a facilitator and mediator, teaches a graduate class at the University of Hawaii in systems design, and provides training in dispute resolution. She is also former Director of the Hawaii State Judiciary’s Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution.
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In celebration of their 20th year, Mediate.com has launched an interesting project, called “The Mediation Futures Project”. In short, they are gathering future-focused thinking from mediation leaders, practitioners and programs in these mediation sectors. Mediation Generally Civil Commercial Community Divorce & Family Elder Health Care International Online Dispute Resolution Public Policy Workplace Youth Contributions to the Mediation Futures Project are accepted in the form of articles or videos. Here are some contributions posted on the Mediate.com website: ARTICLES Predicting the Future of Mediation by Peter Adler Our Mediation Future by Sam Imperati The Future of Mediation: Mediators As Problem Finders, Makers, and Designers by Tammy Lenski A Future of Social Technology In Support of Peace & Justice by Colin Rule The Future of Alternative Dispute Resolution by Jerry Barrett VIDEOS Doug Noll Discusses the Future of Litigated and Non-Litigated Mediation by Douglas Noll To learn more about this Mediate.com project and how you can submit your own article or video click here
Mediate.com has recently published Predicting the Future of Mediation, an interesting article that Peter Adler wrote because he could not possibly “resist an invitation from Mediate.com to opine on the future of something near and dear to my heart and happily rekindle some old quarrels with colleagues”. Peter Adler directs ACCORD3.0, a group of independent consultants specializing in foresight, fact-finding and consensus building. He is the former President and CEO of The Keystone Center and has held executive positions with: The Hawaii Supreme Court The Hawaii Justice Foundation The Neighborhood Justice Center of Honolulu (later known as the Mediation Center of the Pacific) Peter is also the author of Eye of the Storm Leadership and is a member of ACR Hawaii.
ACR Hawaii member Thomas DiGrazia is a Peacemaker, Lawyer and Director of the Mediation Center—Windward Oahu. He is an Adjunct Professor at Hawaii Pacific University, teaching graduate classes in Mediation and Conflict. To read or print his “Brain Science and Conflict” article, which is taken from his soon to be published new book (Chapter 4) “Light On Peacemaking”, click here
As indicated on the home page of our website one of the 4 benefits of being an ACR Hawaii member is that you can “Submit materials (e.g. articles or videos) for possible publication on our website”. If you have such materials – e.g. articles you have written or videos you have produced – please let us know. As long as they are related to ADR (e.g. mediation, facilitation, arbitration) or Conflict Resolution/Prevention, we will take a look at them for possible publication. Conversely, if you are not an ACR Hawaii member, here is how you can join us
On October 24, 2014 Mediate.com published Body Language in Online Mediation – What Do We Miss? – an article written by ACR Hawaii board member Giuseppe Leone. Giuseppe is the founder and project manager of Virtual Mediation Lab, an online mediation project sponsored by ACR Hawaii to: Help mediators around the world practice or sharpen their mediation skills by participating in Free online simulations with other mediators Teach mediators how to mediate online and integrate face-to-face and online mediation Since Virtual Mediation Lab (VML) was launched in 2012, it has gained national and international attention. This is the sixth Mediate.com article on VML.
As indicated in this Huffingtonpost article written by Prof. Stephen Henry Fox, on September 28, 2014 Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng, M.A., Ph.D. and ACR Hawaii board member Dr. Kerrie Urosevich, M.A., Ph.D. will present their ideas about building a more peaceful world at TEDxMaui at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center. For more information and tickets to the event go to TEDxMaui.com Ceeds of Peace Project – 6-Min Video Ceeds of Peace Project – 2014 Flyer