NEW TRAINING OPPORTUNITY

Launch Your Mediation Practice:  A MasterMind Group For Divorce Mediators

I am currently putting together a program for mediators that want to launch their practices into the Pre-Suit/Pro-Se market.  Starting this group has been one of my long term goals and I have high expectations  for what we are about to co-create.  The following information will help you decide if you would benefit from this program.  Please call or email me if you want to learn more or if you are ready to take advantage of this timely opportunity.

What I know:

1.  The family law arena is ripe for a revolution.  The public is eager to move away from the traditional/attorney-driven model of divorce and towards a more humane and family-friendly approach.  The new economy is accelerating the shift.  Professional mediators are strategically placed to ride the wave of this emerging trend by providing PreSe-PreSuit mediation and document preparation services.

2.  The 40-hour mediation training model serves as the first step towards a professional divorce/family mediator practice.  However, mediators often find the road to private practice bumpy and laden with obstacles.  I believe the biggest obstacle to launching a mediation practice is the inevitable need to create and implement a comprehensive marketing plan and the novice mediators’ failure to do so.  (A comprehensive marketing plan must have advertising, PR, branding, and networking components.)

3.  In order to successfully build a ProSe/PreSuit mediation practice the mediator needs to be somewhat knowledgeable in family law, finance, psychology, administration, and marketing.  So it is reasonable that the MasterMind process (which brings together professionals from various disciplines, intent on pursuing the same goal, and not in direct market competition) can be a key to individual and collective success.

What I can offer you:

The Mediators’ MasterMind group will meet over a six month period (and satisfy your CME requirement).  During this time we will explore mediation techniques/strategies and investigate topics related to the legal, financial, psychological and social aspects of divorce.  I will provide you with my intake and marketing materials; templates for drafting neutral, customized marital settlement agreements; and the document preparation software we are currently using at A Friendly Divorce.  However, most importantly, you will create and implement a tailored marketing plan designed to launch your practice in the lucrative ProSe/PreSuit market.

Our time together will include two face-to-face meetings, bi-monthly phone conversations and an in-depth email dialogue.  In addition to group members’ individual goals the ultimate group goal will be to devise an on-going, collaborative marketing plan and a practice guide.

Enrollment is limited to eight participants who will be selected so there will be no direct geographic market competitors.  In order to qualify for this program you must:

(a)  already be certified as a Family Mediator, have certification pending, or live in a state that does not certify mediators.

(b)  possess some level of professional expertise in law, psychology, social services, mediation, finance, or some other related professional field, and

(c)  have at least 10 hours a week to devote to launching your practice.

Answers to FAQ

In addition to the wisdom group members bring, content will be presented by subject matter specialists Susan Dubow, Paul Leboffe, and David Spofford.

I am a proponent of the co-mediation model and will support partner/co-mediator participation whenever possible.

The investment to be a part of this group is $1995.

References:

“The End of Lawyers” (Oxford, 2008) by legal futurist Richard Susskind

“Think And Grow Rich” (1937) by Napoleon Hill.  The MasterMind process was first described in this classic book.  See http://www.lifetosuccess.com/2009/10/26/napoleon-hill-think-and-grow-rich-the-mastermind-principle/.  To me it is obvious that Hill’s 13 principles of success (one of which is MasterMind) have influenced EVERY self-help business book in the book store today.