Posts Tagged ‘mediation training’

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We are living in a time of chaos and conflict.  My mission is to carry the message that there is a better way to look at, and respond to, personal and professional conflicts.  During the past 30 years, I have successfully mediated thousands of disputes and developed expertise in resolving workplace and family conflicts.  Today, my goal is to provide strategic conflict management and creative relationship interventions to couples, families, organizations, and communities.

Much of my current mediation practice centers on my work with David Spofford, and our network of Florida Mediators, at A Friendly Divorce.  At A Friendly Divorce, we provide mediation and document preparation services so that the couples we work with can have a one-stop experience that ends with an uncontested divorce.  Additionally, David and I created a training program for professionals who want to launch or expand their practices to include pro-se/pre-suit divorce mediation.  This program is presented by Mediate.com via streaming video. Click this link  https://www.mediateuniversity.com/courses/the-friendly-divorce-training to learn more.

Over the last 22 years, I have taught mediation nationally and internationally to over 13,000 professionals. If you want to become a Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator, acquire mediation skills to enhance your professional or personal life, or experience Continuing Mediator Education that is both entertaining and rich in content, check out Mediation Training Network.  

My book “The Professional Woman’s Guide To Conflict Management” is available on Amazon.

I am intrigued with dialogue focused on aging in community, legacy, and the 3rd-third of life. Ultimately, I am focused on helping people improve their relationships with mediation and other strategic interventions. Please accept this invitation to expand the conversation – email me your questions and comments.  

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Happy trails, Elinor

 

Friendly Divorce Training: Make Money, Make a Difference

This training program is currently offered by steaming video through Mediate.com. Click or cut and paste this link http://www.mediate.com/university/pg29.cfm into your browser, to learn more. If you are an attorney, mediator, or related professional that wants to learn more about our A Friendly Divorce process, and launch or expand your practice into the ProSe/PreSuit divorce market this program is for you.  It will provide you will a road map for creating a one-stop divorce business that serves the growing needs of self-represented clients.  Call or email with your questions.

Course Correction: Shifting Mediation Paradigms

Last year I celebrated my 20th anniversary as a mediator.  Clearly, for me, mediation is not just a job or a business, its my life’s work.  During the last twenty years I have studied conflict and conflict management (mediation being a process of conflict management) and I have mediated criminal, commercial, workplace, and divorce disputes.  Today, I believe that my most important work is as a mediation trainer and that my legacy will be my many students, who use mediation formally and informally, to make the world a better place.

As I look around at the current state of the mediation industry five things continue to annoy me.

1.    Professional mediators are trained in three different venues:  law schools, University based masters and PhD programs in dispute resolution, and 40-hour “Certification” programs offered by private providers.  Each group of students leaves training with different needs.  These needs are often unacknowledged and they remain unmet as  follow-up/future training is typically limited.

2.    There are limited employment opportunities for mediators and the majority of Mediators and Conflict Management Consultants are self employed.  So, training programs should (but most do not) include substantial marketing components.

3.    The “popular” training model – 40-hours of classroom training, followed by a short, on-site (often difficult to acquire) mentorship – was adopted in order to quickly train professionals coming into the profession with experience and knowledge from a related field.  This model has relegated mediation practice to a secondary position.  Re-positioning would require expanding and enhancing the training period and including a true practicum component that is supervised by a practitioner trained in mentoring.

4.    In today’s competitive marketplace branding is a critical component of any marketing plan.  This means that mediators (and other ADR professionals) need to have clear niche expertise.  So, basic training must be followed by advanced training in the niche area.

5.  In order to further the process of mediation and the profession of mediator we must have lobbyists that represent our concerns, on both the state and national levels, with legislatures and executive lawmakers.  And, we must have PR spokespeople who carry our message to the public.

December 2009 – End Of The Year Update

How very fitting that my new website is going live just as we move from 2009 into 2010.   I love New Years Eve.  This is the time of year I feel compelled to assess where I am, where I want to go, and how I will get there.  This assessment process seems to lend itself to the possibility of a clean slate – a chance to begin again.

Personally, the theme for the first half of my 2009 was weddings.  Both my son and my niece got married and wedding related events kept us busy.  During the second half of 2009 my focus shifted homeward and David and I did some renovations.  It took us a long time to unpack afterwards but we are really enjoying the new look.

Professionally, as I look back on 2009 what stands out most are the wonderful people in my life.  I feel blessed by my friends and family who support me through life’s ups and downs.  And, I am grateful for the wonderful professional support team David and I have working with us:  Irma, our delightful database manager; Joyce, our efficient bookkeeper; Kurtis, our wise accountant; Paul, our brilliant business coach; and Herb and Daniele, our webmasters, whose patience and commitment made this new website possible.  I am especially grateful for those who refer clients to A Friendly Divorce.  Not only are we pleased to have new business, we are honored that so many professionals think well enough of us to recommend our service.  That’s the best compliment ever.

In addition to my continued work with A Friendly Divorce and Mediation Training Group, I have two major goals for 2010.  I will finish both my “Launch Your Divorce Mediation Practice” manual and my book “Merrily Ever After: The Bride’s Guide To Starting Your Marriage Off Right” this year   Please stay tuned.

Please know that I wish all of you a magnificent 2010 – may the New Year ahead bring you health, happiness, and abundance.

All the best,

Elinor

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