Archive for the tag 'Culture'

International Projects and Initiatives: Part I

A panel of eight speakers at the Madrid IBA Conference spoke on “Projects, Practices and Policies: Developments from the World of Mediation.”  This is the first of a two-part report on the presentations offered. Read more »

World Mediation Forum Meets in Florence

The World Forum of Mediation Centers is sponsored by the Union International des Avocats.  As its name implies, the Forum attracts the world’s leading mediation centers and organizations, and meets every nine months to share developments, assess progress, exchange ideas and strategies, and network between developed and developing mediation markets. Read more »

The Secretary and the Professor

(Scene:  White Horse Tavern, Hudson Street and 11th Avenue in the Village in New York City.  Roger Fisher is having a beer with Alexander Hamilton, who is nursing a brandy.)

 Roger Fisher:  Hamilton, I’ve been thinking….

 Alexander Hamilton:  That does not surprise me.  You are after all a Professor.  Read more »

A Good Video for Cross-Border Mediation

Last year I had occasion to show a mediation video to a group of senior claims executives of European insurance companies who had assembled in Zurich.  They loved it, and I was reminded just how powerful this video is to introduce the process of cross-border, cross-cultural interest-based facilitated negotiation to business people.  And it’s online! Read more »

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