m3 Resource Page
Welcome to Mediation Cubed. This is a space for mediators, mediation academics and students.
This is a page about making it easy for you to access the best mediation has to offer, the best 3 scholarly mediation text, audio and visual resources that I can find for you.
I post only the very best of current scholarly material available – and there will only ever be up to 3 articles or audio/video resources under each heading – so grab the RSS feed and you will get every new article as soon as it goes up – on your left you can also send me your own or someone else’s piece for possible listing on m3 – please do – and think of it as your vote for the reigning top 3 mediator resources in each of the following categories;
Send YOUR Pick For Best Article
Please send me a link or .pdf file for your pick of best mediation article in any of the areas below
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The 3 Best Mediation Articles Ever Written
Some writing never goes out of date - here read my vote for the two (send me your vote for the 3rd) all time classics that are for me the most important mediation thinking to date
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The 3 Best Blogs Being Written
“The most compelling, cutting edge, honest legal writing being produced in this country today is happening on the Internet [blogs], and the crop improves daily … it’s clear that the real bones and guts and sinew of the national conversation is happening online, and not in print.” American Lawyer
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Clinical
Must read articles on at-the-table mediation practice
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Whiteboard Work
Some mediators you can't get them off the whiteboard, others won't go near it - yet it ca be a powerful tool in the right hands
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Mediator Questions
What questions do mediators ask that make people sit back in their chairs, audibly exhale, rub their foreheads and say ".... gee, that's a really good question to ask me…I've never had to look at it like that before...?"
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Theory
It comes as a suprise to some there is much theory sitting behind what we do at the table. Here are 3 of the best think pieces in this space.
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Multi Party
Multi party mediations are very different from two or three party cases, they take extra planning and special skills...
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Money Negotiation
Much of what we do involves parties negotiating $ amounts - and this is often the language of the litigated case mediation. But some mediators struggle with this aspect of a mediation - often it's not about interests at all but rather good old fashioned positional bargaining
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Mediators Reflect
"What we do as the pilot is we try to bring a crisis situation in for a softer landing, a safe landing, harnessing the skills and abilities of everybody on the team in order to get it done" - Jeff Kichaven
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Consensus Building/Public Dialogue
Consensus Building Organisations assist in public discussions around land use and development, natural resources and environment, social policies and programmes. These organisations are often engaged by central or local government or utility organisations seeking to connect with large sections of the population. There are many examples of well-developed mechanisms for building public consensus around the world that provide government, business and other organisations the tools to engage with their public. While they all operate slightly differently, they all manage large, multi-party policy dialogues by helping diverse groups organise productive meetings and generate implementable agreements.
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The Business of Mediation
You might be a great mediator, but do you know how to run your business?
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Marketing Your Mediation Practice
Build and sustain your practice by effective marketing
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Quality
Mediator quality is a hot topic right now - but in an unregulated industry with no real barriers to entry how do we ensure quality?
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Mediation and the Courts
Whether we like it or not, mediation is now often connected with court systems around the world - where it is often seen as a case management tool to deal with the escalating costs of providing state run justice and a way of taking pressure off congested court dockets
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Cross-Over; the behavioural sciences meet mediation
More and more mediators need to understand not only HOW participants in mediation react to conflict, but WHY they react in the way that they do.
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Process
There is much talk about the correct mediation process and many would say 'it just depends' when asked to describe the perfect mediation
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Apologies in Mediation
How important is an apology in mediation?
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Rock Star Mediators
There are some bright shining stars in our mediation galaxy - watch, listen and learn from some of them here
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Mediation Video
The best mediation videos online
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Specialist Practice Areas
Family, Environmental, Employment, Commercial, Construction etc.
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Research
There is much research into what works and what doesn't going on behind the closed doors of our academic institutions - take a peek through the keyhole here
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Mediation Ethics
Mediation is a solitary endeavour and we all need a solid working ethical base to work from.
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m3 Archives
Looking for something that was once in the best 3? Try here
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