IAM Blog

By: Michael Young, IAM President and Distinguished FellowEmail: mike@mikeyoungmediation.com  Posted: May 27, 2015  Mediators often think about how we can get parties into a different frame of mind. When the current mindset is not allowing for settlement, and we...

By: Jeffrey Krivis, IAM Distinguished FellowEmail:jkrivis@firstmediation.com  Posted:  May 20, 2015 Mediation may be viewed as performance art, in which every case has improvisational aspects. Here are key rules. 1. Don’t deny offers and ideas: Denial is the...

By: David Hoffman, IAM Distinguished Fellow Email:dhoffman@bostonlawcollaborative.com    Posted:  May 13, 2015 In recent years negotiation theorists have transformed our understanding of how to succeed in making a deal. Getting to Yes, published in 1981 by Roger...

By: Keith L. Seat, IAM Blog Editor & Distinguished FellowEmail:kseat@keithseat.com Posted:  May 6th, 2015 This is the first posting of the new blog of the International Academy of Mediators, which will open to you the insights and thinking of one of the top...