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“The Zoom genie has left the bottle and has no intention of returning.” ~ NADN Member Survey

I am not surprised at all to hear that the vast majority of members of National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals report that they:

* Find online mediation at least as effective as in-person
* Plan to continue to offer online mediation after Covid
* Have found their client base has grown with online access

As the report states, “the Zoom genie has left the bottle and has no intention of returning!”

The Online Mediation Training Task Force recently completed several months of study, review, public forums and more to determine trends in online mediation and online mediation training with an eye to making recommnedations regarding best practices going forward.⠀
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Task Force Chair, Forrest “Woody” Mosten and Jim Melamed have been reviewing the reports posted by the Task Force Committees, including those prepared by Family and Elder and Marketing Committee Chair, Susan Guthrie, to create a final report and recommendations. One thing that has become very clear, is that online mediation and online training are here to stay!⠀
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In fact, Woody recently commented that “Every mediator should take 3-5 Basic Trainings with different instructors. At least one of these trainings should be primarily focused on online mediation practice!”⠀
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At @mostenguthrie, we include training speficit to online practice in each program we provide, and will be adding programs in Basic Online Mediation Training, Advanced Online Mediation Training and an Online Mediation Training Practicum led by Susan in the Fall!

Mosten Guthrie Academy is excited to be exhibiting at the 2021 ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Tech Expo during the week of July 12-16, 2021! Join us to learn how we can meet yourmediation and collaborative law training needs with a personalized, one-on-one demo appointment. The Expo will also offer educational programs, informational sessions, technology hot tips, entertainment, and socializing opportunities.

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As a completely online mediation and collaborative law training academy, Mosten Guthrie strives to provide up-to-date, innovative and cutting edge trainings including the technical, ethical and practical considerations for a virtual practitioner.

Mediate.com’s Online Mediation Training Task Force, Chaired by our own Woody Mosten, held it’s second public Forum on April 30th.  This Forum, co-hosted by Susan Guthrie with colleagues, Jim Melamed, Clare Fowler and Donna Silverberg, focused on  new and emerging issues of online mediation and the training of mediators online. For more information on the Task Force and future public Forums click the button below!

As our Woody Mosten is known internationally as the Father of Unbundled Legal Services Unbundled legal services – Wikipedia, MG is proud of the recent acceptance of limited scope services based on online legal and mediation services. The ABA has a leading story in its May 2021 ABA Journal and IAALS just held a conference on unbundling for courts and the private sector https://iaals.du.edu/events/unbundled-legal-services-new-normal

MG will host a training on unbundling headlined by Woody very soon

Our own Woody Mosten is featured as an inspiring voice to emulate in a program presented by Angela Reddock-Right, Dr. Debra Dupree and Susan Guthrie at the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution’s Annual Spring Conference.  The program is entitled:  Notoriously Good Trouble: Mediators Continuing the Legends of Ruth Bader Ginsberg and John Lewis and will be presented on April 15, 2021.

At the 2021 Southern California Mediation Association’s Family Mediation Institute, Forrest “Woody” Mosten awarded the  Forrest “Woody” Mosten Star Award for Excellence and Innovation in Family Mediation to Bill Eddy.  Bill is only the second recipient of the Star Award , created and named after Woody who was also the first recipient in 20

Forrest “Woody” Mosten recently contributed a thought-provoking opinion piece on the pending Impeachment trial of former President, Donald Trump and offers his alternative in furtherance of breaching the divide in our country.