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Fiona Kirman

Fiona Kirkman

Fiona Kirkman is a non-adversarial Family Lawyer and Family Mediator. She’s revolutionising the family dispute resolution industry with her legal tech products like FamilyProperty.  The software is designed to improve visibility and speed up the process of resolving even the most complex of property settlement negotiations. Fiona provides family dispute resolution servcies through her business […]

Lee Lee

Lee Lee is an accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, Regional Program Manager for Interact Support and a JP in North Queensland.

Susie Rayner

Susie Rayner

Susie Rayner is a NMAS Accredited Mediator, FDRP and New Ways coach.

Anne-Marie Cade

Anne-Marie Cade

Anne-Marie Cade is a Divorce Advisor, Educator, Mediator, Divorce Coach and Parenting Coordinator

Mediation Awareness Week Event Ideas

Community organizations and businesses across Australia are getting involved in Australian Mediation Awareness Week by hosting an event between the 10th and 16th 20 October 2019 to help their community to get a greater understanding of Appropriate Dispute Resolution. Whether it’s a morning tea, a presentation, an acceptance challenge or a demonstration mediation, hosting an […]

How Anger escalates

Emotions are contagious The diagram above shows you exactly how anger can escalate. When we watch someone doing something, in our mind we picture ourselves or see ourselves doing the same thing. The key is to understand that ‘Emotions are contagious’. When we realise that emotions are contagious we can choose to react the same […]

What are the 4 Big Skills?

The 4 Big Skills The 4 Big Skills teach people basic life skills. Managing emotions is difficult sometimes. However, when you realise that emotions are normal and that you can calm upset emotions – the more you will be able to effectively act on feelings that don’t have a negative effect but a positive one. […]

What is ADR?

ADR stands for appropriate dispute resolution. There are many more ways to resolve disputes other than going to court and asking a stranger to decide for you. Court is the last resort because it is expensive and is a process where you hand over your basic human right of self-determination and submit to the judgement […]

Mock Video Mediation Demonstration

Mock Mediation

This event is delivered online and is presented by Mediation Institute trainers Ken Speakman, Joanne Law and Cynthia Brooking. The webinar is for people interested in experiencing what happens in video mediation. It will also be of interest for people who want to be “a fly on the wall” in standard facilitative mediation. The style […]

Online Dispute Resolution

ODR

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Cynthia Brooking

Cynthia Brooking

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Mock Video Mediation Demonstration

Mock Mediation

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3 top tips to help parents prepare for family mediation

3 top tips

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ODR – Making use of technology to resolve family conflict

ODR Making use of technology

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Helping your clients prepare for Mediation

Helping your clients to prepare for mediation

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Janis Bull

Janis Bull

Janis Bull is a NMAS Accredited Mediator and Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner based in Bendigo in Victoria.

Keeping your workplace psychologically safe

Most employers in Australia know that they have a legal responsibility to ensure a safe workplace however some still do not realise that safety doesn’t just relate to physical safety. We are becoming more and more aware of the psychological harm that can be caused by stress and workplace bullying is one of the major […]

Ready to mediate

Rebecca Carroll-Bell

In this live webinar Rebecca Carroll-Bell will give you insider tips for how to prepare for mediation including gathering your thoughts and preparing for a difficult conversation, making your opening statement at Mediation and a handy what to take to mediation checklist.

Rebecca Carroll-Bell

Rebecca Carroll-Bell

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Webinar – D-FINE How to prepare and manage difficult conversations

This webinar by Malcolm Guy from MIM Mediation is focused on preparing for having difficult conversations. Learn a structured method to prepare and have conversations that are difficult for you to have with or without the support of a mediator. When: Wednesday 18th October 2017 Time:  7pm (AEDT) Venue: Online webinar Booking: Call Malcolm on […]

Webinar – D-Fine How to prepare and manage difficult conversations

Webinar by Malcolm Guy from MIM Mediation

This webinar by Malcolm Guy from MIM Mediation is focused on preparing for having difficult conversations. Learn a structured method to prepare and have conversations that are difficult for you to have with or without the support of a mediator. When: Tuesday 17th October 2017 Time: 1pm (AEDT) Venue: Online webinar Booking: Call Malcolm on […]

MIM Mediation

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Gillian Enterkin

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Autim Awareness and Mediation

Autism and Mediation

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How to use the #AuMAW2018 hashtag

Hashtag

Use the Hashtag #AuMAW2018 or #AuMAW to find Australian Mediation Awareness Week Events you can attend or when letting people know about your event. This is a basic, basic tutorial on the use of hashtags. What is a Hashtag? A hash tag is any word or series of letters that follows a # They are […]

Mediation Q&As Roadshow 2016

Middlegrounds Logo

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Middlegrounds

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Mediation Blog Posts and Ideas

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