Arbitration & Mediation

Featured Blogger Interview at Mediate.com

By Victoria Pynchon

Mediate.com - where I published my first article on mediation - was kind enough to publish an interview with me about my mediation career and blogging experience today.  Below an excerpt and at the link, more than you ever wanted to know about my legal and ADR career.

 [By mediating,]I regained everything I'd ever loved – people, story, drama, recovery – yet was allowed to retain the intellectual puzzle, strategic problem-solving job I'd enjoyed so much.  It was like the farmer says at the county fair – he uses 'every part of the pig except the squeal.'  I too was now using every part of myself, including a squeal of delight.  The mediation career I've carved out for myself include negotiation training (so I get to teach, which I love); writing (blogging and the book that's grown out of it); and, helping people resolve business disputes burdened with justice issues in a way that is far more efficient, effective and creative than the litigation process affords.

Full post as published by Settle It Now Negotiation Blog on February 08, 2010 (boomark / email).