Mediator Spotlight

            Upcoming Advanced Trainings in 2010

            Community Mediation Center, Knoxville, TN

            Rule 31 Civil-to-Family Crossover Training

            Presented by JACKIE KITTRELL,
            Executive Director of Community Mediation Center, Knoxville, TN

            Date/Time: Friday & Saturday, Aug 6, 7, 20 & 21 - 9 am - 6 pm
            Location:  First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville, 1808 Woodmont Blvd, 37215
            Fee:  $350 for volunteer mediators, $600 for non-volunteers or inactive volunteers
            Application deadline: EXTENDED TO JULY 30

            There are a few spaces left - apply today!

            Application for Volunteer Mediators
            Application for Non-Volunteer Mediators

            This training has been approved by the ADR Commission as a Rule 31 Civil-to-Family Crossover training.

            As with all NCRC advanced trainings, preference will be given to volunteer mediators who are active in NCRC programs.  Certified, seasoned and apprentice mediators are encouraged to apply.  Mediation experience will be considered when selecting applicants.


            Mary Ellen Bowen,
            Executive Director, Mid-South Mediation

            Advanced Victim Offender Mediation & Restorative Justice

            Presented by MARY ELLEN BOWEN,
            Executive Director of Mid-South Mediation Services, Hohenwald, TN

            Date/Time:  TBA (Summer 2010)
            Location:  TBA
            Fee:  TBA

            Past Advanced Trainings in 2010

            Erricka Bridgeford,
            Director of Training at CMM
            Sharpening the Mediator's Tools:  Strategic Listening, Framing Topics & Running a Thorough Brainstorm

            Presented by ERRICKA BRIDGEFORD,
            Director of Training at Community Mediation Maryland

            Date/Time:  Friday, April 16, 5 - 9 pm, & Saturday, April 17, 9 am - 5 pm              
            Place:              Scarritt Bennett Center, International Room - 2nd Floor of Scarritt Hall
            Cost:  $25 (includes lunch), additional contributions welcome

            10 hrs of CME credit approved for Rule 31 mediators

            Space is limited - RSVP by 4/9

            Scholarships Available

            Ready to take your listening skills to the next level?  This advanced training will teach mediators a trio of skills to help hear and understand mediation participants better, work on being non-judgmental (even while we are full of opinions), and develop strategies that allow participants to make their own decisions in mediation.  Read Erricka's bio

            David W. McMillan, Ph.D.

            Breaking Deadlocks with the Third Position

            Presented by DR. DAVID MCMILLAN,
            Psychotherapist & Member of the NCRC Board of Directors

            Date/Time: Saturday, Mar 27, 1 - 5 pm
            Place:  Second Presbyterian Church, 3511 Belmont Blvd, Nashville
            Cost:  $15

            4 hrs of CME credit approved for Rule 31 mediators

            RSVP by 3/22

            The primary purpose of the third position is to re-frame a dispute in terms of community
            or transcendent values.  Parties often become entrenched in me vs. you, win / lose, I'm
            right / you're wrong postures.  The third position invites parties to think with values instead
            of interests.  It begins the process of collaborative problem-solving in place of what was
            an adversarial process.  Read David's bio

            NCRC Advanced Mediation Trainings are designed for persons who have completed basic mediation training and are active in NCRC's volunteer mediation programs.  Others are welcome to register as well (pending available space).  If cost is a concern, please call the NCRC office to request a scholarship:  333-8400