The Facts about Mediation:

• Mediation is the use of an impartial person to help parties in conflict make informed decisions while empowering them to find their own solutions to problems.
• Mediation is a voluntary settlement process based on a win/win concept of dispute resolution.
• Mediation is less costly, both emotionally and financially, than litigation.
• Mediation helps the parties understand the problem and each other better.
• Mediation solves the problem and helps the parties maintain their relationship.
• Mediation is confidential and avoids public disclosure of problems.
• Mediation can be completed in less time and with less cost than litigation so that everyone can move on.
• Mediation is a process which is cooperative and constructive.
• Mediation is scheduled at your convenience, not at the convenience of the court.

• Mediation helps you make decisions together about how you will parent your children after divorce or separation.
• Mediation can help you learn how to effectively communicate with each other about your children in a business-like manner.
• Mediation allows you to write your own parenting plan specific to your needs and the needs of your children.
• Mediation helps keep the children out of the middle of the conflict.
• Mediation helps educate you about how to resolve conflicts in the future.
• Mediation is being recognized by courts all around the world as a better way to resolve parenting issues.

• Because you can access mediation quickly, you have a greater opportunity to preserve existing relationships. Problems which are promptly addressed don't have the ability to fester and poison the workplace atmosphere.
• Mediation allows the people involved in a dispute to sit down, outside the glare of co-workers, to talk about the problem
• Mediation significantly reduces the amount of time diverted from your business.
• Mediation allows the individuals involved in a dispute to arrive at solutions that work for them, and can be as creative as they are.
• Mediation helps co-workers, supervisors, and others involved to increase their level of communication, and consequently their trust.
• Mediation allows all participants to be treated with respect.
• Research shows that job satisfaction and commitment to the team goal increases as team members believe their voice is heard within the organization.

• Mediation helps neighbors solve problems together.
• Mediation provides a forum for every voice to be heard respectfully and attentively.
• Mediation is a proven avenue for resolving disputes more quickly, more economically and more completely than traditional civil litigation.
• Mediation is conducted in a non-adversarial forum which allows people to maintain healthy relationships, thereby keeping the community healthy.
  

• Mediation can be scheduled quickly, so that problems can be addressed and resolved expediently.
• Mediation brings together the stakeholders- administrators, teachers, partners, students- in a positive atmosphere that encourages cooperation, not coercion.
• Mediation enchances communication between and among groups that may otherwise view each other as hostile.
• Mediation provides students with a model for conflict resolution, which gives them an important tool for their future.

• In Mediation, the participants know their costs up front, and can focus on solving the dispute rather than worrying about the litigation expenses.
• Mediation allows people to maintain their privacy about medical issues by not having them discussed in court.
• In Mediation, people are encouraged to ask questions to better understand the process and the other person, whereas litigation can be confusing and frustrating for non-attorneys
• Mediation provides an expediant settlement opportunity and avoids the possiblity of long costly appeals.
• Mediation allows people to move on and start healing, without centering their lives around an on-going legal battle.

• Mediation provides buyers, sellers and agents a neutral forum for resolving disputes.
• Mediation offers a prompt and convenient opportunity to work out problems, and save the deal, even one threatened at the last minute.
• Mediation occurs in a confidential setting.
• Mediated settlements are much more likely than court or arbitration decisions to be fulfilled by all parties.
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