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Operating a Profitable Mediation Practice
by Forrest S. Mosten

1998, Mosten Mediation Training (410 Pages)

$49.95 Manual Only
$79.95 Manual and Disk
$39.95 Practice Forms Disk Only

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Based on over 20 years of private mediation practice, Mosten shares his experiences and offers step by step tips and forms for you to build a successful mediation practice and help you make mediation your day job. Materials and check lists can be used in your own practice and the diskette lets you adapt a complete set of forms immediately. Read the overview of contents below.

What Reviewers are Saying About Operating A Profitable Mediation Practice:

“Woody Mosten... is a a very active mediator and mediation trainer and this volume is the manual from one of his most successful training programs.”

“… Woody Mosten's insight shines out repeatedly suggesting new and creative approaches to dealing with regular and unanticipated issues.”

“The final section focuses on the Management of the Mediation Practice. It includes sample forms, checklists and ideas for the effective operation of the practice as a business…”

James Boskey
SPIDR NEWS
Winter/Spring1999

“This manual is a unique offering to mediators who, no surprise here, don’t usually come to the profession with proficiency in marketing. It will likely be “devoured by course attendees and non-attendees who are serious about making a living in mediation. In a hyphenated word: it's a treasure-trove.

Woody is very creative in his approach and shares generously as a friend, a colleague and a mentor. There is material that will be new to the experienced mediator, more than enough for the novice and ideas for those of us who teach internships or act as mentors.”

Lynn Carp Jacob
Steven A. Denny
AFM Mediation News, Spring/Summer 2000

Operating a Profitable Mediation Practice
by Forrest S. Mosten

Overview of Contents


Section I: Self Reflection and Assessment of Your Mediation Practice: Creating your Mediation Signature

Section II: Strategically Marketing Your Mediation Practice (pp.100-183)

Section III Effectively Managing Your Mediation Practice (pp.185-401)

Book Highlights

  • New Service Products for Mediators
  • Setting Up a Mediation-Friendly Office
  • Training Staff
  • Financial Management and Accounting
  • Brochures, Client Packets and Office Materials
  • Proven Marketing Techniques
  • Developing a Successful Referral Network

Operating a Profitable Mediation Practice
Forms Disk

The Following Forms are intended to give you a head start in operating and marketing your own mediation practice. They are intended to be sample guides only. You should adapt the forms to your own needs. Listed below are the Forms available on the "Operating a Profitable Mediation Practice" Forms Diskette, available from Mosten Mediation Training.

Forms for Starting a Mediation

  • Personal Data & Information
  • Indicators that Mediation is Appropriate (Family)
  • Indicators re Mediation (Civil)
  • Parenting Checklist
  • Tools for Parenting - Holiday Schedule
  • Tools for Parenting Calendar
  • Child Support Checklist
  • Spousal Support Checklist
  • Monthly Budget of Expenses
  • Property Checklist
  • Financial Information
  • Convening Letter (Family)
  • Convening Letter (Civil)
  • Client Legal Check-Up (Family)
  • Mediator Profile
  • Overview of Mediation Process
  • Client Packet Form Letter (Family)
  • Client Packet Form Letter (Civil)
  • Phase II Overview

Forms for Mediating Contracting

  • Mediation Agreement
  • Approval of Mediator
  • Mediator's Disclosure

Forms for Mediation-In-Progress

  • Mediator's Notebook
  • Summary Letter
  • Client Instructions for Mediation
  • Client Instructions for Negotiating

Forms for Recording Agreements

  • Family Deal Memo
  • Civil Deal Memo
  • Letter re Judgment Clauses
  • Letter re Revisions of Judgment
  • Judgment Provisions
  • Promissory Note - Demand
  • Promissory Note - Installment
  • Mediation Clause for Contracts and Agreements

Forms for Setting Up/Managing an Office

  • Phone Intake Form
  • Intake Form - Civil Clients
  • Intake Form - Family
  • Sample Telephone Report
  • Client Billing Information Sheet
  • Mediator's Time Slip
  • Mediation Library
  • Mediator Qualifications
  • Mediator's Agreement
  • Client Evaluation Form

Forms for Marketing

  • Mission Statement
  • Advertising Press Release
  • Media Advisory
  • Direct Mail - Organizations
  • Direct Mail - Professionals
  • Sources for Quotes
  • Mediator's Self-Survey - (Abbreviated)

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