Field Guide 04: How to Prepare for Your First Mediation

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Mediation rewards preparation, not performance. This guide gets you to the table knowing your facts, your priorities, and your own composure well enough that nothing catches you off guard.

Inside, you'll find:

  • What mediation actually is, and how it differs from a courtroom

  • The documents and numbers to gather before your first session

  • How to separate your must-haves from your nice-to-haves

  • Five traps that stall a session or cost you leverage

  • Phrases to hold your ground and buy time at the table

  • What to do when a session hits an impasse, anger, or fatigue

Written by The Bend. For anyone about to sit down at the table for the first time.

Format: Downloadable PDF, 13 pages

Mediation rewards preparation, not performance. This guide gets you to the table knowing your facts, your priorities, and your own composure well enough that nothing catches you off guard.

Inside, you'll find:

  • What mediation actually is, and how it differs from a courtroom

  • The documents and numbers to gather before your first session

  • How to separate your must-haves from your nice-to-haves

  • Five traps that stall a session or cost you leverage

  • Phrases to hold your ground and buy time at the table

  • What to do when a session hits an impasse, anger, or fatigue

Written by The Bend. For anyone about to sit down at the table for the first time.

Format: Downloadable PDF, 13 pages