Hi Welcome to MediatorPodcast.com - A podcast and video series about mediation, negotiation and collaboration.  My name is Melissa Gragg, I provide online valuation, divorce and mediation services in St. Louis, Missouri. 
 
In this week’s episode we will discuss  do you have What It Takes To Be a Mediator with Kimberly Best, a registered nurse, mediator, and conflict coach based in Franklin, TN and author of How to Live Forever -  A guide to writing the final chapter of your life story and Elliot Herland, a mediator focused on workers’ compensation cases, based in Minneapolis, and Vice Chair of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Membership Committee.
 
Welcome Kim and Elliot!!

1. How did you all get into mediation?
2. What training and continuing education is required or recommended?
3. What skills are helpful to a successful mediator?   
4. What would you like to see for the future of mediation?
5. What can a mediator do to pull in business?
6. How do you use the virtual world via social media and online networking?
 
 
 
Melissa Gragg
CVA, MAFF, CDFA
Expert testimony for financial and valuation issues
http://www.BridgeValuation.com
Cell: (314) 541-8163
Bridge Valuation Partners, LLC
[email protected]
https://www.valuationmediation.com 

Kimberly Best, RN, MA
Best Conflict Solutions
318 Canton Stone Dr.
Franklin, TN 37067
615.438.6942
[email protected] 
bestconflictsolutions.com

Elliot A. Herland
Herland Mediation Services
3881 Evermoor Parkway
Rosemount, Minnesota 55068
952-240-4005
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.herlandmediation.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/herlandmediation/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/elliot-herland-mediation-services