“Winning at Mediation” – Nancy Hudgins’ Excellent Resource for Advocates

Fellow blogger and mediator Nancy Hudgins has compiled her excellent blog series on preparing for mediation into a fantastic monograph called “Winning” at Mediation: A Blueprint for Success.   It’s a well organized primer for any attorney (or the lay person mediating pro se).

Inside she includes excellent advice, such as her pre-mediation checklist and my favorite chapter – Show, Don’t Tell.  Visual aids are underutilized in trial situations and mediations.   Nothing has more impact on someone you are trying to persuade than a blown up picture of the accident scene, an example of the sheet metal that the million dollar machine you just bought is improperly fabricating, or a pile of junk food that a diabetic suing for medical malpractice had ordered while, uhm, a guest of the state.