Building a Profitable Mediation / Collaborative Practice

with Forrest (Woody) Mosten

Using experience and lessons of his 30 years in private mediation practice and his best selling book, Mediation Career Guide, Woody Mosten will take you step by step from wanting a private practice to making it a stable financial business. You will develop your professional signature, which is the key to practice success leading to a compelling mission statement and business plan. You will examine the monetary investment and time allocation to grow your practice as well as how to maximize revenue and manage expenses once it is rolling. You will be pushed and prodded to reflect on your strengths and weaknesses in marketing and managing your practice so that you will leave this seminar with skills and a plan for building a lifetime practice. Each participant will have personal time with Woody to examine your own practice development dilemmas.

What people have said about him:

“Woody Mosten is to Mediation what Tiger Woods is to Golf!” -Shel Stark, Specialty Programs Director, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Ann Arbor, Michigan

“Any class that Woody Mosten teaches offers new ways of looking at old and perplexing problems. He presents material in such a way as to encourage excellence in mediation skills and belief in your ability to achieve your highest standard.” -Dvorah Markman, Chair, Los Angeles County Bar Family Law Section (2006-2007)

“I consider Woody Mosten to be one of the world's most creative thinkers and innovative teachers in the field of Mediation Training.” -Dean Jay Folberg, USF Law School, Past President, Association for Conflict Resolution and, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

“Woody Mosten has a gift for helping people to change, evolve, and become better human beings. He enlightened me to an alternate style of resolving conflict and genuinely caring about people and his course changed the way I conduct my business and family conflict resolution issues.” -Diane Raffill, Los Angeles, CA

“Woody Mosten is one of those wonderful people who rejoices in the accomplishments of others, wants to see all of his colleagues prosper, and holds the door open for others. His life's work is to make the world a better place, and he is doing a great job of it.” -David Hoffman, Former Chair, ABA, Section on Dispute Resolution, Atlanta, GA

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Regular Enrollment is $595, with an earlybird discount to $495 for those registering at least 21 days in advance. Government and non-profit organizations enrollment is $395 as a courtesy. Members of our Affiliated Organizations receive a $50 discount on this course, and additional discounts include our 'Bring a Friend' discount of $50 each with two or more, and our 'Group Discount' of $100 each for three or more registering together from the same company, firm or non-profit organization.

This course is one and a half days - all day Friday and half day Saturday.  Friday will begin with continental breakfast at 8:30 and class from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., with an hour for lunch (included) and one 10-15 minute break in the morning and the afternoon.  Saturday begins with breakfast at 8:30 a.m., and class from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.  Please arrange to stay to the end and schedule outgoing flights after 3:30 p.m on Saturday.