http://makingmediationyourdayjob.com/frequently-asked-mediation-career-and-business-questions-and-some-answers/ Online marketing, career and business guide for ADR professionals and those who want to be Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:54:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://makingmediationyourdayjob.com/frequently-asked-mediation-career-and-business-questions-and-some-answers/comment-page-1/#comment-893 Tammy Lenski Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:37:11 +0000 http://makingmediationyourdayjob.com/?p=2523#comment-893 Ben, you're right, it's a tougher nut to crack for folks who've relied heavily on panels and rosters for work. I was talking with a mediator friend about this very thing last week -- she wants to stop relying on them because she can't make a decent living from them alone, yet she has not done any practice development that helps her build alternative means. She feels between a rock and hard place, but is starting the process of divesting, as you are. Your point reminds me how important it is that newly minted mediators not get too caught in what I call "roster reliance"! Ben, you’re right, it’s a tougher nut to crack for folks who’ve relied heavily on panels and rosters for work. I was talking with a mediator friend about this very thing last week — she wants to stop relying on them because she can’t make a decent living from them alone, yet she has not done any practice development that helps her build alternative means. She feels between a rock and hard place, but is starting the process of divesting, as you are. Your point reminds me how important it is that newly minted mediators not get too caught in what I call “roster reliance”!

]]> http://makingmediationyourdayjob.com/frequently-asked-mediation-career-and-business-questions-and-some-answers/comment-page-1/#comment-892 Ben Ziegler Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:52:44 +0000 http://makingmediationyourdayjob.com/?p=2523#comment-892 Tammy... re: your bullet about reducing reliance on panels/rosters... It's not easy transitioning from panel/roster mode to mediator entrepreneur mode, and your blog & book provide sound advice for those of us (like me) on that path. Thanks, Ben. Tammy… re: your bullet about reducing reliance on panels/rosters… It’s not easy transitioning from panel/roster mode to mediator entrepreneur mode, and your blog & book provide sound advice for those of us (like me) on that path. Thanks, Ben.

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