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10/8/2013

Moving Mediation
to the Cloud
Look Better, Act Better, Optimize!

Presented by Pamela Donison

www.we-mediate.com

Introduction
? Who are you?
? What do you already know?
? What I¡¯m going to share today ~
?

Why you might care

?

Look better

?

Act better

?

Optimize your technology

?

Introduce WeMediate

Why You Might Care About
Distance Mediation
? It¡¯s already here
? Environmentally friendly and green
? Accessible for people with disabilities
? Efficient for clients
? Reduce overhead
? Create a more flexible practice for clients and you
? Use technology to its highest potential

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Preparation
? Follow your own mediation protocol
? Assess for DV
? Share documents in advance
? Create an agenda
? Connect and build rapport

Look Better, Act Better, Optimize

Look Better
Appearances matter.
But we¡¯re not all
supermodels.
Three areas of focus
? Background
? Lighting
? Body Language

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Look Better: Backgrounds
Clean up your physical space.

Look Better: Backgrounds

Look Better: Backgrounds

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Look Better: Backgrounds

Look Better: Backgrounds

Look Better: Backgrounds

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Look Better: Backgrounds

Look Better: Lighting

Look Better: Lighting

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Look Better: Lighting

Look Better: Lighting

Look Better: Lighting

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Look Better: Lighting

Look Better: Lighting

? Augment your office light
? Reduce glare
? Flatter yourself
? Provide warmth

Look Better: Sound Control

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Look Better: Sound Control

Look Better: Sound Control

Look Better: Sound Control
Make sure you aren¡¯t
making the annoying sound!

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Look Better: Sound Control

Look Better: Sound Control

Look Better: Sound Control

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Act Better

Act Better: Camera Angle

Test your camera
angle BEFORE the
videoconference,
not during.

Act Better: Camera Angle
Make sure you are centered, side to side.

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Act Better: Camera Angle
Make sure you are
centered, top to bottom.

Act Better: Camera Angle
Make sure you are close to the camera, but not TOO close.

Act Better: Camera Angle
Make sure you are far enough from the camera, but not TOO far.

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Act Better: Camera Angle

Act Better: Body Language
Leaning forward can make it appear that you are interested.

Act Better: Body Language
Or creepy.

Photo of slouching

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Act Better: Body Language
Or kinda weird.

Act Better: Body Language
Make eye contact ¡­ with the camera!

Act Better: Body Language

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Act Better: Body Language

? Turn off the reflected view ~
especially important for
narcissists!
? Address parties by name
? Keep your feet planted and
upright posture
? Critique and correct habitual
things, like repetitive gestures,
the ¡°ums¡± and ¡°likes¡±

Optimize

Distance mediation can help you
optimize your practice, but don¡¯t
adopt just for the sake of being a
bleeding edge rocket scientist.

Optimize: Adopt a Protocol

Email
Phone
Videoconferencing
Document Sharing

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Optimize: Adopt a Protocol

How will you use email?

Optimize: Adopt a Protocol

How will you use phone
conferences?

Optimize: Adopt a Protocol

How will you use
videoconferencing?

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Optimize: Adopt a Protocol

How will you use document
sharing?

Optimize: Spread the Word

Promote your
distance mediation
services yourself, or
join WeMediate, and
let us promote you as
one of our Providers
of web-based
mediation.

What the Future Holds

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Thank you!

Contact Pamela Donison
www.we-mediate.com
pamela@we-mediate.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/pameladonison/

480-951-6599

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