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FOR VOLUNTEERS AND POTENTIAL VOLUNTEERS:

 

Basic Mediation Training Course

Offered by the Upstate Mediation Center

in Collaboration with the Community Mediation Center of Columbia, SC.


Purpose: Learn to mediate conflicts in Magistrate Court, the workplace, and the community.


Objectives:

Qualifies you to mediate cases in Magistrate Court

Learn a widely used 7-step mediation process

Gain a new perspective on listening

Increase your ability to express your needs and interests

Learn to appreciate others’ perspectives and autonomy

Practice the mediation process and skills in a supportive environment

Develop the capacity to help people in conflict by using new skills


Dates and Times:

24 hour course; attendance at all 3 sessions is required!

Tuesday, Sept. 14, 8:30AM-4:30PM

Wednesday, Sept. 15, 8:30AM-4:30PM

Thursday, Sept. 16, 8:30AM-4:30PM


Location:

Webster University (Greenville campus)

124 Verdae Boulevard, Suite 400, Greenville, SC 29607


Tuition:

$300 for participants who agree to conduct at least 4 days of Magistrate Court mediations by July 1, 2011

$350 for all others

Payment in full is due no later than Sept. 13, 2010.


REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION:

Online: www.upstatemediation.com

Email: info@upstatemediation.com

Phone: (864) 370-9771

 

 

MEDIATION TRAININGS IN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA 2010

 

August 26-30, 2010

SC Bar (Columbia, SC)

Civil Mediator Training

Cost: $1,350 (lawyers, CLE credit) and $925 (non-lawyers)

Registration: call (803) 771-0333 or (800) 768-7787 or visit www.scbar.org

 

September 1, 2010

Community Mediation Center (Columbia, SC)

Lunchtime Training Series: SC Foreclosure Law

12:00 PM-2:00PM

Presented by Susan Berkowitz of SC Appleseed

This workshop is free. If you would like lunch provided by the Community Mediation Center, please bring $10 to the workshop. For information, please contact Dorothy Garretson at dorothy@communitymediationcenter.org or at (803) 714-1176. 

 

Community Mediation Center (Columbia, SC)

Basic Mediation Training

Cost: $150

Registration: call (803) 714-1176 or email Dorothy@communitymediationcenter.org

 

October 2010

Saturday October 24 from 9am to 6pm

Tuesday October 26 from 5pm to 9pm

Thursday October 28 from 5pm to 9pm

Saturday October 30 from 9am to 6pm