1 PerspectiveNovember 16, 2008

The National Arbitration Forum Blog: A Great Resource Turns Four

In September I wrote Come on In, the Water’s Fine to mark the end of this site’s first month in the blogosphere. While Settlement Perspectives’ 30-day anniversary was hardly the time for a memoir, it still felt like a milestone. But on Friday I ran across The National Arbitration Forum Blog’s most recent post: Celebrate the National Arbitration Forum Blog’s 4th Birthday. Four years of great content. I am truly impressed.

The Forum’s Fourth Birthday Post lists “some of the most talked about posts of the last year,” and it links to some good ones.  I’ll say “Happy Birthday” by doing a bit of the same from my own perspective — the following are a few of my favorite posts from the past four years at The National Arbitration Forum Blog, in no particular order: More…

Categories: Arbitration, Blogging, Education, Fundamentals, Mediation, Miscellaneous

5 PerspectivesSeptember 28, 2008

Come on In, the Water’s Fine

A quick warning:  this post is not about how to resolve disputes; it’s about blogging and it’s one of the few off-topic posts I intend to write.  For thoughts on settlements and how to negotiate them, please scroll down to the next post. 

With that important caveat out of the way, today makes 30 days since Settlement Perspectives went live.  It’s hardly time for a memoir, but I have fielded more than a few questions from lawyers considering whether to launch a blog, and this is my way to encourage them — with a few pointers added in.

The First 30 Days

Settlement Perspectives has been a lot more fun than I had imagined.  As some of you know, the site went live with its first post, “Why Are We Here?”, on August 29th, and hitting “publish” that afternoon was no small feat.  I put my ideas out there and — legal paranoia notwithstanding — nothing bad has happened.  I soon turned to a better question than “Why Are We Here?”:  What’s next? More…

Categories: Blogging, Miscellaneous