Peacemaking Lessons from the War Room is the theme for this year’s 8th Annual Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals Conference. It will be held May 21 – 23 at the JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes. If you have never been to an FACP Conference, you have missed the experience of your professional career. As I... Read more »

I must begin by informing you that you have just become a victim of the old “bait and switch!”  Yes, the FACP Conference is coming in May. But my preview of conference will come next Monday. Today I want to talk about your commitment to the Collaborative Process.  It is time for everyone to step... Read more »

Many of us are asked to serve on Boards of Directors during our careers. Hopefully if you haven’t been asked to serve in the Collaborative Movement, you will volunteer to do so. But what does it mean to serve on a Board? What are your responsibilities? The Association of Fundraising Professionals offers the Six A’s... Read more »

So, you just convinced your new client to go Collaborative. The other spouse is not represented. How do you convince the other spouse to also go Collaborative? Send him or her a letter? Let the spouse who has hired you handle the sale? Send home a brochure with a list of attorneys? Consider having your... Read more »

Applications for credentialing by the Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals should be made available in the next month or so. The Minimum Standards for Accreditation include a requirement that the applicant has “completed a one and one-half hour training on domestic violence (intimate partner violence) in Collaborative Practice.” Is your training in Domestic Violence in... Read more »