Resume of Max Rivers

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Employment History

CEO Two Rivers Mediation 2003-Present.

CEO Rivers Consulting 1985-2003.

Director of the Amherst Men’s Group Project 1992-1994

Director of Boston Men’s Center 1981-1985.

Social Science and Medical Researcher 1978-1985.

Owned and Operated Restaurant 1975-1978.

Elementary School Teacher 1974-1975.

Training:

Mediation

Training and Education Received:

o Basic Mediation at TMTC, Northampton MA (Mar 2003) 35 hours
Divorce Mediation Training at Berkshire Mediation, Pittsfield, MA (Sep 2003) 20 hours

o Train the Trainer at MWI, Boston MA (Sep 2003) 24 hours

o The Basics of Nonviolent Communication, Marshall Rosenberg (video) 200 minutes;

o NVC Basics Class, Hearthstone Village, 16 weeks

o Negotiation Training at MWI, Boston MA (May 2004) 15 hours

o Facilitating the Victim Offender Dialog (Restorative Justice) at the Brattleboro Community Justice Center (May 20-23,2004) 20 hours

§ 3 hour additional training on questioning clients, 6/14/2003

o CHINS Training at TMTC, Greenfield, MA (June 2004) 6 hours

o ACR 2003 Conference in Orlando, FL (Oct 2003)

2 hour workshops (9 @ 1.8 CME hours=16.2 hours):

§ The Anatomy of a Commercial Mediation

§ Team Building for Successful Mediation in High Conflict Divorce

§ ACR Training Section Meeting

§ Bringing Your Heart to Your Work: New Developments in Mediation Heartwork

§ New Insights into Transformation Practice: A “How To” Primer

§ Divorce by Attorneys vs. Divorce Mediation: The World of One and the World of Two

§ Strategies for Working with the Media: Increasing Public Awareness of Your Work and Your Organization

§ Walking the Talk When Marketing Mediation: How to Increase Our Market Share

o NE-ACR 2003 Conference in Shrewsbury, MA (Nov 2003)

4 hour Mediation Master Class:

§ Mediating The Conflict in the Room by Bernard Mayer

2 hour Continuing Education Classes (3 @ 2hrs = 6hrs):

§ “Bringing Your Conflict Self to the Table: Mediators’ Conflict Interactions and Effectiveness”

§ “Incorporating Methods for Conflict Resolution in Divorce Decrees and Post Divorce Orders”

§ “Closely Held and Family Owned Business Disputes and Divorces: Peacemaking Advocates, Experts and Neutrals”

Courts: Northampton and Greenfield District Courts.

Certificates:

Facilitation

Trainings Given:

§ Designed “Men’s Emotional Support Group” Facilitator Training for the Boston Men’s Center.

Workshops Offered:

§ Emotional Support Groups for Men – Interface, Boston;

§ Anger Management – Mainely Men, Maine;

§ Converting Men’s Clubs into Men’s Groups – Unitarian Church of Lexington, MA;

§ Fathers and Sons – Mass Men’s Gathering, Lee, MA;

§ The Other Gender – Men and Women Support Skills – The Open Center, NYC, NY; and many others.

Writing

Trainings Taken:

§ Amherst Writers and Artists trainings for seven years

Skills:

§ Brochures, papers, articles, technical papers, novels and non-fiction books.

Publications:

§ “A Mensch Among Men” contributed chapter;

§ “However Jewish You Are, You’re Jewish Enough” – self-published; (for technical publications, see attached vitae).

Computers

Computers: Web sites using Dreamweaver and Fireworks;
Brochures and papers: Word, PageMaker

Databases: FileMaker Pro, Excel, MUMPS/Cache

Languages: HTML, JavaScript, Java, SQL, Perl, Tcl/Tk, PASCAL, SAS, SPSS, MUMPS.

Higher Education:

Graduate

1975-Present — Liberal Arts courses at Boston University

                                    —Statistical Analysis and Computer Science at Colorado University.

Undergraduate

            1969-1975 —Bachelor of Science in Elementary Art Education from Temple University, Philadelphia.

Highlights Of Some Major Projects:

Jan 2003- Present CEO Mediation Firm

Design and facilitate workshops on “Constructive Conversations” as well as doing couples mediation and pro-bono court mediation.

May 2004- Present Northampton Court Mediation Alternate Supervisor

Substitute supervisor for Northampton Small Claims Court mediation program. Explained mediation to prospective clients, supervised mediators and mediator-trainees, and in charge of paperwork review and delivery to court and mediation collaborative.

Jan 1984- 2003 Medical Programming Consultant

Wrote customized medical software for laboratories, hospitals and schools with staff of four.

Jan 1998- 1999 Web Shopping Cart

Designed and coded shopping cart system for online registration system.

Jul 1992- 1994 Director of the Amherst Men’s Group Project

Jan 1981- 1985 Director of the Boston Men’s Center

Facilitated weekly workshop on Men and Emotional Support. Designed facilitator training and ran on-going groups for trainers. Ran workshops on Men’s Issues at Interface, and the New York Open Center. On the board of the National Organization of Changing Men; and an Editor of Changing Men Magazine.

Jan 1980- 1985 Medical Research Technical Support

Statistician using SPSS and SAS for Rheumatology Research.

Jun 1978- 1980 Social Science Statistician

Statistician for Gender Role Research firm.

Jun 1975- 1978 Owner/Operator Vegetarian Restaurant

Staff of ten needed to operate this unique establishment in Boulder CO. I created the concept, the recipes and did the advertising, ordering and bookkeeping.

Sep 1974- 1975 Elementary School Teacher

Student taught art in Bristol Township, PA, and replaced fourth-grade teacher for one semester.

Publications

—Couples Mediation vs. Couples Therapy: What’s the Difference? NE-ACR Newsletter Vol. 10, No. 2, July 2004

—Flexibility and Traditionality in Children’s Gender Roles

in the Genetic, Social and General Psychology Monographs; Volume 112, Number 1: pp. 105-147, Feb 1986. Katz, Phyllis A. and Boswell, Sally with statistical support from Rivers, M.

—Computer Assisted Patient Care Management

in the Proceedings, 2nd Annual Meeting, American Association for Medical Systems. Bedford, J.E., Alpert, E.J., Rivers, M. and Kern, D.C.

—Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales: Further Investigations of a Health Status Measure

in the Arthritis and Rheumatism #25: pp. 1048-1053, 1982.

Meenan, R.F., German, P. M., Mason, J. H. and Rivers, M.

References:

Larry Saunders

The Mediation and Training Collaborative

Volunteer Court Mediation Coordinator/ CHINS Mediation Coordinator.
                                    I've worked as a volunteer and substitute coordinator for TMTC small claims courts and as a volunteer CHINS mediator.

Amy Fox

Amy is a mediation trainer and longtime associate.

R. Ephraim Eisen

We’ve worked together facilitating events for the Jewish community of western Massachusetts.

John Sprague

John assisted me in the “Training the Trainers” at the Men’s Resource Center, Amherst MA.

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