Guidelines for Submission

I would really, really like to add your blog, podcast, or videoblog to this directory. I’ll need your blog’s name, its URL, the country you are located in, and a 75-word description.

Before your submit your blog, please read the following guidelines first.

Guideline #1: You must have an existing blog with at least five posts published, the most recent post no older than five days before the date you contact me. Why? It doesn’t matter to me whether you post once a day or once a month, but I need to see some sign that you’ve made a commitment to blogging. If your blog is currently under construction, still in the planning stages, or is no longer active, please get in touch later when it’s ready for prime time. I can’t wait to hear from you. Only blogs (and their siblings, podcasts and videoblogs) are listed on this site, so if your web site isn’t a blog, your blog is not eligible to be listed.

Guideline #2: Your blog must be relevant in some way to the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) field. It can focus on any aspect of dispute resolution, including but by no means limited to mediation and arbitration, as well as negotiation, ombuds work, conflict resolution, peacemaking, consensus building, dialogue, restorative justice, or collaborative law and other innovations in the delivery of justice or legal services.

Guideline #3: Please show your support for this Directory. (Click here for a list of ideas how.) You can do so by placing a link to this Directory in your blog’s sidebar. Or you could write a post about the Directory to help me spread the word. This is a totally commercial-free service (you will never see ads or annoying pop-ups here) so your moral support– and a little link love — would mean a great deal. After all, linking is what puts the “social” in social media like blogs.

Guidelines #4: I reserve the right to decline your request to be listed on the Directory or to remove your listing for any reason. Reasons could include but are not limited to the fact that your blog 1) has nothing whatsoever to do with ADR, 2) is defamatory, 3) promotes violence, discrimination, or illegal activities, 4) is no longer active or is published only sporadically, 5) contains no original content but simply recycles content from other sources, or 6) is a spam blog (and shame on you if that’s the case).

Now all I need is your blog’s title, a 75-word description, its URL, the country it represents, and your name and contact information (which I will never, ever share with others).

Please be aware that the purpose of ADRblogs.com is to track blogs relating to dispute resolution and negotiation around the globe. It is a commercial-free site and not intended to provide free advertising or promotion for bloggers or businesses.

To add your blog to the Directory, please email me.