Running a business without real-time visibility into its financial performance is like driving down a freeway with your eyes shut. Suppose you have a succession of extremely satisfied clients, and suppose you’re in such demand that you must place new clients on a three-month wait list. Evidently, you’re providing a quality service that clients value. But if your business is losing between $2000 and $2500 each month, your mediation practice isn’t sustainable.

Financial management begins with tracking the financial performance — specific­ally, developing a sense of money received from clients each month (your revenue), costs incurred (your expenses) to serve those clients, and how much profit you’re making (the difference between your revenue and your expenses).

Mediating for Money: A Field Guide for Professional Mediators includes a
downloadable edition of MeRET™, the Mediator Revenue and Expense Tracker.
MeRET™ is also available as a stand-alone purchase for just $19.95.

MeRET was developed specifically for tracking the financial performance of a mediation
practice. Indeed, it’s the only solution of its kind, made exclusively for mediators. If you have
Microsoft Excel or use either the free OpenOffice.org suite or Google Docs, you can use
MeRET™.

SCREENSHOTS

Summary Screen  |  Receivables/Revenue Screen  |  Expenses Screen
Monthly Revenue Screen  |  Set Up Screen

Click on the links and use the scrollbars above to explore the five MeRET screens.

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