About Us
Glenda (Gem) Emmerson began AgriMedi8 to provide superior, independent mediation and conciliation services, not constrained by institutional time limits and performance indicators. Our boutique mediation and conciliation services ensure that your dispute is given the greatest opportunity for resolution, without costing a fortune.
Gem Emmerson
Headquartered in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, Gem is a local with extensive experience, superior training and a passion for resolving disputes and conflict through tailored, facilitative mediation or with evaluative conciliation, depending on the parties’ requirements.
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Gem Emmerson
Glenda (Gem) Emmerson is a NMAS Accredited Mediator. She is a broadly skilled professional with proven experience in mediation, conciliation, rural industries, problem-solving, governance, community engagement, research, report writing, administration, small business, strata industry, privacy, estate planning, aged care, communications and project management. Experience and qualifications in communications and the agricultural industry developed a passion for problem solving which naturally led to Gem becoming a Nationally Accredited Mediator so she can help others settle their conflict productively whilst also improving their relationships, communication skills and future harmony.
National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS)
NMAS promotes quality, consistency and accountability of accredited mediators within the practice of mediation in Australia.
Gem’s appreciation of primary industries and their value to our Australian economy and environment led to her completing a degree in agricultural science and master’s in communication to help bridge the city-country divide. After working for a short while at the QUEENSLAND Country Life, she then had an extensive career at the Queensland Parliament where she provided in-depth research material for debate on legislation before the parliament. For over 15 years, on a daily basis, Gem’s superior problem-solving skills, involving the application of analytical, critical and creative processes, were utilised in order to produce quality research material for publication and debate leading to more productive end effective legislative control of a wide range of issues including water quality, animal welfare, victims of crime, feral animals and plants, euthanasia, surrogacy and more.
For the last 6 years of her 21-year parliamentary career, Gem specialised in communications and community engagement in order to strengthen community understanding and involvement in government decision-making. With a proactive attitude, Gem developed a range of initiatives which led to a vastly improved stakeholder involvement and established her problem-solving credentials. These skills were further honed while working in the body corporate/ strata industry where her exceptional problem-solving and persuasion skills naturally led to her career in mediation and conciliation.
Gem creates a mediation and conciliation environment where effective communication between disputing parties forms the foundation for problem solving and agreement. Her solution-based philosophy is based on the belief that problems or disputes are more able to be advantageously managed and addressed if they are recognised at the earliest possible stage and that litigation through the courts should always be a last resort.
Gem’s extensive experience and qualifications are advantageous to those wanting to resolve disputes and build a bridge to a more harmonious future which includes improved communication.
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We at AgriMedi8 know that finding the right mediator or conciliator is a choice not to be taken lightly.
That’s why we offer free 15 minute consultations to walk you through your needs, the scope of your goals, and your budget.
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Gem’s Activities & Affiliations
Mediation Institute, Member
Queensland Country Women’s Association
Education
MEDIATION INSTITUTE
NMAS Accredited Mediator, 2018
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (IAP2)
Community Engagement certificate, 2008
THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
Masters of Communication, 1991
Bachelor of Agricultural Science,
First Class Honours, 1989
Accomplishments
Inaugural Speaker’s Award for leadership in implementing the parliament’s community engagement strategies
Numerous Meritorious Service Awards for involvement in the centenary of womens’ suffrage exhibition; creation of the Central Queensland regional sitting display; and the Indigenous suffrage display
