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Thu Aug 16 19:31:39 MDT 2007

Hi MarySue - I have been travelling and missed your request for info on 
Imagine Projects, fortunately Tom forwarded your request to me.   I am happy 
to share with you a little about an Imagine project that ran from 2004 to 
2007 at the Toronto District School Board.

My colleagues Sue Anderson and Jane Magruder Watkins worked with me on an 
Imagine project - Imagine Student Success.     This was focused at student 
who were 'at risk' - we wanted to get the student voice into the education 
strategy.   There were 125 schools involved, six Grade 7,8 & 9 students and 
one teacher per school.  Prior to the summit we had over 2400  interviews 
completed by the students (about 70%  were with students and the balance 
were with adults - parents, administrator, police, business people et).   At 
the summit we had close to 1000 participants (800 students).

We wrote and article for the AI Practitioner and I have attached a copy of 
it.  We also had a short video made for the summit (in 3 parts - we showed 
the first segment at the opening of the summit, then when the minister of 
education for the province was present we showed the 3 min portion - part 2 
and closed the summit with the 3rd clip).  The video was about students 
expressing what success means to them and we are delighted to say that a 
grade 10 student participated in the filming and editing of the project. 
The media company valued his contribution so much that he was hired (over 
2nd and 3rd year film students) as their summer intern and he is now at 18 
in his 3rd summer intern with the company.   Alex was a student at risk and 
he has been accepted into Ryerson University media course starting this 
fall.   We have so many wonderful stories about youth who had been at risk 
who are now doing so well ...

To access the video you can go to the AI Commons 
http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/practice/bibAiStoriesDetail.cfm?coid=8324. 
The project lasted 3 years and the initiatives are now part of the board on 
going strategy.

If you would like more information - just let me know.
best wishes
Mo

Maureen (Mo) McKenna
Toronto, Ontario M4V 3B9
www.thesumoexperience.com
416 921 3204
maureenmckenna at sympatico.ca

Upcoming Appreciative Inquiry Public Workshops in Toronto:
AI Practitioner Day with Jane Magruder Watkins - October 22nd, 2007
AI Foundation with Jane Magruder Watkins - October 23rd to 25th, 2007
Employee Engagement Through Appreciative Inquiry - October 30th, 2007
AI and Coaching - November 1st & 2nd,  2007
Strategic Planning:  SOAR Framework - Jackie Stavros - November 7th & 8th, 
2007

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From: "Gourley, Tom" <Thomas.Gourley at hospira.com>
To: "Maureen McKenna" <maureenmckenna at sympatico.ca>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 6:07 PM
Subject: FW: Ailist Digest, Vol 53, Issue 19

Mo
Don't know if you get this so I thought I would forward it.  Mary Sue is
looking for Imagine programs.  I think you mentioned you were involved
in one in Toronto??

Thanks for the picture collection and the background support work you
have provided for Colloquy attendees.

Tom Gourley
Agent of Positive Deviance
Hospira, Inc
Lake Forest, IL 60045
224.212.2349

Everybody can be great because everybody can serve ... You only need a
heart full of grace, a soul generated by love. And you can be that
servant. --Martin Luther King Jr.

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Today's Topics:

   1. Seeking "Imagine" programs (MarySue Foster)

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Friends -- we are seeking other Imagine programs, Imagine Houston,
Imagine Denver, etc. to include in our Imagine-Nation Conference next
month. If not in person, then as literature. Google searches turn up
expired websites, etc. Can you refer me to any that you know of?

Some programs that consider themselves part of the Imagine Movement may
not have Imagine in their names but you would recognize them --
intergenerational, grass roots. There is usually some component of --
interview leaders in the community to discover what might be possible
and then go to work.

Bliss Browne referred me to Imagine Calgary where 18,000 citizens
contributed. Pretty darn big "grass roots" effort, wouldn't you say?

If you know of some, will you forward to me? I'll post a list in a
couple of weeks.

MarySue Foster
Imagine Dallas/Imagine-Nation Conference Www.imaginenationconference.org
Imagine a world where every voice is heard . . .

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