[Ailist] link to: Transformative Dialogues with Watkins, Ludema, and Barrett

[Dawn Dole]

I realized that I did not include the link to additional information and registration:
 
www.taosinstitute.net and 
 http://www.taosinstitute.net/upcoming/c200706.html

Take a look, it is an exciting learning opportunity.

Thank you,
Dawn Dole
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From: "Dawn Dole" <coopdole at alltel.net>
Date: 2007/04/30 Mon AM 10:46:04 CDT
To: <ailist at lists.business.utah.edu>
Subject: [Ailist] 
	Transformative Dialogues with Watkins, Ludema, and Barrett

Hello AI list,

Many of you over the years have met, worked with, learned from and befriended Jane Watkins, Jim Ludema, and/or Frank Barrett. You may also know how phenomenal they are and how deeply embedded they are in the AI community and the advancement of AI in the field of positive change. 

I invite you to come be an integral part of a summer workshop institute presented by the Taos Institute called:TRANSFORMATIVE DIALOGUES, June 24-29th, in New Hampshire. Join Jane, Jim and Frank as they lead us in new ways of working with and being AI. For all the details and registration information visit this link: http://www.taosinstitute.net/upcoming/c200706program.html

Appreciative Inquiry: Unlimited in Your Options, with Jane Magruder Watkins 
This workshop takes participants from the start of this remarkable field to its current connections to many areas of organizational, personal and communal life. Beginning with a social constructionist orientation, Appreciative Inquiry has sprung from these roots, and is now the "Beanstalk" that Jack always dreamed of. Originally formed within the organization consulting community, it has spread to other groups of practitioners, as well.   Appreciative Inquiry (AI) seeks for the positive core in relationships and groups, and is not a  problem-solving endeavor. Participants in the workshop will actively engage in encounters that  bring the spirited nature of AI into reality. Workshop leader, Jane Watkins, is an early pioneer of AI, a close collaborator with David Cooperrider, and a world-renowned consultant; she is also currently engaged with Ralph Kelly in "home workshops" involving AI and couples. Mary Gergen is situated at the crossroads of AI and social construction, and has written and spoken about AI in the therapeutic milieu, schools, and personal life. They will be joined in this workshop by Taos Institute Associates, who are active in global AI practices.

Appreciative Leadership, with Jim Ludema 
This workshop is for leaders seeking to develop skills in positive change -- leaders for whom authoritarian and hierarchical ways of doing business and managing people no longer work. Discover and build upon your Leadership Positive Core: your unique strengths, skills and talents as a leader. Develop your capacities to ask positive yet provocative questions; to solicit input from colleagues and front line employees; to bring out the best in people and organizations; and to design innovative structures for organizing and accomplishing work. Join in this time of learning and reflection using Appreciative Inquiry to enhance leadership for positive change.  Jim Ludema, Professor of Organization Development at Benedictine University, is an internationally recognized organizational consultant, and a Founding Partner of Appreciative Inquiry Consulting.  He is currently authoring a book on Appreciative Leadership with Diana Whitney, a Taos Institute founder, and Board Member Emerita.

Improvisation: Creative Coordination in Organizations and Everyday Life, with Frank Barrett, Kenneth Gergen, & Mary Gergen 
Because meaning is always created with others, we never control the outcome of our actions. To live productively and harmoniously in a continuous sea of change requires continuous innovation. This workshop explores fundamentals of effective improvisation. Through dialogue, movement and music we explore the birth and death of ideas, actions, and relationships. The workshop will emphasize both organizational applications and relational well-being. Participants will be actively involved in innovative exercises in a relaxed environment. (Wear casual clothing and comfortable shoes, please.) Workshop leader, Frank Barrett, a professional jazz musician, is also an early pioneer of Appreciative Inquiry, a close colleague of David Cooperrider, and an organizational consultant and professor. Ken and Mary Gergen are scholars and academic performers, deeply involved in expanding social constructionist and relational ideas into vast crevices in the universe.
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Dawn Dole
440-338-3543