[Ailist] Article on AI in Kenya Newspaper

[Jane Magruder Watkins]

Dear Denise: Thanks so much for the article from Kenya! I consider Kenya a
second home though it has been far too long since I was last there! Back in
the days of the Global Excellence in Management (GEM) program that Ada Jo
Mann put together (where we created many of the recognizable AI processes in
use today) and housed GEM at Case, AI was taught to the World Vision group
and the Kenya office uses it still, I think. 

Ralph and I did a couple of AI summits there with the Catholic Relief
Services twice and with the International Institution of Rural
Reconstruction (IIRR) Africa office. We also went with IIRR into Ethiopia
and later Ada Jo lived in Ethiopia and did lots of AI work there. David and
I did some work in Uganda in 1994 and I believe that it is also around in
Tanzania, so East Africa is a potential hotbed of AI enthusiasm! It is a
process very aligned with the relational cultures of Africa where people
tend to be pleasant and helpful.... like if you ask someone on the street of
Nairobi where to find the Hilton, they interrupt what they were doing and
walk you over! 

So, thanks for the article. You made my day! Hope you are well and busy.
Appreciatively, Jane

Jane Magruder Watkins & Ralph Kelly
Appreciative Inquiry Unlimited
An Organization Development Center for Teaching, Consulting and Mentoring
 
Office & Home
233A Woodmere Drive
Williamsburg, VA 23185
(757) 259-9942
 
MarshHaven Retreat Center
P.O. Box 541
1702 Wheat Patch Road
Belhaven, NC 27810
(252) 964-3072 
 
www.appreciativeinquiryunlimited.com
 
Appreciative Inquiry: Change at the Speed of Imagination by Jane Magruder
Watkins & Bernard Mohr can be ordered from Amazon.com or JosseyBassWiley
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu
[mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of
Dlalondeny at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 10:51 AM
To: ailist at lists.business.utah.edu; pcc-l at lists.business.utah.edu
Subject: [Ailist] Article on AI in Kenya Newspaper 

 
Enjoy!  
Denise 
Google News Alert for: Appreciative Inquiry, 
_How  celebrating our successes inspires others to act and shine_ 
(http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3392&Item
id=5821) 
Business Daily Africa - Nairobi,Kenya
I  came to learn that this is the basis of Appreciative Inquiry (AI), as  
identified by David Cooperider. Appreciative Inquiry is a way of thinking
about 
our ...
_See all stories on this topic_ 
(http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?opt
ion=com_content&task=view&id=3392&Itemid=5821)  
 
Denise  Lalonde
Lalonde Consulting and Coaching 

212-974-1438
dlalondeny at aol.com



************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
_______________________________________________
The Appreciative Inquiry Discussion List is hosted by the David Eccles
School of Business at the University of Utah. Jack Brittain is the list
administrator. For subscription information, go to:
http://mailman.business.utah.edu:8080/mailman/listinfo/ailist