FW: [Ailist] Appreciative Inquiry Learning Exchange in Connecticut - planners needed

[Dennis Baird]

From: dgb147 at hotmail.comTo: joant at charter.netSubject: RE: [Ailist] Appreciative Inquiry Learning Exchange in Connecticut - planners neededDate: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 16:21:53 +0000

An ongoing discussion group is a great idea and its sustainment will depend on the way it is organized and run, obviously.   I have been in a few voluntary OD discussion groups that began with much enthusiasm and I learned that the biggest problem has usually been to sustain the energy and dialogue.  The group begins with enthusiasm and energy with a lot of sharing of good ideas.  After a while the organization begins to depend on the drive of a few key organizers who, in time, begin to feel their energy diffused and their efforts wasted.  Then the energy of the group just peters out usually because the core of sustainers ran out of energy.   I would really  like to find an effective way to organize and sustain a synergistic group.  I am sure there are effective ways.  Come to think of it - the Ailist is an excellent example of ongoing discussion groups!  Is self-organizing the secret that Meg Wheatley mentions? We can discuss this in the Ailist but I would like to expand the arena to a face to face dialogue where we could discuss, share experiences, and develop workable solutions face to face during the next AI Colloquy that will take place in Bethel Maine (not far from Connecticut and Massachusetts!) in July 2009.  There we could share and develop ideas with people from all over the country - and the world!  A real possibility for synergy! Dennis Baird > Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 08:09:05 -0500> From: joant at charter.net> To: alice at insightunlimited.org; ailist at lists.business.utah.edu; mberns at mindspring.com> Subject: RE: [Ailist] Appreciative Inquiry Learning Exchange in Connecticut - planners needed> CC: > > I am pretty well versed on subject academically and am looking for a discussion group "live". Please let me know as this firms up. I am located in central Massachusetts, so Hartford can work well. Great idea. Same as Mark-please feel free to contact me offline to organize..after the holidays preferrable for sanity and scheduling. > Happy Holidays, Joan> > > ---- Mark Berns <mberns at mindspring.com> wrote: > > Alice,> > > > I'm down in Norwalk but would be happy to connect with you on AI. I know a> > number of other CT-based practitioners, mostly in the Fairfield County area,> > but I'm sure some of them would also be interested.> > > > Feel free to contact me off-line and we can talk about it.> > > > Regards,> > > > Mark> > > > ************************************************************> > Mark Berns> > Ready About LLC> > New Directions for Organizations> > 25 Buckingham Place, Norwalk, CT 06851> > Phone: 203-247-6369 | Fax: 240-363-4802> > http://www.readyaboutllc.com> > > > > > -----Original Message-----> > From: ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu> > [mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Alice Leibowitz> > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 11:45 AM> > To: ailist at lists.business.utah.edu> > Subject: [Ailist] Appreciative Inquiry Learning Exchange in Connecticut -> > planners needed> > > > I'm finding that I'd like to learn more about Appreciative Inquiry> > that I can't learn from books. At the same time, the trainings and> > conferences posted on this list seem to all be far away from where I> > live (Hartford, CT) and out of my price range.> > > > So I'd like to borrow a page from the Future Search Network's book and> > organize a local gathering of AI practitioners and others interested> > in Appreciative Inquiry here in Connecticut, as an opportunity for us> > to learn from each other. If anyone would like to help me put this> > together, please let me know.> > > > Thanks!> > > > -Alice> > > > -- > > Alice Leibowitz> > Partner> > Insight Unlimited LLC> > Non-profit, Community, and Grassroots Consulting> > Hartford, CT> > alice at insightunlimited.org> > www.insightunlimited.org> > (860) 956-9299> > > > ~Contact us for a free 1-2 hour consultation~> > _______________________________________________> > 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> > > > _______________________________________________> > 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> > _______________________________________________> 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