[Ailist] new SOAR thin book

[Dr. Zeb Waturuocha]

Marge Schiller
Good to read about the good work you are doing.  I am excited and interested
in the work you want to do with schools.  Kindly share little more about
this.

Zeb

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 3:26 AM, Marge Schiller <margeschiller at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Appreciative Inquiry and Strategic Planning come together  with an approach
> called SOAR. For Years I used SWOT  because that was the approach to
> strategy and planning that clients wanted.
>
> Jackie Stavros and I  combined AI  and   SOAR (Strengths, Opportunities,
> Aspirations and Results) with great success at  Northern Essex Community
> College in Massachusetts.  The excellent plan that resulted from their
> SOARing Summit is still very much alive, acted upon and affecting day to day
> and long term life at the college. NECC has a seven minute  video that
> describes their process.
>
> Jackie and Gina Hinrichs have written a thin book that  explains SOAR  in a
> straight forward and accessible way. What a swell resource! You can find it
> as Thin Book of SOAR (and it is quite reasonably priced)
>
> I read the advanced copy and highly recommend this  book and the SOAR
> process  for organizations  and individuals that want to take a deep dive
>  into  collective or personal strategy.
>
> Marge Schiller
>
> In the spirit of transparency.....
> Both Gina and Jackie are good friends and we three  are  Board Members of
> the Positive Change Core. The PCC mission is to partner with schools and
> youth to build on the best of what already exists and create the brightest,
> most imaginative future possible. We are dedicated to producing rapid,
> sustainable, contagious transformation.
>
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