[Ailist] Does anyone know anything about the Appreciative Inquiry in US Dairy Industry Sustainability meetings and Summit

[John Loty]

Hello all,

In 2008 (in the US) there was a Sustainability Summit: Creating Value
Through Dairy Innovation that looks to have followed Appreciative Inquiry
processes. This was followed by further work by the Innovation Center for US
Dairy.

A couple of days ago, here in Sydney, I was chatting with someone at an
Innovation conference that we both attended and they are very interested in
seeing something similar happen in Australia. We are having an exploratory
discussion about the possibilities next Monday.

I have the Executive Summary of the Sustainable Summit, a presentation
(summary) of project proposals and a follow up presentation  on those
proposals (listing objectives and naming the people involved) that is dated
September 2008.

I was hoping (I am an optimist!) to speak to /communicate with to an AI
practitioner that was involved to get some more background before this
initial meeting that I am having (in Melbourne) next week.

The Exec Summary first 2 paragraphs gives some more detail - and I quote:

Executive Summary

Sustainability Summit: Creating Value Through Dairy Innovation 

 

In June, dairy leaders met in Rogers, Arkansas for the inaugural
Sustainability Summit: Creating Value Through Dairy Innovation. The Summit
was an unprecedented gathering of 250 leaders representing producers,
processors, non-governmental organizations, university researchers and
government agencies. Together, these stakeholders generated action steps and
made an industry-wide commitment to reduce fluid milk's carbon footprint
while increasing business value, from farm to consumer. 

 

The Sustainability Summit, held in conjunction with the University of
Arkansas' Applied Sustainability Center, was the first major step in a
comprehensive industry-wide dairy initiative to identify and address
sustainability opportunities. Leading the initiative are Dairy Management
Inc., representing America's dairy producers, the International Dairy Foods
Association (IDFA), representing processors and manufacturers, and the
National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) representing dairy cooperatives.

So if there is someone on the list that knows and is willing to share some
high level background to these events I would be most grateful if they would
drop me a line (not on this list serve) or via Skype. My Skype ID is fairgo
(I am in Sydney Australia where the time is GMT plus 10 and we are in
Daylight Saving time)

I am also interested in some detail on how the graphic artist that was
engaged went about their work.

Cheers

John Loty

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