From Tricia at lasadev.com Tue Sep 1 02:14:28 2009 From: Tricia at lasadev.com (Patricia Lustig) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 09:14:28 +0100 Subject: [Ailist] Adventure in Nepal In-Reply-To: <4A9C4C32.7020700@positivematrix.com> References: <4A9C4C32.7020700@positivematrix.com> Message-ID: <6D13169931634E0FB6A882C7B026C19C@TriciaLaptop> Dear Robyn, Yeti Travel is a big agency which has plenty of work from abroad. How about having a look at my Nepali brother's small agency (which is reliable) and doesn't have foreign partners? www.nepaltourandtrek.com is the website which is written by him, so do expect some innovative use of English. His email address is info at come2nepal.com . If you mention that it comes via me and that you are going to the Ai Conference he has promised a very good price. He has also been an Ai participant - some of the work in Nepal was done in his village of Phakhel (with Mac Odell and other Nepali colleagues) at his request. He is a real fan! Looking forward to seeing you there! All the best Tricia Patricia Lustig Director LASA Development UK Ltd www.lasadev.com Tel: +44 (0)1285 643469 Mob/cell: +44 (0)7795 257112 -----Original Message----- From: ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu [mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Robyn Stratton-Berkessel Sent: 31 August 2009 23:18 To: Ailist Inquiry Subject: [Ailist] Adventure in Nepal Dear AI Colleagues (sorry if this is a dupe - I have just resubscribed to the List Server with a new email address) Today, I got in my early bird registration for Nepal... most exciting. I'm very interested in experiencing more of Katmandu and Nepal and wonder who among you is going and if any of you have plans for trips and excursions. I've emailed Yeti Travel to get more information, and would love to hear how we could have even more adventure together. Kind regards, Robyn Robyn Stratton-Berkessel +1 732 291 0462 +1 732 939 8239 (mobile) Skype: robynsb Twitter: robbiecat www.positivematrix.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 From drj at lsol.net Tue Sep 1 03:24:45 2009 From: drj at lsol.net (Dr Judy Krings) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 04:24:45 -0500 (Central Daylight Time) Subject: [Ailist] Adventure in Nepal References: <4A9C4C32.7020700@positivematrix.com> Message-ID: <4A9CE85D.000652.06128@OWNER-PC> Hi, Robyn, I did a lot of research on this trip and was planning to go. Everyone from the conference and Yeti Travel is grand and are so very kind! Sadly, my 91 year old Mom in Delaware recently broke her back and leg, and had to be placed in assisted living. I need to be there with her more regularly now, and I live in WI. Nepal and Tibet were my dream trip. But now it will be for another day. I can't wait to here about it. And I think the prices are very reasonable, too. Smiles, ? ?Judy Judy Krings, Ph.D.,CMC,ACC Personal and Professional Coach Clinical Psychologist Follow me for fun at: http://twitter.com/judykrings ActionBasedCoaching.com BariatricSurgeryCoaching.com Riverhillhelps.com Tel: 920-682-9119 Fax: 920-683-3017 "It's your life, live it well!" -------Original Message------- From: Robyn Stratton-Berkessel Date: 8/31/2009 11:18:01 PM To: Ailist Inquiry Subject: [Ailist] Adventure in Nepal Dear AI Colleagues (sorry if this is a dupe - I have just resubscribed to the List Server with a new email address) Today, I got in my early bird registration for Nepal... most exciting. I'm very interested in experiencing more of Katmandu and Nepal and wonder who among you is going and if any of you have plans for trips and excursions. I've emailed Yeti Travel to get more information, and would love to hear how we could have even more adventure together. Kind regards, Robyn Robyn Stratton-Berkessel +1 732 291 0462 +1 732 939 8239 (mobile) Skype: robynsb Twitter: robbiecat www.positivematrix.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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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From kgergen1 at swarthmore.edu Tue Sep 1 10:53:34 2009 From: kgergen1 at swarthmore.edu (Kenneth Gergen) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:53:34 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] Relational Being Message-ID: <34484B23-20F4-46C2-BCFD-2F2FB41A0BBB@swarthmore.edu> Dear All, I want to bring to your attention the publication of my new book, Relational Being, Beyond Self and Community, published by Oxford University Press. I try in this work to deepen our understanding and appreciation for relational process, proposing that all we take to be real, rational, and good emerges from relationship. This places relational well-being prior to individual well-being in importance, as the very idea and valuing of the individual derive from relational process. Although the book is full of ideas that spin out from these premises, there are also chapters devoted to morality, spirituality, and societal practice. The chapters on practice make the link between the theory of relational being and AI, along with a number of related practices in organizational change, education, and therapy. I have written this book for a general audience, so you will find many different voices inside the covers...some autobiographical, humorous, poetic, and so on. Just personally, I think it's the best book I have ever done, and I want very much to share. I hope some of you will find it enriching. Ken PS Amazon is just now selling it for a discount. From macodell at verizon.net Tue Sep 1 06:11:15 2009 From: macodell at verizon.net (Malcolm Odell) Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:11:15 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] Pls. join us at Appreciative Inquiry Conf.--'Early Bird' Discount ends today !! Kathmandu -- 16-19 Nov. 09 Message-ID: Hi! If you haven't already, don't wait another minute to join us for this exciting conference in our beloved Nepal... The Conference is a "bargain at twice the price," opportunity for a 'trip of a lifetime,' and an uplifting, eye-opening professional development opportunity. Joining the leaders of the AI and Positive Psychology world -- David Cooperrider, Marty Seligman, you'll meet Justice Albie Sachs of the Constitutional Court in South Africa, Bliss Browne, founder of Imagine Chicago and pioneer of the global 'Imagine" movement; Jane Watkins, co-author of the world's best selling AI book; Jim Hartzfeld, a global leader of sustainable development, Manish Thapa, founder of the Nepal Peace Initiative Alliance. Also there will be my best friend Marcia, who will be on the agenda to share the latest from the women of Asia and Africa who are changing their lives - the largest application of AI known anywhere in the world. The programs you've heard about from me over the years are now reaching almost 200,000 women, who, in turn, are changing the world for their families and communities.... And you can include a visit to meet some of these women in their villages as part of your conference plan.. Don't miss this! Marcia and I look forward to seeing you there! Mac Odell "Early Bird" Discount ends Today Sept. 1st !! 2009 International Appreciative Inquiry Conference "Creating a Positive Revolution for Sustainable Change" Kathmandu, Nepal 16-19 November 2009 Please take a few minutes Today to REGISTER (If you haven't already) and then, please send out the word to all your friends, colleagues, associates in your personal and professional networks to remind them to REGISTER NOW to join David Cooperrider and our fellow members of the International Advisory Board at our exciting conference in beautiful, adventurous, peaceful Nepal.... Details on our newly updated website: http://www.2009worldaiconference.org/home/index.php Special Notice: anyone wanting to combine the trip with inexpensive but amazing adventure trekking, white water rafting, or elephant rides in the jungle -- and/or bargain hotels--check out "Tourist Options" and "Travel Details" pages: http://www.charitiesandchallenges.com/index.php?function=page&type=internal&id=90 http://www.2009worldaiconference.org/traveldetail/ http://www.2009worldaiconference.org/traveloptions/ If budget is a concern to anyone, I promise that, including airfare, you can join us for considerably less than most normal international conferences of this quality and scale in the US or any other normal conference location.... accommodations from $40, for example, and adventures of a lifetime for less than a typical family vacation at home. LOOKING FORWARD! Mac Odell for David Cooperrider and Conference Planning Team -- Malcolm J. Odell, Jr., MS, PhD Appreciative Planning and Action 2712 Poplar St., NW; Washington, DC 20007 202-333-1994 Cell: 603-770-6006 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Early bird announcement-july22'09.doc Type: application/msword Size: 188928 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: AI Conf-Flyer-28aug09.pdf Type: application/octet-stream Size: 906784 bytes Desc: not available URL: From macodell at verizon.net Tue Sep 1 14:24:43 2009 From: macodell at verizon.net (Malcolm Odell) Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:24:43 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] Adventure in Nepal In-Reply-To: <9A17FC51-1E5F-47CB-8095-021DB6253EF2@frontiernet.net> References: <4A9C4C32.7020700@positivematrix.com> <9A17FC51-1E5F-47CB-8095-021DB6253EF2@frontiernet.net> Message-ID: Hi Julie, Thanks for uncovering this terrific link and its relevance to our AI Conference in Nepal! I can confirm from personal experience that this Kopan event is an awesome retreat.... I'm working on tracking down one of the Dalai Lama's 'right-hand' monks in Nepal to share his vision with us at the conference of the links between our AI/APA work and Tibetan Buddhism... which he wrote about in his recent book (in French) based our our conversations together a few years back. Maybe he could also help us get interested AI Conference participants into the Kopan retreat right after the conference... I'll explore that. Meanwhile, I hope you -- and all those in our AI network with interests in Buddhism and AI -- will be with us in Kathmandu for the Conference. Thanks! Hopeful! Mac PS: We did explore inviting Dalai Lama to open our Conference, but political situation in Nepal these days made it dicey since both His Holiness and the Nepal gvt. are juggling delicate relationships with China... bummer...! At 6:52 AM -0700 9/1/09, Julie Caldwell wrote: >Kopan Monestary located in Nepal hosts wonderful Tibetan cultural >art, ceremonies and retreats: > >http://www.kopan-monastery.com/program_november.html > >Their annual meditation retreat begins Nov 18th. > > >_______________________________________________ >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 -- Malcolm J. Odell, Jr., MS, PhD Community Development & Management Consultant 2712 Poplar St., NW; Washington, DC 20007 202-333-1994 Cell: 603-770-6006 From msands at dccnet.com Tue Sep 1 16:19:15 2009 From: msands at dccnet.com (Mike Sands) Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:19:15 -0700 Subject: [Ailist] Adventure in Nepal In-Reply-To: References: <4A9C4C32.7020700@positivematrix.com> <9A17FC51-1E5F-47CB-8095-021DB6253EF2@frontiernet.net> Message-ID: Seeing Malcom Odell's name just re-reminded me of his comment that has driven me for about 6 years. I'm not sure I have the comment exact - but I have got its impact on me right - My recollection is, "We were able to teach people in 15 minutes how to conduct interviews that inspired their partners" Hmm --15 minutes to change the world. I hope that that idea will yet be the idea that does change the world - for when you learn that you can ask almost anybody a question that they will love answering, and feel love through answering - your world just changed. Of course - actually listening to their answer helps - a lot. Mike Author - Words, Glorious Words - Using Conversation to Inspire, Motivate, and Excite Each Other. From stephanie at brainhygiene.com Wed Sep 2 14:57:31 2009 From: stephanie at brainhygiene.com (Stephanie West Allen) Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 14:57:31 -0600 Subject: [Ailist] Well, this sure sounds like an uplifting book Message-ID: Here's a review of new book Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America: http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/016_03/4340 Kind of reminded me of this: http://www.spring.org.uk/2008/01/schopenhauers-extreme-self-help-for.php Best, Stephanie ???????????????????????????????????? Stephanie West Allen, JD http://www.brainsonpurpose.com http://www.idealawg.net Denver, CO USA From bruce at bruceelkin.com Wed Sep 2 17:39:08 2009 From: bruce at bruceelkin.com (Bruce Elkin) Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:39:08 -0700 Subject: [Ailist] Well, this sure sounds like an uplifting book In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Here's a review of new book Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America: http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/016_03/4340 Excellent review of what appears to be an important book, Steph. Thanks. I urge others to take a look at this review, and consider it. Cheers! Bruce ********************************************************************* BRUCE ELKIN: Helping You Create What Matters Most? With Whatever Life Throws At You! 20+ Years - Clients on 6 Continents - Author of 3 Books & The Forthcoming Staying Up In Down Times E-Book ?Tell me, what will you do with your one wild and precious life?? - Mary Oliver Fr.ee e-Newsletter at: http://www.bruceelkin.com/newsletter.html Phone: 250.388.7210 Web: http://www.BruceElkin.com Blog: http://createwhatmattersmost.blogspot.com ******************************************************************* From stephanie at brainhygiene.com Wed Sep 2 18:36:28 2009 From: stephanie at brainhygiene.com (Stephanie West Allen) Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 18:36:28 -0600 Subject: [Ailist] Well, this sure sounds like an uplifting book In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <48E9F6E4-747C-4492-AED3-28C98C136613@brainhygiene.com> Hi, Bruce. I have it on my reading list and plan to read it very soon after it comes out. Looks very interesting. Stephanie On Sep 2, 2009, at 5:39 PM, Bruce Elkin wrote: > Here's a review of new book Bright-sided: How the Relentless > Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America: > > http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/016_03/4340 > > > > Excellent review of what appears to be an important book, Steph. > Thanks. > > I urge others to take a look at this review, and consider it. > > Cheers! > Bruce From rdavies at rtpcompany.com Thu Sep 3 08:24:05 2009 From: rdavies at rtpcompany.com (Roger Davies) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 09:24:05 -0500 Subject: [Ailist] FW: Well, this sure sounds like an uplifting book Message-ID: <3A8402C0755E4CF48C8E4C964631EA7C@winona.rtpco.local> -----Original Message----- From: Roger Davies [mailto:rdavies at rtpcompany.com] Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 9:12 AM To: 'Stephanie West Allen'; 'undisclosed-recipients:' Subject: RE: [Ailist] Well, this sure sounds like an uplifting book It looks like an interesting book despite a somewhat odd review. I couldn't help thinking that the reviewer had already made their mind up about positive thinking and was pushing some of their own agenda rather than objectively reviewing the book. The reviewer says 'Yet Bright-Sided says nothing about politics' but litters the review with the perspective that 'Positive Thinking' is a child of the political left. One could equally argue that the near collapse of the economy was fostered by a positive thinking political right that believed their schemes couldn't possibly go wrong. >From what I could determine both the author and reviewer believed that critical thinking was what was required and I would support that as absolutely correct. The Ai perspective really hangs on how one looks at the outcome of the critical thought. It does so with a view to taking the best and making it better rather than with a view to focusing on the worst and trying to fix it. Everyone would do well to draw a strong distinction between Ai and 'Positive Thought' (if indeed Positive Thought has a particular definition). Some may consider that if one thinks positively about an outcome there is no chance of failure which is of course incorrect. However, if one does not think positively about a potential outcome one is highly likely to have no possible chance of success. Failure is always a possibility. Success is only a possibility if one holds a positive view about the potential outcome. Just my tcw. Roger -----Original Message----- From: ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu [mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Stephanie West Allen Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 3:58 PM To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: [Ailist] Well, this sure sounds like an uplifting book Here's a review of new book Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America: http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/016_03/4340 Kind of reminded me of this: http://www.spring.org.uk/2008/01/schopenhauers-extreme-self-help-for.php Best, Stephanie .................................... Stephanie West Allen, JD http://www.brainsonpurpose.com http://www.idealawg.net Denver, CO USA _______________________________________________ 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 From nick at nickheap.co.uk Thu Sep 3 09:59:13 2009 From: nick at nickheap.co.uk (Nick Heap) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 16:59:13 +0100 Subject: [Ailist] Ai and health In-Reply-To: <30959301.1250788018116.JavaMail.root@n26> Message-ID: Dear Jody, Thanks very much for the lead. I will contact Lisa. I have been referred by a friend also to a man who works with the NHS so there are are least two avenues to explore. If you are interested in the great US healthcare controversy and the reaction from people in Britain who genuinely like our system, then you will find http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23WeLoveTheNHS fascinating. There are some gems there and some dross. It made me think that Twitter might be away of doing Ai with a very large population. (I have no connections with the organisation) Best wishes, Nick -----Original Message----- From: ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu [mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu]On Behalf Of Jody Jacobson Sent: 20 August 2009 17:58 To: Nick Heap; Appreciative Inquiry Subject: Re: [Ailist] Ai and health Dear Nick-- Lisa Kimball in Washington, DC, has been very active with both AI and positive deviance. Her business URL is http://www.groupjazz.com As I recall, she is very knowledgeable about PD applications in health and will likely be able to suggest articles and may be able to connect you with a broader community of practice. Best Wishes, Jody Jody Jacobson, President Aerial View Consulting LLC Business consulting and coaching that cut through complexity to the core of what matters most. www.aerialviewconsulting.com Phone/ 608.347.9961 Fax/ 608.204.0039 ________________________________ From: Nick Heap To: Appreciative Inquiry Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:21:17 AM Subject: [Ailist] Ai and health Dear All, Healthcare costs are high and rising all over the world, especially in countries with ageing populations. However, within every group there are some people who are healthy and happy. So I have the silly idea that if we/they could find out what these "positive deviants" do, eat, think, enjoy, are etc., then maybe their good practice might spread. From lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au Thu Sep 3 19:27:25 2009 From: lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au (Lionel Boxer) Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:27:25 +1000 Subject: [Ailist] FW: Well, this sure sounds like an uplifting book Message-ID: <4AA0F99E020000AF00038CA9@its-gw-inet57.its.rmit.edu.au> I disagree Roger. I think the lunatic liberal left (not that I feel partularly aligned with a sane conservative right) has a lot to answer for in inspiring the mediocre to assume that positive thinking will lead to progress and that they have the right to take a cut of the action for a useless effort that makes no contribution to the greater good of society. My perception is that an appreciative approach is not the same as what this book is criticing. Rather, my sense is that the book is bringing to light the danger of the mindless positive thinking cult movements associated with multi-level marketing soap and vitamin businesses and real estate businesses. In other words, positive thinking amongst the mediocre results in islands of productivity and homes full of expired soap and vitamin inventory from multi level marketing cult organisations. Of course, as always, I could be wrong and apologise in advance. Generally speaking, I blame the economic crisis on Clinton's pursuit of the situation where everyone should be able to buy a house whether or not they have a down payment or ability to service the associated debt and that this was confounded by the economic rationalism that led to deregulation of the finance industry. This was the seed that created the problem and worsened by wishful thinking. The need to achieve material success is an unnecessary discursive formation, which perhaps summarises the point of this book. The pursuit of happiness can take many forms. As I understand it, Nirvana has nothing to do with material wealth. Lionel Boxer CD PhD MBA BTech(IndEng) - 0411267256 Associate of RMIT University - lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au Graduate School of Business my "Assessment of Quality Systems with Positioning Theory" now in a googe book - see link at http://intergon.net >>> "Roger Davies" 04/09/09 10:31 AM >>> -----Original Message----- From: Roger Davies [mailto:rdavies at rtpcompany.com] Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 9:12 AM To: 'Stephanie West Allen'; 'undisclosed-recipients:' Subject: RE: [Ailist] Well, this sure sounds like an uplifting book It looks like an interesting book despite a somewhat odd review. I couldn't help thinking that the reviewer had already made their mind up about positive thinking and was pushing some of their own agenda rather than objectively reviewing the book. The reviewer says 'Yet Bright-Sided says nothing about politics' but litters the review with the perspective that 'Positive Thinking' is a child of the political left. One could equally argue that the near collapse of the economy was fostered by a positive thinking political right that believed their schemes couldn't possibly go wrong. >From what I could determine both the author and reviewer believed that critical thinking was what was required and I would support that as absolutely correct. The Ai perspective really hangs on how one looks at the outcome of the critical thought. It does so with a view to taking the best and making it better rather than with a view to focusing on the worst and trying to fix it. Everyone would do well to draw a strong distinction between Ai and 'Positive Thought' (if indeed Positive Thought has a particular definition). Some may consider that if one thinks positively about an outcome there is no chance of failure which is of course incorrect. However, if one does not think positively about a potential outcome one is highly likely to have no possible chance of success. Failure is always a possibility. Success is only a possibility if one holds a positive view about the potential outcome. Just my tcw. Roger From Capela2 at aol.com Fri Sep 4 06:16:46 2009 From: Capela2 at aol.com (Capela2 at aol.com) Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 08:16:46 EDT Subject: [Ailist] Foster care Question Message-ID: To All: NYC Child Welfare system has been in the process of incorporating a family team conference model. In other parts of the country it is known as TDM. I was trained as someone to facilitate family team conferences. Having had an opportunity to do a number of sessions I came to realize that children who have been in care a long time especially those with a goal of independent living are losing their way. Specifically, when doing these FTC the idea is to empower birth parents, foster parents and age appropriate children to take a leadership role in identifying the issues that brought a child in care, identify resources within the community that would assist the child in attaining permanency as well as strengthen family. Now take the young people who have been in care a long time who for whatever reason probably won't return home and will ultimately be discharged to self. In the end many of the children who age out of care end up homeless. Now in the past I have used appreciative inquiry in a variety of settings and have found that it has been well received and provide a different way at looking at things. So the questions I have are as follows: Has anyone used the appreciative inquiry with a group of young people in care? My idea is to find ways to empower these young people to take a look at themselves and find a way to educate foster care workers on a different way to look at what their needs are. Further, I really believe that maybe it can strengthen their self esteem to help them realize their is a great deal of potential even though they may have gotten the short stick in life. The other question would be if I took a group of ten young people in foster care and take them thru the process how would I evaluate the project to determine if there was an impact of the participants and taking what is learned and sharing with foster care workers to determine if this information would help them look at what they do differently. If you have any ideas I would appreciate it. Again, I facilitated a session yesterday and I saw a young person who has tremendous potential but who has lost hope about their future. Stan Capela From rdavies at rtpcompany.com Fri Sep 4 07:26:12 2009 From: rdavies at rtpcompany.com (Roger Davies) Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 08:26:12 -0500 Subject: [Ailist] FW: Well, this sure sounds like an uplifting book In-Reply-To: <4AA0F99E020000AF00038CA9@its-gw-inet57.its.rmit.edu.au> References: <4AA0F99E020000AF00038CA9@its-gw-inet57.its.rmit.edu.au> Message-ID: <4803116D84FB4AAFAA7DE7A652646B33@winona.rtpco.local> My point was not to make a political one or point any fingers other than this one. In all instances where a lack of rational, critical thinking is applied result in at least as much downside as upside and quite often more downside than upside. One of the more insidious of these is proposing a model for a particular improvement and then going and finding data that supports the model. This is very commonplace and very dangerous. The approach should be to identify a problem, gather data and determine a solution based on the outcome of one's analysis. The first is not genuine critical thinking and is more of a justified positive thinking "Of course this will work look at the data" kind of approach so widely used today. Whether the thinking is mindlessly positive, Liberal, Conservative, negative, Christian, Moslem makes no difference. If it's mindless (non-critical, which includes the process of relfection)it's mindless. Assuming that we have undergone a process of critical thinking there is then another choice for us. How do we consider the results of our analysis? With a mindset to look at what is good and try and reinforce it or with a mindset to look at what is wrong and try and fix it. One cannot ignore the wrong, one just has to keep it in perspective and address it appropriately. Roger -----Original Message----- From: ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu [mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Lionel Boxer Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 8:27 PM To: ailist at lists.business.utah.edu; rdavies at rtpcompany.com Subject: Re: [Ailist] FW: Well, this sure sounds like an uplifting book I disagree Roger. I think the lunatic liberal left (not that I feel partularly aligned with a sane conservative right) has a lot to answer for in inspiring the mediocre to assume that positive thinking will lead to progress and that they have the right to take a cut of the action for a useless effort that makes no contribution to the greater good of society. My perception is that an appreciative approach is not the same as what this book is criticing. Rather, my sense is that the book is bringing to light the danger of the mindless positive thinking cult movements associated with multi-level marketing soap and vitamin businesses and real estate businesses. In other words, positive thinking amongst the mediocre results in islands of productivity and homes full of expired soap and vitamin inventory from multi level marketing cult organisations. Of course, as always, I could be wrong and apologise in advance. Generally speaking, I blame the economic crisis on Clinton's pursuit of the situation where everyone should be able to buy a house whether or not they have a down payment or ability to service the associated debt and that this was confounded by the economic rationalism that led to deregulation of the finance industry. This was the seed that created the problem and worsened by wishful thinking. The need to achieve material success is an unnecessary discursive formation, which perhaps summarises the point of this book. The pursuit of happiness can take many forms. As I understand it, Nirvana has nothing to do with material wealth. Lionel Boxer CD PhD MBA BTech(IndEng) - 0411267256 Associate of RMIT University - lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au Graduate School of Business my "Assessment of Quality Systems with Positioning Theory" now in a googe book - see link at http://intergon.net >>> "Roger Davies" 04/09/09 10:31 AM >>> -----Original Message----- From: Roger Davies [mailto:rdavies at rtpcompany.com] Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 9:12 AM To: 'Stephanie West Allen'; 'undisclosed-recipients:' Subject: RE: [Ailist] Well, this sure sounds like an uplifting book It looks like an interesting book despite a somewhat odd review. I couldn't help thinking that the reviewer had already made their mind up about positive thinking and was pushing some of their own agenda rather than objectively reviewing the book. The reviewer says 'Yet Bright-Sided says nothing about politics' but litters the review with the perspective that 'Positive Thinking' is a child of the political left. One could equally argue that the near collapse of the economy was fostered by a positive thinking political right that believed their schemes couldn't possibly go wrong. >From what I could determine both the author and reviewer believed that critical thinking was what was required and I would support that as absolutely correct. The Ai perspective really hangs on how one looks at the outcome of the critical thought. It does so with a view to taking the best and making it better rather than with a view to focusing on the worst and trying to fix it. Everyone would do well to draw a strong distinction between Ai and 'Positive Thought' (if indeed Positive Thought has a particular definition). Some may consider that if one thinks positively about an outcome there is no chance of failure which is of course incorrect. However, if one does not think positively about a potential outcome one is highly likely to have no possible chance of success. Failure is always a possibility. Success is only a possibility if one holds a positive view about the potential outcome. Just my tcw. Roger _______________________________________________ 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 From stephanie at brainhygiene.com Fri Sep 4 09:28:04 2009 From: stephanie at brainhygiene.com (Stephanie West Allen) Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:28:04 -0600 Subject: [Ailist] Overview of many of the contemplative practices happening in the law Message-ID: http://westallen.typepad.com/idealawg/2009/09/overview-of-many-of-the- comtemplative-practices-happen.html Stephanie From stephanie at brainhygiene.com Fri Sep 4 17:15:40 2009 From: stephanie at brainhygiene.com (Stephanie West Allen) Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:15:40 -0600 Subject: [Ailist] U of Miami School of Law eight-week program on contemplative practices Message-ID: http://westallen.typepad.com/idealawg/2009/09/more-about-the-u-of- miami-school-of-law-eightweek-progr.html Stephanie ???????????????????????????????????? Stephanie West Allen, JD http://www.brainsonpurpose.com http://www.idealawg.net Denver, CO USA From MSchwartz at PositiveConcepts.biz Sat Sep 5 13:30:33 2009 From: MSchwartz at PositiveConcepts.biz (Michael L Schwartz) Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 15:30:33 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] John Wooden on true success Message-ID: <003501ca2e5f$5736cb20$05a46160$@biz> Great definition of success: http://www.ted.com/talks/john_wooden_on_the_difference_between_winning_and_s uccess.html Michael L Schwartz, PE, PMP President Positive Concepts, Inc. Phone: 248 828 7701 Fax: 248 828 7708 Email: MSchwartz at PositiveConcepts.biz Web: www.PositiveConcepts.biz LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaellschwartz Enhancing the positive. From stephanie at brainhygiene.com Mon Sep 7 13:28:42 2009 From: stephanie at brainhygiene.com (Stephanie West Allen) Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 13:28:42 -0600 Subject: [Ailist] Think about it: Who are the consequential strangers in your life? Message-ID: <83DD6509-2F2C-4628-AD41-BCF03CBE1515@brainhygiene.com> Excerpt: Who are consequential strangers? [T]the countless everyday people who touch our lives and influence us personally. ... They range from long-standing acquaintances to people we encounter on occasion or only in certain places. They cut a wide swath across our lives, and yet each is linked to us in some way and fills a specific need. Rest here: http://westallen.typepad.com/idealawg/2009/09/think-about-it-who-are- the-consequential-strangers-in-your-life.html Or http://snipurl.com/conseq Best, Stephanie ???????????????????????????????????? Stephanie West Allen, JD http://www.brainsonpurpose.com http://www.idealawg.net Denver, CO USA From ralph at appreciativeinquiryunlimited.com Tue Sep 8 12:03:54 2009 From: ralph at appreciativeinquiryunlimited.com (RALPH KELLY) Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 14:03:54 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] Best AI Foundations Workshop Ever!! Message-ID: <001a01ca30ae$bd260a30$37721e90$@com> This workshop , Appreciative Inquiry Theory and Practice, is offered October 27-30, 2009, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is based on our newly edited and re-thought resource book. Some of the new and emerging thinking in the field of OD is in the resource book and is included in the workshop. Between the 3 facilitators, Jane Magruder Watkins, Maureen McKenna, and Ralph Kelly, there is nearly 50 years experience in the thinking, development and application of Appreciative Inquiry theory and methodology. We bring experience from a global perspective of the Corporate, international development, non-profit, educational, and church sectors. This workshop is enriched with the inclusion of up to 4 students from the Toronto School Board District. They have made significant contributions to our learning in prior workshops, and their lives have been significantly influenced through their participation. Toronto is a "global city" in that the majority of the population is not born in Canada. Our workshop mirrors that richness of diversity of culture. There have also been a diversity of occupations and interests represented in prior workshops. Please contact Maureen McKenna, maureenmckenna at sympatico.ca or ralph at appreciativeinquiryunlimited.com for more information. While this is a foundations course, experienced practitioners have found this a time for enriching their life and practice. We ask you to consider being present and also, perhaps recommending this to a client or two. Thanks ever so much. Jane Magruder Watkins & Ralph Kelly Appreciative Inquiry Unlimited A Center for Organization Development: Teaching, Consulting, Mentoring 233-A Woodmere Drive Williamsburg, VA 23185, U.S.A. (757) 259-9942 MarshHaven Retreat P.O. Box 541 1702 Wheat Patch Road Belhaven, NC 27810, U.S.A. (252) 964-3072 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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[G]ratitude functions to enhance cooperative as opposed to selfish economic behavior." Rest here: http://www.newsweek.com/id/215126 Stephanie From adajo at innovationpartners.com Fri Sep 11 09:30:08 2009 From: adajo at innovationpartners.com (Ada Jo Mann) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:30:08 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] LEAD from Your Strengths-A few places left Message-ID: <013701ca32f4$bedacda0$3c9068e0$@com> Please join me for the launch of a new offering LEAD from Your Strengths--a one day workshop introducing a hot off the press strength-based planning tool to be held in Washington, DC on September 23, 2009. There are just a few places remaining. Details attached or go to www.innovationpartners.com to register. Hope to see you there! Ada Jo Ada Jo Mann Partner Innovation Partners International 5411 41st Street NW Washington, DC 20015 202 363-9292 202 363-0038 fax www.innovationpartners.com News Flash Our book Positive Family Dynamics is now available at: http://www.taosinstitute.net/publishing/taos_tempo_series.html Come join me at the 2009 World Appreciative Inquiry Conference For more info and to register, please visit www.2009worldaiconference.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Lead_Flyer_Final.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 1571402 bytes Desc: not available URL: From stephanie at brainhygiene.com Fri Sep 11 09:45:15 2009 From: stephanie at brainhygiene.com (Stephanie West Allen) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:45:15 -0600 Subject: [Ailist] September 25 program on meditation in the law Message-ID: <046DE57A-8F20-4C2D-ACB8-EF900B90B4F7@brainhygiene.com> Hello, all. Here is information about a program you can attend on September 25, at no charge titled ?Effective and Sustainable Law Practice: the Meditative Perspective?: http://westallen.typepad.com/idealawg/2009/09/effective-and- sustainable-law-practice-the-meditative-perspective.html Or here: http://snipurl.com/halpmedlaw My best, Stephanie ???????????????????????????????????? Stephanie West Allen, JD http://www.brainsonpurpose.com http://www.idealawg.net Denver, CO USA From soren at icohere.com Fri Sep 11 12:14:05 2009 From: soren at icohere.com (Soren Kaplan) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:14:05 -0700 Subject: [Ailist] Last week to sign up for the ONLINE WORKSHOP with David Cooperrider early bird discount In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8124F3B13C70410F94D4A09BD3446619@sklaptop> This week (September 15) is the last chance to take advantage of the early bird discount for the ONLINE AI workshop with David Cooperrider. To learn more, see below: ________________________________________________ Appreciative Inquiry Workshop with David Cooperrider Learn the foundations of Appreciative Inquiry from the founder himself! Dates: October 5 - November 11 Location: Web conferences and Online via Computer Website: http://www.ovationnet.com/workshops.htm Early Bird Discount now available! Join David Cooperrider, the founder of Appreciative Inquiry (AI), in an interactive workshop that presents the foundations of AI. Learn the theory and practices of engaging groups and organizations in the Appreciative Inquiry and positive change process - all from your computer and telephone! As a workshop participant, you connect directly with David during regularly scheduled teleconferences and online meetings. You also have full access to a suite of David's online "e-learning presentations" - narrated PowerPoint presentations that illustrate the foundations of Appreciative Inquiry and provide practical approaches and tools for AI practitioners. Because the online venue supports group interaction and collaboration, you work closely with other workshop participants to apply the concepts and tools to your specific interests and organization. The weekly agenda for this six-week workshop includes self-paced viewing of David's narrated presentations and videos, participation in scheduled one-hour teleconferences, and online discussions and/or teleconferences with assigned workgroups. Topics include: * Foundations and Principles of AI * Tools and Approaches for Practicing AI * The Art of the Unconditional Positive Question * Conducting AI Interviews * Appreciative Inquiry Summits * Facilitating Positive Organizational Change For more information and to register, visit the OvationNet website at http://www.ovationnet.com/workshops.htm From margeschiller at yahoo.com Fri Sep 11 14:11:50 2009 From: margeschiller at yahoo.com (Marge Schiller) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:11:50 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] Does this work?? Message-ID: <8F89EF71-F31B-4EC1-BA50-B7544AE12A62@yahoo.com> Show, Know, and Grow the GOOD! October 12-16 9:00am-3:00pm An Invitation to Join Us in Canton, Ohio Do you wonder what makes extraordinary schools possible? Do you have a story about an extraordinary school, program, student or teacher that you would like to share? VOICES OF LEARNERS is a multi generational three day gathering of students, parents, educators, administrators and community members. The purpose of this gathering is to appreciate, collectively take in, and collaboratively build on peak learning experiences. It is a chance to Show, Know, and Grow the best in learning and development. VOICES OF LEARNERS is at three different schools in Stark County Ohio. Come join us on October 13, 14, and 15, 2009 at GlenOak High School, Timken High School Commons and Stark State College as we explore outstanding examples of strength focused learning. What are the multiple ways of Showing, Knowing, and Growing the best in learning, teaching and developing? Each of the three days is sited at a different school and will have about 100 people. About half of those in attendance will be young people. The rest of us are educators (or teachers), parents, administrators, community members and others who are excited about strength focused approaches and schools. Each day?s planning is being lead by the three schools? staff. Each day will begin with an Appreciative Inquiry. There will be special tours and learning opportunities on October 12 and 16. You can visit Canton?s award winning Early College, Project Rebuild, Choices, Pegasus Farm, Cleveland?s The Intergenerational School or several other special places for learning. Wednesday evening October 14 Stark Education Partnership & Positive Change Core will be hosting ?Community of Scholars.? A group of thought leaders will discuss innovations and emergent theory in Strength Focused Learning. Space for this 6-8 p.m. event will be limited. Peter J. Whitehouse M.D. Ph.D. will facilitate the dialogue. Peter is the co-founder of the Intergenerational School, Cleveland and Director Integrative Studies, Department of Neurology; Case Western Reserve University Professor of Neurology, Cognitive Science, Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Psychology, Nursing, Organizational Behavior and History University Memory and Aging Center University Hospitals of Cleveland. You are invited to participate in the full week program or any portion of it. Come and learn? come and share your own successes! To find out more and to talk about how you might become a part of this gathering please call or write one of us: Marge Schiller 781-749-4383 margeschiller at yahoo.com Chester Bowling 614 294 1174 ( bowling.43 at osu.edu) Joyce Lemke 330-455-2153 (jole200 at yahoo.com) For the Voices of Learners Planning Committee From lovinlife at verizon.net Fri Sep 11 22:25:54 2009 From: lovinlife at verizon.net (Nicole Bossard) Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:25:54 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] HELP - How to bring an AI end to a five year community project? Message-ID: <4AD5D0C8-0351-493A-B046-D206085A78FA@verizon.net> Good morning, AI-ers!, I am working with a community in New York City that has done some phenomenal work on community-agency partnerships in their local child welfare system. A five-year federally funded grant brought them together several years ago, and after much hard work and commitment this grant is coming to an end. However, the great news is that they will continue to work together after the grant ends (and the money that came with it). I am hoping the list can suggest some AI inspired activity that I can you facilitate with them to help them look back on their journey together as a basis for planning the next chapter for their future together. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks so much to each of you and the wisdom that is so freely shared with us newcomers :-D. In joy, Nicole Nicole Bossard, MA CYT President and Inspirationalist TGC Consulting, Inc. P.O. Box 15835 Washington, DC 20003 Ph (202) 236-6526 Fax (202) 544-1832 Eml lovinlife at verizon.net Alternate Eml creative4s at mac.com A gift for you: I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted, and behold, I saw that service was joy. Rabindranath Tagore From msands at dccnet.com Sat Sep 12 18:21:01 2009 From: msands at dccnet.com (Mike Sands) Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:21:01 -0700 Subject: [Ailist] HELP - How to bring an AI end to a five year communityproject? In-Reply-To: <4AD5D0C8-0351-493A-B046-D206085A78FA@verizon.net> References: <4AD5D0C8-0351-493A-B046-D206085A78FA@verizon.net> Message-ID: <5157DCA44C864854A7600AF82A5CB58B@Mike2009PC> Idea - as though someone was going to make a movie of their efforts and achievement collect from the group "scenes for the movie". In twos - three questions: two recollections (scenes) of why the work was needed. Two recollections of great "process moments" Two recollecions of proudest moments, leadership moments What next. Or another idea - The imaginary bonfire. Here we are at the end of one stage As though each idea was a log for the fire - What is your favorite memory of the last five years from the project What is your favorite memory of the last five years from life outside the project Who would you like to invite to the bonfire to let them witness the success, share the joy,a nd be able to spread the word Without being humble - what was it about you that made the project work What is a gift you would want to give someone in the group - without naming the recipient. Both these ideas can be considered to be collaboratively creating uplifting associations -and in their execution both can be a new story of success. Mike PS we started a church worship committee meeting yesterday in a manner consistent with these ideas - it gave us all great energy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicole Bossard" To: "AI list AI List" Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 9:25 PM Subject: [Ailist] HELP - How to bring an AI end to a five year communityproject? > Good morning, AI-ers!, > > I am working with a community in New York City that has done some > phenomenal work on community-agency partnerships in their local child > welfare system. A five-year federally funded grant brought them together > several years ago, and after much hard work and commitment this grant is > coming to an end. However, the great news is that they will continue to > work together after the grant ends (and the money that came with it). I > am hoping the list can suggest some AI inspired activity that I can you > facilitate with them to help them look back on their journey together as > a basis for planning the next chapter for their future together. > > Any help is much appreciated. Thanks so much to each of you and the > wisdom that is so freely shared with us newcomers :-D. > > In joy, > Nicole > > Nicole Bossard, MA CYT > President and Inspirationalist > TGC Consulting, Inc. > P.O. Box 15835 > Washington, DC 20003 > Ph (202) 236-6526 > Fax (202) 544-1832 > Eml lovinlife at verizon.net > Alternate Eml creative4s at mac.com > A gift for you: > I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was > service. I acted, and behold, I saw that service was joy. Rabindranath > Tagore > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > From cheri.torres at gmail.com Tue Sep 15 13:37:10 2009 From: cheri.torres at gmail.com (Cheri Torres) Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:37:10 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] Position OPENING: VP Learning & OD Message-ID: If anyone in the California area is interested, here is a position posting for a VP Learning and OD VP Learning & Organizational Development for a BCA Exec. Search clients based in the Los Angeles area ? local or SW candidates needed. Our client is the largest organization by equity market in the world for their industry---119 locations in Australia, New Zealand, UK & U.S. Reporting directly to the Sr.EVP HR Global Head Management & OD role will be responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction in developing the learning strategy and tactical plans, programs and activities to make the organization and its employees effective in achieving business objectives. This individual will lead a small team and extensively utilize external resources. ? Establishes a strategic direction for learning and education ? Sets direction for leadership, OD, technical, e-learning and education. ? Develops, implements & facilitates a company-wide process for individualized career development plans. ? 360 Facilitator ? ability to deliver feedback/coaching ( Myers Briggs ) ? Manages employee engagement survey process. ? Prepares annual leadership and professional development plan for review/approval by senior management. ? Identifies recommended training vendors to address prioritized needs and deliver training programs. Manages relationships with providers to ensure successful delivery options for regional locations. ? Evaluates effectiveness of leadership and professional development programs including quality of course content and delivery. ? B.A. Learning or equivalent experience plus 7-10+ years leadership, OD and technical training experience, including platform training If this sounds of interest to you or someone you respect - please forward them our way. Contact: Ed Cohen Senior Talent Management Executive Phone: 760-230-2601 M: 760-815-4991 -- Cheri B. Torres, Ph.D. Asheville, NC 828-225-5088 * * * This communication and its attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately notify the sender and then delete this communication and its attachments without reading it or forwarding it. From jthibodeau at wi.rr.com Tue Sep 15 18:34:41 2009 From: jthibodeau at wi.rr.com (John Thibodeau) Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:34:41 -0500 Subject: [Ailist] Content Validity request Message-ID: I am preparing to begin a doctoral study of the effect participation in an Ai-based accreditation or institutional effectiveness process has on perceptions of positive institutional and individual change in higher education institutions. I have drafted a survey instrument based on the literature describing the effects of Appreciative Inquiry. I would like some experienced Ai practitioners to look at the language in my survey to determine whether it appropriately captures the concepts of Ai. In particular, I want to be sure that the outcomes I am asking about are those that are commonly found after Ai events. If you are willing to assist me, please e-mail john.thibodeau at wi.rr.com and I will send you a copy of my survey to review. Thanks in advance. 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Although I see the merit of identifying the need for change from negative to positive, his applications don't build on current strengths as in AI. I would appreciate any of your thoughts (or better yet: references) on how to merge Max-Neef's fundamental human needs with AI in social planning. Many thanks, Neils Christiansen -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: nchristn.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 177 bytes Desc: not available URL: From cheri.torres at gmail.com Thu Sep 17 10:01:11 2009 From: cheri.torres at gmail.com (Cheri Torres) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:01:11 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] CA Job Posting Message-ID: In case anyone is still thinking about contacting Ed Cohen for the training position in CA, they have found sufficient applicants and have closed the posting. cheri -- Cheri B. Torres, Ph.D. Asheville, NC 828-225-5088 * * * This communication and its attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please immediately notify the sender and then delete this communication and its attachments without reading it or forwarding it. From jodyjacobson at sbcglobal.net Thu Sep 17 10:31:34 2009 From: jodyjacobson at sbcglobal.net (Jody Jacobson) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:31:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Ailist] Fundamental Human Needs (Max-Neef) and AI In-Reply-To: <4AB21CD5.7030800@sunwave.net> References: <4AB21CD5.7030800@sunwave.net> Message-ID: <94346.31132.qm@web82408.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Dear Neils-- Gervase Bushe has been discussing a similar/related issue in some of his recent writings on AI. Rather than focusing on Negative and Positive as dichotomies that can create polarities, he focuses on generativity as a social construction that embraces the whole of human need. In this way, he moves away from constructions of Negative in AI practice as Bad/Disallowed/Undesirable and Positive as Good/Welcomed/Desirable. He discusses how the construction of generativity allows for an appreciation of the full compliment of human needs/feelings/emotions, which he believes, "increases the generative power and potential of AI." In the first article referenced below, he also mentions a paper Pamela Johnson wrote on the roles of "light" and "shadow" -- both in ourselves and our clients -- in increasing creativity and generativity in AI practice. The reference to her article is included below as well: Gervase Bushe article referred to above: G.R. Bushe, Appreciative Inquiry is not (just) about the Positive, OD Practitioner, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp30-35, 2007. http://www.gervasebushe.ca/AI_pos.pdf Paper Bushe refers to by Pamela Johnson (I've not been able to locate it): "Transcending the polarity of light and shadow in appreciative inquiry: An appreciative exploration of practice" (to be publised in Zandee, Cooperrider, and Avital, Organizational Generativity: Advances in Appreciative Inquiry Volume 3. Amsterdam: Elsevier). Also by Bushe: To be in the same publication as the Johnson article, but this one's available on Bushe's website: G.R. Bushe, Generativity and the Transformational Potential of Appreciative Inquiry http://www.gervasebushe.ca/AI%20and%20generativity.pdf Bush and Kassam, When Is Appreciative Inquiry Transformational? A Meta-Case Analysis J of Applied Behavioral Sci, Vol. 41 No. 2, June 2005 http://www.gervasebushe.ca/ai-meta.pdf By the way, I appreciate the reference you shared! These questions are directly related to my dissertation research through the Taos Institute / Tilburg University PhD Program. In my own AI work, I've found that clients often request, in a very compelling way, to walk in the shadow/"name the elephants" before moving from dream into design. (This may be because much of my work is with groups who wish to transform adversarial relationships, or for whom the nature of the relationship has been the "elephant in the room.") From my experience, my sense is that the act of collective appreciative story-telling and dreaming that result in a palpable sense of shared aspirations creates a magnetic pull toward something bigger than the elephants; which, in turn, makes the elephants seem both more obvious and smaller, less frightening, and something to acknowledge, appreciate, and heighten awareness of who's not yet "in the room." Jody Jody Jacobson, President Aerial View Consulting LLC Business consulting that cuts through complexity to the core of what matters most. www.aerialviewconsulting.com Phone/ 608.347.9961 Fax/ 608.204.0039 ________________________________ From: Neils Christiansen To: ailist at lists.business.utah.edu Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 6:26:13 AM Subject: [Ailist] Fundamental Human Needs (Max-Neef) and AI Hi Everyone, I recently came across Max-Neef's work on Human Scale Development (1991), which he builds around the concept of fundamental human needs. I'm quite taken by his ideas about needs and how satisfiers can be grouped into four existential categories. In his illustrative applications he describes how participants describe(1) the current situation by identifying negative (and hence undesirable) satisfier, (2) a desired situation with its positive satisfiers, and (3) a the means to generate the positive satisfiers. Although I see the merit of identifying the need for change from negative to positive, his applications don't build on current strengths as in AI. I would appreciate any of your thoughts (or better yet: references) on how to merge Max-Neef's fundamental human needs with AI in social planning. Many thanks, Neils Christiansen From lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au Thu Sep 17 19:32:55 2009 From: lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au (Lionel Boxer) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:32:55 +1000 Subject: [Ailist] Fundamental Human Needs (Max-Neef) and AI Message-ID: <4AB36FE7020000AF0003941E@its-gw-inet57.its.rmit.edu.au> Makes a lot of sense to me: "focuse on generativity as a social construction that embraces the whole of human need" - sounds like a balanced scorecard, where multiple factors are considered and an optimum is arrived at. Lionel Boxer CD PhD MBA BTech(IndEng) - 0411267256 Associate of RMIT University - lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au Graduate School of Business my "Assessment of Quality Systems with Positioning Theory" now in a googe book - see link at http://intergon.net >>> Jody Jacobson 18/09/09 4:37 AM >>> Dear Neils-- Gervase Bushe has been discussing a similar/related issue in some of his recent writings on AI. Rather than focusing on Negative and Positive as dichotomies that can create polarities, he focuses on generativity as a social construction that embraces the whole of human need. In this way, he moves away from constructions of Negative in AI practice as Bad/Disallowed/Undesirable and Positive as Good/Welcomed/Desirable. He discusses how the construction of generativity allows for an appreciation of the full compliment of human needs/feelings/emotions, which he believes, "increases the generative power and potential of AI." In the first article referenced below, he also mentions a paper Pamela Johnson wrote on the roles of "light" and "shadow" -- both in ourselves and our clients -- in increasing creativity and generativity in AI practice. The reference to her article is included below as well: Gervase Bushe article referred to above: G.R. Bushe, Appreciative Inquiry is not (just) about the Positive, OD Practitioner, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp30-35, 2007. http://www.gervasebushe.ca/AI_pos.pdf Paper Bushe refers to by Pamela Johnson (I've not been able to locate it): "Transcending the polarity of light and shadow in appreciative inquiry: An appreciative exploration of practice" (to be publised in Zandee, Cooperrider, and Avital, Organizational Generativity: Advances in Appreciative Inquiry Volume 3. Amsterdam: Elsevier). Also by Bushe: To be in the same publication as the Johnson article, but this one's available on Bushe's website: G.R. Bushe, Generativity and the Transformational Potential of Appreciative Inquiry http://www.gervasebushe.ca/AI%20and%20generativity.pdf Bush and Kassam, When Is Appreciative Inquiry Transformational? A Meta-Case Analysis J of Applied Behavioral Sci, Vol. 41 No. 2, June 2005 http://www.gervasebushe.ca/ai-meta.pdf By the way, I appreciate the reference you shared! These questions are directly related to my dissertation research through the Taos Institute / Tilburg University PhD Program. In my own AI work, I've found that clients often request, in a very compelling way, to walk in the shadow/"name the elephants" before moving from dream into design. (This may be because much of my work is with groups who wish to transform adversarial relationships, or for whom the nature of the relationship has been the "elephant in the room.") From my experience, my sense is that the act of collective appreciative story-telling and dreaming that result in a palpable sense of shared aspirations creates a magnetic pull toward something bigger than the elephants; which, in turn, makes the elephants seem both more obvious and smaller, less frightening, and something to acknowledge, appreciate, and heighten awareness of who's not yet "in the room." Jody Jody Jacobson, President Aerial View Consulting LLC Business consulting that cuts through complexity to the core of what matters most. www.aerialviewconsulting.com Phone/ 608.347.9961 Fax/ 608.204.0039 ________________________________ From: Neils Christiansen To: ailist at lists.business.utah.edu Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 6:26:13 AM Subject: [Ailist] Fundamental Human Needs (Max-Neef) and AI Hi Everyone, I recently came across Max-Neef's work on Human Scale Development (1991), which he builds around the concept of fundamental human needs. I'm quite taken by his ideas about needs and how satisfiers can be grouped into four existential categories. In his illustrative applications he describes how participants describe(1) the current situation by identifying negative (and hence undesirable) satisfier, (2) a desired situation with its positive satisfiers, and (3) a the means to generate the positive satisfiers. Although I see the merit of identifying the need for change from negative to positive, his applications don't build on current strengths as in AI. I would appreciate any of your thoughts (or better yet: references) on how to merge Max-Neef's fundamental human needs with AI in social planning. Many thanks, Neils Christiansen _______________________________________________ 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 From geofcox at newdirections.uk.com Fri Sep 18 03:09:03 2009 From: geofcox at newdirections.uk.com (Geof Cox) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:09:03 +0100 Subject: [Ailist] Masterclass in Brussels, Belgium Message-ID: Hello all Aiers and especially those in Europe. One of the linked research tracks that underpin AI is the work done by Professor Chris Argyris on defensive routines and the impact of our unspoken thoughts and feelings on our behaviour ? the sort of traps that take us down negative and deficit routes, and create a self-fulfilling difficult conversation. Practitioners in Europe might therefore be interested in a one day Masterclass in Chris Argyris?s work that Bill Noonan is facilitating in Brussels next month (27 October) for HR and L&D professionals. A great opportunity to develop your own practice and learn with one of the leading consultants using the Argyris and Senge models from the US. For information and booking go to http://www.learningconsortium.eu/index.php?page=content&menu=4&submenu=99 Appreciatively Geof Cox Geof Cox New Directions Ltd Email: GeofCox at newdirections.uk.com Web Site: http://www.newdirections.uk.com Phone: 0117 968 1451 (international +44 117 968 1451) Mobile: 07753 626284 (international +44 7753 626284) Skype: geofcox.newdirections Postal: 26A Downleaze, Stoke Bishop, Bristol BS9 1LZ Member of Learning Consortium email: geof at learningconsortium.eu Web: http://www.learningconsortium.eu Subscribe to my free e-newsletter Cuttings online New Directions (Communications & Training) Limited is registered in Scotland. Registration No. 102895 Registered office: 350 Lanark Road West, Edinburgh EH14 5RR The information contained in this message may be confidential and legally privileged. The message is intended solely for the addressee(s). 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I always wanted to be the part of AI Conference getting involved directly or indirectly. As a well-wisher of AI, I have a thought; how can I contribute to make this huge event a successful and a historic one. For this matter, I along with my family members had a discussion and came to the conclusion of contributing some thing to this AI Conference. We have a small house here in Bhaktapur (Balkot) inside the Kathmandu valley (about 15 km east from Soaltee Crown Plaza, venue where AI conference will be held). We have decided to host the Delegates from any nationality in our house for a week. Those who come for this workshop can stay with us in our house. We have a guest room that can accommodate two people. Staying with us; you will be having certain benefits: ? You can learn and enjoy staying with Nepali family, their culture, traditions and linguistics ? You will get an opportunity to view/visit ancient city Bhaktapur (only 3 km from our home) ? Logistics arrangement (Free accommodation with daily Nepali breakfast) (Note: * Local transportation will not be covered to and from the venue * First come first serve rule will apply!) This will be an opportunity for us to contribute and be the part of this Conference by entertaining our Delegates. Please feel free to contact me via email or phone. We will be more than happy to provide more information and You can reach us at: Phone: 977 1 6638513 (home) 977 9841 301075 (Cell: Gobinda) 977 9841 477475 (cell: Apsara) Email: gpoudal at yahoo.com (personal) With best appreciation, Gobinda Raj Poudal From akeane at cisco.com Fri Sep 18 11:59:27 2009 From: akeane at cisco.com (Adrienne Keane (akeane)) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:59:27 -0700 Subject: [Ailist] Planning a Nepal Trek 11/9 - 11/15 Message-ID: Greetings World AI Conference Attendees! I will be attending the AI conference and have decided to come early and plan a trek. I am exploring options and have found a good itinerary in Annapurna region would leave Kathmandu on 11/9 and return on 11/15. I am looking for others to join me and form a group. Alternatively, is anyone else looking for another member for their group or know of an organized trek during this time? Please email me at akeane at cisco.com if you are interested or have helpful information. Thanks and see you in Nepal! Adrienne Keane Program Manager Employee Engagement Cisco Systems, Inc Phone:?408-526-4333 Cell:? 714-394-5950 Home: 714-963-8756 "My experience is what I agree to attend to." William James ? ? From nancy at sonic.net Fri Sep 18 12:46:10 2009 From: nancy at sonic.net (Nancy Stetson) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:46:10 -0700 Subject: [Ailist] Content Validity request In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: >John, There's a chapter in my 2008 book, Stories of Positive Change in the Community College, that you might find helpful. It describes several mini-case studies of Ai-based accreditation processes. You can order it (for not much $$) through Company of Experts.net at http://www.companyofexperts.net. While I am no longer very active in the Ai community, I'd still love to hear the results of your study. I continue to mentor students in Walden University's PhD in Education's Community College Leadership online program, and (lo and behold!) some of them are focusing on Ai in their doctoral studies. Nancy >I am preparing to begin a doctoral study of the effect participation in an >Ai-based accreditation or institutional effectiveness process has on >perceptions of positive institutional and individual change in higher >education institutions. > >I have drafted a survey instrument based on the literature describing the >effects of Appreciative Inquiry. I would like some experienced Ai >practitioners to look at the language in my survey to determine whether it >appropriately captures the concepts of Ai. In particular, I want to be sure >that the outcomes I am asking about are those that are commonly found after >Ai events. > >If you are willing to assist me, please e-mail john.thibodeau at wi.rr.com and >I will send you a copy of my survey to review. > >Thanks in advance. > >John Thibodeau > >Related: :Macintosh HD:Notebook.jpg:00221270:1A06843A:00000000:00000000 >_______________________________________________ >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 -- Nancy E. Stetson, Ed.D. * Freelance Writer * Expert on Call, Company of Experts.net * Mentor and Assessor, Walden University Latest publication: Stories of Positive Change in the Community College: Appreciative Inquiry in Action - http://stores.lulu.com/companyofexperts From macodell at verizon.net Sun Sep 20 04:05:24 2009 From: macodell at verizon.net (Malcolm Odell) Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:05:24 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] Planning a Nepal Trek 11/9 - 11/15--Opportunities linked to AI Conference In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Adrienne, This is just the best news! And just what I have hoped some of our conference attendees would be doing... great opportunity... and The Annapurna Conservation Area is one of my favorites, and truly will make a world class experience... I know it will be a trip of a lifetime. I presume you have your bookings already finalized, but if not, be sure to check out options through my best friends in Nepal for over 40 years, Kaldhen Sherpa and his family's Sherpa Trekking Service... First in Nepal and, in my view, the best of all such teams. Sherpa Trekking Service is on our website for the Conference at http://www.charitiesandchallenges.com/index.php?function=page&type=internal&id=90 and/or contact Kesang Sherpa at I hope many others will be similarly inspired..... We're planning options for people to come meet the WORTH women in Chitwan right after the conference... and connect that with a visit to the Royal Chitwan National Park... elephant safaris through the amazing jungles that are the home of the Royal Bengal Tiger... Maybe you'd like to stay on after the conference and join us there, too?! Looking forward!! With all best wishes, Mac Odell ----------------------------- At 10:59 AM -0700 9/18/09, Adrienne Keane (akeane) wrote: >Greetings World AI Conference Attendees! >I will be attending the AI conference and have decided to come early >and plan a trek. I am exploring options and have found a good >itinerary in Annapurna region would leave Kathmandu on 11/9 and >return on 11/15. I am looking for others to join me and form a >group. Alternatively, is anyone else looking for another member for >their group or know of an organized trek during this time? > >Please email me at akeane at cisco.com if you are interested or have >helpful information. >Thanks and see you in Nepal! > >Adrienne Keane > >Program Manager >Employee Engagement >Cisco Systems, Inc >Phone: 408-526-4333 >Cell: 714-394-5950 >Home: 714-963-8756 > >"My experience is what I agree to attend to." >William James > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >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 -- Malcolm J. Odell, Jr., MS, PhD Community Development & Management Consultant 2712 Poplar St., NW; Washington, DC 20007 202-333-1994 Cell: 603-770-6006 From robyn at positivematrix.com Mon Sep 21 08:56:24 2009 From: robyn at positivematrix.com (Robyn Stratton-Berkessel) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:56:24 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] Planning a Nepal Trek 11/9 - 11/15--Opportunities linked to AI Conference In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4AB79418.90003@positivematrix.com> This is fabulous... the adventure.... Adrienne, thank you for sharing your research and plans and Mac for yours as well. I am still searching and wondering who might be interested in an excursion post conference 20th - 23rd, which is such a short time, so I am open to extend. Adrienne your options were pre-conference. Are your travel plans set? Mac, what are the dates you are thinking of for the visit to Chitwan and meeting the WORTH women and how long? Wondering who'd be interested in Nagarkot to see glimpses of Mt Everest at sunrise and sunset? The following tour accommodates such dreams. The 3 day tour of Swayambhunath & Kathmandu City Day 1: Half day sightseeing of Swayambhunath & Kathmandu City Day 2: After breakfast drive to Nagarkot enroute stop at Bhaktapur. Overnight at Nagarkot. Day 3: After breakfast drive back to Kathmandu enroute stop at Pashupatinath & Bouddhanath for sightseeing. I am open to all ideas and am aware of a number of great people in Nepal who do this for a living and can guide us. Traveling with companions will add to the joy. Please feel free to use my personal email to contact me. Kind regards to all. Robyn Robyn Stratton-Berkessel www.positivematrix.com +1 732 291 0462 +1 732 939 8239 (mobile) Skype: robynsb Malcolm Odell wrote: > Dear Adrienne, > > This is just the best news! > > And just what I have hoped some of our conference attendees would be > doing... great opportunity... and The Annapurna Conservation Area is > one of my favorites, and truly will make a world class experience... I > know it will be a trip of a lifetime. > > I presume you have your bookings already finalized, but if not, be > sure to check out options through my best friends in Nepal for over 40 > years, Kaldhen Sherpa and his family's Sherpa Trekking Service... > First in Nepal and, in my view, the best of all such teams. > > Sherpa Trekking Service is on our website for the Conference at > http://www.charitiesandchallenges.com/index.php?function=page&type=internal&id=90 > and/or contact Kesang Sherpa at > > I hope many others will be similarly inspired..... > > We're planning options for people to come meet the WORTH women in > Chitwan right after the conference... and connect that with a visit to > the Royal Chitwan National Park... elephant safaris through the > amazing jungles that are the home of the Royal Bengal Tiger... Maybe > you'd like to stay on after the conference and join us there, too?! > > Looking forward!! > With all best wishes, > Mac Odell > ----------------------------- > At 10:59 AM -0700 9/18/09, Adrienne Keane (akeane) wrote: >> Greetings World AI Conference Attendees! >> I will be attending the AI conference and have decided to come early >> and plan a trek. I am exploring options and have found a good >> itinerary in Annapurna region would leave Kathmandu on 11/9 and >> return on 11/15. I am looking for others to join me and form a group. >> Alternatively, is anyone else looking for another member for their >> group or know of an organized trek during this time? >> >> Please email me at akeane at cisco.com if you are interested or have >> helpful information. >> Thanks and see you in Nepal! >> >> Adrienne Keane >> >> Program Manager >> Employee Engagement >> Cisco Systems, Inc >> Phone: 408-526-4333 >> Cell: 714-394-5950 >> Home: 714-963-8756 >> >> "My experience is what I agree to attend to." >> William James >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 From macodell at verizon.net Mon Sep 21 10:03:23 2009 From: macodell at verizon.net (MALCOLM ODELL) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:03:23 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] Planning a Nepal Trek 11/9 - 11/15--Opportunities linked to AI Conference In-Reply-To: <4AB79418.90003@positivematrix.com> References: <4AB79418.90003@positivematrix.com> Message-ID: <6337CABC-387F-46D7-B1B0-FB301A33073E@verizon.net> Robyn, What a great itinerary! Sounds excellent to me. Nagarkot should be spectacular this time of year.... and don't short-change Bhaktapur -- our favorite city in Nepal -- just like stepping back into the 16th century, esp. since no vehicles allowed... beautifully restored... allow at least a half a day to walk around and savour the atmosphere... Kathmandu and Patan visits should be possible to work in around Conference schedule, but allow half a day for each at least, so coming a few days early would be ideal for your 3 day Kathmandu and vicinity itinerary... before the conference, if possible. 4 days would be even better if you can swing it. I expect we'd head straight for Chitwan after the closing of the conference... Spend one or two nights at Machan Safari Lodge near Chitwan, morning and evening elephant rides through the jungle searching for elusive Bengal Tiger... (miracle if we see one, but we will see lots of rhino, deer, wart hogs, monkeys, birds, etc. etc. etc.. ) Day visits to WORTH groups in the vicinity... We'll have a plan worked out with STS, Kesang and Kaldhen Sherpa, and let any and all interested folks know details. Do write with any other questions you may have. Looking forward! Mac Odell On Sep 21, 2009, at 10:56 AM, Robyn Stratton-Berkessel wrote: > This is fabulous... the adventure.... > > Adrienne, thank you for sharing your research and plans and Mac for > yours as well. I am still searching and wondering who might be > interested in an excursion post conference 20th - 23rd, which is > such a short time, so I am open to extend. Adrienne your options > were pre-conference. Are your travel plans set? > > Mac, what are the dates you are thinking of for the visit to > Chitwan and meeting the WORTH women and how long? > > Wondering who'd be interested in Nagarkot to see glimpses of Mt > Everest at sunrise and sunset? The following tour accommodates such > dreams. > > The 3 day tour of Swayambhunath & Kathmandu City > Day 1: Half day sightseeing of Swayambhunath & Kathmandu City > Day 2: After breakfast drive to Nagarkot enroute stop at Bhaktapur. > Overnight at Nagarkot. > Day 3: After breakfast drive back to Kathmandu enroute stop at > Pashupatinath & Bouddhanath for sightseeing. > > I am open to all ideas and am aware of a number of great people in > Nepal who do this for a living and can guide us. Traveling with > companions will add to the joy. Please feel free to use my personal > email to contact me. > > Kind regards to all. > > Robyn > > Robyn Stratton-Berkessel > www.positivematrix.com > +1 732 291 0462 > +1 732 939 8239 (mobile) > Skype: robynsb > > > > > Malcolm Odell wrote: >> >> Dear Adrienne, >> >> This is just the best news! >> >> And just what I have hoped some of our conference attendees would >> be doing... great opportunity... and The Annapurna Conservation >> Area is one of my favorites, and truly will make a world class >> experience... I know it will be a trip of a lifetime. >> >> I presume you have your bookings already finalized, but if not, be >> sure to check out options through my best friends in Nepal for over >> 40 years, Kaldhen Sherpa and his family's Sherpa Trekking >> Service... First in Nepal and, in my view, the best of all such >> teams. >> >> Sherpa Trekking Service is on our website for the Conference at >> http://www.charitiesandchallenges.com/index.php?function=page&type=internal&id=90 >> and/or contact Kesang Sherpa at >> >> I hope many others will be similarly inspired..... >> >> We're planning options for people to come meet the WORTH women in >> Chitwan right after the conference... and connect that with a visit >> to the Royal Chitwan National Park... elephant safaris through the >> amazing jungles that are the home of the Royal Bengal Tiger... >> Maybe you'd like to stay on after the conference and join us there, >> too?! >> >> Looking forward!! >> With all best wishes, >> Mac Odell >> ----------------------------- >> At 10:59 AM -0700 9/18/09, Adrienne Keane (akeane) wrote: >>> Greetings World AI Conference Attendees! >>> I will be attending the AI conference and have decided to come >>> early and plan a trek. I am exploring options and have found a >>> good itinerary in Annapurna region would leave Kathmandu on 11/9 >>> and return on 11/15. I am looking for others to join me and form a >>> group. Alternatively, is anyone else looking for another member >>> for their group or know of an organized trek during this time? >>> >>> Please email me at akeane at cisco.com if you are interested or have >>> helpful information. >>> Thanks and see you in Nepal! >>> >>> Adrienne Keane >>> >>> Program Manager >>> Employee Engagement >>> Cisco Systems, Inc >>> Phone: 408-526-4333 >>> Cell: 714-394-5950 >>> Home: 714-963-8756 >>> >>> "My experience is what I agree to attend to." >>> William James >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 From ronsmith at santafelearning.com Mon Sep 21 11:10:49 2009 From: ronsmith at santafelearning.com (Ron Smith) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:10:49 -0500 Subject: [Ailist] positive parenting Message-ID: I was answering a query from my ropes course list serve about parents and kids and referenced for them a gem of a book that 15 years ago changed the way I think and work and led me on the path of looking for solutions and treating kids democratically with respect and of course eventually to AI. Check these: Kathryn Kvols work: Book: Redirecting Children's Behavior http://www.incaf.com/ http://www.positiveparenting.com/nospank.html From coopdole at windstream.net Mon Sep 21 15:19:51 2009 From: coopdole at windstream.net (Dawn Dole) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:19:51 -0500 Subject: [Ailist] positive parenting In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20090921161951.Z3F2E.708611.root@ispmxfep11-z02> Also, don't forget about the book Positive Family Dynamics: Appreciative Inquiry Questions to Bring Out the Best in Families http://www.taosinstitute.net/positive-family-dynamics -- Dawn Dole coopdole at windstream.net ---- Ron Smith wrote: ============= I was answering a query from my ropes course list serve about parents and kids and referenced for them a gem of a book that 15 years ago changed the way I think and work and led me on the path of looking for solutions and treating kids democratically with respect and of course eventually to AI. Check these: Kathryn Kvols work: Book: Redirecting Children's Behavior http://www.incaf.com/ http://www.positiveparenting.com/nospank.html _______________________________________________ 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 From macodell at verizon.net Tue Sep 22 05:25:03 2009 From: macodell at verizon.net (MALCOLM ODELL) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:25:03 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] Asking your help for Obamas to open AI Conference in Nepal Message-ID: <00E97369-815A-4C03-AF30-583116D794D6@verizon.net> Hi folks, It's a long shot, I know, but, let's face it, the Obamas would be the perfect folks to open our upcoming AI conference in Nepal... and you can help make that dream become reality... Isn't that what we're all about in our world of Appreciative Inquiry?! We might have to settle for a video clip, and/or persuading Marshall Ganz to bring the message (He's the organizer/trainer for those amazing "Camp Obama" training sessions - using an AI approach!), but let's give it all we have to make it happen! (I'm already in touch with Marshall). But, all of us in the AI network need to work together to make this happen. Here's what we need to do, as I see it (and you probably have even better ideas...please share!) Some suggestions... none are mutually exclusive... pick what works for you... the more the better.... then 'Do it now!' 1) We need to become one of the 10 letters Obama's staff gives him.... Same for Michelle. To do that we need to get as many messages to him via every known route possible.... Check out his video: 2) For starters, we ask you to write the Obamas now.... Write your own message, and/or send attached message... personalized would be even better... direct to Barack and/or Michelle... 3) Email to 4) Post via White House website: 5) Write via good ol' snail mail (handwritten always the best, if you can) to: President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 6) Call White House and leave message: Comments: 202-456-1111; Switchboard: 202-456-1414 7) Send this request to everyone you know who might want to help out... This especially about any folks who worked on Obama campaign Let's make it happen! See you -- with the Obamas -- in Kathmandu! Yes we can! Mac Odell for the Conference Organizing Committee From Bliss at imaginechicago.org Tue Sep 22 11:20:40 2009 From: Bliss at imaginechicago.org (Bliss Browne) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:20:40 -0500 Subject: [Ailist] Final days for 20% discount for Inspiring Change masterclass in Chicago with Bliss Browne on Oct 5-7 Message-ID: <4AB8C474.60CB.009E.0@imaginechicago.org> To friends of Imagine and those committed to constructive change in organizations and communities: I have extended the early bird discount on the upcoming Frameworks for Inspiring Change masterclass through this Friday, Sept. 25. This is the only time this fall the class is being taught in North America. Space is limited to 10 participants. Register now! Frameworks for Inspiring Change Location: Chicago, IL (Further details will be sent with registration confirmation) Date: Monday, October 5, 9 am- Wednesday, October 7, 2009 , 2 pm Led by: Bliss W. Browne, Founder and President of Imagine Chicago imaginechicago.org Would you like to expand engagement and hope in yourself, your organization or your community? Do you want to learn to ask better questions and establish practices that motivate constructive behavior shifts? Are you seeking better ways to align actions around a personal or collective goal? Frameworks for Inspiring Change is an interactive workshop on dealing constructively with change at a personal, institutional and community level. In this hands-on, "train-the-trainer" workshop you will learn to use Appreciative Inquiry, Imagine Chicago?s frameworks for building community over 18 years of pioneering practice, and effective therapeutic models of individual change and identity in the work you do with individuals and organizations. With much involuntary change underway, it is especially important for change agents to be able to help individuals, organizations and commuinities re-conceptualize their identities based on new goals, and constructive choices. You will learn and apply effective strategies and tools for: * Creating reliably constructive partnerships across differences of gender, age and culture * Strengthening questioning, listening and speaking skills *Shifting (and helping others shift) from deficit-based to strength based mindsets and communications, using Appreciative Inquiry, Asset based community development and Positive Asset Search * Understanding the impact of strength vs deficit based assessment of individuals and communities * Empowering constructive choices Imagine Chicago?s proven frameworks for inspiring constructive community engagement will be taught by Bliss Browne, President of Imagine Chicago, who pioneered them. They have inspired a global movement of social innovation on six continents. Come learn and practice creative ways to elicit vision and hope, build on strengths, and inspire constructive engagement and action. Cost of $1000 per workshop includes training materials with permission to adapt them for use in other settings. Discount of 20% given for early bird registration by September 25, 2009. Special discounts also for intergenerational training teams. For further information please contact: Bliss Browne Ph: 1-773-275-2520 or bliss at imaginechicago.org Flyer attached for posting or sharing. Hope you can come!! Warm regards, Bliss -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Frameworks for Inspiring Changeflyer.doc Type: application/msword Size: 323072 bytes Desc: not available URL: From mail at bjseminars.com.au Tue Sep 22 22:41:21 2009 From: mail at bjseminars.com.au (Sue James) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:41:21 +1000 Subject: [Ailist] Calling for Online Hosting Team volunteers for the 2009 World AI Conference! Message-ID: <4AB9A6F1.5070204@bjseminars.com.au> Can't make it to Nepal for the 2009 International Appreciative Inquiry conference? There's no need to miss out! As you may already have heard, an Online Conference will be taking place in tandem with the face-to-face conference and we need your help to make it a success! Imagine Nepal and the Online Conference Team are delighted to be offering this exciting opportunity for those of us who, for reasons of distance or other commitments, are unable to take part in the face-to-face conference in Nepal, but who still want to participate in this exciting event. Visit the Online Conference home page ( http://2009worldaiconference.org/online/ ) for more information and register now! *ONLINE HOSTS WANTED!* Volunteers are needed to act as ?online hosts? for the Online Conference. We need 24 hour coverage so invite you, wherever you live across the globe, to consider offering your services. /Hosting duties will be divided into two (2) hour blocks, so we need you to be able to offer a minimum of two hours at some point during the conference./ /*What are the benefits of volunteering?*/ * Receive /*support and training*/ in the virtual conference environment, prior to the conference itself; * Become part of a /*global network*/ of volunteers, all of whom share your interest in Appreciative Inquiry; * Gain /*personal and professional recognition */across the AI Community; and * If you can act as an online host for /*six (6) hours or more*/ over the four days of the conference, you will receive a /*50% discount on virtual conference registration*/! (These hours will not have to be contributed in one block, but can be spread out in two-hour time slots over the four days) /*What do online hosts do? */Online hosts, just like good hosts anywhere: * Help visitors feel welcome; * Assist them to find their way around, highlighting for them any items of particular interest; * Invite them to participate in particular activities or events; * Answer any questions that arise for them during their stay; * Help with introductions, as required; and * Generally make sure everyone has a great time! As a volunteer, you will therefore be asked to: * Participate in pre-conference training in using the conference space; * Become familiar with content of the virtual conference; and * Provide support for participants, as appropriate to your volunteer role We invite you to volunteer for one or more 2-hour hosting time slots over the four conference days. Your role will require you to provide basic navigation support to participants and "content guidance" as outlined above. You do not need to have extensive knowledge of Appreciative Inquiry. You can be a "lead learner", discovering Appreciative Inquiry for yourself while helping other participants on the same journey. We will need approximately 20 to 30 volunteers, depending on what proportion of time each can provide. /*Registration discounts:*/ Over the four days of the Virtual Conference online hosts who can contribute six (6) or more hours will receive a 50% discount on their registration for the online conference. /* Process for obtaining a discount:*/ Once you schedule at least 6 hours of volunteer time with our online host coordinator, Sue James (see below for her details), we will provide you with a discount code that you will use during the registration process to obtain your 50% discount. (Note: If you are unable to complete your 6 hours over the event, you will be charged for the additional 50%). /*Expressions of interest:*/ Email Sue James at aihosts2009 at bjseminars.com.au by Monday 5 October if you would like to offer your services as an on-line host for the AI Virtual Conference. We hope you will accept this invitation and submit your expression of interest now! Regards Sue James Virtual Conference Planning Team -- Sue James Facilitator & Consultant Ph: +613 9758 2528 BJ Seminars International inspiring and connecting people www.bjseminars.com.au Blog: http://suejames.com Twitter: SueJ1 From mail at bjseminars.com.au Wed Sep 23 10:53:34 2009 From: mail at bjseminars.com.au (Sue James) Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:53:34 +1000 Subject: [Ailist] Update re our call for potential online hosts for 2009 AI Conference Message-ID: <4ABA528E.8060707@bjseminars.com.au> Hi folks You should have received my earlier email callling for expressions of interest in being part of our online hosting team for the 2009 World AI Conference. This is to let you know that same information is now also online at : http://suejames.com/aihosts2009/ There is also an online submission form for you to provide the key information we need about you and your availability: http://suejames.com/aihosts2009_eoi/ If any of you are interested in joining the team, I look forward to receiving your submission! :) Also, the online conference planning team would appreciate it if members of the AI List could spread the word about the request for online hosts. The two links above can easily be shared via email or social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter etc. Many thanks! Warmly Sue -- Sue James Facilitator & Consultant Ph: +613 9758 2528 BJ Seminars International inspiring and connecting people www.bjseminars.com.au Twitter: SueJ1 From stephanie at brainhygiene.com Wed Sep 23 11:59:24 2009 From: stephanie at brainhygiene.com (Stephanie West Allen) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:59:24 -0600 Subject: [Ailist] Mindfulness training helps physicians reduce burnout and improve attitudes towards patients Message-ID: <2971E0E6-9F3C-4920-A2F2-F5F6F58FE220@brainhygiene.com> They incorporated "appreciative dialogues." http://westallen.typepad.com/idealawg/2009/09/physicians-reduce- burnout-and.html Stephanie From dlalondeny at aol.com Wed Sep 23 12:46:39 2009 From: dlalondeny at aol.com (dlalondeny at aol.com) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:46:39 +0000 Subject: [Ailist] (no subject) Message-ID: <364779113-1253731574-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-177671795-@bda701.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> Hi Everyone: I'm in NY at the Clinton Global Initiative. Have been involved since 2005 and am happy to see the "appreciative" turn the tracks/focus areas have taken. In previous years, some of the areas were such areas as Poverty alleviation and religion and conflict resolution. This year the 4 track areas are: Harnessing Innovation Strengthening Infrastructure Financing an equitable future Building Human Capital You can see some of the plenary videos at http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/ Enjoy! Denise Lalonde Lalonde Consulting and Coaching 212-974-1438 Sent on the Sprint? Now Network from my BlackBerry? From robyn at positivematrix.com Thu Sep 24 12:13:09 2009 From: robyn at positivematrix.com (Robyn Stratton-Berkessel) Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:13:09 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] (no subject)Clinton Global Initiative In-Reply-To: <364779113-1253731574-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-177671795-@bda701.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> References: <364779113-1253731574-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-177671795-@bda701.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> Message-ID: <4ABBB6B5.90700@positivematrix.com> Hi Denise, That is terrific to hear. Thanks for sharing this positive direction. Can you say more about how they are addressing these uplifting topics? Kind regards, Robyn Robyn Stratton-Berkessel www.positivematrix.com +1 732 291 0462 +1 732 939 8239 (mobile) Skype: robynsb dlalondeny at aol.com wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > I'm in NY at the Clinton Global Initiative. Have been involved since 2005 and am happy to see the "appreciative" turn the tracks/focus areas have taken. In previous years, some of the areas were such areas as Poverty alleviation and religion and conflict resolution. > > This year the 4 track areas are: > Harnessing Innovation > Strengthening Infrastructure > Financing an equitable future > Building Human Capital > > You can see some of the plenary videos at http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/ > > Enjoy! > > Denise Lalonde > Lalonde Consulting and Coaching > 212-974-1438 > Sent on the Sprint? Now Network from my BlackBerry? > _______________________________________________ > 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 > From RonP70000 at aol.com Thu Sep 24 18:09:19 2009 From: RonP70000 at aol.com (RonP70000 at aol.com) Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:09:19 EDT Subject: [Ailist] This has clear Ai Implications! Message-ID: The nocebo effect * 02 September 2009 * Magazine issue _2724_ (http://www.newscientist.com/issue/2724) . _Subscribe_ (http://www.newscientist.com/subscribe?promcode=nsarttop) and get 4 free issues. When western anthropologists first heard reports of witch doctors who could issue deadly curses, they quickly found rational explanations. The families of the cursed often felt there was no point wasting food on the "walking dead", for example. That's why many of the cursed would die: simple starvation. However, other case histories have come to light that defy attempts to explain them. In the 1970s, for example, doctors diagnosed a man with end-stage liver cancer, and told him he had just a few months to live. Though the patient died in the predicted time, an autopsy showed the doctors had been mistaken. There was a tiny tumour, but it had not spread. It seemed the doctors' prognosis had been a death curse. Though the mechanism remains a mystery, but at least now this kind of phenomenon has a name. The "_nocebo effect_ (http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227081.100-the-science-of-voodoo-when-mind-attacks-body.html) " is the lesser-known opposite number of the placebo effect, and describes any case where putting someone in a negative frame of mind has an adverse effect on their health or well-being. Tell people a medical procedure will be extremely painful, for example, and they will experience more pain than if you had kept the bad news to yourself. Similarly, experiences of side effects within the placebo groups of drug trials have shown that a doctor's warning about the possible side effects of a medicine makes it much more likely that the patient will report experiencing those effects. This is not just in the mind: it is also about physical effects. The stress created by the nocebo effect can have a long-lasting impact on the heart, for example ? perhaps serious enough to cause fatal damage. The race is on to understand the precise mechanisms behind nocebo. Medical researchers are hoping that such an understanding will help to make the world a less stressful place. "It is a good way to understand anxiety, and to find methods to prevent it," says _Fabrizio Benedetti_ (http://hal9000.cisi.unito.it/wf/DIPARTIMEN/Neuroscien/Fisiologia/Staff/Professori/EmbeddedText.h tm_cvt.htm) of the University of Turin, Italy. From margeschiller at yahoo.com Fri Sep 25 08:51:29 2009 From: margeschiller at yahoo.com (Marge Schiller) Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:51:29 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] invitation to be part of Voices of Learners in Canton Ohio References: <455ED07A-CDE3-44B7-BB72-3C18CBE03CD3@yahoo.com> Message-ID: >> >> The Ties That Bind? >> >> >> An important part of Voices of Learners- the Canton Ohio gathering >> in October, is an evening of dialogue about multigenerational >> conversations. How can we best strengthen the bonds and experience >> the power of intergenerational dialogue? >> >> We will be holding an appreciative inquiry into the value, >> benefits, appropriate settings and possible strategies to make >> intergenerational exchanges actually happen. >> >> The evening is called a Community of Scholars because we want to >> collect the thinkers, those who have passion for teaching and >> learning, those who are committed to finding out, and to adding >> value. >> >> Our time together will be spent sharing stories, discussing ideas >> and developing options for building more wisdom bridges across all >> ages and stages of life. >> >> Light supper will be served and seating is limited so let us know >> if you are joining us by emailing Marge Schiller at margeschiller at yahoo.com >> . >> >> We will meet from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday October 14, 2009 at: >> >> Stark Education Partnership, Inc. >> 400 Market Avenue North, Suite B-Plaza >> Canton, OH 44702-1551 >> >> Phone: (330) 452-0829 >> Fax: (330) 452-2009 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > From Rainey at mobileteamchallenge.com Fri Sep 25 13:00:14 2009 From: Rainey at mobileteamchallenge.com (Carolyn R. Weisenberger) Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:00:14 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] This has clear Ai Implications! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Ron, You can also read more about this topic and the science behind it in The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton, PhD. Kindest Regards, Rainey -Balance- Carolyn Rainey Weisenberger Founding Partner www.mobileteamchallenge.com 865-681-0146 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information or otherwise protected by law. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu [mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of RonP70000 at aol.com Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:09 PM To: ailist at lists.business.utah.edu Subject: [Ailist] This has clear Ai Implications! The nocebo effect * 02 September 2009 * Magazine issue _2724_ (http://www.newscientist.com/issue/2724) . _Subscribe_ (http://www.newscientist.com/subscribe?promcode=nsarttop) and get 4 free issues. When western anthropologists first heard reports of witch doctors who could issue deadly curses, they quickly found rational explanations. The families of the cursed often felt there was no point wasting food on the "walking dead", for example. That's why many of the cursed would die: simple starvation. However, other case histories have come to light that defy attempts to explain them. In the 1970s, for example, doctors diagnosed a man with end-stage liver cancer, and told him he had just a few months to live. Though the patient died in the predicted time, an autopsy showed the doctors had been mistaken. There was a tiny tumour, but it had not spread. It seemed the doctors' prognosis had been a death curse. Though the mechanism remains a mystery, but at least now this kind of phenomenon has a name. The "_nocebo effect_ (http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227081.100-the-science-of-voodoo-wh en-mind-attacks-body.html) " is the lesser-known opposite number of the placebo effect, and describes any case where putting someone in a negative frame of mind has an adverse effect on their health or well-being. Tell people a medical procedure will be extremely painful, for example, and they will experience more pain than if you had kept the bad news to yourself. Similarly, experiences of side effects within the placebo groups of drug trials have shown that a doctor's warning about the possible side effects of a medicine makes it much more likely that the patient will report experiencing those effects. This is not just in the mind: it is also about physical effects. The stress created by the nocebo effect can have a long-lasting impact on the heart, for example - perhaps serious enough to cause fatal damage. The race is on to understand the precise mechanisms behind nocebo. Medical researchers are hoping that such an understanding will help to make the world a less stressful place. "It is a good way to understand anxiety, and to find methods to prevent it," says _Fabrizio Benedetti_ (http://hal9000.cisi.unito.it/wf/DIPARTIMEN/Neuroscien/Fisiologia/Staff/Prof essori/EmbeddedText.h tm_cvt.htm) of the University of Turin, Italy. _______________________________________________ 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 From robyn at positivematrix.com Fri Sep 25 10:09:29 2009 From: robyn at positivematrix.com (Robyn Stratton-Berkessel) Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:09:29 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] Fwd: Join Dalai Lama and Nobel laureates live for a major TED Prize event References: <4F.9B.03146.6A6DCBA4@spring.subscribermail.com> Message-ID: <461A94ED-1181-4E00-B480-B881922847E6@positivematrix.com> Sharing ..... > > > A TED Prize wish is about to be granted. We'd love you to participate. > > On September 27th, 1pm PDT, Karen Armstrong, joined by the Dalai > Lama and three other Nobel laureates, will unveil plans for the > launch of the Charter for Compassion. The event will include short > TED talks on the true meaning and significance of compassion by some > of the world's most inspirational figures. > > We'd love you to watch the event, live-streamed over the web ... and > to consider joining thousands of people around the world for the > celebration of a truly giant idea, perhaps the biggest idea > humanity has ever had. > > Please be part of this. Details here. > > Best wishes, > > Amy Novogratz > TED Prize Director > > Chris Anderson > TED Curator > > > With kindest regards, Robyn. Robyn Stratton-Berkessel Creator, www.positivematrix.com +1 732 291 0462 +1 732 939 8239 (mobile) Skype: robynsb From robyn at positivematrix.com Fri Sep 25 14:59:27 2009 From: robyn at positivematrix.com (Robyn Stratton-Berkessel) Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:59:27 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] Fwd: Join Dalai Lama and Nobel laureates live for a major TED Prize event In-Reply-To: <461A94ED-1181-4E00-B480-B881922847E6@positivematrix.com> References: <4F.9B.03146.6A6DCBA4@spring.subscribermail.com> <461A94ED-1181-4E00-B480-B881922847E6@positivematrix.com> Message-ID: Realise the link didn't come through - apologies. Here it is http://www.ted.com/webcast/watch/event/peacesummit Robyn. Robyn Stratton-Berkessel Creator, www.positivematrix.com +1 732 291 0462 +1 732 939 8239 (mobile) Skype: robynsb On Sep 25, 2009, at 12:09 PM, Robyn Stratton-Berkessel wrote: > Sharing ..... > >> >> >> A TED Prize wish is about to be granted. We'd love you to >> participate. >> >> On September 27th, 1pm PDT, Karen Armstrong, joined by the Dalai >> Lama and three other Nobel laureates, will unveil plans for the >> launch of the Charter for Compassion. The event will include short >> TED talks on the true meaning and significance of compassion by >> some of the world's most inspirational figures. >> >> We'd love you to watch the event, live-streamed over the web ... >> and to consider joining thousands of people around the world for >> the celebration of a truly giant idea, perhaps the biggest idea >> humanity has ever had. >> >> Please be part of this. Details here. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Amy Novogratz >> TED Prize Director >> >> Chris Anderson >> TED Curator >> >> >> > > > With kindest regards, > > Robyn. > > Robyn Stratton-Berkessel > Creator, www.positivematrix.com > +1 732 291 0462 > +1 732 939 8239 (mobile) > Skype: robynsb > > _______________________________________________ > 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 From mail at bjseminars.com.au Fri Sep 25 18:09:22 2009 From: mail at bjseminars.com.au (Sue James) Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:09:22 +1000 Subject: [Ailist] More global volunteers needed for the 2009 AI Conference online hosting team Message-ID: <4ABD5BB2.6050501@bjseminars.com.au> We've had a wonderful response so far from potential volunteers for the 2009 World AI Conference online hosting team. Thank you to all of you who have either volunteered or shared the information through your networks! So far, however, the majority of those who have expressed interest are located in the US or Canada and have offered hours during the daytime in their own countries. We are looking for 24/7 coverage during the conference, so it would be great to encourage more folk from elsewhere in the world to volunteer. So where are you in the world? In saying that, I'm reminded of the old computer game "Where in the World is Carmen Miranda?" .. Is anyone else old enough to remember that one? :) This email is therefore to issue an invitation to all the "Carmen Mirandas" around the globe .. :) Please consider volunteering your services or inviting those in your corner of the world to volunteer. As the invitation/call for volunteers is still open, I've not yet checked with all of our current potential volunteers to see whether any of them can brave the 'time zone pain' to offer out-of-hours support. But I anticipate few would be available for night shift, logging in at 2.00 am their time for example. Finally .. if you are located in the US or Canada, please do not conclude from this message that no more expressions of interest are needed from those countries. In order to set up a schedule that provides us with complete coverage, while allowing for everyone's time zone and avialability, we would like to have as many folk as possible on our potential volunteer list. :) Here are the links again for more information and to assist you in your promotional efforts: 1) 2009 World Appreciative Inquiry Conference: http://www.2009worldaiconference.org/home/index.php 2) A great invitational video (thanks to Filip Belien): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHxxX0xrVWI 3) Registration information (several potential hosts have asked about this, so the direct link may be helpful): http://www.2009worldaiconference.org/register/ 4) Volunteer Hosts Wanted: http://suejames.com/aihosts2009/ 5) Expression of Interest form: http://suejames.com/aihosts2009_eoi/ Many thanks! Warmly Sue -- Sue James Facilitator & Consultant Ph: +613 9758 2528 BJ Seminars International inspiring and connecting people www.bjseminars.com.au Twitter: SueJ1 From stephanie at brainhygiene.com Sat Sep 26 13:26:00 2009 From: stephanie at brainhygiene.com (Stephanie West Allen) Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:26:00 -0600 Subject: [Ailist] SSRN-How to Tell If a Particular Memory Is True or False by Elizabeth Loftus, Daniel Bernstein Message-ID: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1473552 Stephanie From stephanie at brainhygiene.com Sun Sep 27 16:29:23 2009 From: stephanie at brainhygiene.com (Stephanie West Allen) Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:29:23 -0600 Subject: [Ailist] Excellent new fees for the lawyer retreat on mindfulness Message-ID: <2B3E2A31-437F-4D30-A8E0-2F01F5F0AF87@brainhygiene.com> Due to the economy and its challenges for people, both financially and emotionally, we wanted as many lawyers as possible to learn the skills being taught in the workshop So . . . We have created two specials good until October 8. You can either get 30% off -- or bring a friend for a dollar! The fee includes meals, and two nights and days in Santa Fe, in addition to the retreat and learning. More info and registration here: http://contemplativelawyerretreats.com/ Please feel free to pass the word along. This is going to be quite a wonderful experience! Thanks. Best, Stephanie ???????????????????????????????????? Stephanie West Allen, JD http://www.brainsonpurpose.com http://www.idealawg.net Denver, CO USA From Susan_Duff at ssmhc.com Mon Sep 28 07:38:12 2009 From: Susan_Duff at ssmhc.com (Susan_Duff at ssmhc.com) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:38:12 -0500 Subject: [Ailist] Using AI online Message-ID: Hi All, I am presenting a breakout session at a conference in mid-October on using Appreciative Inquiry in the classroom as a teaching methodology. I have seen lots of examples of AI used in schools as change methodolgy, but not as much on using AI to delve into a topic with students. I'm looking for examples to share with teachers who will attend this conference. I'd be interested to hear from any of you, about a time that stands out in your mind when you or someone you know used AI in the course of teaching that ignited passion and interest in the students, and contributed to their learning experience. What was the subject matter? How did you use AI? Thanks for your responses! Susan Duff 314.677.0137 Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. From rreilly at alcor.concordia.ca Mon Sep 28 09:29:41 2009 From: rreilly at alcor.concordia.ca (Rosemary C. Reilly) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:29:41 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] Using AI online In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I am not exactly answering your question, but I would highly suggest that you read the following for approaches to appreciative pedagogy: Yballe, L., & O?Connor, D. (2000). Appreciative pedagogy: Constructing positive models for learning. Journal of Management Education, 24, 474-483. Preziosi, R. C., & Gooden, D. J. (2002). Using appreciative learning in executive education. New Horizons in Adult Education http://education.fiu.edu/newhorizons/journals/volume16no1.pdf Though more focused on adult learning, the AI principles are the same and can be adapted to any educational level. I have used these as a basis for creating appreciative pedagogy workshops for teachers. -- Rosemary C. Reilly PhD, CCFE Associate Professor Department of Applied Human Sciences Concordia University Tel: 514-848-2424 ext. 5818 rreilly at alcor.concordia.ca Fax: 514-848-2262 7141 Sherbrooke St., W. VE 325.03 Montreal, Quebec H4B 1R6 web page: http://ahsc.concordia.ca/reillyr.html Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) On Mon, September 28, 2009 9:38 am, Susan_Duff at ssmhc.com wrote: > Hi All, > > I am presenting a breakout session at a conference in mid-October on using > Appreciative Inquiry in the classroom as a teaching methodology. I have > seen lots of examples of AI used in schools as change methodolgy, but not > as much on using AI to delve into a topic with students. I'm looking for > examples to share with teachers who will attend this conference. > > I'd be interested to hear from any of you, about a time that stands out in > your mind when you or someone you know used AI in the course of teaching > that ignited passion and interest in the students, and contributed to > their learning experience. What was the subject matter? How did you use > AI? Thanks for your responses! > Susan Duff > 314.677.0137 > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any > attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and > may contain confidential and privileged information. Any > unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. > If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by > reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. > _______________________________________________ > 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 > From nancy at sonic.net Mon Sep 28 09:29:54 2009 From: nancy at sonic.net (Nancy Stetson) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:29:54 -0700 Subject: [Ailist] Using AI online In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: >Hi Susan, There's a chapter in my book Teaching and Learning. Latest publication: Stories of Positive Change in the Community College: Appreciative Inquiry in Action - http://stores.lulu.com/companyofexperts Nancy >Hi All, > >I am presenting a breakout session at a conference in mid-October on using >Appreciative Inquiry in the classroom as a teaching methodology. I have >seen lots of examples of AI used in schools as change methodolgy, but not >as much on using AI to delve into a topic with students. I'm looking for >examples to share with teachers who will attend this conference. > >I'd be interested to hear from any of you, about a time that stands out in >your mind when you or someone you know used AI in the course of teaching >that ignited passion and interest in the students, and contributed to >their learning experience. What was the subject matter? How did you use >AI? Thanks for your responses! >Susan Duff >314.677.0137 > > > >Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any >attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and >may contain confidential and privileged information. Any >unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. >If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by >reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. >_______________________________________________ >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 -- Nancy E. Stetson, Ed.D. * Freelance Writer * Expert on Call, Company of Experts.net * Mentor and Assessor, Walden University Latest publication: Stories of Positive Change in the Community College: Appreciative Inquiry in Action - http://stores.lulu.com/companyofexperts From dkycheng at gmail.com Mon Sep 28 09:45:19 2009 From: dkycheng at gmail.com (Daniel Cheng) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:45:19 +0800 Subject: [Ailist] Using AI online In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <002901ca4052$b30c3ca0$1924b5e0$@com> Hi all, My wife has used AI in her "Social Studies" lessons with grade 2 students here in Hong Kong. The topic was on the school campus and the caretakers of the school campus. As a motivation activity, she asked the students to construct any shapes with the small pieces of rectangles given. Then she showed the birdview of the school campus with google earth. At this point, she asked the students which places they regarded as nice and beautiful. The students, in groups of four, put a mark on the school map for each nice and beautiful place. As the students reported back, a big map of nice and beautiful places in the school will be constructed. In this stage, appreciation is the key. Then my wife led the students to discover why those places were nice and beautiful. Those factors included the natural scenes, the design, and the continuous contribution of the caretakers. In this stage, gratitude is the key. After that, my wife asked the students what they could do to make the school more beautiful. In this stage, action and responsibility are the key. All these happened in a 35-minute lesson. I have not observed the lesson but my wife told me that she was surprised to find that these young children could do all these tasks successfully. Hope this counts. Best regards, Daniel Cheng. -----Original Message----- From: ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu [mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Susan_Duff at ssmhc.com Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 9:38 PM To: ailist at lists.business.utah.edu Subject: [Ailist] Using AI online Hi All, I am presenting a breakout session at a conference in mid-October on using Appreciative Inquiry in the classroom as a teaching methodology. I have seen lots of examples of AI used in schools as change methodolgy, but not as much on using AI to delve into a topic with students. I'm looking for examples to share with teachers who will attend this conference. I'd be interested to hear from any of you, about a time that stands out in your mind when you or someone you know used AI in the course of teaching that ignited passion and interest in the students, and contributed to their learning experience. What was the subject matter? How did you use AI? Thanks for your responses! Susan Duff 314.677.0137 Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________ 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 From Susan_Duff at ssmhc.com Mon Sep 28 11:05:37 2009 From: Susan_Duff at ssmhc.com (Susan_Duff at ssmhc.com) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:05:37 -0500 Subject: [Ailist] Using AI with Technology Message-ID: Thanks so much for the responses and resources regarding using AI in the classroom! Wonderful! I have one last question, and that is, I'm looking for anyone who has used Appreciative Inquiry successfully as an online dialogue or with technology of some sort to bridge distance gaps. I was a virtual facilitator last year with the American Society of Association Executives for the online portion of the summit, and I'm wondering if others of you have done creative things? How have you used or seen AI used in conjunction with technology or virtually to bridge distance? THANKS! Susan Duff 314.677.0137 Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. From anne at aradford.co.uk Mon Sep 28 11:30:20 2009 From: anne at aradford.co.uk (Anne Radford) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:30:20 +0100 Subject: [Ailist] Using AI with Technology In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <35E5A720-5E64-43C0-A8E3-9F1CDB60989E@aradford.co.uk> Susan, there are many different examples in the AIP issue Loretta Donovan, Gabriel Shirley and Sue Anderson Derby guest edited in May 2008. The title of the issue is Wired Discovery: New Conversations and Deeper Connections. If you want all 8 articles, go to http://www.aipractitioner.com/ NewSHop/aipracbackiss.htm and scroll down to the May 2008 issue. If you want one of the articles, go to http://www.aipractitioner.com/ Pagefiles/articles_0805.htm and select the article(s) you are most interested in. Best wishes, Anne (Radford) On 28 Sep 2009, at 18:05, Susan_Duff at ssmhc.com wrote: > Thanks so much for the responses and resources regarding using AI > in the > classroom! Wonderful! I have one last question, and that is, I'm > looking for anyone who has used Appreciative Inquiry successfully > as an > online dialogue or with technology of some sort to bridge distance > gaps. I > was a virtual facilitator last year with the American Society of > Association Executives for the online portion of the summit, and I'm > wondering if others of you have done creative things? How have you > used > or seen AI used in conjunction with technology or virtually to bridge > distance? > THANKS! > Susan Duff > 314.677.0137 > > > Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any > attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and > may contain confidential and privileged information. Any > unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. > If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by > reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. > _______________________________________________ > 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 Anne Radford ? tel 020 7633 9630 fax 020 7633 9670 skype aipractitioner www.aradford.co.uk www.aipractitioner.com From tsilbert at innovationpartners.com Mon Sep 28 12:21:35 2009 From: tsilbert at innovationpartners.com (Tony Silbert) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:21:35 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] Got Strategy? Workshop Opportunity Oct. 29th in Providence, RI Message-ID: Hi Everyone ? Happy Fall...... I wanted to let you know about an upcoming workshop that Roz Kay and I will be offering on Oct 29th: Rapid Strategy Development and Implementation: Get Engagement and Results Quicker. Need to create an inspiring strategy that ensures implementation success and faster results? This one-day session will provide an experiential overview of the Rapid Strategy Development approach and tools, demonstrating how participatory and strength-based strategic planning and implementation processes can shorten the time to develop your strategy and gain widespread buy-in and engagement across your organization. The result: successful implementation that delivers desired results quicker than traditional strategy processes. Who Should Attend: Senior leaders, external and internal consultants who are seeking an innovative way to rev up their strategy development process, while increasing staff engagement and stakeholder commitment to results-driven outcomes. 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For more information go to << http://www.worldblu.com/worldblu-list >> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/png Size: 11983 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/png Size: 32166 bytes Desc: not available URL: From walter.berlin at snafu.de Mon Sep 28 12:46:44 2009 From: walter.berlin at snafu.de (Fritz Walter) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:46:44 +0200 Subject: [Ailist] Using AI online In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4AC10494.8060102@snafu.de> Hi Susan, for quite some time I work in schools. I don't have an example as a teaching methodology, there is one in the book "The power of AI" (Diana Whitney & Amanda Trosten-Bloom). Have a look at page 28. There is an AI-learning experience from Charlese Pratt, which we will adapt with migrants who left school without certificate. The following example is about feedback - about feedback pupils give to each other. My friend is teacher in a school for kindergarden-teacher. She once told me that she and all the teachers had trouble with one of her classes, because of rivalry, not listening, mobbing, etc. I told her about an exercise I was told from Bliss Browne, which she did the other day: The pupils were sitting in a circle and my friend told them that one after another they should tell everyone in the circle what s/he liked about her/him. After this session, which took about 90 Min., my friend told them to tell one after another what s/he wanted to have more from her/him to get along better. The result was stunning. Two to three months the spirit kept on and the pupils well-behaved in a way, that the lessons and learning were relaxed for them and the teachers. Many pupils appreciated the session, they told my friend how grateful they were for doing this exercice. The colleagues wanted to know what kind of miracle she'd done and we're agaped what results appreciative feedback can have. After the three months the pupils went to pracitical training in kindergardens, where they still are, so no follow-up is planned as yet. Kind regards, Fritz PS: If somebody has contact to Charlese Pratt, pls. let her know that we trying to get in touch with her for some while. Pls. asked her to contact us. Thank you in advance. Fritz Walter Organisationsberatung Winterfeldtstra?e 44 | 10781 Berlin-Sch?neberg Tel: +49-(0)30-21752590 | Handy: +49-01718573875 skype: fritz.walter.berlin http://www.fritzwalter.com http://www.peb-gropiusstadt.de http://www.werkstatt-berufsplanung.de Neue Termine f?r den Workshop "Beruf - Berufung" siehe www.werkstatt-berufsplanung.de The European network around Appreciative Inquiry and Strength Based Change http://www.networkplace.eu/web/page.aspx?pageid=14071 We Are Born to Appreciate! - Exceptionality - Essentiality - Equality/Voice Susan_Duff at ssmhc.com schrieb: > Hi All, > > I am presenting a breakout session at a conference in mid-October on using > Appreciative Inquiry in the classroom as a teaching methodology. I have > seen lots of examples of AI used in schools as change methodolgy, but not > as much on using AI to delve into a topic with students. I'm looking for > examples to share with teachers who will attend this conference. > > I'd be interested to hear from any of you, about a time that stands out in > your mind when you or someone you know used AI in the course of teaching > that ignited passion and interest in the students, and contributed to > their learning experience. What was the subject matter? How did you use > AI? Thanks for your responses! > Susan Duff > 314.677.0137 > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any > attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and > may contain confidential and privileged information. Any > unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. > If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by > reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > -- Neue Organisationsberatung & EFQM Excellence "Erkunden, wertsch?tzen und verst?rken, was bereits da ist" Winterfeldtstra?e 44 | 10781 Berlin-Sch?neberg Tel: +49-(0)30-21752590 | Handy: +49-01718573875 http://www.fritzwalter.com | eMail: info at fritzwalter.com http://werkstatt-berufsplanung.de | info at werkstatt-berufsplanung.de Zitat des Monats: MMM (mix max is magic) Marge Schiller at the European AI-Network-Meeting in Barcelona From msands at dccnet.com Mon Sep 28 13:04:23 2009 From: msands at dccnet.com (Mike Sands) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:04:23 -0700 Subject: [Ailist] Using AI online In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Susan, I feel I receive "AI Compatible" benefits whenever I read or write to the list serve. Sharing uplifting stories and ideas and seeking ideas that can assist spreading the transformational magic of words makes me feel good - and the better I feel, the more ideas I have, the more I want to learn and the more I want to do. (including now). Plus I strongly suspect that however such an enterprise is framed it will (overglow (thats a typo but I like it) overflow the banks. That was fun, thanks for asking Mike PS Please share all your replies - the philosophy, skills and practises of Appreciative Inquiry, Appreciative Process and Appreciative Being want to be nurtured with children. Mike Helping people add richness and riches to life. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 6:38 AM Subject: [Ailist] Using AI online > Hi All, > > I am presenting a breakout session at a conference in mid-October on using > Appreciative Inquiry in the classroom as a teaching methodology. I have > seen lots of examples of AI used in schools as change methodolgy, but not > as much on using AI to delve into a topic with students. I'm looking for > examples to share with teachers who will attend this conference. > > I'd be interested to hear from any of you, about a time that stands out in > your mind when you or someone you know used AI in the course of teaching > that ignited passion and interest in the students, and contributed to > their learning experience. What was the subject matter? How did you use > AI? Thanks for your responses! > Susan Duff > 314.677.0137 > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any > attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and > may contain confidential and privileged information. Any > unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. > If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by > reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. > _______________________________________________ > 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 > From marysue at earthlink.net Mon Sep 28 13:44:27 2009 From: marysue at earthlink.net (MarySue Foster) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:44:27 -0500 Subject: [Ailist] Using AI online + Parliament of World's Religions. Anyone going? In-Reply-To: <002901ca4052$b30c3ca0$1924b5e0$@com> Message-ID: As an up-to-my-eyeballs-in-alligators seminary student, I just don't read as much on the AI list as I did pre-grad school but I just opened up today and here is this sweet note. Thanks, Daniel. BTW, I am headed for Melbourne for the Parliament of Worlds' Religions in November. (Conference in December.) Anyone else on this list headed out?? MarySue Foster Founder, Imagine-Nation Conference and Leadership Academy Imagine a world where every voice is heard . . . On 9/28/09 10:45 AM, "Daniel Cheng" wrote: > Hi all, > > My wife has used AI in her "Social Studies" lessons with grade 2 students > here in Hong Kong. The topic was on the school campus and the caretakers of > the school campus. As a motivation activity, she asked the students to > construct any shapes with the small pieces of rectangles given. Then she > showed the birdview of the school campus with google earth. At this point, > she asked the students which places they regarded as nice and beautiful. > The students, in groups of four, put a mark on the school map for each nice > and beautiful place. As the students reported back, a big map of nice and > beautiful places in the school will be constructed. In this stage, > appreciation is the key. > > Then my wife led the students to discover why those places were nice and > beautiful. Those factors included the natural scenes, the design, and the > continuous contribution of the caretakers. In this stage, gratitude is the > key. > > After that, my wife asked the students what they could do to make the school > more beautiful. In this stage, action and responsibility are the key. > > All these happened in a 35-minute lesson. I have not observed the lesson > but my wife told me that she was surprised to find that these young children > could do all these tasks successfully. > > Hope this counts. > > Best regards, > Daniel Cheng. > From lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au Mon Sep 28 16:28:52 2009 From: lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au (Lionel Boxer) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:28:52 +1000 Subject: [Ailist] using AI to delve into a topic with students ... Re: Using AI online Message-ID: <4AC1C544020000AF00039A0B@its-gw-inet57.its.rmit.edu.au> I have lectured to masters of engineering students since 1997 with this technique. Bear in mind that the subjects I have been teaching have been "soft" - leadership, re-engineering, improvement, and benchmarking and performance indicators (although the latter has a degree of number crunching in it). I start each 13 weeks subject by telling the students that I have a lifetime of knowledge, but they do also and that if we all contribute and share we will be much more informed instead of if I am the only one talking. Then I assign weekly sessions to groups of students, who present the course material from their experiences and encourage them to tell stories about their experiences as they relate to the subject material. A few years ago I specifically discussed AI with the students and they picked up on it in their presentations. I tell everyone that no one will fail (unless they do not participate) - I did want to give everyone a high distinction (that is a markless program), but the university would not permit it. In the end, I had to have a gradable written assignment, but the bulk of the course is this sort of appreciative participative program of stoytelling. I will continue to use this approach if I have time to continue presenting the program in 2010. Lionel Boxer CD PhD MBA BTech(IndEng) - 0411267256 Associate of RMIT University - lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au Graduate School of Business my "Assessment of Quality Systems with Positioning Theory" now in a googe book - see link at http://intergon.net >>> Mike Sands 29/09/09 6:55 AM >>> Susan, I feel I receive "AI Compatible" benefits whenever I read or write to the list serve. Sharing uplifting stories and ideas and seeking ideas that can assist spreading the transformational magic of words makes me feel good - and the better I feel, the more ideas I have, the more I want to learn and the more I want to do. (including now). Plus I strongly suspect that however such an enterprise is framed it will (overglow (thats a typo but I like it) overflow the banks. That was fun, thanks for asking Mike PS Please share all your replies - the philosophy, skills and practises of Appreciative Inquiry, Appreciative Process and Appreciative Being want to be nurtured with children. Mike Helping people add richness and riches to life. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 6:38 AM Subject: [Ailist] Using AI online > Hi All, > > I am presenting a breakout session at a conference in mid-October on using > Appreciative Inquiry in the classroom as a teaching methodology. I have > seen lots of examples of AI used in schools as change methodolgy, but not > as much on using AI to delve into a topic with students. I'm looking for > examples to share with teachers who will attend this conference. > > I'd be interested to hear from any of you, about a time that stands out in > your mind when you or someone you know used AI in the course of teaching > that ignited passion and interest in the students, and contributed to > their learning experience. What was the subject matter? How did you use > AI? Thanks for your responses! > Susan Duff > 314.677.0137 > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any > attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and > may contain confidential and privileged information. Any > unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. > If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by > reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. > _______________________________________________ > 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 From mail at sachinchavan.com Mon Sep 28 23:18:46 2009 From: mail at sachinchavan.com (Sachin Chavan) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:48:46 +0530 Subject: [Ailist] using AI to delve into a topic with students ... Experiences at SPJIMR... And introducing us (new list members from India) In-Reply-To: <4AC1C544020000AF00039A0B@its-gw-inet57.its.rmit.edu.au> Message-ID: The place where I did my MBA from, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, India (back in 1993-95) has its entire affairs based on the principle of Appreciative Inquiry. Back in those days, the term was not familiar, but now, reflecting on how we learned differently, its easy to realise the strong application of AI. For starters, we weren't treated as students. We were empowered, to run the institute... Right from admissions (for next batches), to infrastructure, to academics (even suggesting changes to curriculum, getting the desired faculty from industry invited etc), to course co-ordination, to placements, to alumni affairs and external liasioning. A student was a part of some committee actively handling one of the above areas. The onus for learning was on us! And how we evolved through that confidence and responsibility reposed in us! Somewhere in the beginning of the two years residential program, the batch is taken to an outstation location for a 4-5 days self-discovery workshop. The emphasis throughout is on identifying and reinforcing the strengths within each of us. The development plans we firmed up were centred around our strengths and then carried out over the two years of stay... hand in hand with the academics. On the last day of the workshop we had the same appreciative feedback that Fritz wrote about... and it generated such a great deal of positivity and team spirit among each of us! Then, all of us were assured that exams and grades are the last things we should worry about, all would pass provided they participate (just like Mike did in his course). Lot of our gradation was based on team-assignments, and we experientially learned the virtues of teamwork (complementing each others' strengths). Even our summer internships weren' at corporate houses, instead we spent 2 months with some NGO (not for profit/ voluntary organisation) or the other, on some live project. Appreciative inquiry again formed the basis of this. There was no right/wrong way to go about anything... The system encouraged each of us to bring out our speciality, and develop along it. Nothing encompasses the philosophy behind all this than our dean, Dr Manesh Shrikant's (DBA, Harvard Busines school) advise to us right in the beginning of the program: "Capitalise on your strengths and make your weaknesses redundant". I could go on and on about SP Jain (which is among the top 10 business schools in India), but shall restrict myself for now. Suffice saying there very little, if any barriers between faculty and students or administration and students... It was difficult to see where one ended and the other started. Can you believe the 2nd year students were part of the teams conducting admission interviews for the 1st year admissions? The constant message being reinforced experientially in us (not by way of lecturing about it) was, 'We believe in your capability to create your own learning' Some of the innovations introduced by SP Jain have found a wider acceptance in some other leading Indian business schools now. Its philosophy is outlined at its website at: http://www.spjimr.org/philosophy.asp Sorry friends, this is my first message and I haven't introduced myself. I am an independent Business Consultant and Coach. Post my MBA I spent 6 years with Accenture's management consulting practice across Asia, then another 7 years at my independent practice as Equity advisor, and since last year as an independent coach. For more details do see my linkedin profile at http://www.linkedin.com/in/sachinchavan . I intend spending more time teaching at management institutes and hopefully would practise AI to help those young minds bloom! My wife Karuna Chavan also joined this AIList along with me. She is a much more seasoned practioner of AI, and is truly the essence of her personality. She is a Corporate trainer and coach and her profile is at http://www.linkedin.com/in/karunachavan . We appreciate the discussions and spirit of this group, and it resonates with what we believe, and try to practise. - Sachin -----Original Message----- From: ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu [mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Lionel Boxer Sent: 29 September 2009 03:59 AM To: msands at dccnet.com; ailist at lists.business.utah.edu; Susan_Duff at ssmhc.com Subject: [Ailist] using AI to delve into a topic with students ... Re: UsingAI online I have lectured to masters of engineering students since 1997 with this technique. Bear in mind that the subjects I have been teaching have been "soft" - leadership, re-engineering, improvement, and benchmarking and performance indicators (although the latter has a degree of number crunching in it). I start each 13 weeks subject by telling the students that I have a lifetime of knowledge, but they do also and that if we all contribute and share we will be much more informed instead of if I am the only one talking. Then I assign weekly sessions to groups of students, who present the course material from their experiences and encourage them to tell stories about their experiences as they relate to the subject material. A few years ago I specifically discussed AI with the students and they picked up on it in their presentations. I tell everyone that no one will fail (unless they do not participate) - I did want to give everyone a high distinction (that is a markless program), but the university would not permit it. In the end, I had to have a gradable written assignment, but the bulk of the course is this sort of appreciative participative program of stoytelling. I will continue to use this approach if I have time to continue presenting the program in 2010. Lionel Boxer CD PhD MBA BTech(IndEng) - 0411267256 Associate of RMIT University - lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au Graduate School of Business my "Assessment of Quality Systems with Positioning Theory" now in a googe book - see link at http://intergon.net >>> Mike Sands 29/09/09 6:55 AM >>> Susan, I feel I receive "AI Compatible" benefits whenever I read or write to the list serve. Sharing uplifting stories and ideas and seeking ideas that can assist spreading the transformational magic of words makes me feel good - and the better I feel, the more ideas I have, the more I want to learn and the more I want to do. (including now). Plus I strongly suspect that however such an enterprise is framed it will (overglow (thats a typo but I like it) overflow the banks. That was fun, thanks for asking Mike PS Please share all your replies - the philosophy, skills and practises of Appreciative Inquiry, Appreciative Process and Appreciative Being want to be nurtured with children. Mike Helping people add richness and riches to life. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 6:38 AM Subject: [Ailist] Using AI online > Hi All, > > I am presenting a breakout session at a conference in mid-October on using > Appreciative Inquiry in the classroom as a teaching methodology. I have > seen lots of examples of AI used in schools as change methodolgy, but not > as much on using AI to delve into a topic with students. I'm looking for > examples to share with teachers who will attend this conference. > > I'd be interested to hear from any of you, about a time that stands out in > your mind when you or someone you know used AI in the course of teaching > that ignited passion and interest in the students, and contributed to > their learning experience. What was the subject matter? How did you use > AI? Thanks for your responses! > Susan Duff > 314.677.0137 > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any > attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and > may contain confidential and privileged information. Any > unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. > If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by > reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. > _______________________________________________ > 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 From Janice at mjscape.com Tue Sep 29 07:17:07 2009 From: Janice at mjscape.com (Janice Lee Juvrud) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:17:07 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] owner wants to keep stressed employees focused Message-ID: <4AC208D3.20702@mjscape.com> Dear AI Colleagues; Next Monday, 10/5, a colleague of mine is speaking on a panel which includes an Errors and Omissions Attorney and an agency operations professional at a conference of NJ insurance agents and brokers -- responding to issues that keep owners up at night. One issue that's already come up is: given the stressful economic times that we live in, what can an owner realistically do to help employees focus on their work and reduce the likelihood of errors and omissions problems by employees who are too tired, worried or disgusted to do a good job. I think part of the challenge is to create ways to engage owners and staff that seem "efficient" to the owners. (I realize I'm making some assumptions about the culture.) I'm looking forward to reading your thoughts. This is such an inspirational group offering ideas that can be implemented! With great appreciation! Janice Janice Lee Juvrud M.A. Organization Development Certified Executive Coach West Milford, NJ 07480 973-868-9639 janice at mjscape.com blog.yoursearchlights.org From coopdole at windstream.net Tue Sep 29 07:26:09 2009 From: coopdole at windstream.net (Dawn Dole) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 8:26:09 -0500 Subject: [Ailist] Using AI online In-Reply-To: <002901ca4052$b30c3ca0$1924b5e0$@com> Message-ID: <20090929082609.1ZWGC.3551.root@ispmxfep14-z01> HI Daniel, Thank you for sharing the beautiful/simple example of the AI process in the classroom. This simple process can be used for any topic which a teacher/students want to delve into. discover, dream, design -- Dawn Dole coopdole at windstream.net ---- Daniel Cheng wrote: ============= Hi all, My wife has used AI in her "Social Studies" lessons with grade 2 students here in Hong Kong. The topic was on the school campus and the caretakers of the school campus. As a motivation activity, she asked the students to construct any shapes with the small pieces of rectangles given. Then she showed the birdview of the school campus with google earth. At this point, she asked the students which places they regarded as nice and beautiful. The students, in groups of four, put a mark on the school map for each nice and beautiful place. As the students reported back, a big map of nice and beautiful places in the school will be constructed. In this stage, appreciation is the key. Then my wife led the students to discover why those places were nice and beautiful. Those factors included the natural scenes, the design, and the continuous contribution of the caretakers. In this stage, gratitude is the key. After that, my wife asked the students what they could do to make the school more beautiful. In this stage, action and responsibility are the key. All these happened in a 35-minute lesson. I have not observed the lesson but my wife told me that she was surprised to find that these young children could do all these tasks successfully. Hope this counts. Best regards, Daniel Cheng. -----Original Message----- From: ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu [mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Susan_Duff at ssmhc.com Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 9:38 PM To: ailist at lists.business.utah.edu Subject: [Ailist] Using AI online Hi All, I am presenting a breakout session at a conference in mid-October on using Appreciative Inquiry in the classroom as a teaching methodology. I have seen lots of examples of AI used in schools as change methodolgy, but not as much on using AI to delve into a topic with students. I'm looking for examples to share with teachers who will attend this conference. I'd be interested to hear from any of you, about a time that stands out in your mind when you or someone you know used AI in the course of teaching that ignited passion and interest in the students, and contributed to their learning experience. What was the subject matter? How did you use AI? Thanks for your responses! Susan Duff 314.677.0137 Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________ 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 From rdavies at rtpcompany.com Tue Sep 29 09:03:40 2009 From: rdavies at rtpcompany.com (Roger Davies) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:03:40 -0500 Subject: [Ailist] owner wants to keep stressed employees focused In-Reply-To: <4AC208D3.20702@mjscape.com> References: <4AC208D3.20702@mjscape.com> Message-ID: <6DF286280B8A4DCDA7ABB37774B79665@winona.rtpco.local> Hi Janice, My experience is that employers need to be able to put themselves in their employees shoes. And in turn they all need to put themselves in their customer's shoes. What does the error or omission mean to the customer? What would it mean to them if they were the customer? It's easy to point the finger at the economic crisis but in good times and bad the only source of income for any business is it's customers. Therefore in tough times, just as in good times, the focus needs to be on holding on to or gaining as many of that precious resource as you can. How your organization goes about doing that is the choice of the leader. Leaders need to understand that they are in many, many ways the source of their employees mindset. Though the economic environment may be difficult it is more important to consider that it is how employers have reacted to it that often gives employees their worries. Those reactions aren't born out of a sudden change in approach they are more than likely an extension of how the owner typically runs their business or reacts to difficult situations. Some might lay off one out of 10 employees. Other's may choose to reduce everyone's pay 10%. Neither is an easy choice but each has a different outcome for the remaining employees and sends a different message. I think such times are ones for great reflection for business leaders. A sea captain doesn't make it through stormy seas by throwing people overboard. A drought stricken village doesn't survive by cutting off the supply of what little water there is to selected villagers. Survival as a functioning business capable of a strong come back requires compassion and a 'together' approach. It's not top down or bottom up situation. It requires leadership, not management (a distinction that we seem to have lost). Difficult but equitable decisions made with compassion and communicated clearly count for an awful lot. The model collapsed but decisions continue to be made based on the model. Sadly we will likely rebuild the same house of cards and in 6 years time a lot of people will pull their money out of the stock market because they will expect another tumble (see how often recessions occur) and self sustainingly cause it so 'proving the rule'. So whatever is done should be the start of a long term change in focus. I suspect that there are a lot of retained employees out there who will be looking to be on the move once things improve so there is more at stake than just 'fixing' people's focus and attention issues. The only way to change the cycle is to expect it and work out how to reduce it's effects (and yes, even a small business with a good leader can be inventive enough to figure out novel ways to do that). So it's essential to maintain the long term view whilst making some significant short term adjustments. What better tool to clarify that long term, future state than Ai. Good luck to your colleague. Not every owner is going to see it this way, but compassion (which is not sympathy or weakness but is 'other centered' passion) is the most efficient and effective tool anyone has for running a sustainable, high commitment level, enjoyable, safe and successful business provided that it's used every day in every choice that needs to be made. Roger -----Original Message----- From: ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu [mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Janice Lee Juvrud Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:17 AM To: AI List Serve Subject: [Ailist] owner wants to keep stressed employees focused Dear AI Colleagues; Next Monday, 10/5, a colleague of mine is speaking on a panel which includes an Errors and Omissions Attorney and an agency operations professional at a conference of NJ insurance agents and brokers -- responding to issues that keep owners up at night. One issue that's already come up is: given the stressful economic times that we live in, what can an owner realistically do to help employees focus on their work and reduce the likelihood of errors and omissions problems by employees who are too tired, worried or disgusted to do a good job. I think part of the challenge is to create ways to engage owners and staff that seem "efficient" to the owners. (I realize I'm making some assumptions about the culture.) I'm looking forward to reading your thoughts. This is such an inspirational group offering ideas that can be implemented! With great appreciation! Janice Janice Lee Juvrud M.A. Organization Development Certified Executive Coach West Milford, NJ 07480 973-868-9639 janice at mjscape.com blog.yoursearchlights.org _______________________________________________ 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 From petermarkadams at gmail.com Tue Sep 29 09:04:17 2009 From: petermarkadams at gmail.com (Peter Adams) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:04:17 +0300 Subject: [Ailist] owner wants to keep stressed employees focused In-Reply-To: <4AC208D3.20702@mjscape.com> References: <4AC208D3.20702@mjscape.com> Message-ID: <62b39fbc0909290804l4c2430dfmeff94077289cdc5e@mail.gmail.com> Hi, One classic & proven approach increasingly being taken up in business is some form of secular mindfulness meditation. Perhaps the following links may prove useful: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/02/030204074125.htm & in law firms: http://www.abajournal.com/index.php?/magazine/a_mindful_law_practice/ a Businessweek article: http://ww.mbmi.org/about/articles/press/*businessweek*.pdf Recently doctors have also started to use mindfulness to reduce the effects of physician burnout; http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/index.cfm?id=2623 Hope this helps Peter On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Janice Lee Juvrud wrote: > Dear AI Colleagues; > > Next Monday, 10/5, a colleague of mine is speaking on a panel which > includes an Errors and Omissions Attorney and an agency operations > professional at a conference of NJ insurance agents and brokers -- > responding to issues that keep owners up at night. > One issue that's already come up is: given the stressful economic times > that we live in, what can an owner realistically do to help employees focus > on their work and reduce the likelihood of errors and omissions problems by > employees who are too tired, worried or disgusted to do a good job. > I think part of the challenge is to create ways to engage owners and staff > that seem "efficient" to the owners. (I realize I'm making some assumptions > about the culture.) > > I'm looking forward to reading your thoughts. This is such an > inspirational group offering ideas that can be implemented! > > With great appreciation! > > > Janice > > Janice Lee Juvrud M.A. > Organization Development > Certified Executive Coach > West Milford, NJ 07480 > 973-868-9639 > janice at mjscape.com > blog.yoursearchlights.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > From coopdole at windstream.net Tue Sep 29 12:43:53 2009 From: coopdole at windstream.net (Dawn Dole) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:43:53 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] Using AI with Technology In-Reply-To: <35E5A720-5E64-43C0-A8E3-9F1CDB60989E@aradford.co.uk> Message-ID: <20090929134353.GKENV.11422.root@ispmxfep14-z01> Here is an article about AI and technology that may be of interest. http://www.ovationnet.com/DesigningEELearningEnvironmentsLessonsFromOnlineWorkshop.pdf -- Dawn Dole coopdole at windstream.net From drj at lsol.net Tue Sep 29 14:32:04 2009 From: drj at lsol.net (Dr Judy Krings) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:32:04 -0500 (Central Daylight Time) Subject: [Ailist] Fw: Re: owner wants to keep stressed employees focused Message-ID: <4AC26EBF.0000C3.04348@OWNER-PC> Hi, Janice. You bring up a huge, hot topic. My husband, Ken, and I both have our own businesses. Mine only a few folks, and Ken, 49 employees. We both took a strengths-based approach to touch economic times. We had transparency and enlisted all the employees' input. We asked them to list their concerns, fears, and worries and addressed them individually as well as in small groups. His is a labor intensive business with large machinery, so attention is imperative. Praise for workmanship is frequent,and camaraderie as well as individual merit are recognized. Sometimes a smile and a pat on the back makes a big difference. And stretching the optimism strength. It gives the staff meaning and fulfillment to know they have helped out a teammate who that day may have a need greater than their own. re: the slower economy per se, their suggestion as a team and with our approval, was to rotate layoffs, take vacation time, cut hours when work was slim, etc. Everyone knows he/she is valued, and their concerns are heard. It hasn't been perfect, but so far so good. Fear of the unknown is a particular concern, so gratitude is a major emotional player. We look for the good as do they, and often we find it. We have photos of successful jobs displayed. We are proud of our employees and I believe they know it. I might also add that I am working with young adults who are skilled but unable to get a job. College educated or not, here in the Midwest, it is a whole new life ball game. Anxiety is running rampant. All the more reason for us coaches to help with personal worth and empowerment. This is a great group. Thanks for all your input. Judy Judy Krings, Ph.D.,CMC,ACC Personal and Professional Coach Clinical Psychologist Follow me for fun at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/judithbkringsphd http://twitter.com/judykrings http://www.facebook.com/judy.krings1?ref=mf#/inbox/?ref=mb ActionBasedCoaching.com BariatricSurgeryCoaching.com Riverhillhelps.com Tel: 920-682-9119 Fax: 920-683-3017 "It's your life, live it well!" -------Original Message------- From: Janice Lee Juvrud Date: 9/29/2009 8:51:06 AM To: AI List Serve Subject: [Ailist] owner wants to keep stressed employees focused Dear AI Colleagues; Next Monday, 10/5, a colleague of mine is speaking on a panel which includes an Errors and Omissions Attorney and an agency operations professional at a conference of NJ insurance agents and brokers -- responding to issues that keep owners up at night. One issue that's already come up is: given the stressful economic times that we live in, what can an owner realistically do to help employees focus on their work and reduce the likelihood of errors and omissions problems by employees who are too tired, worried or disgusted to do a good job. I think part of the challenge is to create ways to engage owners and staff that seem "efficient" to the owners. (I realize I'm making some assumptions about the culture.) I'm looking forward to reading your thoughts. This is such an inspirational group offering ideas that can be implemented! With great appreciation! Janice Janice Lee Juvrud M.A. Organization Development Certified Executive Coach West Milford, NJ 07480 973-868-9639 janice at mjscape.com blog.yoursearchlights.org _______________________________________________ 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 From info at almond-insight.com Wed Sep 30 03:59:32 2009 From: info at almond-insight.com (Info e-mails) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:59:32 +0100 Subject: [Ailist] owner wants to keep stressed employees focused In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000901ca41b4$b7169670$2543c350$@com> Hi Janice, Another angle to your question would be the focus generated by what the organisation/owners are choosing to measure and focus on. As you probably know, what we focus on, grows! If this organisation is focusing on reducing/eliminating errors and omissions, there is a likelihood of generating more of them simply by the focus given to them or to the root causes and other failures. Not to mention the stress and anxiety such topics bring which are added to the general anxiety employees naturally have at the current economic situation. I am certain that the employees in the insurance company you mentioned complete thousands of claims perfectly well without any errors or emissions and on a daily basis. What happens then? Why don't you propose the owner to engage in conversations with employees around "raising the number or level of complete and accurate applications"? As a Six Sigma master black belt I used to focus on similar topics. I have now brought an appreciative mindset to my practice and as a result am facilitating groups through completely different conversations. For example, in a recent workshop, a client wanted to reduce delays to rail service due to problems in exchanging faulty carriages with good carriages. The client was able to give me a lot of data about these delays and their impact on the service. However, when I asked how many times were they able to exchange carriages without delays, the client realized that they actually never measured it. It turned out that 90% of the exchanges were successful and without delay. I then worked with the team on mapping the process when it works and the team was able to learn a lot from it and from their own successes rather than their failures. David. From leecw at lafayette.edu Wed Sep 30 08:14:42 2009 From: leecw at lafayette.edu (Caroline Lee) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:14:42 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] Survey of Dialogue and Deliberation Practitioners Message-ID: For those on this list who use dialogue and deliberation methods in their practice, the following survey might be of interest. Please contact me off list if you have any questions, and apologies in advance for any cross-posting. We will plan on sharing our results with the list. Thanks in advance for your time! Caroline Lee -- Survey of Dialogue and Deliberation Practitioners Will you help us to learn more about the field of dialogue and deliberation-- and possibly win a cash prize for your favorite charitable organization? The field of public dialogue and deliberation is growing dramatically-- so dramatically, in fact, that no one fully knows what the field looks like: who is doing public dialogue and deliberation work, what forms their work is taking, what common challenges they face, how they would like to see The field develop. We are two sociologists who want to find answers to those questions by asking you, the experts. We believe that your insights will help to strengthen the field, and we plan to share whatever information we learn. The survey at the link below will take about 15 to 30 minutes to complete. Your answers will be anonymous, but we will enter a charitable organization of your choice in a raffle for a $200 donation-- a small token of our appreciation for your participation. Thanks in advance for your help in making the survey a success! Francesca Polletta and Caroline Lee Click on this link: https://opinio.lafayette.edu:443/opinio/s?s=1176 From macodell at verizon.net Wed Sep 30 12:53:33 2009 From: macodell at verizon.net (MALCOLM ODELL) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:53:33 -0400 Subject: [Ailist] DON'T MISS THIS! Bargain Fares and Good Stuff before/after amazing AI conference in Kathmandu References: <53BE45C0-D741-4542-A35D-84E2F3CAD6CA@verizon.net> Message-ID: MESSAGE TO SHARE WITH ALL YOUR FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, AND CO-WORKERS.... 'DO IT NOW!' Hi Folks! I've just been checking the web and catching up with my mail about the amazing 2009 International Appreciative Inquiry, conference in Kathmandu in Nepal... and want you to know there are cheap flights out there... cheap hotels in Kathmandu... and a remarkable agenda of global giants and hands-on practitioners from around the world ready to share their powerful stories... Then there are the Elephant Safaris, Meditation Retreats, and mind- bending flights around Everest and treks around Annapurna to book before/after.... Our friends are making their bookings now.... and they want you to join them... scroll down for just a couple of examples... (One of our friends is joining a meditation retreat, too, but I can't find her message just now... ) Today's flights on Kayak, Expedia, Orbitz and/or Cheapoair start at $999... cluster around $1500.... not many over $1900 -- Qatar is a good, reliable airline, too... Hotels in Ktm from $40-75... Elephant safaris with lodge, meals, everything... run about $100 per day.... You can't stay home for the holidays for what it costs to get to Nepal for that 'trip of a lifetime...!!' If you haven't signed up already, YOU MUST NOT MISS THIS!! Remember: our full registration fee, all inclusive for conference activities, is a fraction of what conferences like this normally go for... Ours is what I call, "A bargain even if it were twice the price:" Marcia will be introducing you to some of the amazing WORTH women who, with the help of AI/APA have not only kept their 1,000 village banks going through that decade of Maoist rebellion (Now long behind us!), but--on their own--increased the number of women in the program and quadrupled their savings/assets to an average of $1,300 per group... (These women are NOT poor any more!) You can also join us after the conference to visit the women in their villages... and take in elephant safaris in the morning and evening... Or sign up via website or with folks below, to join other 'once-in-a- lifetime' adventures. Remember my APA mottos: If you look for problems, you find and create more problems If you look for success, you find and create more success If you believe in your dreams, you create miracles... So.. believe in your dream, book your flights, register on our website... And... as we say at the end of all our APA meetings: DO IT NOW! Looking forward! Mac (and Marcia) Odell >> >> >>> From: "Sue James" >>> Date: September 22, 2009 6:54:49 AM EDT >>> To: macodell at verizon.net >>> Subject: Joining you after the conference for Chitwan and day >>> visits to WORTH groups >>> Reply-To: >>> >>> Dear Mac >>> >>> I saw your post to the AI list re an excursion after the >>> conference .. you said: >>> >>> "I expect we'd head straight for Chitwan after the closing of the >>> conference... Spend one or two nights at Machan Safari Lodge near >>> Chitwan, morning and evening elephant rides through the jungle >>> searching for elusive Bengal Tiger... (miracle if we see one, but >>> we will see lots of rhino, deer, wart hogs, monkeys, birds, etc. >>> etc. etc.. ) Day visits to WORTH groups in the vicinity... We'll >>> have a plan worked out with STS, Kesang and Kaldhen Sherpa, and >>> let any and all interested folks know details." >>> >>> Chris and I have planned to stay on for a few days after the >>> conference to see some of the sights and we'd LOVE to join you and >>> be a part of this. >>> >>> However I do need some information about dates, as we are juggling >>> finalising our accommodation in Khatmandu through Yeti Travels - >>> and may need to change the date of our flight home? >>> >>> We already have booked our flights and paid our airfares and, at >>> the moment, our return flight to Australia leaves Kathmandu on the >>> 23rd at 1.00 pm. It may be possible to extend this to a later day >>> with no penalty, but this would need to be done as soon as possible. >>> >>> I've also been in email contact with Suja at Yeti Travels to >>> reserve our accommodation at the Kathmandu Guest House during the >>> conference - but have tentatively booked our rooms right through >>> until we leave .. Which of course is not what we want if we'll be >>> heading out of Kathmandu and staying elsewhere during the days >>> following the conference. :) >>> >>> So I do need to know with some urgency whether we'll be able to >>> join you - in other words the dates you're planning for this trip >>> and when we'd return to Kathmandu so we can fly home.. :) Then >>> I'll be able to confirm our accommodation booking with Yeti >>> Travels and - if need be - seek to change the date of our return >>> flight. >>> >>> Waiting with bated breath ... and looking forward to hearing from >>> you. :) >>> >>> Warmly >>> Sue >>> >>> Sue James >>> Facilitator and Consultant >>> Ph: +613 9758 2528 >>> BJ Seminars International >>> inspiring and connecting people >>> www.bjseminars.com.au >>> Twitter: SueJ1 >>> Blog: www.suejames.com >> This is fabulous... the adventure.... >> >> Adrienne, thank you for sharing your research and plans and Mac for >> yours as well. I am still searching and wondering who might be >> interested in an excursion post conference 20th - 23rd, which is >> such a short time, so I am open to extend. Adrienne your options >> were pre-conference. Are your travel plans set? >> >> Mac, what are the dates you are thinking of for the visit to >> Chitwan and meeting the WORTH women and how long? >> >> Wondering who'd be interested in Nagarkot to see glimpses of Mt >> Everest at sunrise and sunset? The following tour accommodates >> such dreams. >> >> The 3 day tour of Swayambhunath & Kathmandu City >> Day 1: Half day sightseeing of Swayambhunath & Kathmandu City >> Day 2: After breakfast drive to Nagarkot enroute stop at Bhaktapur. >> Overnight at Nagarkot. >> Day 3: After breakfast drive back to Kathmandu enroute stop at >> Pashupatinath & Bouddhanath for sightseeing. >> >> I am open to all ideas and am aware of a number of great people in >> Nepal who do this for a living and can guide us. Traveling with >> companions will add to the joy. Please feel free to use my >> personal email to contact me. >> >> Kind regards to all. >> >> Robyn >> >> Robyn Stratton-Berkessel >> www.positivematrix.com >> +1 732 291 0462 >> +1 732 939 8239 (mobile) >> Skype: robynsb >> >> >> >> >> Malcolm Odell wrote: >>> Dear Adrienne, >>> >>> This is just the best news! >>> >>> And just what I have hoped some of our conference attendees would >>> be doing... great opportunity... and The Annapurna Conservation >>> Area is one of my favorites, and truly will make a world class >>> experience... I know it will be a trip of a lifetime. >>> >>> I presume you have your bookings already finalized, but if not, be >>> sure to check out options through my best friends in Nepal for >>> over 40 years, Kaldhen Sherpa and his family's Sherpa Trekking >>> Service... First in Nepal and, in my view, the best of all such >>> teams. >>> >>> Sherpa Trekking Service is on our website for the Conference at >>> http://www.charitiesandchallenges.com/index.php?function=page&type=internal&id=90 >>> and/or contact Kesang Sherpa at >>> >>> I hope many others will be similarly inspired..... >>> >>> We're planning options for people to come meet the WORTH women in >>> Chitwan right after the conference... and connect that with a >>> visit to the Royal Chitwan National Park... elephant safaris >>> through the amazing jungles that are the home of the Royal Bengal >>> Tiger... Maybe you'd like to stay on after the conference and join >>> us there, too?! >>> >>> Looking forward!! >>> With all best wishes, >>> Mac Odell >>> ----------------------------- >>> At 10:59 AM -0700 9/18/09, Adrienne Keane (akeane) wrote: >>>> Greetings World AI Conference Attendees! >>>> I will be attending the AI conference and have decided to come >>>> early and plan a trek. I am exploring options and have found a >>>> good itinerary in Annapurna region would leave Kathmandu on 11/9 >>>> and return on 11/15. I am looking for others to join me and form >>>> a group. Alternatively, is anyone else looking for another member >>>> for their group or know of an organized trek during this time? >>>> >>>> Please email me at akeane at cisco.com if you are interested or have >>>> helpful information. >>>> Thanks and see you in Nepal! >>>> >>>> Adrienne Keane >>>> >>>> Program Manager >>>> Employee Engagement >>>> Cisco Systems, Inc >>>> Phone: 408-526-4333 >>>> Cell: 714-394-5950 >>>> Home: 714-963-8756 >>>> >>>> "My experience is what I agree to attend to." >>>> William James >>>> >>> >