The Foundations of Appreciative Inquiry
The Art of Questions for Community Change: Applications of Appreciative Inquiry
Dates:
Friday and Saturday, March 26 and 27, 2010 Time: 8:30AM-4:30PM
Sometimes it is as simple as finding the right questions to keep people engaged, to find common ground, to build community, and to bring change to the world This is a 2-day workshop for individuals, groups, and group leaders to gain a fresh perspective to an old idea.
Appreciative Inquiry is a strength-based approach to dialog that brings a whole new level of understanding, collaboration and action to issues me may never have thought possible.
This workshop is ideal for people in position of leadership, and for groups with projects or tasks that are calling for creative and innovative approaches.
It is an opportunity to learn how to turn dialog into action. AI is also a great resource for building bridges and developing broad community collaborations that benefit all of us.
Cost: $125/person; $100/person for groups of 4 or more; $75 for students. Lunch is provided. See link below for registration. For more information, contact Brad Ogilvie at 202-543-5560 or brad@williampennhouse.org. Registration Form
Workshop Facilitators: Marjory Schiller, Ph.D and Joyce Lemke.
Marge is an organizational consultant and lecturer with international experience in both public and private sectors. She specialized in helping make people and organizations more productive. She is the author of many book chapters and articles and is the co-auhor of Appreciative Leaders: In the Eye of the Beholder (Taos Institute Focus Books). She is the founder and President of The Positive Change Core, a global organization whose mission is "partnering with and supporting education and youth communities with Strength-Based whole system approaches". She holds a MA in Organizational Development form Harvard University's Graduate School of Education and a Ph.D in Learning Environments for Management and Public Policy from Union Graduate School, Cincinnati, OH.
Joyce is an experienced educator and consultant who uses Appreciative Inquiry and Choice Theory to serve schools and organizations by providing "possiblity thinking grounded in reality planning". She is the President of the Positive Change Core (PCC) and has led four PCC Leaps of Learning and chaired Voices of Learners in Canton, OH in October, 2009. She grew up in a Friends Meeting in Iowa and cherishes her Quaker roots. She has an M.A. in Education Administration from the Ohio State University, and post-graduate work at the University of Akron. Joyce is an adjunct professor at Ashland University, has taught at Mount Union College, Malone University and Kent State University. She is a faculty member of the William Glasser Institute and a consultant for the Stark County Educational Service Center.
