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What Are You Excited About?

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“What are you excited about?” I love the question.  In my practice of Appreciative Inquiry, we say  it’s the question that starts the change process.  A powerfully affirmative question inspires us to share stories about the successes and strengths I already know about and can celebrate.  Moreover, the question leads me to focus on what [...]

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The New Paradigm is about Life

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The response to the following question Michelle James put to Annalie Killian, resonates loudly. (Link to the full interview below) Q: What do you see as the New Paradigm of Work? Killian: The new paradigm is about Life. One life, and work is part of that life and increasingly these two blend like fluids. Much [...]

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Ramping up Participation in & Contribution to Social Media

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Social media is changing the way we do business, how we communicate with clients and customers, and the way we buy and sell products. Don’t be left behind. The Sm@rt Conference delivers one of the best values of any similar conference anywhere bringing together professionals from marketing, tourism, gaming, service industries and nonprofits December 8-10, [...]

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Appreciative Inquiry and World Cafe Blend: Farms in the City, Jersey City

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Great and grateful to have had the opportunity to design and facilitate a workshop with a wonderful bunch of committed professionals, the Jersey City Green Team,  on a research and development (R&D) project for bringing an Urban Agriculture Program to Jersey City – Farms in the City. Background Jersey City planner, Tanya Marione-Stanton was thumbing [...]

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Appreciative Inquiry in Action – Outputs of Workshop: “Purpose-Driven Selling” NYC

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The workshop in NYC last week was an uplifting experience.  26 people gathered to inquire into the affirmative topic, “Purpose-driven Selling”.  Many of the participants were independent consultants in the field of organization development or mediation, a number of whom had some experience with Appreciative Inquiry as a  way to engage groups in searching for [...]

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Appreciative Inquiry in Action: Purpose-Driven Selling Workshop NYC

July 21, 2010 Action

Workshop details – FREE Wednesday, July 28 2010 5:45 – 8:00 PM You’re invited to experience Appreciative Inquiry in Action and discover your strengths in relation to selling. If you think you can’t sell, or wish to improve, come along to this workshop on the affirmative topic of PURPOSE-DRIVEN SELLING and discover strengths you did [...]

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Appreciative Collaborations

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Buyers of my book, “Appreciative Inquiry for Collaborative Solutions” have been emailing me with the most heartfelt comments. They are saying how they are inspired by its content. I am equally inspired by their responses, so I’ve created a comment area on my blog for us to continue sharing ideas, stories, experiences, insights and aspirations. [...]

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My new book is published!

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To my delight and surprise, I arrived home from traveling this week to find a box from my publisher, Wiley on my desk (sweetly rescued from the snow by my neighbor) containing 10 copies of my new book, Appreciative Inquiry for Collaborative Solutions: 21 Strength-Based Workshops. My publisher had emailed me 3 days earlier with [...]

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2010: My Thoughts and Actions

January 4, 2010 2010
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This is the first full week of 2010.  As the New Year begins, I would like to extend best wishes for good health, an abundance of joy and prosperity to you all. I am excited about this new year – twenty ten!  I love saying it: twenty ten!  In March, twenty ten, my book will [...]

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Online Hosts Required.

September 23, 2009 Appreciative Inquiry

Our planning for the 2009 Appreciative Inquiry Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal has revved up with less than 8 weeks to go.  Conference dates are November 16 – 19, 2009. We are offering some great presentations and workshops online using iCohere collaborative platform and we are seeking a number of volunteer online hosts who will be [...]

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