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Stunning Examples of Appreciative Inquiry Principles

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Aimee Mullens gives such a powerful and moving TED talk.
All of the AI Principles are evident in her story.  She opens with examples of the Constructionist Principle: how words create worlds and the role we all play in co-creating our realities and defining each other.
She advocates the need to honor the wholeness, possibility and potency [...]

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Investing for the greatest return

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The existing paradigm of focus first on weakness is played out every day in most of our homes, our schools, our institutions, our place of work and worship. We focus on the things that “need fixing”. We invest energy, money, time, intellect, emotion into things that don’t work for us instead of putting energies into those things that will give us an easier and a much-amplified return for our efforts and investments. Simply, what we focus on grows.

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Twitter and Me

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Twitter makes me happy because, it is FUN to participate, to discover people, ideas, learn many new things, go to new sites. It is ENGAGING, as I am fully absorbed, in the flow; I’m fully focused and before I know it, it’s 3.30 a.m.  It is also MEANINGFUL, adding a value to my life that [...]

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Play is Vital

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You bounce on a trampolin, higher and higher; you’re on a swing pumping back and forth gaining greater momentum; you throw a frisby and leap to catch it; you run and tumble in the fresh snow; you tip-toe into the surf jumping over the waves until you dive in to finally get fully wet. You laugh, you feel exhilerated, you feel joyful and energized. It’s called play. Remember?

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Using Tools Wisely: Playful Co-creation

January 2, 2008 Play

Three highlights from our Broaden and Build session at the Positive Change Conference.

Highlight #1 is the creativity that flowed from play, a joyful, fun state.
After a series of playful warm-ups, inlcuding introducing the word
EUNOIA, the shortest word in the English language containing all five
vowels and which means BEAUTIFUL THINKING, we asked each table group [...]

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