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Service

A Shift from “I don’t need an iPad” to “I LOVE my iPad”

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How often I am witnessing that shift!  And, I wouldn’t mind $100 for every time I’ve influenced a friend or colleague to invest in an iPad. It’s a year since the iPad came on the market. At first, I admired it vicariously via my partner, who is an early adopter with most things technological, especially [...]

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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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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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Kolkata Cops Arresting Noise Pollution Virtually

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I enjoyed reading the Times of India on the flight from Kathmandu to Delhi two days ago, November 23rd.  Getting a flavor of local color is a priority when you travel. An article, Red Light to Honking on Sundays by Krishnendu Bandyopadhyay, on page 2, I found particularly engaging at a number of levels. I [...]

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Reflective Work – doing the best you can with what you have

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A presuppositon of NLP (neuro-linguistic programming)is people do the best they can with the resources they have.  What does that mean?  It is both pragmatic and philosophical. If you lack basic infrastructure, you do the best you can with what you have.  When physical/material resources are lacking, we have to make do and there are [...]

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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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Let Passion be your Power

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Life is what happens to us when we have other plans, is, I think, a paraphrase of John Lennon, the great lyricist of Beatles fame.  Perhaps Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President-elect) in Iran could be thinking just that right now, as the people Iran rise up to demonstrate that they had other plans.  Big story to be [...]

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What is the world calling for?

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What the world is calling for is much clearer than it has ever been.  We have started to think more consciously of ensuring the future for generations to come.  There is a collective ground swell to serve.  In the first decade of the 21st, the world really has changed. The citizens of this planet reached [...]

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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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Positive Acts of Service

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When we perform acts of service, no matter how tiny, we experience a positive affect and that leads to more positive actions, and the recipient, if there is one, shows gratitude, and is likely to also perform some positive future action.

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