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Flourishing Destinies at Global Forum

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Last few weeks I’ve been co-designing a workshop with 3 colleagues. It’s an online workshop – an appreciative inquiry into the topic of “Flourishing Destinies:  Sustaining Continuity for Positive change.”  We will be facilitating this workshop virtually at the 2009 BAWB Global Forum, physically located at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH.  The Global Forum [...]

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Small Changes for a Sustainable Impact

March 9, 2009 Appreciative Inquiry
4D Cycle

What’s the smallest change now that can make a sustainable impact? This powerful question invites us to be in the moment, real and responsible. We use it successfully in Appreciative Inquiry workshops after the dream / imagining step. Why is this important? Asking what can you start right now after collectively dreaming about a shared, preferred future brings the energy back to the present – the here and now.

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“The Optimism of Uncertainty”

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Posted on the Appreciative Inquiry Listserv this week was this quotation by Howard Zinn. It comes from his article, “The Optimism of Uncertainty”. If you do a search on this article, you’ll find it referenced in a number of places. EG The Nation on September 2, 2004 and CommonDream.org November 8, [...]

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