LEARN AND EXPERIENCE APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY
We offer a variety of trainings, programs, and workshops to meet the needs of today’s leaders. All our offerings are designed and delivered by experienced appreciative inquiry professionals. This page provides an overview of our certification courses, partner programs, and customized workshops – designed to inspire, engage, and equip you with the skills and knowledge need to foster positive change. For easier navigation, please click on the links below to jump to the section you are most interested in.
AI CERTIFICATION COURSES
Skilled strength-based leaders and facilitators are in demand around the world. Appreciative Inquiry Certification demonstrates to others that you use industry-respected best practices and possess the knowledge, experience and education to effectively help organizations achieve their success. These certification programs equip you with the tools, frameworks, and facilitation skills to lead meaningful change in teams, organizations, and communities. Explore immersive learning experiences that blend practical application with reflective practice.
APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY FACILITATOR TRAINING (AIFT)
This foundational course teaches the basics of Appreciative Inquiry but delves deeper by providing experiential exercises that demonstrate how to define the inquiry topic, practice positive framing, design and field test an interview protocol, and more.
APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY COACH TRAINING (AICT)
Appreciative Coaching looks at discovering and co-constructing the client’s positive core. Through the affirmative framework of Appreciative Inquiry, discover how to deepen and enhance your skills for generative one-on-one conversations.
APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY PRACTITIONER TRAINING (AIPT)
Expand your ability to lead transformational change by applying Appreciative Inquiry within complex systems. This course strengthens your skills in systems thinking, stakeholder engagement, and strategic design to foster sustainable, strengths-based outcomes.
APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY TRAIN-THE-TRAINER
This advanced certification qualifies you to become a Certified Trainer with the Center for Appreciative Inquiry (CAI), allowing you to deliver CAI’s certification programs—both publicly and privately—to individuals, groups, and organizations.
Not sure which Appreciative Inquiry certification course to take? View and compare all our appreciative inquiry certifications courses to find the training that best aligns with your personal and professional development goals and values.
PARTNER PROGRAMS
Discover unique learning experiences created in collaboration with trusted Appreciative Inquiry practitioners around the globe. These offerings bring fresh perspectives and specialized applications of AI to support personal growth, team development, and organizational transformation.
ACTIVATING CITIZEN-DRIVEN COMMUNITIES WITH APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a highly effective change model that supports community development efforts by inviting community members to engage in meaningful discussions that identify strengths, create shared visions, develop strategies, and inspire action for change. Learn how Appreciative Inquiry can renew energy and hope and inspire action in communities you belong to, work with, and serve.
APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY + VISUALS = MEETING DESIGN
Discover how visuals & Appreciative Inquiry can be used to facilitate a discovery meeting with clients. Learn how to utilize the AI Process Template as a guide to visual facilitation and discover how visuals support each stage of the 5D AI framework.
CONVERSATIONS WORTH HAVING
Curious about creating impactful and meaningful conversations? These bootcamps explore the core practices and principles of Conversations Worth Having through interactive activities designed to foster connection, curiosity, and positive outcomes.
RESILIENCE RESET
Being resilient is about practicing in the every-day of our lives and work. In this virtual series you will have the opportunity to focus on the strengths they bring to creating an appreciative resilience practice – even in the most challenging of times.
SOAR WORKSHOPS
Gain a foundational understanding of Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, and Results to elevate your strategic thinking and planning. Learn how you can recognize and leverage internal strengths, identify opportunities, clarify aspirations, and define specific results.
SELF-DIRECTED COURSES
Take charge of your learning with courses you can access anytime, from anywhere. These self-paced programs combine insightful content with practical tools to help you apply Appreciative Inquiry to your work, life, and leadership—on your schedule and at your pace.
CULTIVATING APPRECIATIVE PRESENCE
Discover the transformative impact of Appreciative Presence, a practice that enhances mindfulness, resilience, and meaningful connections. Cultivating Appreciative Presence is a self-directed course designed to help you align with authenticity and foster growth in both personal and professional settings.
EXPLORING THE PRINCIPLES OF APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY
Unlock the transformative power of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) by exploring its core principles that drive strength-based, positive change. This self-paced course equips you with the tools to apply AI principles, fostering growth, resilience, and innovation in both personal and professional settings.
INTRODUCTION TO APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY: FOUNDATIONS & APPLICATIONS
Explore the foundational theories, principles, and 5-D process of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) in this engaging online course. Through hands-on exercises, you’ll discover how to reflect, implement, and apply AI to build stronger relationships, foster meaningful engagement, and drive positive change.
NAVIGATING THE APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY 5-D CYCLE
Experience Appreciative Inquiry’s 5-D Cycle—Define, Discover, Dream, Design, and Destiny—in this self-paced course. Engage in hands-on exercises, reflection, and real-world applications to spark meaningful change, foster collaboration, and inspire innovation across personal and professional settings.
CUSTOMIZED APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY WORKSHOPS
Design an experience that meets your team’s specific goals and context. These custom workshops apply Appreciative Inquiry to areas like strategic planning, culture change, leadership development, and team engagement. Every session is co-created with you to ensure relevance, resonance, and results.
DEPARTMENT CHAIR INSTITUTE (DCI)
Now more than ever department chairs are finding themselves pushed to new levels of leadership. We offer a highly experiential program, grounded in appreciative inquiry, to engage academic leaders to become change agents within their institution.
INSPIRED TEAMS
Want to strengthen your team? The Inspired Teams program introduces appreciative inquiry concepts and tools to your team to promote engagement, create synergy, identify shared goals and outcomes, and develop stronger relationships.
STRATEGIC PLANNING
Appreciative Inquiry’s energizing and inclusive design fosters creativity through the art of positive inquiry. By inviting stakeholders to participate in the strategic planning process in a cooperative search for the best in the organization, strategic planning becomes an exciting adventure into endless possibilities.
CUSTOM APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY ENGAGEMENTS
Like many other business decisions, choosing a training for yourself or staff members is strategic. As an alternative or a supplement to your own in-house training, The Center for Appreciative Inquiry can custom-design trainings and workshops that address your team or organization’s specific needs and interests.
WANT TO TRAIN YOUR TEAM?
Any appreciative inquiry offering listed above can be delivered privately to a team, department, organization, or community. Programs can be delivered in-person or virtually. We encourage a minimum of ten (10) members from any organization, group, or community participate. Please complete the CONTACT US form to learn how to bring a closed appreciative inquiry offering to your team and organization.
QUESTIONS?
Do you have questions regarding our programs, trainings, consulting, or coaching? How may we help you? Please complete the contact form. Once submitted, you will receive a response within two (2) business days. We look forward to hearing from you.
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