Editors: Jeanie Cockell and Joan McArthur-Blair Working Title: Inclusive Spaces: Using Appreciative Processes to Transform Social Structures For AI Practitioner ~ August 2012 Issue Focus of the Issue: The August […]
On Monday, October 10, the Bibb County School District hosted its second Strategic Planning session involving more than 4,000 people, including parents and community members and every employee. “We must […]
Loud cheers and unbridled excitement are not unfamiliar sounds for any sports arena; however, the noise generated at the Macon Centreplex Arena on September 19th reverberated far beyond the arena […]
On April 22, 1970 over 20 million Americans rallied in the streets, parks, schools, and auditoriums to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment. According to earthday.net, “Groups that had been […]
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a way of being and seeing. It is both a worldview and a process for facilitating positive change in human systems, e.g., organizations, groups, and communities. […]
Beyond being an organizational development process, Appreciative Inquiry becomes a generative way to energize the creative best in people and their organizations. Appreciative Inquiry provides leaders with a methodology to […]
Empathy, one of the competencies of emotional intelligence, is defined as the ability to be aware of, to understand and to appreciate the feelings and thoughts of others. We expect […]