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Appreciative Inquiry + Visuals = Meeting Design

EVENT DATE & TIME:

Free Event

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Session 4

SNEAK PEEK

DEFINE/DISCOVER

DREAM

DESIGN

DESTINY/DELIVER

October 18, 2023

9:00am - 11:00am PDT/ 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

October 31, 2023

9:00am - 11:00am PDT/ 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

November 1, 2023
9:00am - 11:00am PDT/ 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

November 2, 2023
9:00am - 11:00am PDT/ 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

November 3, 2023
9:00am - 11:00am PDT/ 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

EVENT DESCRIPTION:

AI Visuals Handrawn AgendaCombining visuals with the facilitated Appreciative Inquiry (AI) process increases participant engagement in meetings through a shared vision of understanding—not to mention, enjoyment! Imagine where you fall in a Venn diagram. Whether you are an AI Facilitator who wants to add visuals to your toolbox, or an experienced Visual Practitioner who wants to integrate AI into your work, the combination of the two offer a rich, interactive environment for both online or in-person meetings.

This course is designed to give you a variety of visual tools, templates and exercises that align with each step of the Appreciative Inquiry 5D Framework. Following the framework, you can create custom templates to use as facilitation tools designed to meet your clients’ desired outcomes. We will explore these complimentary approaches with others in the AI and/or visual field to deepen your understanding and bring value to your projects.

The live, online sessions will allow you to experience the process as a participant and give you the insights to apply to your facilitative practice. Participants do not need to know how to draw, just have an open mind to drawing. We will cover several ways to make meetings visual without drawing live in front of your client. Nor do participants need to be certified AI facilitators or coaches. Regardless of your skill level, your interest and passion will drive your curiosity. Together we will dive deep into the value of visuals in AI facilitated meetings.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Each session offers a new library of resources to support your visual AI facilitation efforts.

FREE EVENT: SNEAK PEEK

Experience the magic of AI + Visuals = Meeting Design before the course begins! Attending this session is a perfect way to see firsthand how visuals, infused with Appreciative Inquiry, can enliven your facilitation practice.

SESSION 1: DEFINE/DISCOVER

You will discover how visuals and AI can be used to visually facilitate a discovery meeting with a client. There will be prework for this session so that you can start integrating what you learn right away.

SESSION 2: DREAM

Together we will leverage a series of visual templates to dream about the common desired outcomes of meetings and what you would like to gain out of the course.

SESSION 3: DESIGN

Co-creation is key! We will custom design visual templates based on the AI questions we develop to engage participants. These will be shared to increase our library of resources.

SESSION 4: DESTINY/DELIVER

There are many analog and digital visual tools used to support meaningful conversations. We will determine the appropriate tool for the job based on efficacy and your comfort level.

In addition to these live sessions, free sneak peak sessions and open office hours will be offered so that you can see how meeting agendas are visualized in real-time.

Visual templates and exercises shared in this class can be further customized for your use with any individual, team, organization or community. Additional resources will be shared should you want to expand your AI + Visuals practice. Participants will have full access to the instructor via email during the duration of the course. 

TARGET AUDIENCE:

This workshop is designed for:

  • AI Facilitators or meeting organizers who want to add visuals to their toolbox.
  • Visual Practitioners who want to integrate AI into their work.

PRE-REQUISITE:

Please watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsUZB6lQX6E&t=12s

PRE-WORK/HOMEWORK:

A week prior to the first session, you will receive an email that includes pre-work to get you thinking about a current client or project that you would like to apply your learnings to. Between each session, you will receive homework in the form of visual templates and checklists you can customize and use in the delivery of your AI + Visual work.

METHOD OF DELIVERY:

This live event will be delivered using Zoom and will be using the Zoom annotation tool. While you may participate in this live event using any device: computer or tablet, you will have the most optimal experience if you join via a laptop or desktop computer.

You will receive the Zoom login information upon registration for the Sneak Peek and the Course. If you have any questions about this event or have difficulty connecting in Zoom, please contact Heather Martinez at Heather@HeatherMartinez.com.

Appreciative Inquiry + Visuals = Meeting Design

EVENT DATE & TIME:

Free Event

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Session 4

SNEAK PEEK

DEFINE/DISCOVER

DREAM

DESIGN

DESTINY/DELIVER

July 12, 2023

9:00am - 11:00am PDT/ 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

July 25, 2023

9:00am - 11:00am PDT/ 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

July 26, 2023
9:00am - 11:00am PDT/ 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

July 27, 2023
9:00am - 11:00am PDT/ 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

July 28, 2023
9:00am - 11:00am PDT/ 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

EVENT DESCRIPTION:

AI Visuals Handrawn AgendaCombining visuals with the facilitated Appreciative Inquiry (AI) process increases participant engagement in meetings through a shared vision of understanding—not to mention, enjoyment! Imagine where you fall in a Venn diagram. Whether you are an AI Facilitator who wants to add visuals to your toolbox, or an experienced Visual Practitioner who wants to integrate AI into your work, the combination of the two offer a rich, interactive environment for both online or in-person meetings.

This course is designed to give you a variety of visual tools, templates and exercises that align with each step of the Appreciative Inquiry 5D Framework. Following the framework, you can create custom templates to use as facilitation tools designed to meet your clients’ desired outcomes. We will explore these complimentary approaches with others in the AI and/or visual field to deepen your understanding and bring value to your projects.

The live, online sessions will allow you to experience the process as a participant and give you the insights to apply to your facilitative practice. Participants do not need to know how to draw, just have an open mind to drawing. We will cover several ways to make meetings visual without drawing live in front of your client. Nor do participants need to be certified AI facilitators or coaches. Regardless of your skill level, your interest and passion will drive your curiosity. Together we will dive deep into the value of visuals in AI facilitated meetings.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Each session offers a new library of resources to support your visual AI facilitation efforts.

FREE EVENT: SNEAK PEEK

Experience the magic of AI + Visuals = Meeting Design before the course begins! Attending this session is a perfect way to see firsthand how visuals, infused with Appreciative Inquiry, can enliven your facilitation practice.

SESSION 1: DEFINE/DISCOVER

You will discover how visuals and AI can be used to visually facilitate a discovery meeting with a client. There will be prework for this session so that you can start integrating what you learn right away.

SESSION 2: DREAM

Together we will leverage a series of visual templates to dream about the common desired outcomes of meetings and what you would like to gain out of the course.

SESSION 3: DESIGN

Co-creation is key! We will custom design visual templates based on the AI questions we develop to engage participants. These will be shared to increase our library of resources.

SESSION 4: DESTINY/DELIVER

There are many analog and digital visual tools used to support meaningful conversations. We will determine the appropriate tool for the job based on efficacy and your comfort level.

In addition to these live sessions, free sneak peak sessions and open office hours will be offered so that you can see how meeting agendas are visualized in real-time.

Visual templates and exercises shared in this class can be further customized for your use with any individual, team, organization or community. Additional resources will be shared should you want to expand your AI + Visuals practice. Participants will have full access to the instructor via email during the duration of the course. 

TARGET AUDIENCE:

This workshop is designed for:

  • AI Facilitators or meeting organizers who want to add visuals to their toolbox.
  • Visual Practitioners who want to integrate AI into their work.

PRE-REQUISITE:

Please watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsUZB6lQX6E&t=12s

PRE-WORK/HOMEWORK:

A week prior to the first session, you will receive an email that includes pre-work to get you thinking about a current client or project that you would like to apply your learnings to. Between each session, you will receive homework in the form of visual templates and checklists you can customize and use in the delivery of your AI + Visual work.

METHOD OF DELIVERY:

This live event will be delivered using Zoom and will be using the Zoom annotation tool. While you may participate in this live event using any device: computer or tablet, you will have the most optimal experience if you join via a laptop or desktop computer.

You will receive the Zoom login information upon registration for the Sneak Peek and the Course. If you have any questions about this event or have difficulty connecting in Zoom, please contact Heather Martinez at Heather@HeatherMartinez.com.

Appreciative Inquiry + Visuals = Meeting Design

EVENT DATE & TIME:

Free Event

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Session 4

SNEAK PEEK

DEFINE/DISCOVER

DREAM

DESIGN

DESTINY/DELIVER

March 1, 2023

3:00pm - 5:00pm PST / 6:00pm - 8:00pm EST

March 14, 2023

3:00pm - 5:00pm PDT / 6:00pm - 8:00pm EDT

March 15, 2023
3:00pm - 5:00pm PDT / 6:00pm - 8:00pm EDT

March 16, 2023
3:00pm - 5:00pm PDT / 6:00pm - 8:00pm EDT

March 17, 2023
3:00pm - 5:00pm PDT / 6:00pm - 8:00pm EDT

EVENT DESCRIPTION:

AI Visuals Handrawn AgendaCombining visuals with the facilitated Appreciative Inquiry (AI) process increases participant engagement in meetings through a shared vision of understanding—not to mention, enjoyment! Imagine where you fall in a Venn diagram. Whether you are an AI Facilitator who wants to add visuals to your toolbox, or an experienced Visual Practitioner who wants to integrate AI into your work, the combination of the two offer a rich, interactive environment for both online or in-person meetings.

This course is designed to give you a variety of visual tools, templates and exercises that align with each step of the Appreciative Inquiry 5D Framework. Following the framework, you can create custom templates to use as facilitation tools designed to meet your clients’ desired outcomes. We will explore these complimentary approaches with others in the AI and/or visual field to deepen your understanding and bring value to your projects.

The live, online sessions will allow you to experience the process as a participant and give you the insights to apply to your facilitative practice. Participants do not need to know how to draw, just have an open mind to drawing. We will cover several ways to make meetings visual without drawing live in front of your client. Nor do participants need to be certified AI facilitators or coaches. Regardless of your skill level, your interest and passion will drive your curiosity. Together we will dive deep into the value of visuals in AI facilitated meetings.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Each session offers a new library of resources to support your visual AI facilitation efforts.

FREE EVENT: SNEAK PEEK

Experience the magic of AI + Visuals = Meeting Design before the course begins! Attending this session is a perfect way to see firsthand how visuals, infused with Appreciative Inquiry, can enliven your facilitation practice.

SESSION 1: DEFINE/DISCOVER

You will discover how visuals and AI can be used to visually facilitate a discovery meeting with a client. There will be prework for this session so that you can start integrating what you learn right away.

SESSION 2: DREAM

Together we will leverage a series of visual templates to dream about the common desired outcomes of meetings and what you would like to gain out of the course.

SESSION 3: DESIGN

Co-creation is key! We will custom design visual templates based on the AI questions we develop to engage participants. These will be shared to increase our library of resources.

SESSION 4: DESTINY/DELIVER

There are many analog and digital visual tools used to support meaningful conversations. We will determine the appropriate tool for the job based on efficacy and your comfort level.

In addition to these live sessions, free sneak peak sessions and open office hours will be offered so that you can see how meeting agendas are visualized in real-time.

Visual templates and exercises shared in this class can be further customized for your use with any individual, team, organization or community. Additional resources will be shared should you want to expand your AI + Visuals practice. Participants will have full access to the instructor via email during the duration of the course. 

TARGET AUDIENCE:

This workshop is designed for:

  • AI Facilitators or meeting organizers who want to add visuals to their toolbox.
  • Visual Practitioners who want to integrate AI into their work.

PRE-REQUISITE:

Please watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsUZB6lQX6E&t=12s

PRE-WORK/HOMEWORK:

A week prior to the first session, you will receive an email that includes pre-work to get you thinking about a current client or project that you would like to apply your learnings to. Between each session, you will receive homework in the form of visual templates and checklists you can customize and use in the delivery of your AI + Visual work.

METHOD OF DELIVERY:

This live event will be delivered using Zoom and will be using the Zoom annotation tool. While you may participate in this live event using any device: computer or tablet, you will have the most optimal experience if you join via a laptop or desktop computer.

You will receive the Zoom login information upon registration for the Sneak Peek and the Course. If you have any questions about this event or have difficulty connecting in Zoom, please contact Heather Martinez at Heather@HeatherMartinez.com.

Appreciative Inquiry + Visuals = Meeting Design

EVENT DATE & TIME:

Free Event

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Session 4

SNEAK PEEK

DEFINE/DISCOVER

DREAM

DESIGN

DESTINY/DELIVER

January 21, 2023

9:00am-11:00am PST / 12:00pm-2:00pm EST

February 4, 2023

9:00am-11:00am PST / 12:00pm-2:00pm EST

February 11, 2023
9:00am-11:00am PST / 12:00pm-2:00pm EST

February 18, 2023
9:00am-11:00am PST / 12:00pm-2:00pm EST

February 25, 2023
9:00am-11:00am PST / 12:00pm-2:00pm EST

EVENT DESCRIPTION:

AI Visuals Handrawn AgendaCombining visuals with the facilitated Appreciative Inquiry (AI) process increases participant engagement in meetings through a shared vision of understanding—not to mention, enjoyment! Imagine where you fall in a Venn diagram. Whether you are an AI Facilitator who wants to add visuals to your toolbox, or an experienced Visual Practitioner who wants to integrate AI into your work, the combination of the two offer a rich, interactive environment for both online or in-person meetings.

This course is designed to give you a variety of visual tools, templates and exercises that align with each step of the Appreciative Inquiry 5D Framework. Following the framework, you can create custom templates to use as facilitation tools designed to meet your clients’ desired outcomes. We will explore these complimentary approaches with others in the AI and/or visual field to deepen your understanding and bring value to your projects.

The live, online sessions will allow you to experience the process as a participant and give you the insights to apply to your facilitative practice. Participants do not need to know how to draw, just have an open mind to drawing. We will cover several ways to make meetings visual without drawing live in front of your client. Nor do participants need to be certified AI facilitators or coaches. Regardless of your skill level, your interest and passion will drive your curiosity. Together we will dive deep into the value of visuals in AI facilitated meetings.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Each session offers a new library of resources to support your visual AI facilitation efforts.

FREE EVENT: SNEAK PEEK

Experience the magic of AI + Visuals = Meeting Design before the course begins! Attending this session is a perfect way to see firsthand how visuals, infused with Appreciative Inquiry, can enliven your facilitation practice.

SESSION 1: DEFINE/DISCOVER

You will discover how visuals and AI can be used to visually facilitate a discovery meeting with a client. There will be prework for this session so that you can start integrating what you learn right away.

SESSION 2: DREAM

Together we will leverage a series of visual templates to dream about the common desired outcomes of meetings and what you would like to gain out of the course.

SESSION 3: DESIGN

Co-creation is key! We will custom design visual templates based on the AI questions we develop to engage participants. These will be shared to increase our library of resources.

SESSION 4: DESTINY/DELIVER

There are many analog and digital visual tools used to support meaningful conversations. We will determine the appropriate tool for the job based on efficacy and your comfort level.

In addition to these live sessions, free sneak peak sessions and open office hours will be offered so that you can see how meeting agendas are visualized in real-time.

Visual templates and exercises shared in this class can be further customized for your use with any individual, team, organization or community. Additional resources will be shared should you want to expand your AI + Visuals practice. Participants will have full access to the instructor via email during the duration of the course. 

TARGET AUDIENCE:

This workshop is designed for:

  • AI Facilitators or meeting organizers who want to add visuals to their toolbox.
  • Visual Practitioners who want to integrate AI into their work.

PRE-REQUISITE:

Please watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsUZB6lQX6E&t=12s

PRE-WORK/HOMEWORK:

A week prior to the first session, you will receive an email that includes pre-work to get you thinking about a current client or project that you would like to apply your learnings to. Between each session, you will receive homework in the form of visual templates and checklists you can customize and use in the delivery of your AI + Visual work.

METHOD OF DELIVERY:

This live event will be delivered using Zoom and will be using the Zoom annotation tool. While you may participate in this live event using any device: computer or tablet, you will have the most optimal experience if you join via a laptop or desktop computer.

You will receive the Zoom login information upon registration for the Sneak Peek and the Course. If you have any questions about this event or have difficulty connecting in Zoom, please contact Heather Martinez at Heather@HeatherMartinez.com.

Appreciative Inquiry Coach Training (AICT)©

Generate Positive Changes in Performance, Professional Development, and Organizational Leadership

About the Program

Appreciative Inquiry Coaching takes the best and helps make it better by expanding people’s capacity to perform and by channeling their abilities for the greatest impact. This approach to coaching will take the client from good to great because it fosters personal transformation through innate talent and inherent strength, increasing the likelihood of producing longer lasting results quickly.

AICT Program Overview

The Appreciative Inquiry Coach Training (AICT)© is not a problem-solving coaching approach, rather it looks at discovering and co-constructing the client’s positive core – what it is that connects them to life, energy, and possibility and allows them to thrive. Through the affirmative framework of Appreciative Inquiry, discover how to deepen and enhance both your personal sense of yourself as well as your skills for generative one-on-one conversations.

Training is designed for:
  • Individuals who understand and embody a strengths-based AI paradigm, who want to deepen their ability to relate one-on-one in bringing out the best in individuals (including themselves). It is therefore useful to leaders, managers, consultants, coaches, facilitators, educators, pastors/priests, etc;
  • Individuals who desire to enhance their systems thinking in order to engage individuals in a holistic and integrated way;
  • Experienced Appreciative Inquiry Facilitators who would like to strengthen and practice their individual communication skills; ICF CCE Mark
  • Seasoned coaches who seek to strengthen their life-enriching ways of coaching.
  • The AICT© course is approved by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) as a CCE (Continuing Coach Education) program. See details below in Learning Outcomes.

Training Schedule and Hours

The Appreciative Inquiry Coach Training© program is a 33 hour online course that includes 20 hours of synchronous sessions, 12 hours of asynchronous learning and practice, and 1 one-hour mentoring session. It is a deep dive into our collective experience of Appreciative Inquiry and Coaching.  Together we will explore and engage in the relational nature of coaching, based on the principles of Appreciative Inquiry.  The practicum, which is required for certification, will embody “Destiny” as you apply the lessons taught during this course for your coaching/consulting work. 

AICT Orientation:

To ensure all participants are off to a strong start, your AICT trainers will host a live orientation session via Zoom on March 29, 2023 at 9:00am Pacific Time | 12:00pm Eastern Time. This one-hour (1 hour) orientation allows you to connect with your trainers, engage with participants, become familiar with LearnDash (our online learning platform), and ask questions about reading and activities prior to your first AICT session in Zoom on Wednesday, April 5, 2023.

AICT Training Dates/Times:

The SYNCHRONOUS portion (‘real time’ learning with your AICT trainers). Below are the hours for live interaction and collaboration with your AICT trainers and cohorts:

Date

Session & Time

March 29, 2023

Orientation: 9:00 am - 10:00 am PT / 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

April 5, 2023

Session 1: 8:00 am - 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am - 1:00 pm ET

April 12, 2023

Session 2: 8:00 am - 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am - 1:00 pm ET

April 19, 2023

Session 3: 8:00 am - 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am - 1:00 pm ET

April 26, 2023

Session 4: 8:00 am - 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am - 1:00 pm ET

May 3, 2023

Session 5: 8:00 am - 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am - 1:00 pm ET

May 10, 2023

Session 6: 8:00 am - 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am - 1:00 pm ET

May 17, 2023

Session 7: 8:00 am - 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am - 1:00 pm ET

May 24, 2023

Session 8 Clinic: 8:00 am - 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am - 1:00 pm ET

May 31, 2023

Session 9: 8:00 am - 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am - 1:00 pm ET

June 7, 2023

Session 10: 8:00 am - 10:00 am PT / 11:00 am - 1:00 pm ET

*Please note: all times listed above are Pacific Time (PT) and Eastern Time (ET).

The ASYNCHRONOUS portion of your training begins:

  • Wednesday, March 29, 2023 with introductory activities and runs throughout the 10 (ten) sessions over 12 (twelve) weeks of synchronous learning. You will receive login information to the Center for Appreciative Inquiry’s (CAI) online learning platform closer to the AICT start date for this Orientation.
AICT Training Segments:

Appreciative Inquiry Coach Training (AICT)© is comprised of 10 sessions and a 1-hr Orientation. Each sessions consists of modules containing exercises, readings, and discussions.

Session 1 – Module 1 – Building a Learning Community
April 5, 2023 – 8:00 am to 10:00 am Pacific Time/11:00 am to 1:00 pm Eastern Time

Build community collaboratively, both asynchronously and synchronously in order to function as a strong AICT learning community and also define and distinguish Coaching. Clarifying the Core Competencies from the ICF as they apply to AI Coaching.

Experience AI with a 5-D inquiry to refresh prior learning and “mining” the collective knowledge & skills present. We will uncover the Positive Core of AI Coaching, with both the bold ideas for this training environment and bold ideas using the ICF Core Competencies for this professional field.

Session 2 – Module 2 – Defining the Positive Topic in Coaching
April 12, 2023 – 8:00 am to 10:00 am Pacific Time/11:00 am to 1:00 pm Eastern Time

We look at how Defining the Positive Topic creates the foundation of AI Coaching.  Following a demonstration of an AI Coaching session, we will debrief and begin practice in Define.

Session 3 – Module 3 – The Power of Questions and Contracting
April 19, 2023 – 8:00 am to 10:00 am Pacific Time/11:00 am to 1:00 pm Eastern Time

Review the power of AI interviews as the cornerstone of an Appreciative Inquiry. We will highlight the key processes and points to define an appreciative inquiry topic for a coaching conversation. Understanding the importance of Contracting in Coaching.  We will review creating the Positive Topic and the Modified Interview Guide for a coaching conversation.

Session 4 – Module 4 – Maintaining Presence – The Transition from Discovery into Dream
April 26, 2023 – 8:00 am to 10:00 am Pacific Time/11:00 am to 1:00 pm Eastern Time

Through the lens of the ICF Core Competency of Maintaining Presence, we begin to practice the transition of Discovery into Dream.  We look at the power of the Preferred Future and how we, as coaches, remain present to support our clients.

Session 5 – Module 5 – Evoking Awareness through the AI Principles
May 3, 2023 – 8:00 am to 10:00 am Pacific Time/11:00 am to 1:00 pm Eastern Time

In Module 5, we examine the AI Principles that apply to the Competency Evokes Awareness.  We utilize these principles through powerful questioning, silence and metaphors to enable our clients to come to their own insights.

Session 6 – Module 6 – Understanding Behavior: Social Style for Coaching 
May 10, 2023 – 8:00 am to 10:00 am Pacific Time/11:00 am to 1:00 pm Eastern Time

The Social Style Model is a framework that focuses on observable behavior – how people Think, Act and React.  By using this model, we can understand ourselves through the eyes of others lean how to modify our actions to better match the needs of others, and observe how relationships, communication and influence with others may improve.  This session will introduce you to Social Style and how it may be used effectively for both personal insight and with clients.

Session 7 – Module 7 – Developing a Provocative Proposition in a Coaching Session 
May 17, 2023 – 8:00 am to 10:00 am Pacific Time/11:00 am to 1:00 pm Eastern Time

As you are becoming competent in the coaching model, we will be integrating the learning and focusing on the Core Competency of Evokes Awareness to develop the Provocative Proposition.  The Design step of the Appreciative Inquiry emphasizes the coach’s role of being focused, observant and responsive.

Session 8 – Module 8 – Coaching Clinic Practice
May 24, 2023 – 8:00 am to 10:00 am Pacific Time/11:00 am to 1:00 pm Eastern Time

Session 9 – Module 9 –  Destiny as it Facilitates Client Growth 
May 31, 2023 – 8:00 am to 10:00 am Pacific Time/11:00 am to 1:00 pm Eastern Time

Destiny in AI represents the paradigm shift from problems to possibilities.

In AI Coaching we see that it is not just the five generic processes because it is flexible and non-linear and the order is applied as appropriate to best serve the client.  As we look to the Competency of Facilitating Client Growth, we see how AI Process and SOAR model can ground the actions to move forward in an appreciative way.

Session 10 – Module 10 –  Celebration, Practicum and Completion 
June 7, 2023 – 8:00 am to 10:00 am Pacific Time/11:00 am to 1:00 pm Eastern Time

Module 10 is all about Celebration and Completion.  We will review the AI Coaching model and the requirements of the program and celebrate your success.

Mentoring

Observation of your coaching, feedback and mentoring are an important component of this program.  In addition to the two hour Group Coach Mentoring in Session 8, you will have a one hour one-on-one mentoring session with one of the AICT Trainers.

We will start our synchronous sessions on time and work diligently to maintain the AICT schedule, honoring our commitment to the learning experience. We have found full participation to be the most productive for the participants and the trainers.

Key Learning Outcomes

As a fully engaged participant who completes the synchronous and asynchronous Appreciative Inquiry Coach Training (AICT©), you will:

  1. Gain confidence in co-creating new and inspiring futures in deep relationship with your clients to bring out their essential capacity. 
  2. Gain a deeper understanding of Systems Thinking, and how this view clarifies how environmental elements impact personal and organizational change.
  3. Develop a clear understanding of the Core Competencies of the International Coaching Federation as they relate to the 5-D process.
  4. Discover how to deepen and enhance both your personal sense of yourself as well as your ability to create generative one-on-one conversations, using the Social Style framework to enhance your personal insight and how you relate to the individuals you coach.
  5. Become eligible for certification as an Appreciative Coach.
  6. This course is an approved ICF (International Coaching Federation) Continuing Coach Education (CCE) program. Students who complete this program will be able to apply 32 hours toward renewal requirements or as part of an application for an International Coaching Federation (ICF) credential.

Prerequisites

To enhance these learning outcomes, we recommend participants have an understanding of or experience with Appreciative Inquiry and Coaching.

Letter of Completion

To obtain a letter of completion (and to be eligible for consideration for AI Coach Certification) each participant must complete all 33 hours of synchronous and asynchronous Appreciative Inquiry Coach Training©. Letters of completion include your name, date of your training, and number of classroom hours earned.

Appreciative Inquiry Coach Certification

To receive a Certificate of Completion for the Appreciative Inquiry Coach Training (AICT)©, you must participate fully in the 33 hours of the program including asynchronous and synchronous sessions.  You will then be eligible to complete a practicum and documentation which must be finalized within one year of the AICT you attend. The details for the practicum are covered during the training and available to you once enrolled.

The purpose of your practicum is to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of what you learned, etc. Participants will submit their practicum for review by our Practicum Review Committee.

You will have up to one (1) year from the date of the training to submit your practicum for review. During this time, your trainers make themselves available to you for mentoring and support (at no additional cost) as you work through your first inquiry. Your mentoring/support can be done via telephone, skype, zoom, etc. You and your trainers can arrange a time and platform in which to conduct these sessions.

It is standard practice for the panel to engage participants in a conversation (conducted virtually) about their practicum. Typically, they will respond with questions to deepen their and the participant’s mutual understanding of, and learning about, AI. The practicum review is therefore a dialogical and interactive process.

Once certified, your Appreciative Inquiry Coach Certification lasts for two (2) years. Certification with the Center for Appreciative Inquiry includes:

  • Appreciative Inquiry Certification documents that will be emailed to you for your records;
  • Center for Appreciative Inquiry Certification logo that you are welcome to embed on your website or include in your email signature;
  • Listing on our Appreciative Inquiry Directory. Your Ai Directory listing is an editable profile page that includes your photo and professional biography that highlights your specialties, articles, videos and testimonials. Directory profiles are easy to create and update and will make you locatable by our worldwide audience. All Directory profiles will remain visible on our website for the duration of your certification. Our Appreciative Inquiry certification is good for 2 years; after which you may renew your Ai certification. You can learn more about the benefits of our AI Directory here.

Additional Training Information

Online Learning Platform

Participants will receive login information to the Center for Appreciative Inquiry’s (CAI) online learning platform closer to the start date for Appreciative Inquiry Coach Training©. We will open the online platform to participants prior to the start of the training. This allows participants time to navigate the software and become acquainted with the various features and tools it offers, introduce themselves to their trainers and other AICT participants, and access all pre-workshop reading and materials.

Refund Policy

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Appreciative Resilience Facilitator Training (ARFT)

COURSE DATES & TIMES:

Day 1:

Day 2:

Day 3:

Day 4:

October 23, 2023

October 24, 2023

October 25, 2023

October 26, 2023

9:00am-12:00pm PDT

12:00pm-3:00pm EDT

4:00pm-7:00pm GMT

9:00am-12:00pm PDT

12:00pm-3:00pm EDT

4:00pm-7:00pm GMT

9:00am-12:00pm PDT

12:00pm-3:00pm EDT

4:00pm-7:00pm GMT

9:00am-12:00pm PDT

12:00pm-3:00pm EDT

4:00pm-7:00pm GMT

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Each of us lives in a complex and unpredictable world and we are called upon again and again to help others be resilient and to be resilient ourselves.

Bring your skill as an Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator to uplifting and sustaining your workplace and beyond with appreciative resilience. Appreciative resilience is a resilience practice built from the tenets of appreciative inquiry and from powerful resilience practices.

This Appreciative Resilience Facilitator Training (ARFT) is designed for appreciative inquiry practitioners who want to deliver the Appreciative Resilience workshop and the ALIVE workshop for clients and colleagues and/or foster appreciative resilience informally with organizations, teams and individuals. It is also excellent facilitation training for those seeking to facilitate in complex situations.

In this facilitator training you will delve into the facilitation practices and considerations for delivering two powerful resilience processes. The first process is the appreciative resilience practice that uses appreciative inquiry to examine how you can foster hope and a hopeful view as a foundation of resilience; utilize your strengths in times of challenge and despair; and undertake the will and power to forgive. The second process is the ALIVE practice which is a powerful tool to use in challenging times. ALIVE stands for Appreciate, Love, Inquire, Venture, and Evolve. This tool uses appreciative generative questions to examine resilience. 

Both of these appreciative resilience processes are built from the practices of appreciative inquiry and are based upon the appreciative resilience work and writing of Joan McArthur-Blair and Jeanie Cockell.

People often think of resilience as a response to weathering challenges but in appreciative resilience work the aim is to create a sustaining practice of resilience.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

In this Appreciative Resilience Facilitator Training (ARFT) practitioners will advance and deepen their skills in:

  • Facilitating complex conversations.

  • Applying adult learning principles to facilitation.

  • Facilitating the appreciative resilience workshop.

  • Facilitating the ALIVE workshop.

  • Reflecting on worldview and how it influences the approach to appreciative resilience facilitation.

  • Incorporating a focus on justice, equity, diversity and inclusion into resilience conversations.

  • Receiving and giving feedback on facilitation.

PRE-REQUISITES:

To enroll in this course, participants must have at least one of the pre-requisites met:

  • Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator Training from The Center for Appreciative Inquiry.

  • Certification in Appreciative Inquiry from the David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry.

  • Other certifications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

  • Others without certification but with solid experience in appreciative inquiry practice will be considered.

COURSE CONTENT:

DAY 1: BE AN APPRECIATIVE RESILIENCE FACILITATOR

INVITATION: Examine the research and underpinnings of resilience and how it interweaves with appreciative inquiry.

DIALOGUE:
• Examine resilience research
• Review the basics of Appreciative Inquiry
• Identify key aspects of the ALIVE and Appreciative Resilience models
• Explore the uses of Appreciative Inquiry in complex and challenging situations
• Reflect on facilitating in complex and challenging situations

DAY 2: FACILITATE THE ALIVE MODEL

INVITATION: Explore and use the ALIVE model for facilitating in challenging times.

DIALOGUE:
• Bring adult learning principles to facilitation
• Examine the ALIVE model
• Reflect on facilitator considerations
• Facilitate sections of the ALIVE model
• Give and receive feedback

DAY 3: FACILITATE THE APPRECIATIVE RESILIENCE MODEL

INVITATION: Explore and use the Appreciative Resilience model with individuals, groups, and organizations.

DIALOGUE:
• Explore the Appreciative Resilience model elements
• Engage with Appreciative Resilience workshop formats
• Facilitate sections of the Appreciative Resilience model
• Give and receive feedback

DAY 4: SUSTAIN YOUR PRACTICE & FACILITATION OF APPRECIATIVE RESILIENCE

INVITATION: Integrate elements of Appreciative Resilience into your personal facilitation practices

DIALOGUE:
• Create ideas to integrate Appreciative Resilience into Appreciative Inquiry practices
• Examine worldviews, justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in relation to Appreciative Resilience facilitation practices
• Analyze personal facilitation boundaries and considerations
• Build a personal Appreciative Resilience facilitation plan
• Reflect on sustaining your Appreciative Resilience practice

APPLIED PROJECT:

In order to qualify for certification each participant will create a portfolio on how they are taking appreciative resilience out into the world. The portfolio can arise from creating and facilitating an event; providing a workshop; facilitating complex conversations; coaching; or other facilitation practice.

The portfolio might contain:
• Outline of what you have designed and facilitated;
• Images, video, agendas, themes, outcomes;
• Personal reflections on the experience of facilitating appreciative resilience.

The portfolio can be an info-graphic, video, written document, and/or other creative form. The portfolio is due 6 months after the program.

Participants not seeking certification or certification renewal will receive a letter of participation from The Center for Appreciative Inquiry.

ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION:

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:

This certification course utilizes the textbook, Building Resilience with Appreciative Inquiry: A Leadership Journey through Hope, Despair, and Forgiveness by Jeanie Cockell and Joan McArthur-Blair.


Your trainers will assign readings from this book throughout your training. You will need to purchase this textbook prior to the start of this course. This book is available in electronic or paperback versions.

Order My Book

Jeanie and Joan encourage you to read the textbook before joining the workshop to acquaint yourself with the appreciative resilience models and to re-acquaint yourself with appreciative inquiry.

RESOURCE:

A Google resource file will be created to grant participants access to the ALIVE Model and other resources. The link to the Google resource file will be emailed to participants from your trainers closer to the event start date.

METHOD OF DELIVERY:

These live conversations will be delivered using Zoom. You can participate in these live events using a computer or tablet. You will receive the Zoom information link and password closer to the start of the event.

Appreciative Resilience Facilitator Training (ARFT)

COURSE DATES & TIMES:

Day 1:

Day 2:

Day 3:

Day 4:

April 25, 2023

April 26, 2023

April 27, 2023

April 28, 2023

9:00am-12:00pm PDT

12:00pm-3:00pm EDT

4:00pm-7:00pm GMT

9:00am-12:00pm PDT

12:00pm-3:00pm EDT

4:00pm-7:00pm GMT

9:00am-12:00pm PDT

12:00pm-3:00pm EDT

4:00pm-7:00pm GMT

9:00am-12:00pm PDT

12:00pm-3:00pm EDT

4:00pm-7:00pm GMT

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Each of us lives in a complex and unpredictable world and we are called upon again and again to help others be resilient and to be resilient ourselves.

Bring your skill as an Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator to uplifting and sustaining your workplace and beyond with appreciative resilience. Appreciative resilience is a resilience practice built from the tenets of appreciative inquiry and from powerful resilience practices.

This Appreciative Resilience Facilitator Training (ARFT) is designed for appreciative inquiry practitioners who want to deliver the Appreciative Resilience workshop and the ALIVE workshop for clients and colleagues and/or foster appreciative resilience informally with organizations, teams and individuals. It is also excellent facilitation training for those seeking to facilitate in complex situations.

In this facilitator training you will delve into the facilitation practices and considerations for delivering two powerful resilience processes. The first process is the appreciative resilience practice that uses appreciative inquiry to examine how you can foster hope and a hopeful view as a foundation of resilience; utilize your strengths in times of challenge and despair; and undertake the will and power to forgive. The second process is the ALIVE practice which is a powerful tool to use in challenging times. ALIVE stands for Appreciate, Love, Inquire, Venture, and Evolve. This tool uses appreciative generative questions to examine resilience. 

Both of these appreciative resilience processes are built from the practices of appreciative inquiry and are based upon the appreciative resilience work and writing of Joan McArthur-Blair and Jeanie Cockell.

People often think of resilience as a response to weathering challenges but in appreciative resilience work the aim is to create a sustaining practice of resilience.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

In this Appreciative Resilience Facilitator Training (ARFT) practitioners will advance and deepen their skills in:

  • Facilitating complex conversations.

  • Applying adult learning principles to facilitation.

  • Facilitating the appreciative resilience workshop.

  • Facilitating the ALIVE workshop.

  • Reflecting on worldview and how it influences the approach to appreciative resilience facilitation.

  • Incorporating a focus on justice, equity, diversity and inclusion into resilience conversations.

  • Receiving and giving feedback on facilitation.

PRE-REQUISITES:

To enroll in this course, participants must have at least one of the pre-requisites met:

  • Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator Training from The Center for Appreciative Inquiry.

  • Certification in Appreciative Inquiry from the David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry.

  • Other certifications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

  • Others without certification but with solid experience in appreciative inquiry practice will be considered.

COURSE CONTENT:

DAY 1: BE AN APPRECIATIVE RESILIENCE FACILITATOR

INVITATION: Examine the research and underpinnings of resilience and how it interweaves with appreciative inquiry.

DIALOGUE:
• Examine resilience research
• Review the basics of Appreciative Inquiry
• Identify key aspects of the ALIVE and Appreciative Resilience models
• Explore the uses of Appreciative Inquiry in complex and challenging situations
• Reflect on facilitating in complex and challenging situations

DAY 2: FACILITATE THE ALIVE MODEL

INVITATION: Explore and use the ALIVE model for facilitating in challenging times.

DIALOGUE:
• Bring adult learning principles to facilitation
• Examine the ALIVE model
• Reflect on facilitator considerations
• Facilitate sections of the ALIVE model
• Give and receive feedback

DAY 3: FACILITATE THE APPRECIATIVE RESILIENCE MODEL

INVITATION: Explore and use the Appreciative Resilience model with individuals, groups, and organizations.

DIALOGUE:
• Explore the Appreciative Resilience model elements
• Engage with Appreciative Resilience workshop formats
• Facilitate sections of the Appreciative Resilience model
• Give and receive feedback

DAY 4: SUSTAIN YOUR PRACTICE & FACILITATION OF APPRECIATIVE RESILIENCE

INVITATION: Integrate elements of Appreciative Resilience into your personal facilitation practices

DIALOGUE:
• Create ideas to integrate Appreciative Resilience into Appreciative Inquiry practices
• Examine worldviews, justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in relation to Appreciative Resilience facilitation practices
• Analyze personal facilitation boundaries and considerations
• Build a personal Appreciative Resilience facilitation plan
• Reflect on sustaining your Appreciative Resilience practice

APPLIED PROJECT:

In order to qualify for certification each participant will create a portfolio on how they are taking appreciative resilience out into the world. The portfolio can arise from creating and facilitating an event; providing a workshop; facilitating complex conversations; coaching; or other facilitation practice.

The portfolio might contain:
• Outline of what you have designed and facilitated;
• Images, video, agendas, themes, outcomes;
• Personal reflections on the experience of facilitating appreciative resilience.

The portfolio can be an info-graphic, video, written document, and/or other creative form. The portfolio is due 6 months after the program.

Participants not seeking certification or certification renewal will receive a letter of participation from The Center for Appreciative Inquiry.

ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION:

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:

This certification course utilizes the textbook, Building Resilience with Appreciative Inquiry: A Leadership Journey through Hope, Despair, and Forgiveness by Jeanie Cockell and Joan McArthur-Blair.


Your trainers will assign readings from this book throughout your training. You will need to purchase this textbook prior to the start of this course. This book is available in electronic or paperback versions.

Order My Book

Jeanie and Joan encourage you to read the textbook before joining the workshop to acquaint yourself with the appreciative resilience models and to re-acquaint yourself with appreciative inquiry.

RESOURCE:

A Google resource file will be created to grant participants access to the ALIVE Model and other resources. The link to the Google resource file will be emailed to participants from your trainers closer to the event start date.

METHOD OF DELIVERY:

These live conversations will be delivered using Zoom. You can participate in these live events using a computer or tablet. You will receive the Zoom information link and password closer to the start of the event.

Resilience Reset

Event Dates and Times:

Session 1:

Session 2:

Session 3:

RESILIENCE AS A PRACTICE

UPLIFTING STRENGTHS

ALTERING OUR GAZE

September 13, 2023

September 20, 2023

September 27, 2023

9:00am-10:00am PDT

12:00pm-1:00pm EDT

4:00pm-5:00pm GMT

9:00am-10:00am PDT

12:00pm-1:00pm EDT

4:00pm-5:00pm GMT

9:00am-10:00am PDT

12:00pm-1:00pm EDT

4:00pm-5:00pm GMT

Event Description:

Hone your resilience practice.

Join Joan McArthur-Blair and Jeanie Cockell every week for Resilience Reset, a highly interactive conversation about resilience in our complex world. Jeanie and Joan will curate topics from their work in resilience and/or uplift topics from the participants that arrive. Resilience Reset is an opportunity to focus on the strengths we bring to creating an appreciative resilience practice.

Being resilient is about practicing in the every-day of our lives and work. It is not a place we get to arrive at nor a place where we can permanently reside. Being resilient does not make us immune to the challenges of work and life. Rather, being resilient lets us venture and evolve using all of our strengths in the most challenging of times.

This virtual series is based upon Building Resilience with Appreciative Inquiry: A Leadership Journey through Hope, Despair, and Forgiveness (2018).

Leaders cannot predict the complex challenges they are called on to face. Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is an invaluable tool to build resilience. AI is a proven strength-based approach that creates and inspires change by identifying what works well in a system. Leaders have successfully used AI to increase their ability to weather any storm and be resilient.


This book features personal accounts from leaders across a variety of settings describing how they’ve practiced appreciative resilience in the ongoing cycle of hope, despair, and forgiveness.

Order My Book

Method of Delivery:

These live conversations will be delivered using Zoom. You can participate in these live events using a computer or tablet. Please participate using the dial-in method you feel most comfortable with. You will receive the Zoom meeting information upon registration listed in your confirmation email. Attendance at all three (3) sessions is encouraged, not required.

Resilience Reset

Event Dates and Times:

Session 1:

Session 2:

Session 3:

RESILIENCE AS A PRACTICE

UPLIFTING STRENGTHS

ALTERING OUR GAZE

March 2, 2023

March 9, 2023

March 16, 2023

9:00am-10:00am PST

12:00pm-1:00pm EST

5:00pm-6:00pm GMT

9:00am-10:00am PST

12:00pm-1:00pm EST

5:00pm-6:00pm GMT

9:00am-10:00am PST

12:00pm-1:00pm EST

5:00pm-6:00pm GMT

Event Description:

Hone your resilience practice. Join Joan McArthur-Blair and Jeanie Cockell every week for Resilience Reset, a highly interactive conversation about resilience in our complex world. Jeanie and Joan will curate topics from their work in resilience and/or uplift topics from the participants that arrive. Resilience Reset is an opportunity to focus on the strengths we bring to creating an appreciative resilience practice.

Being resilient is about practicing in the every-day of our lives and work. It is not a place we get to arrive at nor a place where we can permanently reside. Being resilient does not make us immune to the challenges of work and life. Rather, being resilient lets us venture and evolve using all of our strengths in the most challenging of times.

This virtual series is based upon Building Resilience with Appreciative Inquiry: A Leadership Journey through Hope, Despair, and Forgiveness (2018).

Leaders cannot predict the complex challenges they are called on to face. Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is an invaluable tool to build resilience. AI is a proven strength-based approach that creates and inspires change by identifying what works well in a system. Leaders have successfully used AI to increase their ability to weather any storm and be resilient.


This book features personal accounts from leaders across a variety of settings describing how they’ve practiced appreciative resilience in the ongoing cycle of hope, despair, and forgiveness.

Order My Book

Method of Delivery:

These live conversations will be delivered using Zoom. You can participate in these live events using a computer or tablet. Please participate using the dial-in method you feel most comfortable with. You will receive the Zoom meeting information upon registration listed in your confirmation email.

Monday Kickstarters: Turn Stress & Challenges into Conversations Worth Having

SCHEDULE:

Dates: Every Monday (September 11 – October 2, 2023)
Time: 12:30-1:00pm Eastern Time (9:30-10:00am Pacific Time)

Turn stress and challenges into conversations worth having. These 4-weekly Zoom sessions serve as an opportunity for you to practice generative questions and positive framing on issues and concerns you are currently experiencing. You do not need to attend all 4 sessions to benefit from this virtual series. Please feel free to pop in and out of these sessions as necessary. We encourage you to invite your friends, families, and colleagues who may benefit from these sessions – all are welcome to participate. You only need to register once to participate in the four (4) weekly sessions.

EVENT DESCRIPTION:

We are living in challenging times, many of us juggle stress, concerns, and challenges daily. We can move forward in ways that offer renewal, reinvention, and resiliency simply by changing our conversations.

The nature of our conversation is fateful. The way we think and talk about any given situation determines whether we feel energized and good about it, or drained and exhausted. Grounded in our book, Conversations Worth Having: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Fuel Productive and Meaningful Engagement, we will be working with whoever is on the call to transform negative, problematic, and stressful interactions they share into life-giving and generative conversations. You’ll have the opportunity to practice asking generative questions to change the way you think about things, interact with others, and create a possibility mindset by talking about what you want instead of what you don’t want. The two practices—generative questions and positive framing–allow you to address even the most challenging problems with creativity and energy.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

You will walk away prepared to:

  • Shift your mindset to foster resilience and positivity;
  • Fuel productive and meaningful engagement;
  • Communicate effectively with colleagues, constituents, and family;
  • Ask questions that communicate care and deepen connection; and
  • Frame complex problems to inspire creativity and innovative solutions.

EVENT VIDEOS AND MATERIALS:

To prepare for these live conversations, please view this 3-minute Instructional Video, which provides an overview and instructions for the Kickstarters sessions. We also encourage you to download our free Conversation toolkit and the Preface and Introduction to Conversations Worth Having: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Fuel Productive and Meaningful Engagement, available at https://conversationsworthhaving.today/

METHOD OF DELIVERY:

These live events will be delivered using Zoom. You can participate in these live events using any device: computer, tablet, or mobile. Please participate using the dial-in method you feel most comfortable with.

You will receive the Zoom login information upon registration. If you have any questions about this event or have difficulty connecting in Zoom, please contact Kelly Stewart at kelly@thepositivebusiness.com.

This free event is open to everyone, however due to Zoom limitations, only the first 100 participants to log on will be able to participate in each of the live scheduled webinars. We encourage participants to log onto Zoom early to secure their seat.

CONTINUED LEARNING AND PRACTICE:

If you wish to continue learning about Conversations Worth Having, we invite you to join us for the virtual Conversations Worth Having Bootcamps.

EVENT IS OFFERED IN COLLABORATION WITH: