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NTL's Appreciative Inquiry Courses
Check out NTL Institute's Certified 2010 Upcoming Appreciative Inquiry Class Offerings/Certificate Program with NTL Faculty including Jane Magruder Watkins, Ralph Kelly, Liz Workman, Barbara Sloane, Denise Baird, Jackie Kelm, Tony Silbert, and Marlo Derksen. Contact Amy Herman at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to speak further about these programs.

NTL Institute and Case Western University: Appreciative Inquiry Certificate
Program


Becoming a Master AI Practitioner

Appreciative Inquiry Foundations

Appreciative Inquiry Human Interaction Lab

Appreciative Inquiry Colloquy

Appreciative Living

Appreciative Inquiry Strategic Planning


Appreciative Inquiry Team Development
 
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Downloads

Click here to access our Google Docs folder (will open in a new window) where we provide the PowerPoint slides, handouts, etc. from our meetings and other interesting downloads.

 
Suggested Reading


  • Appreciative Inquiry Handbook for Leaders of Change 2nd Edition by David Cooperrider, Diana Whitney, Jacqueline M. Starvos
  • Appreciative Inquiry; Change at the Speed of Imagination by Jane Magruder Watkins, Bernard J. Mohr
  • Appreciative Intelligence; Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn by Tojo Thatchenkery and Carol Metzker
  • Authentic Happiness; Using the Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment by Martin Seligman
  • Encyclopedia of Positive Questions; Using Appreciative Inquiry to Bring out the Best in Your Organization by Diana Whitney, David Cooperrider, Amanda Trosten-bloom, Brian Kaplin
  • Learned Optimism; How to Change Your Mind and your Life  by Martin Seligman
  • Organizational Dimensions of Global Change; No Limits to Cooperation by David Cooperrider
  • Strategic Thinking and the New Science; Planning in the Midst of Chaos, complexity and Change by T. Irene Sanders
  • The Heart of Change; Real-Life Stories of How People Change their Organizations by John P. Kotter and Dan S. Cohen
  • The Stirring of the Soul in the Workplace by Alan Briskin
  • Wake Me Up When the Data is Over; How Organizations Use Storytelling to Drive Results  by the National Storytelling Network
  • Gamechangers; Improvisation for Business in the Networked World by Mike Bonifer
  • Change Your Questions; Change Your Life by Marilee Adams, PhD
  • Don't Just Do Something, Stand There! Ten Principles for Leading Meetings that Matter, Marvin Weisbord and Sandra Janoff
 
50 Ways to Think Creatively
At our AI-DC Gathering on May 5th, Michelle James, founder of the Capital Creative Network and CEO of Creative Emergence, presented some interesting findings related to right brain creativity in the workplace and some whole brain facilitation techniques that can help teams and organizations create break through solutions.  Linked below are some follow-up ideas and activities that may be useful to people engaged in new ways of being within organizations.
 
Stay tuned for updates on other activities in and around DC and for our topic at the next quarterly meeting.  In the meantime, sign up to be a fan of the AIDC Learning Community and keep us posted on positive change activities and learning opportunities that cross your desk.
 
Until next time,
Deborah Maher, co-convener of the AIDC Learning Community