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Introduction to Play A Bigger Game, with Richard Warren and Reed Waller
January 18, 2012
Touchstone Consulting, 1920 N St. NW, 1st Floor Roosevelt Room
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for light dinner and schmoozing. Program begins at 7 p.m.
$20 at the door (includes free parking under the building for those arriving before 7 p.m.)
Do you long to lead a more meaningful life? To make a positive impact on the world? The Bigger Game is an innovation model for personal and professional success that uses the metaphor of a game board. Like Appreciative Inquiry, the Bigger Game builds on the strengths and resources that are already or potentially available to you. Bigger Game players create meaning, act with conviction, face challenges with courage, and sustain growth—in service to achieving bold goals.
In this introduction to the Bigger Game, participants will learn the basic concepts behind the Bigger Game, and learn how to coach themselves and others using the Bigger Game’s kinesthetic wisdom and spirit of fun. We will be up on our feet, walking the game board laid out on the floor, tapping into the wisdom of our bodies and our intuitions. You will walk away with a sense of how trainers, coaches, OD consultants, and individuals might use the Bigger Game to get “unstuck” and to propel life purpose into reality.
About the Presenters
 Richard Warren, LCSW-C, CPCC, is a life coach, psychotherapist and workshop creator/leader with degrees in theology, counseling, and education. He brings to his Bigger Game his life experience as a minister, psychotherapist, and businessman. www.richardwarren.net
Reed Waller, MA, is a project and program manager and life coach. He has led workshops for non-profits and the U.S. Government, as well as the Bigger Game. He is dedicated to creating consciousness and connection in the world, through mind, body, and spirit. www.reedwaller.com |
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The Power of a Pause - Finding Your Center and Inner Peace Through Meditation |
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UPDATE: AiDc Discount for Richa's next workshop!
The warm and charming Richa Badami presented her wonderful Power of a Pause workshop for our AiDc Learning Gathering Oct. 5, then convened another successful session at NASA Goddard.
For those who missed out or just want to experience it again, Richa offers the AiDc community a generous discount on her next event set for Oct. 21, 2011, in McLean, Virginia. When you enter the discount code AIDC, you'll save $51 off the ticket price! For details and to register, visit http://powerofapause.eventbrite.com/.
ARCHIVE: The Power of a Pause (Held Wed., Oct. 5)
Touchstone Consulting, 1920 N St. NW, 6th Floor
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for light dinner and schmoozing. Program begins at 7 p.m.
$20 at the door (includes free parking under the building for those arriving before 7 p.m.)
Richa Badami will share with us easy to use and practical applications of meditation and mindfulness. She will guide us through the evening giving us the opportunity to try different styles of meditation. Her “Power of the Pause” workshop helps us get grounded in our inner silence, inviting us to find our center. This in turn helps us manage our anxiety and response to stressful situations that we are faced with in real life situations. The session is designed to be interactive, informative and experiential. There will be some movement so please dress comfortably.
Scientific research and testing on people who meditate confirms the positive effects of meditation. A Detroit based chemical plant posted results following three years of implementing meditation (Proct-Meditation.org). They found that absenteeism fell by 85%, productivity rose 120%, injuries dropped by 70% and profits increased 520%. These are just a few of the reasons why more and more people are beginning to realize that one’s quality of life largely depends on one’s quality of mind.
 Richa Badami, Anahatha
Spiritual Mentor, Transformation Leader and Reiki Master & Teacher
Richa Badami believes that everyone is here for a purpose and has dedicated her practice to helping people discover their true self. As founder and CEO of Anahatha, (http://www.anahatha.com/) Richa helps people on their path of transformation and spiritual growth so they may live their life to their fullest potential.
Born in India, Richa began her own spiritual journey at age 5 learning Yoga, Mantra Chanting and Meditation. Over the past 16 years, Richa has studied both eastern and western energy healing and bodywork techniques including: Ayurvedic Siddha Marma, The Melchizedek Method, Reiki, Bach Flower Remedies, Magnified Healing, Core Empowerment, Massage, Medicine Dharma Reiki and Fire Walking. Richa started Anahatha in India in 1996, bringing her practice to the US in 2002. Anahatha holds weekend retreats, one day and half day workshops and seminars, the I AM Consciousness™ 21 week meditation course as well as Reiki Level 1 and 2 Classes.
Richa lives in Ashburn, Virginia with her husband and three beautiful daughters. |
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Appreciative Inquiry Defined |
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from A Positive Revolution in Change: Appreciative Inquiry by David L. Cooperrider and Diana Whitney.
Ap-pre’ci-ate, v., 1. valuing; the act of recognizing the best in people or the world around us; affirming past and present strengths, successes, and potentials; to perceive those things that give life (health, vitality, excellence) to living systems 2. to increase in value, e.g. the economy has appreciated in value. Synonyms: VALUING, PRIZING, ESTEEMING, and HONORING.
In-quire’ (kwir), v., 1. the act of exploration and discovery. 2. To ask questions; to be open to seeing new potentials and possibilities. Synonyms: DISCOVERY, SEARCH, and SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION, STUDY.
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Appreciative Inquiry: From Problem Solving to Solution Finding |
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A shift in thinking is required to re-frame questions from those that seek to problem-solve to those that find solutions. Instead of asking “What is wrong with this situation?” ask “What is right in this situation?” As we look for the root causes of success, we can build on the things that are working.
This shift does not deny that problems exist, but it does shift the way one looks at problems. What may be seen as a problem from one perspective may offer an opportunity when seen from a different perspective.
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You're invited to join us |
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We are a gathering of people interested in finding new ways to imagine and mobilize possibilities that will have a positive impact on our families, communities, governments and organizations. If you are interested in learning more about Appreciative Inquiry (AI) - whether you have had training or not - you are welcome to our Appreciative Inquiry Learning Community! |
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 A new question: "How can a group of talented and diverse individuals achieve their highest aspirations rather than their lowest common denominator?"
We are living in a time of possibility that calls for a new way of seeing the world, of asking different questions. We know that if we ask different questions we will get different outcomes.
If we approach the world with a sense of curiosity and wonder and a desire to know “the other.” we can build bridges, and find our highest aspirations rather than our lowest common denominator. We are looking for those elements that give life, that bring out the best in people and support our collective potential. |
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Moving People to Action; Using the AI Model |
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Appreciative Inquiry is both an “informing philosophy” and a methodology. The methodology can be thought of as an underlying operating system that can support any number of “applications” provided they are life affirming, designed to bring out the best in others and offer a positive approach to change.
The AI Model (Operating System) has five key activities, each building on the previous step and designed to put an upward spiral of positive momentum in place.
Five Key Appreciative Inquiry Activities:
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Where has Appreciative Inquiry been done before? |
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A Division within DOJ infused the AI methodology and philosophy in a whole system strategic planning process including a summit with all staff, a strategic plan, governance structure and work groups.
NASA created a strategic plan for OHR division to align to the larger NASA vision
EPA Office of Research and Development convened an organizational summit for ORD called “Igniting Leadership at all Levels to Ensure the Earth’s Vitality”
US Navy convened a summit with representatives at all levels of the Navy from the Admiral to sailors to promote leadership opportunities at all levels of the Navy
US Agency for International Development (USAID) offered innovative management and leadership training for staff working with NGOs to help them build local capacity |
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AI as it applies to Large Organizations |
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Positive Transformation of Government |
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Building Customer Service in Local Government |
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