Appreciative Inquiry Course - Teachers College, Columbia U, Nov. 9/10

[Michael M Pannwitz]

Dear Tree,
as usual, your note started me thinking.
Why do I show up on the list?
Showing up is, as I have experienced, the very first prerequisite for 
anything to happen. When nobody shows up not much will happen. Now, 
showing up (which Loretta has certainly demonstrated)does not mean that 
much will happen either (although she has gotten you and me showing up 
and more). Being present is the next stage (more than just my body being 
in a particular place now my mind, intellect and perhaps even soul are 
there), interaction starts unfolding, truth might be told, followed by 
the spirit dimension, letting go.
Ok, so why do I show up?
To learn, to contribute, to .... and to market myself and my ideas. So 
its me, my passion and the stuff I'm interested in spreading. I wouldn't 
be surprised if some others do that in this manner or similarily, too. 
The way it is intermingled, embedded, part of a whole...it might be part 
of our way of being or perhaps even be part of the open space mentality.
So, how are approaches, products, etc. (such as AI) perceived that show 
up on the list "naked" (my assumption is that many of us have no idea of 
what AI is, I havent been close to it myself and would not see much of 
it other than that it shows up on this list every now and then and that 
some of those actively participating in the list are enthusiastic about it).
So, if Loretta is trying to promote something on this list it might not 
be good marketing to do it by only showning up.
Greetings from Berlin
mmp



Tree Fitzpatrick wrote:
> Loretta, it is not the custom of the oslist for people to only show up 
> when they want to promote a workshop.  If you and Bernard participate in 
> this list as regulars, then I would be happy to learn of your workshop 
> but I resist seeing notices lilke this when it feels like you are just 
> using the list to market yoursel without meaningfully participating in 
> the community.
> 
> On 9/27/06, *Loretta Donovan* <loretta.donovan at gmail.com 
> <mailto:loretta.donovan at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Innovations in Business through a Positive Lens:
>     Concepts and Practices in
>     Appreciative Inquiry
> 
>     Taught by Renowned Instructors:
> 
>     Loretta Donovan and Bernard Mohr
> 
> 
>             November 9 & 10, 2006, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
> 
>     Available for 1.5 CEUs/ non-credit or 1 credit
> 
>     Register by Phone at 1.800.209.1245 or Online for Course Code CEOI&ORL
>     2010.001 at http://continuingeducation.tc.columbia.edu/default.aspx?
>     pageid=134&PK=771
> 
> 
>     What if . . .
> 
>          . . . the quality and speed of organizational transformation is
>         determined by the very questions that we ask? Instead of grinding
>         resistance to change?
> 
>         . . . companies use inspired action and innovation that combined
>         best practices employees already knew along with their hopes and
>         ideas for the future?
> 
>     Applying David Cooperrider?s framework of Appreciative Inquiry (AI), an
>     exciting and proven approach to transforming business from his
>     intensive
>     two-day seminar will explore generative approaches to increasing
>     business capacity, fostering creativity and strategically positioning
>     the work of the corporation.
> 
>     AI builds a constructive union between stakeholders and the
>     organization
>     based on inquiry into past and present capacities: achievements, assets,
>     strengths, elevated thoughts, opportunities, high point moments, core
>     values, traditions, strategic competencies, insights into the deeper
>     corporate spirit, and visions of valued and possible futures. This
>     ?discovery? is then translated into descriptions of a desired future for
>     the organization and its stakeholders ? which in turn serves as the
>     basis for the development of the innovations which will most rapidly
>     move the organization in the direction it seeks to attain.
> 
>     This introductory course will focus on the five phases of the
>     appreciative process: definition of the strategic need, discovery of
>     the
>     organization?s positive core, dreaming of the environment in which
>     excellence will be fostered in the future, design of the structures,
>     processes and procedures that embody the principles and strategic
>     outcomes, and delivery of the initiatives that will move the business
>     forward to its new vision. It will highlight examples from the
>     manufacturing, services, consumer goods and healthcare industries.
>     Attention will be given to factors essential for effective use of AI and
>     preparing for implementation.
> 
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> Love rays,
> Tree Fitzpatrick
> 
> . . . the great and incalculable grace of love, which says, with 
> Augustine, "I want you to be," without being able to give any particular 
> reason for such supreme and unsurpassable affirmation.  -- Hannah Arendt 
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