Appreciative Inquiry: Exploring & Engaging the Positive Core

SESSION OVERVIEW: APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY

A one day workshop to broaden your knowledge and practice of Appreciative
Inquiry

SCHEDULE:

• Coffee & muffins: 8:30 am
• Session: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

COST:

• Includes beverages, snacks and a light lunch
• BCODN Members $150.00
• $195.00 for Non-Members

REGISTRATION:

• Limited Seats available – Please register by February
• RSVP TO register@bcodn.org with
  name and contact information.

WHAT IS APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY?

Appreciative Inquiry is a process that brings groups of any size together
and invites people to learn and transform themselves, their relationships,
their organizations, and communities through personal stories of accomplishment
and aspiration. It begins with an affirmative interview to identify the best
of “what is” in order to pursue dreams and possibilities of “what could be.”

AI enables a fundamental shift toward cooperation, equality of voice, high
participation as daily practices, growing the capacity of organizations and
communities to accomplish what is most important to them.

Created in 1987 by David Cooperrider and colleagues at Case Western Reserve
University, AI has been used literally all over the world. Applications range
from transforming businesses to empowering women in rural communities of Nepal.

What makes AI work and how can it work for you?

This interactive and experiential one day workshop promises to open new possibilities
for you and your organization – a fun and informal workshop that will introduce
you to the magic of AI and some practical ways to use it. The workshop will
emphasize both theory and methods and will maximize a collegial interchange
of ideas.

Participants will learn core concepts that underlie AI practice. They will
experience the AI process and learn key patterns that guide an AI process.

LOCATION:

Ministry of Human Resources – Learning Centre – #135 – 10551 Shellbridge Way,
Richmond, B.C. Free Parking is available beneath Building #2 (10551 Shellbridge
Way in Stalls #35 to 49) If stalls 35 to 49 are full, pay parking ($1.50 per
hour or $7.50 per day) is available at the Ramada Plaza Hotel situated just
behind the MHR Learning Centre, off St. Edwards Drive and is within walking
distance to the Centre. Parking stalls in front of the building marked “Visitors” are
ticketed after three hours.

Your Guide:

Steven M. Cato, Ph.D., President of Moss Bay Consulting Partnership has worked
in organizational change for the past 30 years. He has worked for a vast range
of corporate, governmental and non-profit clients in technology, health care,
manufacturing, and service areas helping executives and their organizations
discover and effectively pursue inspiring and realistic visions of their future.
Dr. Cato founded a highly successful master’s degree program in Organizational
Development. Steve has been central to bringing Appreciative Inquiry to the
Northwest through collaboration with David Cooperrider and others. He received
his master’s degree in business administration from the University of New Hampshire
and his Ph.D. in organizational behaviour and research from Case Western University
in Cleveland.