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Appreciative Inquiry: Accelerating Positive Change

September 30 – October 3, 2001Baltimore, Maryland, USA

-opening    -discovery   

-dreams    -destiny    -closing   

-fireside chats

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AI: Accelerating Positive Change- Opening Session

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Opening Meditation with Charles Gibb

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David Cooperrider at Opening: Business as an Agent of

World Benefit

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Diana Whitney at Opening: The Spirit of Discovery

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Participants at Opening

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Paired Interviews – Getting to know each other

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Paired Interview – Discovering our Best Moments

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Paired Interview – Learning from Past Successes

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Paired Interview – What is the World Calling Us To Do?

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Paired Interviews – Expressions of Joy and Excitement

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Jane Watkins – AI Consulting Group

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Friendships Abound

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Mentor and Mentee: The beginning of AI

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An Amazing Duo: Suresh Srivastva and David Cooperrider

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Learning From Each Other’s Experiences

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Steve Jones From NTL keeping us all informed of the logistics

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Listening Intently to Capture the Life Giving Forces at Work

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Jane Watkins and Ada Jo Mann: Conference Planners

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Sharing Our Dreams

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Jim Ludema creating Images of Hope

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Dreaming About Business as an Agent of World Benefit

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Groups Working to Formulate These Dreams

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What is Your Vision?

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Cheers and Praises for Dreams and Visions

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Tuesday Lunchtime Table Topics Keep Expanding

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Taking Our Dreams, How Do We Design Future Organizations?

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New Friends From Around the World Work on Design Elements

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Bernard Mohr Guiding Participants to Create Provocative Propositions that Stretch and Challenge

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Creative Hearts and Minds

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Collaboration and Affirmation

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Together We Can Make It Happen

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Creating the Big Picture

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Marge Schiller and Barbara Sloan

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The Magic of Images and Capturing Each Moment

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Barbara Sloan on Destiny

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Adrian McLean on Destiny

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Creating Our Destiny

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Improvisation: Living on the Appreciative Edge

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Jazz Music as the Metaphor

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Frank Barrett: Jazz Musician Extraordinaire

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Continue the Ongoing Discovery and Design

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Frank Barrett and Judy Rogers at the Closing Session

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Friends from Around the World Celebrate

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Fireside Chat With Suresh Srivastva

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David and Suresh Sharing Their Story of the Beginnings and Journey of AI

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Poignant Questions from the Audience

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A Past Brought to Life

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Closing the First Fireside Chat

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Fireside Chat with Ken and Mary Gergen

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The Fireside Chat with Ken and Mary – Jane Looks On

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Mary Gergen – Full of Life

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Ken Introduces Inter-Animation

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Ken Thoughtful

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Mary Tells a Story

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Ken and Mary Serenade Us with You Are My Sunshine

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Always Learning Something New About Each Other

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Thoughts and Images Captured