Appreciative Interview Videos Taken at WAIC 2012
- Anne Gathumbi, Program Manager, Health and Rights, Eastern Africa Initiative, Open Society Foundations.
- Charles Miller, Certified Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator and Trainer
- Chris Charteris-Wright, expert facilitator of personal, leadership & team development
- Jeanie Cockell, dynamic facilitator and educational and organizational consultant
- Jim Pulliam, retired founding college president and is a certified Appreciative Inquiry Faciltator and Trainer
- Kathy Becker, President of Company of Experts and is a Certified Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator and Trainer
- Kim Charteris-Wright, experienced & qualified human resource training & development specialist
- Paul McLeod, Lecturer at College of the North Atlantic - Qatar
- WAIC 2012 Closing Ceremony Playing for Change LIVE at #2012WAIC. Great closing at a conference that inspired hope and love.
WAIC 2012 Daily Newspapers
WAIC 2012 Resources
- Appreciative Inquiry in Organizational Life David Cooperrider and Suresh Srivasta introduce AI as a new form of action research
- Appreciative Inquiry is not (Just) about the Positive An article by Gervase Bushe that puts forward his notion of AI as a generative process
- Appreciative Inquiry: The Power of the Unconditionally Positive Question Article focuses on how AI can help to move from deficit vocabularies to vocabularies of hope and opportunities
- Awakening Within, Awakening Without Awakening is fundamental in being able to create interconnectedness within yourself and witih others.
- Back to Basics: Appreciating Appreciative Inquiry as not 'Normal' Science article describes the basic assumptions of Social Constructionism and how these inform AI theory and AI practices
- Creativity and Improvisation in Jazz and Organizations: Implications for Organizational Learning Frank Barrett’s work on the improvisational aspect of change processes as well. He makes an interestingcomparison with jazz improvisation. Taken from the 2012 WAIC website
- Curaçao, our nation. An Appreciative Inquiry about the future of Curaçao. This case study shows that AI can be a valuable method for community development.
- Toward a Vocabulary of Transformative Dialogue Authors of this article attempt to translate the philosophical ideas of social constructionism to a set of practices an end with AI as a promising way to put these to work
- WAIC 2012 Conference Papers Document contains all paper submissions from the paper presenters
- WAIC 2012 Slideshare Channel find and download the powerpoint slides of the different keynotes, workshops, paper presentations and symposia from WAIC 2012
WAIC 2012 Videos
- World Appreciative Inquiry Conference 2012 This flash show has over 300 images from WAIC; helping to recapture the story of the conference for those who were there.
WAIC 2012 Webcasts
- Closing ceremony Playing for Change (Part 2) Connecting the World through Music
- Closing ceremony: Playing For Change (Part 1), Connecting the world through music
- Closing Remarks Reflection on 2012 WAIC and expressing hopes for the Future.
- Dialogue & Connecting: “Making Meaning of the Conference Theme”
- Opening Keynote: Towards an 'Economy' of Connecting Strengths: Scaling-Up the Generative Power of AI
- Overview of Day 2 Overview day 2 and invitation to welcome reception.
- Plenary Opening and Welcome
- Plenary session 1 with breakthrough cases on the new economy from the perspective of business and entrepeneurship
- Plenary Session 2: Prof. Dr. Kenneth Gergen and Prof. Dr. Danielle Zandee in a dialogue about newest insights from social constructionism and AI ‘Genomes of Meaning and the making of Worlds’
- Plenary Session 3: Dr. Diana Whitney takes us on a global journey on ‘Appreciative Leadership at the Nexus of Appreciative Inquiry, Positive Psychology and the Strengths Movement’
- Plenary Session 4 Prof. Dr. Klaas van Egmond argues that sustainabillty is synonimous with human dignity ‘Societal Appreciative Inquiry: re-thinking human Dignity and Sustainability for re-inventing Society’
- Plenary Session 5: Dr. Anastasia Bukashe and Dr. Ilma Barros join their forces to share extraordinary cases of AI in nation building in South-Africa & regional development by including business in Brasil.
- Plenary Session 6: Prof. Dr. Ronald Fry and Prof. Dr. Gervase Bushe take the stage together to talk about the core of AI as theory and practice of change ‘Generative Engagement: Going beyond the Positive for Transformational Change’
- Plenary session 7: Leo Bormans, author of the World Book of Happiness ‘How to megaphone positive change?’
- This is Not a Chicken Artist Koen Vanmechelen develops his perspective on diversity and identity
