David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry

Excited to announce an Appreciative Inquiry in Healthcare Series of free webinars this fall! Join practitioners in our community to hear about their work using appreciative approaches in the healthcare space. Thursdays Sep 19, Sep 26, and Oct 3 at Noon ET. Register here: https://forms.gle/8Vk5KWxGBQC6NXr28

In the final episode of Season 2 we have a special double-header! Scot Lowry and Jeff Bouwman join Lindsey Godwin to talk about their discovery of Appreciative Inquiry and how they use it as a management approach to help companies transform the way they work. Check it out here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/appreciative-inquiry-as-a-management-system-with/id1676146231?i=1000666135173

Cheri Warren joins Lindsey Godwin on this week's episode of Inspiring Impacts! She shares how she discovered Appreciative Inquiry and used it with National Grid to pilot their SmartGrid technology. The ripples of this work lead to achieving top national rankings in energy efficiency and changing industry practices towards sustainability. Check it out: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/using-appreciative-inquiry-to-transform-the-energy/id1676146231?i=1000665180646

Dr. Denise Henning joins Lindsey Godwin on Inspiring Impacts to share how Appreciative Inquiry resonates with Indigenous ways of knowing and connects people in a way that is transformative! Listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/name-it-claim-it-reframe-it-appreciative-inquiry-and/id1676146231?i=1000663935422

C de Jong joins Lindsey Godwin on Inspiring Impacts to tell us about his appreciative experiences and how sharing our stories deepens our relationships and unlocks our potential! Listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-are-stories-how-ai-connects-us-builds-trust-and/id1676146231?i=1000663126769

Claudia Gross joins Lindsey Godwin on the most recent episode of Inspiring Impacts! She shares how she has used Appreciative Inquiry with teams and organizations across the globe (Yemen, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), as well as how she is using it to transform the way we communicate. Listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-words-today-create-our-worlds-of-tomorrow/id1676146231?i=1000662549849

Dr. Nicole Bossard (TGC Positivity) joins Lindsey Godwin on the latest episode of Inspiring Impacts! Hear her stories about a strength-based approach to the child welfare system. As she shares, some of the hairiest, scariest challenges in the human family can best be can best be addressed inside of an appreciative inquiry framework that so centralizes human impact. Listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enough-hope-to-spare-how-appreciative-inquiry-boosts/id1676146231?i=1000661792836

Ignacio Pavez joins Dr. Lindsey Godwin to share his thoughts on the need for a new education paradigm, the motivational power of discovering real utopias, and his development of a generative organizing scale for teams.
Listen in to hear about his Inspiring Impacts!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/relational-power-meaningful-learning-and-real-utopias/id1676146231?i=1000660254770

Another Tuesday, another new podcast episode you do not want to miss!

In this episode, host Dr. Lindsey Godwin is joined by journalist and practitioner Fran Stoddard! With a deep interest in helping organizations and communities move forward, Fran has used Appreciative Inquiry to help inspire impacts in towns and communities across the country.

Fran shares stories of impact within communities she has worked, some of the questions she asks when working with communities that really resonate and ignite the inspiring conversations, and how collecting stories to find common threads can be used to discover the heart and soul of a community and generate value statements that help it stay focused on its strengths.

Pop in your headphones and give this inspiring episode a listen:
https://appreciativeinquiry.champlain.edu/2024/06/18/the-power-of-wholeness-in-community-revitalization/

Only through partnership can we re-imagine a future that is inclusive and sustainable for all! This is the most significant change effort of our lifetime, and our imperative now is to galvanize organizations and communities to step up and take action!

Together, OD practitioners, scientists, and technologists will harness their collective expertise to address pressing global issues and pave the way for lasting change. Join us August 15 & 16 in Asheville, NC for "Crossroads Collaboratory - Earthshot: A Call to Action for Tomorrow's Leaders" as we work to shape a legacy that history will remember!

For more information and registration, visit https://www.simpletix.com/e/crossroads-collaboratory-earthshot-a-call-tickets-168228

*Contact us for an emerging professional/ students discount if you are a recent graduate or a current student.*

IT'S HERE! The first episode of our Inspiring Impact podcast is now available!

In this episode, Host Dr. Lindsey Godwin is joined by the globally renowned thought leader behind the SOAR approach to strategic planning, Dr. Jackie Stavros!

Jackie brings us on her journey with Appreciative Inquiry, from her first introduction to AI and how it changed the way she viewed research and asking questions, her doctoral dissertation inspiring the development of her SOAR framework, to sharing her stories of AI impact at both the organizational and personal level, and how she and Cheri Torres are bringing every day conversations alive with Appreciative Inquiry - creating a culture of Conversations Worth Having. One golden thread throughout this episode is Jackie's passion for asking generative questions in all aspects of life.

Give it a listen here: https://appreciativeinquiry.champlain.edu/2024/06/11/soar-ing-with-generative-questions/

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