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The Appreciative Inquiry Summit: A Practioner's Guide for Leading Large-Group Change » (First Edition)

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Authors: James D. Ludema, Diana Whitney, Thomas J. Griffin, Bernard J. Mohr
ISBN-13: 9781576752487, ISBN-10: 1576752488
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: July 2003
Edition: First Edition

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Author Biography: James D. Ludema

James D. Ludema lives in Lisle, IL.

Mohr, The Synapse Group, Inc., NTL Institute.

Mohr, The Synapse Group, Inc., NTL Institute.

DIANA WHITNEY is President of the Corporation for Positive Change, Taos, N.M., and co-Founder of the Taos Institute, Cleveland, OH. An internationally recognized speaker and consultant on appreciative inquiry, she focuses on ways to use AI to create large-scale social and organizational change.

Book Synopsis

For internal and external organization change consultants, fellow consultants explain how to use the Appreciate Inquiry Summit approach to make large and often entrenched companies more profitable quickly. They set out the concept, and walk readers through the process before, during, and after the three-to-five day event. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Pt. IUnderstanding the AI Summit2
Ch. 1What Is the Appreciative Inquiry Summit Methodology?5
Ch. 2The Appreciative Inquiry Summit Process: Start to Finish27
Ch. 3Ten Essential Conditions for AI Summit Success37
Pt. IIBefore the Summit52
Ch. 4Sponsoring an Appreciative Inquiry Summit55
Ch. 5Planning the AI Summit71
Ch. 6Creating the AI Summit Design93
Pt. IIIDuring the Summit120
Ch. 7Discovery125
Ch. 8Dream145
Ch. 9Design169
Ch. 10Destiny187
Ch. 11Facilitating an AI Summit205
Pt. IVAfter the Summit220
Ch. 12Summit Follow-up223
Ch. 13The Promise of the Appreciative Organization
Pt. VAppendix: Sample Participant Workbook252
Notes281
Other Books on Appreciative Inquiry291
Index293
About the Authors307

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