The intention of the Fire Service was to use our organisation to work with the groups of managers via 4-D events to create material for the vision project, and at... read more →
In 1998 Pact's Women's Empowerment Project (WEP) in Nepal (now known as WORTH) adopted an Empowerment Mobilization Strategy which builds directly on Appreciative Inquiry (AI), a participative, strength-based approach to... read more →
A summary of experiments with Appreciative Inquiry that utilise ideas and methods from a number of discipines, including Alternate Reality Games (ARGs). Based firmly on AI principles, the work moves... read more →
Achievement: By focusing on enabling real leadership as part of an Appreciative Inquiry process we achieved one of the Government of Aruba’s key aspirations: to have a sustainable planning system... read more →
Describes arriving in a Liberian Refugee camp, sparking a riot, and turning the entire situation around after a train-the-trainer using Appreciative Planning and Action (APA).
For the past 6 years I have been actively involved in the development, testing, and adaptation of participatory research techniques in Nepal, and in particular, in seeking means of enhancing... read more →
Impressions of two months Appreciative Inquiry in development work on grassroots level in Burkina Faso with an NGO which exists for 99% of volunteers. Impressions of trainings on village level... read more →
The Social Services Department in a large non-profit agency is struggling with a new director and no sense of cohesion or shared culture. In an experimental move, the new director... read more →
The Charter of the United Religions Initiative was signed in June 2000. Today URI has 185 Cooperation Circles in 46 countries networked with each other and jointly committed to promote... read more →