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 →
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).
The Second National Summit of Imagine Initiatives of Nepal at Bhaktapur, Nepal took place from 6-8 September,2005 in the presence of honorable Patron David L.Cooperrider. It is our duty to... read more →
This summary of an application of AI with elementary children was originally submitted to the AI Listserve on April 16, 2006. The project was an experiment conducted as part of... read more →
Below is a story which was shared on the AI listserv. It describes an experience using a very short AI process in conjuction with an experiential exercise to introduce 400... read more →
I was asked to help another church address a growing conflict that revolved around a rapid increase in the number of youth group participants. This had created some distressing dynamics... read more →
Our company has been using appreciative inquiry, and specifically appreciative conversations, to help a large metropolitan borough council in the UK to develop a vision of 2021 for its various... 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 →
As an active googler, I spend profitable time finding new and challenging ideas to inform my work, create new synergies and make myself think in different ways. My googling had... read more →
“When the Spanish missionaries came, they teach us to pray looking up the sky while they grab our lands. When the American missionaries came, they teach us to pray closing... read more →