Using Appreciative Inquiry

Using Appreciative Inquiry

See the | KSToolkit page on AI for more details

Keywords

Appreciative inquiry

Detailed Description

Chris Burman asked on Nov 6, 2006: "We have some post-grad students looking for good on-line material ref AI. If any of you have easy to reach resources / links to hand then please let me know [for my records] and also cc to Ina above so she can fwd them to students (p.s. I bet Ben comes back with loads of them!)"

KM4Dev Discussions

Members sent in the following links in response to Chris:

• http://del.icio.us/plawrenc/appreciativeinquiry [1]

• http://www.newdirections.uk.com/ai.htm [2]

• Full website and online community around AI: http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu [3]

• AI Commons search engine: http://ai.cwru.edu/info/search.cfm [4]

• Software tool: http://www.agent-software.com [5]

One member wrote: "I am a professor and dialogue and deliberation practitioner (online and F2F) and regularly use AI as a tool in small and large group work. I have used in successfully in colloquia with graduate students in an international peace and conflict resolution and in multiple educational, corporate and community settings. I have written about many of these experiences, too.

I am guest coeditor of The November 2006 volume of the AI Practitioner [6] titled ""Lifelong Learning "On the Road to Find Out" - How Theory Informs Practice and How Practice Informs Theory. This international publication of Appreciative Inquiry and positive methodologies best practices highlights examples, case studies and research on strength-based approaches to change with special emphasis on Appreciative Inquiry. In addition to my editing duties, I contributed "Building a Sustained Capacity for Connection: AI and Lifelong Learning" and "AI and Faculty Development: Discovering Facilitation and Dialogue Tools and Techniques for Effective Learning"."

Examples in Application

Here are a few links to case studies and examples:

• http://www.iisd.org/ai/myrada.htm [7]

• http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/uploads/whatisai.pdf [8]

• http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/practice/default.cfm [9]

• http://ai.cwru.edu/practice/toolsCases.cfm [10]

• http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=mv11n645715327q0

One member said that: "I am currently finishing my PhD on changing, learning and sense-making with Indian NGOs. I used Appreciative Inquiry principles and parts of the methodology. The methodological chapter and reflections will be finished soon. If you and or your students are interested, I can send you the relevant sections."

Lusophone resources

Both Investigação Apreciativa and Pesquisa Apreciativa are used to describe AI in Portuguese.

Introduction:

• http://www.tributoaoiguacu.org.br/metodologia/investigacao_apreciativa.pdf
• http://www.elosbrasil.org.br/br/paginas.asp?id_site=br&cod_pagina=2

Abstract of case study by Sarah Michael:

• http://www.developmentinpractice.org/abstracts/portu/pvol15/pv15n2a09.html

full text (in English): http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=mv11n645715327q0

Further Information

KM4Dev members who contributed to the thread are:

• Wenny Ho
• Paul Laurence
• Viktor Markoski
• Steven N. Pyser
• Heather Valley
• Nancy White
• Bill Williams

Original Author and Subsequent Contributors of this FAQ

Lucie Lamoureux

Dates of First Creation and Further Revisions

November 7, 2006