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DEFINE<br />
Affirmative<br />
Topic<br />
DISCOVER<br />
Ask about the best<br />
of what is<br />
DELIVER<br />
Create what<br />
will be<br />
AFFIRMATIVE<br />
TOPIC<br />
DREAM<br />
Imagine what<br />
could be<br />
DESIGN<br />
Plan what will be<br />
Workforce Council conducts workshops,<br />
introducing participants to the theory and<br />
concepts of Appreciative Inquiry and through a<br />
highly interactive process gives you the chance<br />
to explore what it would feel like to apply this<br />
approach in your working world.<br />
Cooperrider, D. L., Whitney, D., & Stavros, J. M.<br />
(2008). Appreciative Inquiry Handbook For Leaders<br />
of Change (2nd ed.). Brunswick, USA: Crown<br />
Custom Publishing.<br />
https://sustainingcommunity.wordpress.<br />
com/2013/11/21/what-is-appreciative-inquiry/<br />
Visit our www.workforce.org.au to search<br />
our upcoming events or contact us on<br />
1800 112 585 to discuss running a workshop<br />
for your service.<br />
REFERENCES:<br />
1. Cooperrider & Srivastva, 1987. Cooperrider, D.L. & Srivastva, S. (1987) Appreciative inquiry in organizational life. In Woodman, R. W. & Pasmore,<br />
W.A. (eds) Research In Organizational Change And Development, Vol. 1 (129-169). Stamford, CT: JAI Press.<br />
2. From the work of Bliss Browne, Imagine Chicago/ Mary-Alice Arthur, SOAR, PO Box 10-868, Wellington, email: miracleworker@compuserve.com.<br />
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