Confidently facilitate meetings and workshops with your teams or clients using ​Appreciative Inquiry.
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​Change begins with the very first questions we ask.
​Our questions are fateful. They determine what we find.
Explore “FAIT-ful” questions with us.
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​If you’ve taken an Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry workshop, Appreciative Inquiry Certification, or completed the Positive OD Certification at Champlain College, you may be wondering…
What next? How can I apply this exciting approach with my team or with clients?

Join other enthusiastic learners who want to put their foundational knowledge
in Appreciative Inquiry into action!

NOW … learn essential facilitation tools to immediately begin implementing AI-centered practices in your organization and catalyzing positive change!
Join us in this hands-on, experiential training to learn how to:
Determine the AI framework that best suits your organization:
The 4-D’s, or our preferred 4-I’s (Inquiring about strengths, Imagining the goal, Innovating options, and Implementing the Plan).
Craft Appreciative Inquiry questions and create AI Interview Guides
Identify the “Positive Core” of strengths that already exist
Use affinity diagramming to Imagine a common vision, including the voices of all participants
Rapid prototype opportunities for Innovation
Translate innovative ideas into inspired, participant-created Implementation plans ​
Training details.
March 19 and 20, 2018
Bishop Booth Conference Center, Burlington, VT ​
8:00a – 4:30p both days
PRICING: $675, ​Continental Breakfast and Lunch included
Excited to welcome up to 20 Enthusiastic Learners, so register early!
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In order to benefit most from this training, participants will have previous experience and foundational knowledge of Appreciative Inquiry from learning opportunities such as:
Current and past enrollment in the David Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry Certification
Champlain College Positive Organizational Development Certification
Other Appreciative Inquiry Certification Programs
Significant self-learning and application of Appreciative Inquiry in your work

​Each participant will have the opportunity to connect through a 10-minute conversation with Mary Jane or Shelly before the training. This is to offer customization for the training based upon previous experience, learning styles, strengths, and curiosities. ​
If you have any questions about where to stay or visit during your time in Burlington, please reach out!