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Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry 15 & 16 August Back to Programmes Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry supports a process for facilitating positive change in human systems. This includes working from a positive, strength-based and asset-based standpoint to improve health and care. This programme aims to help participants understand and implement the principles and practices of Appreciative Inquiry (AI). Participants will also explore the opportunities for using AI for quality and safety improvement and leadership development. The programme will cover: The ethos of Appreciative Inquiry The principles of Appreciative Inquiry How to structure an appreciative cycle How to run an appreciative protocol How to apply these skills to healthcare

Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry 16 May Back to Programmes Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry supports a process for facilitating positive change in human systems. This includes working from a positive, strength-based and asset-based standpoint to improve health and care. This programme aims to help participants understand and implement the principles and practices of Appreciative Inquiry (AI). Participants will also explore the opportunities for using AI for quality and safety improvement and leadership development. The programme will cover: The ethos of Appreciative Inquiry The principles of Appreciative Inquiry How to structure an appreciative cycle How to run an appreciative protocol How to apply these skills to healthcare

*Note: Due to COVID 19, we will need all guests to fill in the Travel and Health Declaration online during registration. This is for all the participant's health safety and follows the Local Taiwan regulations.

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Appreciating Church courses We offer two courses: Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry and Deepening your Appreciative Inquiry practice (below: the next course starts on 24th September 2022). Deepening Your Appreciative Inquiry is organised ecumenically through Appreciating Church with Appreciating Church facilitators and counts as Module Two of International Academy for Appreciative Inquiry (IAAI) practitioner training. Dates for both courses are advertised here and on Facebook and Twitter as soon as they become known. If you would like to register your interest to take part in future training events please contact us. Deepening your Appreciative Inquiry Practice: September 2022 to January 2023 Register for the opening webinar on Saturday 24th September 2022 by contacting us. Facilitators Fiona Thomas: Co-author of Appreciating Church. A practical Appreciative Inquiry resource for church communities Jim Coleman: Freelance facilitator and retired United Reformed Church minister Both are experienced AI practitioners and active participants in the Appreciating Church community of practice. Fee £300 The fee covers facilitation, AI resources, and individual support throughout the course. This online course is designed for people who have already undertaken an introductory Appreciative Inquiry workshop such as Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry or Taste of AI and who wish to build on existing AI practice and deepen their understanding. The programme is practically based using webinars, online material, small groups, and one-to-one support. It addresses: AI principles in day to day practice Creating great questions and protocols Creating and delivering AI summits and events Building AI practice into church and community life. Revisiting the 5D process and SOAR Emerging new approaches and tools In addition to having completed an IAAI-accredited Module One-level course such as Taste of AI or Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry the other entry requirements are: Evidence of having completed six months practice of Appreciative Inquiry; Completion of the SOAR-based application process Identifying a practical activity for working on during the course. Completion of the course and awarding of IAAI- accreditation offers the participant preferential rates for participation in Appreciating Church and IAAI events. The course contributes to developing a self-supporting community of AI practice across churches.

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Appreciative Inquiry has been global from the beginning. As it has expanded, the languages that materials related to AI appear in have expanded as well. While there have been articles written for AI Practitioner about Ibero-America, they have been in English. This is the first issue to have the articles on the issue topic, Developing Appreciative Teams, published both in Spanish and English, thanks in great part to the dedicated efforts and translating and editorial skills of the editors, Ignacio Pavez and Federico Varona. In this newsletter:   As the editors say in the Introduction to the issue, the appreciative approach has been underrepresented in Ibero-America in comparison with the knowledge that has been generated in North America and Europe, as shown by the dearth of interventions and publications. With this issue, they go on to say, we hope to make a start in rectifying that situation. The first article describes an appreciative embodiment approach to developing appreciative teams called Biodanza which has been used with groups as diverse as university administrators and students, sports teams, private companies and schools. Ferdinando Caballero describes his most generative team experience with a team that, over several years, had explored the Himalayas. In 2010, the team found itself coping with an emergency: flash floods had destroyed roads and they had to find a way through a region in crisis using only their own resourcefulness. For this issue and this topic, the idea of the appreciative dance seems particularly appropriate. In his article, Mohanad A. H. Al-Madi uses dance as a metaphor for creating generative teams. Our Appreciative Resource in this issue, written by Sandra Adkins, is of Thriving Women Thriving World,  which she describes as ‘less a book for reading and more a book for doing’. I’d like to thank Saskia Tjepkema for peer-reviewing an article for this issue. Shelagh Aitken  Managing Editor, AI Practitioner Go To The Issue Introduction to Developing Appreciative Teams by Ignacio Pavez and Federico Varona As the editors of this issue, we fully believe in the potential of the appreciative approach to create more appreciative, creative, effective, vibrant and thriving human systems in all cultures, including the Spanish-speaking cultures of Latin America and Spain. Providing content in Spanish can offer specific tools with which to generate more resilient and flourishing human and ecological systems. Read more Biodanza in the Development of High-Performance Teams by Felipe Losada and Gittith Sánchez Every day in our bodies we feel pleasant or unpleasant sensations, agitation, or calm, which influence the connections we have with other people who form part of a team. Practising the ‘Biodanza’ human integration system increases the connections within a team, which is reflected in increased positivity and reduced negativity of affect as measured with the PANAS test, indicators that characterise high-performance teams according to the Meta Learning model. The body and the integrative experiences are the protagonists in this process. Read more Generative Teams by Fernando Caballero By shifting our attention from a traditional focus on individual performance to recognising and appreciating the unique entity of the team – the ‘we’ – we increase our ability to discover and harness its inherent intelligence, strengths and all of its generative potential. In order to achieve this shift, this article proposes using as a catalyst the integration of a systemic view of the team with a generative state of mind, and the continue monitoring of the impact of this integration through a two-dimensional model that enhances the team’s productivity and positivity. Read more The Appreciative Dance by Mohanad A. H. Al-Madi In a highly changeable environment, leaders face the challenge of helping their teams embrace plans for change in order to remain competitive. The aim of this article is to help teams meet this challenge by asking questions and engaging in dialogues that enable them to find meaning and to motivate them to change together, using their strengths to achieve shared goals. Read more Join the conversation at the Taos Institute’s Education as Relating Virtual Conference: Shredding industrial practices Sharing resources and practices NOVEMBER 4–6 2021 10 AM – 2PM EST/ 1500 - 1900 GMT APPRECIATIVE RESOURCES Thriving Women Thriving World: An Invitation to Dialogue, Healing, and Inspired Actions Appreciative Resources by Sandra Adkins Thriving Women Thriving World is less a book for reading than it is a book for doing. The text is designed guide us through the challenges of the #MeToo movement and the variety of struggles gender bias and discrimination have created more broadly, applying the approaches of Appreciative Inquiry to co-create a future where all women can thrive. Read more