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Using Appreciative Inquiry as a Means to Setting Organizational Goals: Working with the Virginia Mediation Network

As a consultant, I am often requested by organizations to help with strategic planning and looking for ways to advance a group’s objectives. Though various strategies can be used, I tend to use Appreciative Inquiry (AI) as the process of choice. Based on the work of David Cooperrider and Suresh Srivastva, AI is focused onContinueContinue reading “Using Appreciative Inquiry as a Means to Setting Organizational Goals: Working with the Virginia Mediation Network”

7th Annual National Community College Peacebuilding Seminar, George Mason University, October 31-November 3, 2019: Registration Now Open! (Agenda attached below)

The 7th Annual National Community College Peacebuilding Seminar is set this year for October 31-November 3, 2019 at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University in Arlington, VA. The seminar is the only faculty seminar based in Washington, DC that addresses issues of peace, conflict resolution, war, security, diplomacy, social justice,ContinueContinue reading “7th Annual National Community College Peacebuilding Seminar, George Mason University, October 31-November 3, 2019: Registration Now Open! (Agenda attached below)”

Managing Conflict and Removing Barriers to Collaborative Decision Making, Greenbelt, MD, 6/19-21/19

The Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution will be holding its 2019 Annual Conference June 19-21, 2019 in Greenbelt, MD. This year’s theme is “Managing Conflict and Removing Barriers to Collaborative Decision Making.” If you are interested in domestic oriented and DC centered conflict resolution work, this is an ideal conference. More information is here includingContinueContinue reading “Managing Conflict and Removing Barriers to Collaborative Decision Making, Greenbelt, MD, 6/19-21/19”