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”
Category Archives: Peacebuilding
Conflict Resolution Youth Summit, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 7/15-7/19/19
The Conflict Resolution Youth Summit is a one-week summer day program held on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University for rising 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students interested in exploring some of today’s toughest problems through the lens of conflict analysis and resolution. It will be held July 15-19, 2019 at George Mason University in Fairfax,ContinueContinue reading “Conflict Resolution Youth Summit, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 7/15-7/19/19”
Manual for Colleges & Universities Developing Peace & Conflict Programs, Now Available online (Free)
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The much anticipated 2nd edition of the “Manual for Colleges & Universities Developing Programs in Peace & Conflict Studies” is now available online. It is freely downloadable. Much credit goes to Bill Warters of Wayne State University for taking the lead on this. Also Julie Shedd of…
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