Global Community Development

How does a community engulfed with monumental challenges transition to an imagined future? Many communities and global cities encompass distinctive, often hidden, strengths needed to combat devastations of natural disasters, health crises, education, infrastructure, and relational systems.

For communities cycling from bustling industries to historically devastating social-economic declines, the need and pressure to transform deficit-mindset to growth development mindsets seem daunting. A community’s needs and eco-friendly innovations stem from the community. Therefore, the derived benefits should remain in the community to promote human and non-human well-being, regenerative organic agriculture, nature conservation, and economic growth for current and future generations.

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What is an Appreciative Inquiry Methodology?

While conventional strategic and change-based initiatives tend to be deficit-based and problem-focused, an Appreciative Inquiry (AI) approach focuses on strengths—what is working well, analyzing why it works well and how we might do more of it.

What is an Appreciative Inquiry Summit Design?

An Appreciative Inquiry Design Summit gathers the “whole system in the room” by bringing together 300-1000 community stakeholders at all levels and from all constituencies (residents, government, business, religion, education, safety, health, environment, etc.) to foster alignment around the community’s shared strengths and imagined future, serving as a catalyst and platform for designing positive change initiatives with wide-spread buy-in and commitment needed to propel implementation and impact.

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