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Congratulations!
 Company of Experts is pleased to announce its newly certified Ai
Facilitators (AICF):
- Steve Atwood
- Susan Matzner
- Shryl
McCormick
- Kelly Wesp
- Nuala C.M. Woodham
- Angela
Woodward
Share in their experience by visiting the blog and reading their practicums.
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Success Stories:
Developing the Meaning and Value of Institutional Research
Submitted by: Sarah Shumpert
 After I returned home from the AIFT, I was energized by the training
experience and excited to facilitate the AI process, both so I could see it
realized in "real life" since I had never participated in an Appreciative
Inquiry prior to the training and so that I could earn my certification as a
facilitator. One of the reasons I
elected to attend AI training was because my institution, Tri-County Technical
College, has been working toward becoming a "Learning College" and I knew that
other learning colleges had embraced the AI approach. Even though I felt Tri-County wasn't ready
for a whole systems change, and I didn't know exactly how I would be able to
apply AI to my work, I felt it was congruent with the learning college vision
our President had set forth and that we could "grow into" AI over time. More>>>
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Using Appreciative Inquiry to Re-Imagine our
College Strategy
Submitted by: Claudine Lowry, Janet Byrne,
and Cathy MacLean
 I knew when I proposed
this inquiry around our Portfolio approach that we needed as a College to
move beyond seeing Portfolio as a binder to seeing Portfolio as part of
our culture. My hope was we could
re-imagine portfolio - we have creatively done this through Appreciative
Inquiry. I took a chance using
Appreciative Inquiry with the core group and there were times when I
almost waivered, but I trusted the process and it worked. More>>>
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Networking for a Mission: A Special Gathering of
Notre Dame Educators
Submitted by Shryl McCormick
 The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur is an international congregation of
Catholic religious women whose
primary mission is education. They were
founded in Namur, Belgium in 1804. For them education is undertaken in many
forms; the particular focus of the process described here was their formal educational institutions, i.e. schools and
universities that they sponsor. Sponsorship means that they are
responsible for the mission and viability of their institutions, even though they themselves may
not be functioning there as teachers and administrators. Most
of their formal, sponsored institutions exist in the northern hemisphere in the
United States, Europe and Japan. More>>>
Did you enjoy reading these stories? More Success Stories can be found on the Company of Experts blog.
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Living Card of Appreciation for Jeanie Cockell
 Don't believe what you read in the newspaper and see on
television. People all over the world
are achieving their dreams to improve their communities whether that is a
school, hospital, or corporation, for profit and non-profit. It is amazing how many terrific, caring and
inspirational people we meet and the stories that we hear from them. Stories of
grace, of style, of engagement - awe inspiring stories. Unique stories about
people and the people that they work with.
We have an amazing Expert on Call - Jeanie Cockell. Many of you may know of Jeanie as an
Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator and trainer from seeing her name on our
website or from stories of success written by those who have worked with
Jeanie. Jeanie has that special magical personality that lights up the room and
invites you in to converse and to become friends. People gravitate toward Jeanie like a hummingbird
to a flower.
We are so fortunate that Jeanie is with us. A few weeks ago Jeanie was involved in a
horrific automobile accident and had a punctured lung, fractured pelvis and a
leg broken in several places (I am not a medical person and do not mind if
anyone corrects me!) It is awesome that Jeanie had no head injuries and remains
positive about her recovery and is already looking ahead to returning to the
work she loves. Working with people and introducing Appreciative Inquiry
whenever possible.
Jeanie has physical rehabilitation to relearn how to walk
and how long that will be we are not sure of. We just thought it might
be nice to start a Jeanie Cockell Living Card to express our appreciation and
wishes for her return to full health.
To send Jeanie your wishes, please follow this link to
Facebook (click on the discussion tab) or Linkedin - if you are not a member, you will need to join. Jeanie will be able to visit her Living Card
of Appreciation when she is able and as often as she wants. You may leave
messages as often as you like - check often to see what others have to say.
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Interested in Presenting Webinars?
Company of Experts is planning its Fall and  Winter opportunities. If you have a topic for a webinar that you would like to propose, please
email Kathyto begin the discussion.
Fall Deadline for Proposals: April 30th, 2010 (Delivery date to be
scheduled between April 1 to
June 30, 2010)
Winter Deadline for proposals: October 29, 2010 (Delivery date to be scheduled between January 4
to March 30, 2010)
Are you interested in delivering an online workshop or webinar? Please contact Kathy to let her know if you are
interested and can meet the time lines. It takes time to review, prepare,
promote, and register individuals for each online workshop or webinar.
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If this is something that you would be interested in
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