Overview:

Do you love those moments of exception, when everything seems to have come together and things are working beautifully? Would you like to create an environment where those rare extraordinary moments become the norm? Then you may just be ready to learn the value of Appreciative Inquiry, also known as AI.

AI is a method for implementing change that is rooted in being positive, sharing stories of things that work well, and leveraging people’s strengths and the power of co-creation to initiate lasting, powerful changes that can make an organization the best it has ever been, because of people who care and are committed.

Course Objectives

After you complete this course, you will be able to:

• Recognize and work with the fundamentals of Appreciative Inquiry
• Describe the 4-D’s of Appreciative Inquiry: discovery, dreaming, design, and destiny
• Work through a simple Appreciative Inquiry process
• Create thoughtful, meaningful questions for your own Appreciative Inquiry initiative
• Help organizations review what’s important, what they can become, and how they can get there

Course Content Details:

 Session 1:

•  Learning Objectives
•  Pre-Assignment Overview
•  Pre-Assignment Questions
•  Pre-Course Assessment

 Session 2:

•  Defining Appreciative Inquiry
•  What Is Appreciative Inquiry?
•  The Pieces of AI
•  Making Connections
•  Pre-Assignment Review
•  How is AI Different?
•  Getting Started
•  Preparation Checklist, Part One
•  Preparation Checklist, Part Two
•  The Premises of Appreciative Inquiry

 Session 3:

•  Success Principles
•  Five Key Principles
•  Constructionist Principle
•  Simultaneity Principle
•  Poetic Principle
•  Anticipatory Principle
•  Positive Principle
•  Summary
•  Teaching Positivity
•  Why On Earth Would I Do That?
•  Measuring Tangible Success
•  Making Connections
•  Setting the Interview Groundwork
•  Identify Stakeholders
•  Create Engaging Appreciative Questions
•  Develop an Appreciative Interview Process
•  Plan to Receive the Data
•  Select Interviewers and Conduct the Interviews
•  Analyze the Data
•  Practical Power

 Session 4:

•  The 4-D Model
•  Introduction to the Model
•  Adapting the Model
•  The Core Processes, Part One
•  The Core Processes, Part Two
•  Getting Started with the 4-D Model
•  Overview of the 4-D Model
•  Discovery of "What Is"
•  Putting It Into Practice
•  The Dreaming Phase
•  The Purpose of the Dream Phase
•  Designing "The Ideal"
•  Destiny
•  The Four Competencies
•  It Doesn’t Have to Be Hard

 Session 5:

•  Test Driving
•  Getting the Hang of It
•  Sample Interview Guide: Basic Information
•  Sample Interview Guide: Introduction
•  Sample Interview Guide: Questions on Experience with the Organization
•  Sample Interview Guide: Questions on Cooperation and Commitment
•  Sample Interview Guide: Questions on Empowering People
•  Creating the Guide
•  The Summary
•  Sample Interview Summary
•  From Design to Destiny
•  Sample Design to Destiny Worksheet

 Session 6:

•  A Personal Action Plan
•  Starting Point
•  Where I Want to Go
•  How I Will Get There
•  Course Summary
•  Recommended Reading List
•  Post-Course Assessment
•  Course Completion
•  Certificate?

How to enroll

Option 1 (ideal for employee training)

To enroll your staff, please send the following to staffelearning@learnsmart.com.ng:

1. Name(s) of staff
2. E-mail address of each staff
3. Name and e-mail address of the primary contact person in your organization
4. Name and e-mail address of the person who will be receiving periodic training report, if different from the person in number (3).

Once we receive the above information, we will send you an invoice for payment to be made. After payment, we will brand a learning portal for your organization, enroll your staff, and send emails with theirunique login information and how to start training.

Option 2

Click on the "Enroll For This Course" button, checkout and make payment with your ATM card. You will receive youruniquelogin information by email and start training.

Option 3

Pay or transfer course fee into any of our bank accounts listed below and notify us through enroll@learnsmart.com.ng. We will register you and instantly email your unique login information for you to start training.

Our Bank Account Information:

Account Name: Paradigm Learning Services

Zenith Bank: Account No: 1013876190

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