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Location		Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Target Audience		Managers, HR/OD professionals, practitioners and other leaders of transformative change
Workshop Leaders		Joanne Daykin and Catherine McKenna
Dates		November 30 - December 3, 2010
Workshop Hours		Tuesday, November 30, 8:30 (registration 8:00) to Friday, December 3, 4:30
Cost		Before October 30, 2010 $1450 CDN + 13% HST ($163.50) = $1,638.50    After October 30, 2010 $1650 CDN + 13% HST ($214.50) = $1,864.50    Inquire for non-profit and group discounts. Some partial scholarships available.
Included		An extensive resource manual including sample interview guides, sample agendas and articles Lunch and break refreshments
Refunds:		80% refund for cancellations 45 days in advance of the workshop 50% thereafter Substitutions may be made any time
Prerequisites		None
Description		This, hands on, learn by doing, in-depth workshop is designed for anyone seeking to obtain a solid grounding in the theory and practice of appreciative inquiry – e.g.- managers, consultants, human resource professionals, organizational and community facilitators - anyone concerned with minimizing resistance while achieving rapid change within human systems.   AI has been used very successfully with large change initiatives like program evaluation, restructuring, mergers, acquisitions, and for relational processes such as union/management relationship, diversity as an asset, and preparing the workforce to shift from hierarchy to horizontal team based processes. AI is particularly useful in turbulent environments. Rather than just another technique or tool, AI is presented as a radically innovative approach to the whole field of organization development and community change. The program focuses on energizing positive change in organization/community direction and culture. Most importantly, this workshop grounds participants in the concept of the emerging paradigm and what it means to “be AI” rather than just “doing AI”.
Workshop Goals		In addition to experiencing and examining the 5 “ D’s ” of the AI process (Definition, Discovery, Dream, Design, Destiny/Delivery),workshop you will: Appreciate the research, principles and practice of AI by experiencing each phase of the AI process (Definition, Discovery, Dream, Design, Destiny) Explore many case studies of AI as applied to Leadership Development, Strategic Planning and Implementation, Evaluation, Diversity, Process Improvement, Culture Change, Organization Redesign and other change agendas  Practice appreciative question construction, interviewing, topic identification and reframing of problems to opportunities. Assemble the positive core of an organization/group and construct compelling images of the future. Experiment with translating the dream into systemic changes and engaging people in self organizing for implementation.  Synthesize skills and theory by providing co-consultations and support on participants’ back-home applications Receive a detailed manual/reference guide.
Presenters Bios		Joanne Daykin, Principle of Innovation Partners International, is a consultant and facilitator with nearly twenty years experience. Her areas of expertise include whole system engagement, system and process redesign, team and leadership development. She completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of Ottawa, her advanced honors degree in Education at York University and her “Certificate in Organization Development” through NTL Institute. She is an accredited  Master Trainer/Facilitator in “Total Quality Management and Excellence” with the American Society for Quality. She is a graduate of the 160 Hour Program in “Third Party Neutral and Conflict Resolution” with the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution. She is an approved provider of the DiSC Behaviour Profile System and is Qualified to administer the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, and certified in the Culture Transformation Tools (CTT) by Richard Barrett and Associates. She has completed the Apprentice Coaching Program with Integral Coach Canada and is working toward coaching certification. Her clients include Bruce Power, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Kemptville Hospital, Bruyere Continuing Care, Rutland Mental Health Services, Rutland Regional Medical Center, Export Development Canada, Halifax School Board, Natural Resources Canada, Nunavut Arctic College, World Health Organization, the United Way and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Catherine McKenna, is a founding partner of Innovation Partners International. Catherine partners with her clients to enable positive change at the organizational and individual levels. Using Appreciative Inquiry, she supports leaders who wish to engage employees at every level in designing structures and relationships that are worthy of their commitment.  Her projects have included strategic  planning, culture change, leadership  development and mentor program design.  As a Leadership Coach, Catherine works  with her clients to bring forward new perspectives and to build new capabilities within the client’s unique context.  The coaching relationship, guided by the Integral Coaching™ methodology, allows Catherine’s clients to understand where they are, where they are headed, and the journey along the way. Catherine holds an Organization Development certificate from the National Training Laboratories (NTL), a Masters of Industrial Relations from Queen's University (Kingston, Canada) and a Bachelor's in Psychology, also from Queen's. Specialty training includes MBTI , DiSC, CTT (Values Mapping)  and Integral Coaching. Prior to the establishment of her consulting practice, Catherine worked for 11 years at Nortel Networks in various roles including management and leadership development, HR and recruiting. Her clients include Justice Canada, Bruce Power,  Bruyère Continuing Care, HRSDC, Export Development Canada, Neighborhood Centers Inc., Nunavut Arctic College and the Canadian Pharmacists Association. Catherine is based in Ottawa, Canada.

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