Course

Intro to Appreciative Inquiry: A Beginner's Guide to Strength-Focused Change

Apr 2, 2025 - Apr 2, 2025

$395 Enroll

Full course description

Course Overview:

Discover the power of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) as a transformative approach to creating positive change in individuals, teams, and organizations. This beginner-friendly course introduces you to the core principles of Appreciative Inquiry and its proven ability to unlock potential by focusing on strengths, successes, and possibilities rather than problems.

Through engaging discussions and practical activities, you will learn about the 5-D cycle (Define, Discover, Dream, Design, and Destiny) as a framework to foster meaningful, strength-based organizational change. By identifying and leveraging individual and collective strengths, you’ll explore ways to promote growth, innovation, and collaboration.

Whether you’re a team leader, facilitator, or someone looking to inspire positive progress in your workplace or community, this course equips you with tools to:

  • Facilitate collaborative discussions that align teams around shared visions and goals.

  • Create an environment where strengths are recognized, valued, and utilized to drive success.

  • Build momentum for lasting change through appreciation, strengths-focused strategies.

No prior experience is required—just a curiosity to shift the focus from “what’s broken” to “what’s possible.”

 

What You Will Learn: 

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the core principles of Appreciative Inquiry and its role in fostering positive change.
  • Apply the 5-D cycle to drive meaningful, strength-based organizational change.
  • Identify and leverage strengths to promote individual and organizational growth.
  • Facilitate collaborative discussions to align teams around shared visions and goals.

Course Dates/Times/Format:

Wednesday April 2, 2025 10:00 am - 2:30 pm ET

Online via Zoom.

This workshop will be presented in Zoom and will both provide content and allow for breakout practice opportunities. One 30-minute break is build in. Participatns will be provided with a short workbook for Inquiry Activities they can use to further practice their skills beyond the workshop.

This workshop is also available In Person on May 6 for those able to get to Burlington, VT.

Who Should Attend:

Anyone seeking to inspire change, including managers, team leaders, facilitators, HR professionals, community organizers, and individuals curious about strength-based approaches to development.

 

Instructor:

Dr. Lindsey Godwin is a professor, practitioner, and possibilitizer dedicated to helping individuals and organizations unlock their potential through strength-based change.

She holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Case Western Reserve University, where she studied with the pioneers of Appreciative Inquiry, and an M.S. in Conflict Resolution from George Mason University. Lindsey serves as the Robert P. Stiller Endowed Chair of Management at Champlain College, Academic Director of the David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry, and Managing Editor of AI Practitioner.

A sought-after speaker and consultant, her work has been shared globally through publications, presentations, and collaborations.