Some workshop designers and hosts have expressed an interest in the appreciative inquiry approach to break new ground on their topics and/or bring the best out of a culturally diverse group. Appreciative Inquiry is a strategy for intentional change that identifies the best of 'what is' to pursue dreams and possibilities of 'what could be'.

Assumpitions of AI:
- in every community something works
- what we focus on becomes our reality
- reality is created in the moment - there is more than one reality
- the act of asking questions influences the community in some way
- people have more confidence and comfort to journey to the future when they carry forward parts of the past
- if we carry forward parts of the past, they should be what is best
- it is important to value differences
- the language we use creates our reality

For more info on AI, see: www.appreciativeinquiry.cwru.edu