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-===== Appreciative Inquiry Dialogues =====+==== Appreciative Inquiry Interviews ====
  
-Appreciative Inquiry (AI) can be used to identify the strengths, successes and unique attributes of a system or a group of people. Instead of starting from a problem, AI asks what we can learn from things that have worked or are currently working well. It focuses on what the participants appreciate about concrete situations in the past and present, as a basis for building an image of a preferred future. AI was developed by David Cooperrider and his colleagues at the Case Western Reserve University in the 1980s.+Appreciative inquiry (AI) can be used to identify the strengths, successes and unique attributes of a system or a group of people. Instead of starting from a problem, AI asks what we can learn from things that have worked or are currently working well. It focuses on what the participants appreciate about concrete situations in the past and present, as a basis for building an image of a preferred future. AI was developed by David Cooperrider and his colleagues at the Case Western Reserve University in the 1980s.
  
 At FoAM we found (elements of) AI useful as a warming up exercise to link the topic of conversation to the real experiences of the people involved. We frame the conversation with a question, then ask the participants to think of a situation in which the question was positively resolved. For example, if a question is 'how can we work together on interesting things?', we invite participants to think of a time when they previously worked together on interesting things and to identify the key factors that made this situation possible. At FoAM we found (elements of) AI useful as a warming up exercise to link the topic of conversation to the real experiences of the people involved. We frame the conversation with a question, then ask the participants to think of a situation in which the question was positively resolved. For example, if a question is 'how can we work together on interesting things?', we invite participants to think of a time when they previously worked together on interesting things and to identify the key factors that made this situation possible.
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-==== AI Dialogue ====+=== AI Discovery ===
  
 === Ingredients === === Ingredients ===
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-=== Process ===+=== Process steps ===
  
-Steps 
   * Frame the exercise and give clear instructions   * Frame the exercise and give clear instructions
-  * Participants have interviews/dialogs in pairs+  * Participants have interviews/dialogues in pairs
   * Report the findings in the group and record the common threads   * Report the findings in the group and record the common threads
   * Summarise and share   * Summarise and share
  
-== Before the session==+== Before the session ==
  
-  - Prepare the questions and instructions. For example: //"The core question of today’s exercise is [e.g. what collaborations would we like to have?]. Think of a time when you [e.g. participated in a successful collaboration]. Find one person whom you don’t know so well and have a conversation about your experiences. Interview each other, one at the time. Take about [e.g. 5/10/15] minutes per person. The interviewee is invited to tell the story, to describe what was happening and focus on what made this situation a positive experience. When you are interviewing your partner, you can ask guiding questions*. While the other person speaks, focus on listening and asking questions, but try to refrain from commenting. When one person has told their story, you can swap roles. After your interviews you will have a chance to share what you heard."//+  - Prepare the questions and instructions. For example: 
 +    * //'The core question of today’s exercise is [e.g. what collaborations would we like to have?]. Think of a time when you [e.g. participated in a successful collaboration]. Find one person whom you don’t know so well and have a conversation about your experiences.// 
 +    * //Interview each other, one at the time. Take about [e.g. 5, 10 or 15] minutes per person. The interviewee is invited to tell the story, to describe what was happening and focus on what made this situation a positive experience.// 
 +    * //When you are interviewing your partner, you can ask guiding questions.* While the other person speaks, focus on listening and asking questions, but try to refrain from commenting. When one person has told their story, you can swap roles. After your interviews you will have a chance to share what you heard.'//
   - Make the worksheets for the interviews (including instructions and guiding questions), or if you prefer more free-form conversations, write the questions on a big piece of paper or blackboard. Whichever form you choose the structure of the instruction is the same:   - Make the worksheets for the interviews (including instructions and guiding questions), or if you prefer more free-form conversations, write the questions on a big piece of paper or blackboard. Whichever form you choose the structure of the instruction is the same:
 +    - Think of a time when you […].
 +    - Describe the situation.
 +    - Guiding question 1?
 +    - Guiding question 2?
 +    - Guiding question 3?
  
----- +* Note: the guiding questions for the interviews will depend on the themes/insights you are trying to distill. For example: if you are looking to identify actions, emotions and resources, the questions might be //'What did you do? How did you feel? What made this situation possible?', or 'What did you do to contribute to this situation? What were the other people doing? What else was around?'//, etc.
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-//Think of a time when you […]// +
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-//Describe the situation.//  +
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-//Guiding question 1?// +
-//Guiding question 2?// +
-//Guiding question 3?// +
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-* Note: the guiding questions for the interviews will depend on the themes/insights you are trying to distill. For example: if you are looking to identify actions, emotions and resources, the questions might be //"What did you do? How did you feel? What made this situation possible?", or "What did you do to contribute to this situation? What were the other people doing? What else was around?”//, etc.+
  
  
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