1. 1 Appreciative Inquiry: Accelerating Positive Change September 30 – October 3, 2001 Baltimore, Maryland, USA -opening -discovery -dreams -destiny -closing -fireside chats

2. 2 AI: Accelerating Positive Change- Opening Session

3. 3 Opening Meditation with Charles Gibb

4. 4 David Cooperrider at Opening: Business as an Agent of World Benefit

5. 5 Diana Whitney at Opening: The Spirit of Discovery

6. 6 Participants at Opening

7. 7 Paired Interviews – Getting to know each other

8. 8 Paired Interview – Discovering our Best Moments

9. 9 Paired Interview – Learning from Past Successes

10. 10 Paired Interview – What is the World Calling Us To Do?

11. 11 Paired Interviews – Expressions of Joy and Excitement

12. 12 Jane Watkins – AI Consulting Group

13. 13 Friendships Abound

14. 14 Mentor and Mentee: The beginning of AI

15. 15 An Amazing Duo: Suresh Srivastva and David Cooperrider

16. 16 Learning From Each Other’s Experiences

17. 17 Steve Jones From NTL keeping us all informed of the logistics

18. 18 Listening Intently to Capture the Life Giving Forces at Work

19. 19 Jane Watkins and Ada Jo Mann: Conference Planners

20. 20 Sharing Our Dreams

21. 21 Jim Ludema creating Images of Hope

22. 22 Dreaming About Business as an Agent of World Benefit

23. 23 Groups Working to Formulate These Dreams

24. 24 What is Your Vision?

25. 25 Cheers and Praises for Dreams and Visions

26. 26 Tuesday Lunchtime Table Topics Keep Expanding

27. 27 Taking Our Dreams, How Do We Design Future Organizations?

28. 28 New Friends From Around the World Work on Design Elements

29. 29 Bernard Mohr Guiding Participants to Create Provocative Propositions that Stretch and Challenge

30. 30 Creative Hearts and Minds

31. 31 Collaboration and Affirmation

32. 32 Together We Can Make It Happen

33. 33 Creating the Big Picture

34. 34 Marge Schiller and Barbara Sloan

35. 35 The Magic of Images and Capturing Each Moment

36. 36 Barbara Sloan on Destiny

37. 37 Adrian McLean on Destiny

38. 38 Creating Our Destiny

39. 39 Improvisation: Living on the Appreciative Edge

40. 40 Jazz Music as the Metaphor

41. 41 Frank Barrett: Jazz Musician Extraordinaire

42. 42 Continue the Ongoing Discovery and Design

43. 43 Frank Barrett and Judy Rogers at the Closing Session

44. 44 Friends from Around the World Celebrate

45. 45 Fireside Chat With Suresh Srivastva

46. 46 David and Suresh Sharing Their Story of the Beginnings and Journey of AI

47. 47 Poignant Questions from the Audience

48. 48 A Past Brought to Life

49. 49 Closing the First Fireside Chat

50. 50 Fireside Chat with Ken and Mary Gergen

51. 51 The Fireside Chat with Ken and Mary – Jane Looks On

52. 52 Mary Gergen – Full of Life

53. 53 Ken Introduces Inter-Animation

54. 54 Ken Thoughtful

55. 55 Mary Tells a Story

56. 56 Ken and Mary Serenade Us with You Are My Sunshine

57. 57 Always Learning Something New About Each Other

58. 58 Thoughts and Images Captured