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our work is deeply resonant. Click on any program's
title for more information:
 »»Appreciative
Inquiry Unlimited
Appreciative Inquiry Unlimited is a global consultancy
partnering with people to create healthy, hopeful and
adaptive organizations and communities that live and
work creatively in a complex and rapidly changing world.
 »»ASPEC - The Academy of Senior Professionals at Eckerd College, St.Petersburg, Florida - As part of the initiative on Positive Aging, the Taos Institute has collaborated with the ASPEC.
"Sharing Learning, Sharing Lives": From the Visual arts to the Culinary Arts, Philosophy to Bicycling, Religions and Faiths to Science and Society, Literature to Laughing Matters, ASPEC Study Groups enrich the minds, hearts and souls of its 300 plus members. We interact regularly with students and faculty of Eckerd College as mentors, colleagues, and friends. Weekly Social Hours at Lewis House on the campus and monthly events at local restaurants provide ASPEC members
with the opportunity to socialize with each other and strengthen the ASPECcommunity. Whether you're interested in Computers, Visual Arts, Science and Society or one of the 44 other interest groups formed by members of ASPEC, there's something for everyone interested in learning and sharing.
 »»Business
as an Agent of World Benefit
The World Inquiry on Business as an Agent of World Benefit
(BAWB) is a worldwide web of cascading Appreciative
Inquiry conversations dedicated to discovering, appreciating,
and uniting the new and the best in business with the
task of creating prosperous inspired and sustainable
societies that work for all.
 »»Center
for Narrative Studies
CNS is a multi-disciplinary team dedicated to applying
narrative theory to the practical renewal of leadership
in culture and communities. Working with groups and
organizations, we train people to become leaders by
teaching them to understand the power of stories, to
weigh the real effects stories have in shaping our lives,
to apply narrative approaches to engage creatively with
conflict and change.
»»Cooperative
Communication Skills Internet Resource Center
Free books, essays and exercises to help you encourage
dialogue/resolve conflicts/prevent violence, work with
family members in building a more cooperative, shared
life, and communicate more creatively, successfully
and compassionately. Email Dennis Rivers: rivers@coopcomm.org
»»Corporation
for Positive Change
Corporation for Positive Change (CPC) is dedicated to
the design and development of appreciative organizations
°© those capable of sustaining innovation, financial
well-being and market leadership by inspiring the best
in human beings. PC
clients are executives and managers who recognize the value of employee involvement in the process of change. They are strength-based leaders dedicated to creating healthy organizations financially, socially and environmentally.
Address:
7398 S. Zephyr Way
Littleton, CO 80128
Phone: 303-972-5155
Fax: 303-978-9543
Email: office@positivechange.org
»»DISPUK
DISPUK is the Danish Institute of Systemic Training,
Supervision, Staff Development and Consultation, based
in Snekkersten (Zealand) and Arhus (Jutland). It is
a consultation and training institute, specializing
in all aspects of relationship issues and communication.
Contact:
Alan Holmgren, Copenhagen
Email: dispuk@dispuk.da
»»Executive
Edge, Inc.
Executive Edge is the catalyst that transforms organizations
and inspires people to reach their greatest potential
TOGETHER. They do this by producing targeted learning
experiences that engage people, empower leaders, and
accelerate team development. The end result is a motivated,
committed workforce. Jim Willis, President
Address:
46 Chagrin Plaza, # 147
Chagrin Falls, OH 44022
Phone: 800-632-EDGE (3343) or 440-338-8308
Email: info@executiveedgeinc.com
»»Family
Institute of Cambridge
The Family Institute of Cambridge is a learning community
committed to enhancing the well being of individuals,
families, and communities by developing and disseminating
effective practices of therapy and consultation. Our
work is rooted in our core values of mutual respect,
collaboration, and social justice.
Address:
51 Kondazian
Watertown, MA 02472
Phone: 617-924-4925
Contact: Dr. Sallyann Roth.
Email: info@familyinstitutecamb.org
»»Global
Partnership for Transformative Social Work (GPTSW)
This is a world-wide, non-affiliated community of social
work educators, researchers, theoreticians and practitioners
interested in exploring existing and potential expressions
of what might loosely be called postmodern thought,
in particular the confluence of perspectives termed
social construction.
»»Houston
Galveston Institute
The Houston Galveston Institute (formerly the Galveston
Family Institute) is internationally recognized for
its innovative contributions to the advancements of
theory, psychotherapy practice and research, and to
the development of creative contexts for learning, practice
and research. It has distinguished itself for its unique
developments in brief therapy and has been acclaimed
for its Collaborative Language Systems Approach with
its emphasis on "problem-organizing systems", the role
of language, narrative and conversation in therapy,
the not-knowing position, and the translation of these
concepts into work with difficult life situations.
Address:
3316 Mount Vernon
Houston, TX 77006
Phone: 713-526-8390
Contact: Dr. Sue Levin
Email: hgi@neosoft.com
»»Imagine
Chicago
Imagine Chicago is a non-profit organization that helps
people develop their imagination as city creators. It
offers everyone, especially young people, the opportunity
to invest themselves in the city¹s future.
Address:
910 W. Castlewood Terrace
Chicago, IL 60640
Phone: 773-275-2520
Email Bliss Browne: bliss@imaginechicago.org
»»Innovation
Partners International (www.innovationpartners.com)
Innovation Partners International (IPI) is multinational
consultancy of senior practitioners passionately engaged
at the intersection of Appreciative Inquiry and transformative
change in whole systems -- be they government, education,
for-profit or not for profit. We exist to make a lasting
positive difference in the world.Our practice is focused
on 'whole system' or 'systemic' AI (e.g., the application
of AI to issues of strategy, design, implementation
and evaluation, with a systemic view of people, process,
culture and technology). By combining our capabilities
we create and support organizations which increasingly
operate at the nexus of social benefit, economic prosperity
and ecological sustainability and the human spirit.
Contact:
Phone: Jen Hetzel Silbert -- 401.782.6090 or Bernard
J Mohr --207-874-0118
Email: info@innovationpartners.com
»»Institute
for Creative Change
The Institute for Creative Change is dedicated to teaching
practices that enhance thinking about people and change.
We are guided by the social construction of meaning
and the emphasis on language and relational systems.
Address:
7373 N. Scottsdale Road
Suite A-210
Scottsdale, AZ 85253
Phone: 602-280-9505
»»Inter-Logics
Specializing in work with organizations and communities
in complex collaborative situations, Inter-Logics has
the experience and know-how necessary to deliver tangible
benefits when it comes to critical communications, leading
and managing collaborative projects, establishing public
and stakeholder engagement, creating sustainable strategic
partnerships, promoting rapid cultural change and crafting
innovative multi-media interventions.
Contact:
Murray Anderson-Wallace
Phone: + 44 (0) 113 224 9913
Email: info@inter-logics.net
»»Kensington
Consultation Centre
KCC is a learning organization. Within their learning
programs, attention is centered on creating contexts
where individuals and groups can work, live and develop
to their full potential in their chosen professions
and relationships. In the pursuit of this we explore
with people, using systemic/social-constructionist approaches,
how they can communicate and contribute, understand
their position of influence in ways which enhance their
own abilities to make good judgments in the organization
within which they work.
Address:
2 Wyvil Court
Trenchold St.
London, SW8 2TG
Contact: Dr. Peter Lang
Phone: 171-720-7301
Email: enquiries@kcc-international.com
»»Narrative
Psychology Internet and Resource Guide
This guide provides a broad set of bibliographical and
Internet-based resources for use in the study of narrative
psychology and has been designed both as an Internet-available
document for researchers generally and partially to
be used within both an advanced undergraduate psychology
and graduate-level seminar.
Contact:
Vincent W. Hevern, SJ, Ph.D.
Psychology Department
Le Moyne College
Syracuse, NY 13214
Phone: 315-445-4342
Email: hevern@lemoyne.edu
»»Positive
Aging
The Taos Institute is pleased to offer an electronic
newsletter, Positive Aging. The newsletter brings to
light resources‹from scientific research on aging, gerontology
practices, and daily life ‹that contribute to an appreciation
of the aging process.
Contact:
Dawn Dole
Toll Free 1-888-999-TAOS
Out of the US 440-338-6733 (not toll-free)
Email: info@taosinstitute.net
»»The
Positive Change Corps
The Positive Change Corps. is a leading provider of
innovative services for the transformation of educational
communities. It is a open, global group of change agents
(consultants, teachers, administrators, parents, students,
staff, etc) responding to the irresistible invitation
to co-construct a positive future for young people and
those who influence their lives. Their mission is to
partner with schools and youth organizations to build
on the best of what already exists and create the brightest,
most imaginative future possible. They are dedicated
to producing rapid,
Click this link to join in the
conversation (Acrobat PDF Reader required).
»»Postmodern
Therapy News
PMTH News is the newsletter for the Postmodern Therapies
(PMTH) listserv. It contains many resources for those
interested in postmodernism. New editions appear every
two weeks.
Contact:
Lois Shawver, Ph.D.
385 Bellevue Ave.
Oakland, CA 94610
Email: rathbone@california.com
»»Program
on Social and Organizational Learning, George Mason
University
The Program on Social and Organizational Learning (PSOL)
is an interdisciplinary academic unit within the School
of Public Policy at George Mason University aimed at
developing an understanding of "social learning," the
way knowledge comes to be discovered and conveyed in
social systems and organizations.
Address:
School of Public Policy
Arlington Original Building
Mail Stop 3B1
3401 North Fairfax Dr.
Arlington, VA, 22201-4411
Phone: (703) 993-1142
Contact:
Leslie Metzger, Director of Admissions
School of Public Policy
Phone: (703) 993-8099
Email: spp@gmu.edu
»»Public
Conversations Project
The mission of PCP is to foster a more inclusive, empathic
and collaborative society by promoting constructive
conversations and relationships among those who have
differing values, world views, and positions about divisive
public issues. The central objective of the Public Conversations
Project is to avoid repeating unproductive debates and
to develop new modes of communicating that lead to mutual
understanding, respect, and trust. This reduces the
costly effects of conflict and creates new possibilities
for change.
Address:
46 Kondazian Street
Watertown, MA 02472-2832
Phone: 617-923-1216
Contact:
Laura Chasin, MA, MSW
Email: info@publicconversations.org
»»Public
Dialogue Consortium
We are a group of educators, consultants, and practitioners
who promote high quality communication on public issues.
We envision a world in which communication in the public
sphere is humane, constructive, and beneficial to all.
San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
Contact:
Kimberly and Barnett Pearce
807 Wharfside Road
San Mateo, CA 94404, USA
Phone: 650-574-7343
Email:
Kimberly Pearce at kim@publicdialogue.org
Barnett Pearce at barnett@publicdialogue.org
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Contact:
Stephen W. Littlejohn, President
504 Luna Blvd. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102-1930, USA
Phone: (505) 246-9890
Email: stephen@publicdialogue.org
»»Qualitative-Research.net
FQS is a peer-reviewed multilingual online journal
for qualitative research. The main aim of FQS is to
promote discussion and cooperation among qualitative
researchers from different countries and social science
disciplines.
Contact: Dr. Katja Mruck
Freie Universität Berlin
FB 12, WE 09
Habelschwerdter Allee 45
14195 Berlin, Germany
Email: mruck@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Phone: 0049 / (0)30 / 838 - 55 725
»»Saybrook
Graduate School
For 30 years Saybrook's goals have been the advancement
of understanding human beings and the human condition,
the encouragement of full expression of the highest
human possibilities, and the furtherance of emancipatory
values in individuals, communities, organizations and
the world at large.
Address:
450 Pacific St.
San Francisco, CA
Phone: 415-433-9200
»»Social
Constructionist Counselor Educators' Listserve
Are you involved in training counselors using social
constructionist ideas and want to discuss these ideas
with other counselor educators? Consider joining the
Social Constructionist Counselor Educators' Listserve,
moderated by Tom Strong and David Pare. For more information
email: strongt@ucalgary.ca.
»»Spondizo
Duane Bidwell relates issues in religion and theology
to social construction.
Caring for people - and thinking critically about our
practices of care - are central tasks for pastoral theology.
Bringing those tasks into conversation with the emerging
culture is at the heart of Spondizo.
Featuring a lively and intelligent weblog, as well as
other resources, the site facilitates spiritual care
to individuals and communities by:
a. promoting theological reflection
b. highlighting resources for constructive theology,
and
c. stimulating creative pastoral practice.
Offered in the spirit of public scholarship, Spondizo
is written and published by pastor and scholar Duane
Bidwell to advance dialogue in the church and the academy.
The site was launched early in 2004.
»»
The National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD)
thataway.org
NCDD brings together people and groups who actively practice, promote and study inclusive, high quality conversations. NCDD is a vibrant network of over 700 organizations and individuals who, collectively, regularly engage and mobilize hundreds of thousands of people around today's critical issues, and NCDD's resource-rich website is a popular hub for dialogue and deliberation leaders.
Contact: Joy Garman
Address: 114 W. Springville Road, Boiling Springs, PA 17007
Email: joy@thataway.org
Phone: 717-243-5144
»»The
Qualitative Report
The Qualitative Report is an online journal devoted
to writing and discussion of and about qualitative,
critical action, and collaborative inquiry and research.
The Qualitative Report
ISSN 1052-0147
Nova Southeastern University
3301 College Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314 USA
Contact: Ronald J. Chenail, Ph.D.
Email: ron@nsu.nova.edu
Phone: 954.262.7055
»»The
Virtual Faculty
The Virtual Faculty is a group of constructionist
scholars working toward a global education program for
psychology.
Contact: Andrew Lock
Department of Psychology, Massey University, New Zealand |
