Strengths Economy

Griet Bouwen

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Sparking change by providing stories

Started as an experiment, the media crew succeeded wonderfully in creating a constant stream of news throughout the World Appreciative Inquiry Conference (WAIC) held in Ghent, Belgium April 25-28.

Saskia Tjepkema

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GHENT, Belgium — It can be quite a challenge: delivering a keynote speech on the final day of an intense conference, the 2012 World Appreciative Inquiry Conference April 25-28. Not a problem for Dr. Gervase Bush and Dr. Ron Fry. They picked up some burning questions that were buzzing throughout the gathering, starting with the one about “positivity.”

Michelle Strutzenberger

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Dipping our toes into creation of global news network

In spending a few days with our new friends from Belgium interested to create their own generative journalism agency I had a few of those moments that are hard to describe; flash-forwards, you might call them, when you feel the future bursting ahead, wide, wide open with possibilities.

Michelle Strutzenberger

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More than 500 Cincinnati residents from many different walks of life gathered this past weekend in the grand ballroom of the Millennium Hotel on Fifth Street West for a kind of conversation that guaranteed has never taken place at such a scale in this city before.

Judith Samuelson

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As global power brokers jet home from Davos, it's easy to be cynical about the value of such "gabfests," and wonder whether these face-to-face settings, with their massive carbon footprints, are worth continuing in an age of Skype and email.

Strengths Economy

Resonance with generative journalism notion heading ‘in a wonderful direction, one I hadn’t really expected, especially as quickly’

Peter Pula says he came home from the 2012 World Appreciative Inquiry Conference in Ghent, Belgium “super surprised” by the reception he found there.

David Cooperrider offers insights learned from Appreciative Inquiry application

More than 2,000 years of democracy have brought many changes to our world. More change is on the way. In the 21st century, democracy movements have been seen across the world. The cry for deliberative democracy is being heard around the world, and is being enacted from Nepal to Bhutan, and from Syria to Somalia.  It's met with some success.

Our Work

Axiom News’ Fraser Wilson joins panel discussion on value of storytelling

Axiom News was honoured to be a sponsor of the Social Venture Network’s (SVN) annual spring gathering held this year at the Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, Wash., where a diverse network of some of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs gathered to discuss the pathway to a more sustainable future.

Editorial

A news network is emerging with a story of connecting strengths and possibility

Is capacity building for sharing a new kind of news story? Consider this series of fortunate events.

Briefs

What's Emerging from 2012 WAIC?

Just before the 2012 World Appreciative Inquiry Conference (WAIC) in Ghent, Belgium, co-organizer Philippe Belien mentioned he believed the gathering would generate "a lot and enough." During the event, Dr. Ron Fry and Dr. Gervase Bushe delivered a provocative presentation on moving beyond positivity. One of their key points was that Appreciative Inquiry always sets people in motion, generating new, voluntary activity. So what's emerging as a result of and through the connections made during WAIC? We'd love to hear; please share via Twitter, Facebook or e-mail. And we'll spread the word even further.

Updates on the World AI Conference

Updates from the the World Appreciative Inquiry Conference (WAIC) happening April 25-28 in Ghent, Belgium, are available through the conference's website. A variety of webcasts from the event, stories and photos are available. On Twitter, use the hashtag #2012waic. Visit www.2012waic.com.

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"For decades, much of what happens in Africa just hasn't been 'fit for print'. It's time to make some room, and get the world to see, understand, and believe in the lighter, more promising side of the proverbially mismanaged 'dark continent.'" So concludes photojournalist Jonathan Kalan in a recent Huffington Post blog on the future of Africa. Could there be some trending in thought here? Axiom News recently interviewed Appreciative Inquiry practitioner Anastasia Bukashe, who is also looking to introduce a more possibility-oriented dialogue on and about the continent.Click here to read the article with her. Click here to read Jonathan's blog.

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