WELCOME ! “Short and Sweet AI”
The Basics of
Appreciative Planning and Action
(APA)
Organisasioner som BegeistrerTØnsberg, Norway11 & 12 Mai 2005
Marcia Odell, MS, MBA, PhD
Malcolm J. Odell, Jr., MS, PhD
[email protected]@adelphia.net
APA BasicsSession Objectives
• Understand the origins and development of Appreciative Planning and Action (APA)
• “De-Mystify” Appreciative Inquiry
• Identify similarities and differences between AI and APA
• Practice the Appreciative Planning and Action approach to ‘problem-solving’
Appreciative Planning & Action Introduction & Origins
• The Mountain Institute and development of the ‘Makalu Model’– Need for simplicity
• To work with illiterate villagers, remote communities• To streamline Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)
– Need to keep it short• To engage overworked women
– Focus on ‘Action’• Personal Commitments• “Do it now!”
Appreciative Planning & Action
Evolution of APA– Women’s Empowerment
• Reversing the ‘Dependency Syndrome’• Need to reach large numbers at low cost• Training trainers to scale up development programs
– Empowerment Art• Giving pride & confidence to shy, retiring, illiterate
women
– The Miracle of Exponential Positive Action• “Phakhel Story” – APA in Action – to follow• WORTH women replicate empowerment program
Appreciative Planning and Action (APA)
1. Goal - Seeking the Root Causes of Success2. Laws
– What you seek is what you find– Where you think you’re going is where you end up
3. Principles– If you look for problems, you find – and create – more
problems– If you look for success, you find – and create – more
successes– If you believe in your dreams, you create miracles
4 ‘Ds’ --> 7 ‘Ds’
Appreciative Planning and Action (APA)
Mission Statement
To empower organizations and individuals: • To take pride in what and who they are and
what they have achieved• To dream of what might be• To plan for what can be, and • To feel the energy that comes from making
commitments and taking the first step
To be simple enough that anyone can do it, profound enough to change people’s lives
Appreciative Planning & Action 7 Ds
Discover The best, success, what works
Dream Even better, what we want more of
Design Strategy, general plan to get there
Deliver Action plan & commitments to start
Do It Now! Take action to get going now
Discussion ‘Open Mike’ and “A-Valuation”
Dance and Drum ! Celebrate Success!
APA in Action Video
– Phakhel Village, Nepal
• Dependency Syndrome– “Spoiled Village”
• “Problem to Opportunity”
– No school..
– Village too small to support school
• Commitments & Action• “They never asked us
for anything!”
The Miracle of Exponential Positive
Action
– APA as process supporting the Women’s Empowerment Program -- WORTH
• 240 local NGOs• 6,000 women’s groups• 125,000 women
– “Impact before Intervention”• From 20,000 women in business to 80,000• From $600,000 to $4 million in earnings Before introducing Micro-Enterprise Curriculum
“Short and Sweet AI” Appreciative Planning & Action
• “Generating Organizational Energy”– Learn the APA approach to institutional
empowerment
– Turning problems into a positive opportunities in just a few minutes
– Problems can be either:• Things that discourage us and drag us down… or• Opportunities for achieving great things…
– It’s our choice….!
Appreciative Planning & Action Introductions
• Appreciative Pair-wise Interviews– Pair up with the person you don’t know – or
know least well among those in the room– Interview each other (2 min. each) – Question:
Tell me a story about a time when you felt you made a real difference, a real contribution, a time when you felt proud, excited about something you have done yourself – anytime in your life, your family, your community
Keep your conversations to just 4 minutes!
Discoveryof the best, of success, of what works
• Each pair joins with another pair (or 2) to form group of 4-6
• Introduce your partners and share highlights of their stories – what inspired you about your conversation
Keep this to just 4 minutes!
Dreamof even better, what we want more of…
In your group• Share your personal
dreams of life, your community, a world full of the best, of what we want more of…
• Draw a picture together of the year 2020, of what this looks like for our children, our grandchildren
Keep this to just 4 minutes!
Designa plan, strategy for achieving the Dream
In your group – decide • What you can do --
this year -- to begin to move toward your dream
• Jot these ideas down on your picture in 2-3 bullet points
Keep this to just 4 minutes!
DeliveryAction Plan to Get Started
• Jot down a few short tasks you might undertake -- during coming week -- to get started on to move toward achieving your Dream
• Each person take one simple task from the action plan that you will undertake personally
• Each person write your personal commitment on a sheet of paper
Keep this to just 4 minutes!
“Do it now!”• Find something, however small or simple, that you will do
RIGHT NOW to get started… – Anything – however simple…
• that symbolizes your action plan• that moves your process forward• that engages you or others in the room
– Use your imagination and any resources in the room
Remember:“Everything we need is in this room”
Keep this to just 4 minutes!
Sharing Dreams and Designs
• Each group makes a one-minute presentation summarizing the group’s– Dream– Design– Delivery
• Each person stand, give your name, and share your own – Picture– Personal Commitment
“Dance and Drum”
Celebrate !!!
Who has a drum? ….a song…a dance….celebrating… • Simplifying• De-mystifying• Adding power toAppreciative Inquiry
SuccessTree
Open Mike
APA - The Basics• Ideas…• Questions…• Stories…• Inspirations… ....to share?
…”How can we use APA in our organization, program?”
Appreciative Planning & ActionSummary
Discover The best, success, what works
Dream Even better, what we want more of
Design Strategy, general plan to get there
Deliver Action plan & commitments to start
Do It Now! Take action to get going now
Discussion ‘Open Mike’ and “A-Valuation”
Dance and Drum ! Celebrate Success!
“A-Valuation”
• “The Best” and “Even Better”
• APA for Evaluation
APA Session – “A-Valuation”
‘The Best’ Your favorite moments in
this session, what you enjoyed most, what was most valuable
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“Do it Now” What to do -- next? --
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‘Even Better’If we were running a full scale workshop or training together like this, how could we make it ‘even better’
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Who will do it? When?--------
References & Contacts
Marcia L. Odell, MS, MBA. PhD
Director, Global WORTH InitiativePact, Inc. Nairobi, Kenya
[email protected] www.worthwomen.org
Malcolm J. Odell, Jr. , MS, PhD
Appreciative Inquiry Consulting, LLC4 Whitehall Rd, S. Hampton, NH 03827
603-394-7890, [email protected] http://www.aiconsulting.org/
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