Dear Prof. Yu,
Thanks for alerting me to this very interesting session.
Unfortunately, I am not able to attend the AOM Conference this year to
participate in this PDW session. Is it someway to get some more
information?
Thanks,
Lichia Saner-Yiu
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Subject: [PNP-NET] PNP PDW Ways of Seeing
Dear Colleagues in PNP listserv,
We have one PDW for the upcoming 2008 AoM conference in Anaheim of
particular organization development and change concerns for public and
non-profit organizations. Scholars and practitioners will learn to develop
change strategies using various media and methods of inquiry. PNP is a
co-sponsor for the PDW. Please forward the information to interested
colleagues and students.
Best, Kuo Yu
All Academy PTC PDW Chair
"Ways of Seeing: Appreciative Inquiry, Visuals, Aesthetics & "World Cafe" as
Change Agents." The session will be held on Friday, August 8 from 1:00PM -
5:00PM at the Anaheim Marriott in Marquis Northwest.
The theme "The Questions We Ask" begs us to inquire the methods or media we
use to engage a topic or a problem. This PDW called "Ways of Seeing"
foregrounds a wide range of media and inquiry methods that a researcher or
practitioner can employ to engage a topic or problem. Different inquiry
methods assume different presuppositions to a problem, forcing us to
self-reflectively address: "Are we asking the wrong questions?" "Are we
holding the right attitude toward the questions?" and "Are we seeing the big
picture?" Examples of inquiry methods and media showcased here include
appreciative inquiry, visual representations of organizations, aesthetics
and artful conversation, and "the World Cafe." All these inquiry methods
access organizational realities in different ways, allowing different ways
of seeing and enriching different possibilities to surface. In particular,
they empower subjugated voices, encourage envisioning of positive realities,
and foster creative thinking that unshackles assumptions because of the new
playing fields these inquiry methods bring forth. Furthermore, they provide
powerful consulting and change tools to unfreeze organizational members from
current barriers and to re-imagine new possibilities, enhancing support for
a given initiative or major change.
The highly interactive format of this PDW allows for the audience to meet
with experts in their respective fields to learn and experience first-hand,
visual representation, appreciative inquiry, and artful conversation.
The chairs and organizers are:
Kuo Frank Yu; U. of California, Berkeley
Ronald Fry; Case Western Reserve U.
Rochelle Mucha; Business as Performance Art
The presenters and their affiliations are as follows:
Frank J. Barrett; Naval Postgraduate School
Michael Stark; Visual Ink
Kevin Woodson; Visual Ink
Dan Jumanan; Visual Ink
Thomas J. Hurley; World Cafe Community Foundation
James D Ludema; Benedictine U.