Introduction: Living Stories

Choose from the following dates:
May 19, 2008 in Bethesda, MD

Instructors: Paul Costello and Dr. Madelyn Blair

This workshop is a great starting point for those who wish to use story more effectively in their work. Designed with interactivity in mind, participants will practice exploring stories. The work of Appreciative Inquiry begins in stories – the narratives of people’s lives. Those stories contain the ingredients that shape the exploration. Discover for yourself how stories shape us and how to shape the stories. This program begins the exploration of how story works and how to work stories.

We live in a sea of stories – from the media, politics, religion, education, and our families and colleagues. Living amidst this wealth does not mean that we understand how these stories work. No one can live legitimately within one story. The stories we tell define our culture. The program explores our ethical responsibility around the stories we choose to tell.

Developed independently, the Center’s approach mirrors much of the philosophy that has guided Appreciative Inquiry for so long and offers another avenue of understanding social constructionism at work and how AI and narrative work together.

Many audiences find value
Our sessions have attracted leaders, organizational development specialists, therapists, communications professionals, human resource executives and professionals, teachers, clergy, thought leaders, and the insatiably curious.

Course Objectives and Shape of the Day

Co-sponsored by The Center for Narrative Studies

For information and registration contact pelerei@mac.com  or call 301-371-7100.