Title of Session: “World Café: Facilitating Change from an Appreciative Inquiry Lens”
Summary: Utilizing the World Café format, participants will engage in meaningful conversations around facilitating organizational change from an Appreciative Inquiry Lens. Participants will interact in small groups, guided by several rounds of topic questions. The World Café methodology is a proven change method for gathering diverse perspectives around meaningful organizational and/or community needs.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will apply change strategies from an Appreciative Inquiry lens to their own organizations.
- Participants will discuss the notion of facilitating change from a positive perspective
- Participants will understand the World Café as a change approach for engaging whole systems.
Jim Maddox is a Change Strategist and Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas. He’s passionate about helping individuals and organizations experience life to the fullest, and engaging in positive, transformational change. He has a master’s degree in industrial and organizational psychology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and a Ph.D. in Community and Human Resources from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Maddox is a Certified Management Trainer with Zenger-Miller/Achieve Global and a Registered Organization Development Consultant (RODC). His current research focus centers on facilitating transformational change in developing communities and organizations and exploring the construct of resistance to change.