Let's lift up the possibilities, gifts and strengths empowering the Cincinnati Summit. A new narrative is taking shape in anticipation of the Appreciative Inquiry Summit, one of the country's largest city-wide transformation opportunities. Click here to learn more.
Thanks to Mary Alice Arthur of SOAR for sharing this and the photo below.
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What does the World Require of Us Now? In this e-news we bring you a story of the recent gathering in Cincinnati that saw the likes of World Café co-founder Juanita Brown, Art of Hosting's Toke Moeller and PeerSpirit's Christina Baldwin coming together to talk about what the world requires of them now.
Juanita describes a sense of calm urgency, as those gathered reflected on a world that "has never been in such a state of potential danger as it is now."
"There's never been a generation where parents felt their children wouldn't have as good a life as their parents - that's a first in America," says Juanita.
But there's much more to this story, as you'll see by clicking on the links below.
As always, we welcome any feedback on this e-news, including suggestions for changes. Please contact michelle@axiomnews.ca, or call 705-741-4421.
Conversation underscores an 'invisible' movement making profound change "Something is afoot in the world, and I'm a participant in it." That's what Peter Block says resonated most true for him as he took part in a recent first-ever conversation of its kind in Cincinnati. Click here to read the full story.
We think this question of what the world requires of us now is also worth considering in light of the continued movement towards the whole-system, Appreciative Inquiry summit in Cincinnati.
What courageous act does the city require of us now? What does this movement ask of us?
Our responses, we feel, are the only way forward from any sense of "calm urgency" we too may be feeling about the state of our world.
Please join this ongoing conversation via our Twitter account @cincysummit or by contacting the newsroom at 705-741-4421.
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Watch the latest Elementz digital newsletter. Stories include the Elementz fundraiser at the Freedom Center, Abdullah's trip to visit S.T.A.R.S. in Columbus, Elementz at the Cincy Pops Pop-Up Party and more!
our favourite tweets of the week
@rbstansfield #aamc11 Willamson: fix culture with Appreciative Inquiry. Find the positive narratives and amplify them. Feed the good wolf.
@cincysummit Q of the wk: What might be if Appreciative Inquiry were accessible and active for all citizens? #wayofbeing #strengths
@amrecker: If you are passionate, get out there and do something- that action will bring others and affect change.
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Peter Block creates civic engagement through conversations focusing on gifts and possibility
