LEAP OF FAITH: RE-DISCOVERING THE WONDER-FULL WORLD OF EDUCAITON Sponsored by Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management, And the Positive Change Corps (PCC) November 6-7, 2004

Our sponsors and donors: This gathering was made possible through the generous gifts from: Weatherhead School of Management Business as an Agent of World Benefit (BAWB) Initiative Positive Change Corps Canton City Schools McDonald’s Corporation Nutrimental Corporation of Brazil Visions for a Better World Foundation Diana Arsenian – Graphic Recorder Individual Donors Thank you from the bottom and the top of our hearts.

An Open Moment… We Are “In It.” Now. Thank God our precious time is now. – M.L. King A Time to Re-think Human Relationships and Change “No Limits to Cooperation” Power of Wholeness Realities and Relationships: The “Language of Life” A Positive Revolution in Change

Appreciative Inquiry “4-D” Discovery “What gives life?” (The best of what is) AppreciatingDiscovery “What gives life?” (The best of what is) Appreciating Dream “What might be?” (What is the world calling for) Envisioning Results Dream “What might be?” (What is the world calling for) Envisioning Results Design “What should be— the ideal?” Co-constructingDesign Co-constructing Destiny “How to empower, learn, and improvise?” SustainingDestiny “How to empower, learn, and improvise?” Sustaining Affirmative Topic Choice

The Power of AI Stories Stories stick like glue… Stories make information easier to remember…”Whole brain” Stories build identities and fosters relationships Stories are a medium for conveying values, visions Stories move the internal dialogue of the system Stories create Human Hope…

Discover The Wonder-full World of Education

Discovery Opportunity & Call Positive Core History Discovery Opportunity & Call Positive Core History Dream Purpose New Story Dream Purpose New Story Design Provocative Propositions Ideal Organizations, Schools & World Design Provocative Propositions Ideal Organizations, Schools & World Destiny People &Actions Learning & Improvisation Destiny People &Actions Learning & Improvisation AI “4-D” Cycle Topic : Visions of Schools and Youth and the Multiple Possibilities

Appreciative Inquiry: An “Open Moment” We live in worlds our questions create. “Be patient … and try to love the questions themselves. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” Rainer Maria Rilke “Answers reflect the past. Questions advise you about the future.” Margaret Somerville, Founder McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics & Law

Positive Image – Positive Action Images Inspire Action Human systems move in the direction of their images of the future. The more positive and hopeful the image of the future, the more positive the present-day action. Positive change occurs when the process used to create the change is a living model of the ideal future. Our Dreams become Our Reality