Appreciative, Inquiry

The committee of haves

Is there any legitimacy in a committee of haves talking about the have-nots?

Public hearings

Is there anything worse for a community than a "public hearing"?

Consensus, delimited

How much power does a community create for itself when it empowers its members to take initiative without necessarily first winning the mandate of consensus?

Aim big, start small

How can we translate our largest dreams into today's tactics?

Winners and losers

What should a community do with ideas that divide the community into winners and losers?

Ethnic communities

In regions made up of ethnic diversity, how can the community support the growth of ethnic cultures as a way of increasing the quality of life there?

Collaboration barriers

What would prevent group networking from leading to new collaborations?

Communal self-esteem

What would a community that believed in itself sound, feel, look, acnd act like?

Libraries & ED

What could be a creative role of libraries in adding to economic development?

The non-critical mass

What's more important for a contingent of people who share an ideology, passion, or vision: to spend time gaining converts or engaging whoever shows up to take some kind of action?