Cooperrider Center New and Upcoming Opportunities

Greetings!

Spring is just around the corner, and so are some of our new and upcoming workshops, programs and events!

Our monthly AI Introductory Workshop is free of charge and open to anyone in the community, so please feel free to forward it on to others as well. It will take place in room 101/102 in our Lakeside Miller Center building. You can RSVP to reserve your spot in this sessions via the following link:
Wednesday, April 27th – Sign up here
New!  VISUALIZING Program 
We are extremely excited to announce the launch of our new 2.5-day program dedicated to learning how to integrate Appreciative Inquiry with the power of visual thinking!
This program will be fun, creative and dynamic.  It’s goal: learning how to connect our emotional and rational worlds in order to leverage our highest creative potential.  Learn to use visual language as part of your facilitation and coaching practice. Inspire collective learning and collaboration by capturing stories with images and words creating a common framework that can be shared, understood and remembered. Program led by Diana Arsenian and Matt Moehle

To find out more, please see our informational one-sheet HERE
Sign-up Here
Graduate Certificate in Positive Organization Development

Through Champlain College’s graduate Certificate in Positive Organization Development, you will gain a strong foundational knowledge in leading-edge topics, including positive organizational scholarship, positive psychology, inquiry-based leadership and Appreciative Inquiry. The first of its kind, this groundbreaking online graduate certificate program will provide you with strong grounding in the philosophies, theories, applications and practice of Positive Organization Development.

Our next online information session: RegisterHERE for upcoming information sessions.
For more  details on this program, please see our informational one-sheet HERE.

If you are interested in applying for this program, please contact Carin McCarthy in Graduate Studies at cmccarthy@champlain.edu

Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner Certification Program

We are excited to announce our first international AI Certification program, based on Champlain College’s Campus in Dublin, Ireland! 
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Part I: Foundations in AI 
June 13 – 14, 2016
Part II: Application/ Fieldwork June 2016-January 2017
Part III: AI Capstone January 2017
For more detailed information, you can view our informational one-sheet HERE.
*Sign up HERE*

In the fall, the Certification will come back to the Champlain College campus in Burlington! 
Location: Burlington, VT
Part I Foundations in AI 
November 2-4, 2016
Part II Appreciative Application/ Fieldwork November 2016 – April 
Part III: Appreciative Inquiry Capstone April 2017
For more detailed information, you can view our informational one-sheet HERE.
*Sign up HERE*

Upcoming Keynotes with David Cooperrider
In the coming months, there are a few conference that David Cooperrider will be speaking at:2016 Leading to Well-Being: Cultivating Resilience Conference – April 14-15, 2016
Now in its seventh year, George Mason University’s Leading to Well-Being Conference gathers the nation’s top experts in organizational leadership for a day of deep and substantial learning. The keynote speakers and presenters consult with the country’s top companies, CEOs, organizations, and agencies to create meaningful and lasting culture shifts that move them to greater levels of thriving.
For more information or to register, click HERE. Exhilarate 2016: Learn it! Live it!
The 3rd Canadian Conference on Positive Psychology (a.k.a. Exhilarate 2016) will enthusiastically promote the science and practice of positive psychology along with lots of easy-to-use research-based applications that you can take back and implement right away.
The conference environment will nurture collaboration and communication among researchers, practitioners, teachers and students in Canada and around the world. Be prepared to network and enjoy conversations that span all different types of disciplines, converging on one main theme; A passion for positive psychology.
For more information or to register, click HERE. 

Hold the Date for the Northeast Strengths Based Gathering!
June 2-3, 2016We are excited to share that we will be (hosting or sponsoring) the 2016 3rd Champlain (Burlington, VT) Gathering- “Share, Teach, and Learn – Perspectives on the Past, Present, and Future of Strength-Based Work” in partnership with the Northeast Strength-Based Network, Vermont Association of Talent Development, and with the support of the Taos Institute
Please hold the evening of June 2 and the day of June 3, 2016. We will be meeting on campus at Champlain College. We will be requesting presenters and have more details soon!
We as a Center hope that we can connect with you in some way! If you would like to stay up-to-date with what is going on with the Center, or have any questions regarding our programs, please contact Alyssa Doyle at adoyle@champlain.edu. Please feel free to forward this email on to other positive change leaders you know!