LEAP OF FAITH: REDISCOVERING THE WONDERFULL WORLD OF EDUCAITON

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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
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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
• McDonalds 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.

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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

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Appreciative InquiryAn 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

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The Power of AI Stories

• Stories stick like glue
• Stories make information easier to
  rememberWhole 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

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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
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We are the Future of the World
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The Face of Hope
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The Joy of Youth
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The Hope of the Future
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The Passion of Learning
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Coming Together
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Youth Leadership
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We are the Future
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The Discovery Interviews
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Discovery Interviews
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Discovery Interviews
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Discovery Interviews
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Its great to learn together.
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Learning Together and Teaching Each Other
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We love to Learn
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We are All Here All Voices in the Room
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Youth Leading the Way
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I love to learn.
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What is our Boldest Dream?
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Designing our Future Together
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Cherishing Our Time Together