containers for massive innovation
Global Summit on Social Responsibility
The Global Summit on Social Responsibility was held in 2008 with more than 800 executives from around the world united in their visions for a better future that created a roadmap for a social responsibility movement in the association profession.
Nineteen “connected sites” across the United States and around the world allowed 400 plus people to participate live through technology, bringing global perspective from a wide range of stakeholders to the Summit in real time.
The Houston, Texas community came together in 2009 for a summit on Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools: Leveraging the Power of Our Community. Community leaders and stakeholders from every corner of Houston collaborated with the Houston Independent School District to envision a new national model for improving student nutrition and physical activity.
In 2004, World Vision embarked on a strategic planning process to identify goals and priorities for guiding the organization into the future. 150 of the organization’s leaders, donors, and partners met in Bangkok for an Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Summit, engaging 4000 employees and stakeholders in a groundbreaking and highly successful “virtual summit” process.
about containers
Many different containers exist to support and expand work to create real change and transformation. We are experimenting using several different formats for connecting people in this process including the iCohere online platform, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter.
Thank you to iCohere, an official provider for large-scale Appreciative Inquiry projects for the use of the OvationNet platform for this workshop.
OvationNet was created to address a number of important questions, whose answers represent the next generation of Appreciative Inquiry:
- How can we most effectively capture, share and use stories to highlight the core strengths of a system?
- How do we most effectively engage the whole system in AI, even when time constraints exist and part of the system is unable to meet together face-to-face?
- How do we sustain and grow the momentum created through AI Summits so it leads to true innovation and inspired positive change?
- How do we expand the positive impact of Appreciative Inquiry in corporations, non-profits and non-governmental organizations, educational institutions, and the world?