Community Service Engineering is a curriculum of the faculties of Engineering Technology and Engineering Science KU Leuven in collaboration with Thomas More

Week 5: Appreciative Inquiry

07 – 08 Nov – Face-to-face in Geel

TOPIC: Appreciative Inquiry

Face-to-face meetingThis week we welcome you in Geel

Friday 7/11Address: Thomas More Kempen | Kleinhoefstraat 4 | 2440 B-Geel

Saturday 8/11Address: Thomas More Kempen | Kleinhoefstraat 4 | 2440 B-Geel

9:00 -10:00 Appreciative Inquiry and relational practice

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12:00 – 13:00 BREAK BREAK

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Appreciative Inquiry and relational practice

Appreciative Inquiry and relational practice

Individual assignment(s) Week 6&7

• Task 1.2:

Probably the technology you are developing will help a user to perform a certain task. Please examine what a user is required to do (in terms of actions and/or cognitive processes) today to achieve this task. Is he/she able to do so? Why? Why not? Try to focus on what is possible (cf. appreciative inquiry). Is there technology today to help the user perform these tasks? What is good about the current tools used? Is there potential to improve these current tools?

Present your findings on your Weebly website - tab Context of use – Task 1.2

Group interaction Week 6&7

Watch the video on Appreciative Inquiry (David Cooperrider): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JDfr6KGV-k

•Try to reframe the problems, the things that aren't right, the problem statement into an affirmative topic, one that expresses more the wish behind the topic and is inspiring to talk about.

•Design a discovery question and a dream/miracle question for your affirmative topic.

•Decide via a stakeholdersmap who you want to involve in the conversations.

Do this in group, in line with the theory of Appreciative Inquiry, via contributing to and commenting on a Google doc.