AiProcess

Any initiative of discovery and change, to be successful, adapts the best practices and processes to meet each community or organizations' desire for results.   AiPhilanthropy has experience in various generative techniques and has focused its learning on the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Process. The AI process (using the inquiry into philanthropy as an example) has four phases, in which participants:

• Discover (appreciate) :  Sharing stories in individual interviews, participants explore the core of their personal contributions of talent, time and money and identify the conditions that energize this philanthropy.
   

• Dream (envision) : Exploring these stories in roundtable discussions, including all those who have been interviewed, participants identify those conditions that they want to create more of and develop images of the future, imagining a productive community where everyone contributes.
   

• Design (co-construct) : Focusing on what works and what is desired or should be, participants develop provocative propositions – for individuals, organizations and communities – to organize and act to move toward that future.
   

• Destiny (create & sustain) : Building on their shared understanding and experience of what works, participants develop confidence to commit to bold, breakthrough actions that both demonstrate results and facilitate continued improvisation and learning.