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What is Community: Voices and Choices for Sustainability

A capacity crowd was welcomed by SLHI and co-sponsors the Arizona Community Foundation, the Local Initiatives Support Coaltion (LISC) and the ASU Stardust Center for Homes and the Family on December 5, 2008 for the "What is Community" event.

Also on hand were graphic recorders - providers of real-time illustration of each keynote speaker's presentation and likewise illustrating the proceedings of the scheduled breakout sessions on Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space Technology and Design Charrette. For a window into the day's discussions, click on any of the following PDFs.

Opening Keynote: "What is Water: Building Communities in the Hyperculture," Roger Hughes, SLHI

• Presenter slides
• Graphic recording illustration: part 1, part 2 and part 3

Breakout Session: Appreciative Inquiry (AI)

• The basic AI model
• AI session results

Breakout Session: Design Charrette

• Charrette Process Discussion Summary

Breakout Session: Open Space Technology (OST)

• The basic OST structure
• OST Principles
• OST session results

Closing Keynote: "Being In the Desired State," Gail Christopher, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

• Graphic recording illustration: part 1 and part 2