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Communities in Control: What does AI have to offer?
9 February 2010 10:45 - 13:30
Riverside Hotel, Kendal
This is a North West Together We Can event focusing on Appreciative Enquiry. The event will look at basic knowledge for practitioners and those involved in strategy.
Speaker is Judith Emanuel, an AI practitioner, with examples from Cumbria, South Ribble, Rochdale, Leyland and Salford.
Appreciative Inquiry can be used by organisations committed to changing the way they work in order to enable communities to take greater control.
Booking available on www.nwtwc.org.uk soon
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►What Parliament is and what it does
►How groups can effectively engage with Parliament
►Insights from a Specialist Clerk from the House of Commons Communities and Local Government Select Committee
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