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Appreciating People has now finished its residential course with staff and residents from Westminster Council’s hostels, and director Suzanne Quinney will present a talk about the sessions at this month’s European Network conference in Manchester. The conference, which starts on Wednesday 2 November, will see more than 80 Appreciative Inquiry practitioners from all over Europe

Earlier this month Appreciating People co-hosted the Northern branch meeting of the AI UK network, along with colleagues at Knowsley Council. AP director Suzanne Quinney is the facilitator for the steadily-growing northern network, which now has more than 50 members in the region. The group got together for an evening of presentations, drama, conversation and

Appreciating People is to sponsor a Positive Psychology at Work lecture for Global entrepreneurship Week in November, with a keynote lecture by psychologist and AI practitioner Sarah Lewis on How Positive Psychology and Appreciative Inquiry support wellbeing, resilience and entrepreneurship. She will speak at Liverpool Hope University on Wednesday 16 November as part of Entrepreneurship

Appreciating People is taking Appreciative Inquiry into schools, helping students at Savio Silesian College in Bootle improve their decision-making skills and learning experience. Savio is a specialist Business and Enterprise school, and AP carried out the session with 15 year 9 students (13 year olds). The course was based around the question ‘how can I