Part I: Understanding the Appreciative Inquiry Summit
- The AI Summit Process: Start to Finish
- The AI Summit in Action: Twelve Case Examples
- Why AI Summits Produce Results
- Essential Conditions for Success
Part II: Before the Summit
- Sponsoring an AI Summit
- Planning the Summit
- Creating a Design for the Summit
Part III: During the Summit
- Facilitating the Summit
- Discovery
- Dream
- Design
- Destiny
Part IV: After the Summit
- Summit Follow-Up
- Building the Appreciative Organization
- Variations of a Four-Day AI Summit
Part V: Resources
Appendix 1: Sample Pre-Summit Planning Agenda
Appendix 2: Sample Summit Invitation Letter
Appendix 3: Logistics: Summit Sites, Room Set-Up, and Materials
Appendix 4: Sample Workbook