How Appreciative Inquiry Transform Fundraising and Even Your Life! Icky or Wow!
When Jim Lord discovered Appreciative Inquiry, it resonated with something he had long intuited – that philanthropy could be about co-creating a future that uplifts everyone involved. Lord’s AI-inspired Philanthropic Quest helped to redefine fundraising by replacing transactional ‘asks’ with transformative conversations. With a shift of focus from extracting resources to leaving legacies, Philanthropic Quest and Appreciative Inquiry have positively impacted philanthropy and its offshoots.
Authors
- J. R. Lord (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8449-8931)
Publication Details
- Journal
- AI Practitioner
- Published
- 2025-05-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12781/978-1-907549-63-2-11
- Primary Topic
- Appreciative Inquiry and Organizational Change
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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