| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2671678 | Nurse Leader | 2015 | 4 Pages |
Dr. David Cooperrider, the founder of the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) methodology, was the keynote speaker at the Organization of Nurse Leaders of Massachusetts and Rhode Island (ONL of MA & RI, formerly the Massachusetts Organization of Nurse Executives [MONE]) annual meeting in June 2014. This ONL organization has an affiliation agreement with the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE). I was being inducted there as the incoming president of ONL of MA & RI. Back in the late 1990s, I had an opportunity to take a certification course in AI from Dr. Cooperrider and have been using this methodology in my nursing career for over a decade in various settings. Several months before this annual meeting, I decided to use the AI framework to conduct an informal survey of the past presidents of ONL/MONE to inform my presidential remarks.
