Week 5: Appreciative 
Inquiry 
07 – 08 Nov – Face-to-face in Geel 
Community Service Engineering is a curriculum of the faculties of Engineering 
Technology and Engineering Science KU Leuven in collaboration with Thomas More
TOPIC: Appreciative Inquiry
Face-to-face meeting 
This week we 
Friday 7/11 
Address: Thomas 
welcome you 
More Kempen | 
in Geel 
Kleinhoefstraat 4 | 
2440 B-Geel 
Saturday 8/11 
Address: Thomas 
More Kempen | 
Kleinhoefstraat 4 | 
2440 B-Geel 
9:00 -10:00 
Appreciative Inquiry 
and relational practice 
10:00 -11:00 
11:00 -12:00 
Appreciative 
Inquiry and 
relational practice 
12:00 – 13:00 BREAK BREAK 
13:00 – 14:00 
14:00 – 15:00 
15:00 – 16:00 
16:00 – 17:00 
Appreciative 
Inquiry and 
relational practice
Individual assignment(s) Week 6&7 
• Task 1.2: 
Probably the technology you are developing will help a user 
to perform a certain task. Please examine what a user is 
required to do (in terms of actions and/or cognitive 
processes) today to achieve this task. Is he/she able to do 
so? Why? Why not? Try to focus on what is possible (cf. 
appreciative inquiry). Is there technology today to help the 
user perform these tasks? What is good about the current 
tools used? Is there potential to improve these current 
tools? 
Present your findings on your Weebly website - tab Context 
of use – Task 1.2
Group interaction Week 6&7 
Watch the video on Appreciative Inquiry (David Cooperrider): 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JDfr6KGV-k 
•Try to reframe the problems, the things that aren't right, the 
problem statement into an affirmative topic, one that 
expresses more the wish behind the topic and is inspiring to 
talk about. 
•Design a discovery question and a dream/miracle question 
for your affirmative topic. 
•Decide via a stakeholdersmap who you want to involve in 
the conversations. 
Do this in group, in line with the theory of Appreciative Inquiry, 
via contributing to and commenting on a Google doc.
Group interaction Week 6&7 
Watch the video on Appreciative Inquiry (David Cooperrider): 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JDfr6KGV-k 
•Try to reframe the problems, the things that aren't right, the 
problem statement into an affirmative topic, one that 
expresses more the wish behind the topic and is inspiring to 
talk about. 
•Design a discovery question and a dream/miracle question 
for your affirmative topic. 
•Decide via a stakeholdersmap who you want to involve in 
the conversations. 
Do this in group, in line with the theory of Appreciative Inquiry, 
via contributing to and commenting on a Google doc.

Week 6 appreciative inquiry

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    Week 5: Appreciative Inquiry 07 – 08 Nov – Face-to-face in Geel Community Service Engineering is a curriculum of the faculties of Engineering Technology and Engineering Science KU Leuven in collaboration with Thomas More
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  • 3.
    Face-to-face meeting Thisweek we Friday 7/11 Address: Thomas welcome you More Kempen | in Geel Kleinhoefstraat 4 | 2440 B-Geel Saturday 8/11 Address: Thomas More Kempen | Kleinhoefstraat 4 | 2440 B-Geel 9:00 -10:00 Appreciative Inquiry and relational practice 10:00 -11:00 11:00 -12:00 Appreciative Inquiry and relational practice 12:00 – 13:00 BREAK BREAK 13:00 – 14:00 14:00 – 15:00 15:00 – 16:00 16:00 – 17:00 Appreciative Inquiry and relational practice
  • 4.
    Individual assignment(s) Week6&7 • Task 1.2: Probably the technology you are developing will help a user to perform a certain task. Please examine what a user is required to do (in terms of actions and/or cognitive processes) today to achieve this task. Is he/she able to do so? Why? Why not? Try to focus on what is possible (cf. appreciative inquiry). Is there technology today to help the user perform these tasks? What is good about the current tools used? Is there potential to improve these current tools? Present your findings on your Weebly website - tab Context of use – Task 1.2
  • 5.
    Group interaction Week6&7 Watch the video on Appreciative Inquiry (David Cooperrider): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JDfr6KGV-k •Try to reframe the problems, the things that aren't right, the problem statement into an affirmative topic, one that expresses more the wish behind the topic and is inspiring to talk about. •Design a discovery question and a dream/miracle question for your affirmative topic. •Decide via a stakeholdersmap who you want to involve in the conversations. Do this in group, in line with the theory of Appreciative Inquiry, via contributing to and commenting on a Google doc.
  • 6.
    Group interaction Week6&7 Watch the video on Appreciative Inquiry (David Cooperrider): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JDfr6KGV-k •Try to reframe the problems, the things that aren't right, the problem statement into an affirmative topic, one that expresses more the wish behind the topic and is inspiring to talk about. •Design a discovery question and a dream/miracle question for your affirmative topic. •Decide via a stakeholdersmap who you want to involve in the conversations. Do this in group, in line with the theory of Appreciative Inquiry, via contributing to and commenting on a Google doc.