To contact Jackie for your next event, email her at JKelm@AppreciativeLiving.com or call (800) 214-0959 or (843) 881-1106

Education:

• MBA, Organization Behavior Concentration, Case Western Reserve University
• BS Mechanical Engineering, Kettering Institute of Technology

Related Experience:

• TRACOM Certified SOCIAL STYLE & Versatility Instructor
• Associate Trainer, NTL University, Case-NTL Appreciative Inquiry Certification Program
• Founding Member, Appreciative Inquiry Consulting
• Certified Laughter Leader, World Laughter Tour

Previous Experience:

• Manager, Ernst & Young LLP, Leadership & Organization Change Group
• Owner, Jacqueline’s Carpet Artistry, Custom Carpet Sculpting Business
• Bearing Application Engineer, The Timken Company
• HVAC Development Engineer, General Motors

Download bio here: J Kelm Bio (PDF doc)

Download detailed resume here:   Kelm Detailed Resume 2010 (PDF doc)

Radio Interviews with Jackie Kelm:

• Sirius Satellite Radio XM
  Pathways to Learning with Sister Marie Pappas
• KSFR-FM Santa Fe Public Radio.
  The Journey Home with Diego Mulligan.
• WPYB 1130AM, Benson NC.
  The Senior Citizen’s Corner.
• Sirius Satellite XM Radio.
  The Fully Alive Show with Dr. Greg & Lisa Popcak
• WCBQ Paradise Radio.
  Dr. Alvin Jones
• WJJG AM 1530 Chicago.
  Job Talk Radio

Video and Television Interviews:

• Guideposts Magazine:
  Click here to watch video interview
• Dr. Hightower’s Health Space. Channel 110. The Power of Appreciative Living.

Print Interviews:

Published Books:

• Kelm, J. “The Joy of Appreciative Living: Your 28 Day Plan to Greater Happiness in Three Incredibly Easy Steps.” Tarcher, NY. 2009.
• Kelm, J. “Appreciative Living: The Principles of Appreciative Inquiry in Personal Life. Wake Forest, NC: Venet Publishers. 2005.
• Watkins, J., Mohr, B., & Kelly, R. “Appreciative Inquiry: Change at the Speed of Imagination.”  Pfieffer, San Francisco, CA. 2011. Case Study: Appreciative Living. Pgs. 175 – 184.

• Hammond, S. & Royal, C. “Lessons From the Field: Applying Appreciative Inquiry.” Plano, TX. Practical Press Inc, 1998. Chapter 10: Introducing the Appreciative Inquiry Philosophy: A How-to for Consultants Who Are New to the Process. By Jacqueline Kelm. Pg. 161-172.

Published Articles:

• Kelm, J. “Unlocking the Door to Happiness.” Innerchange Magazine. February-Mar, 2007.
• Kelm, J. “Six Steps to Finding Your Dream Job.” Savvy Miss, July 2006.
• Kelm, J. “Looking for Love? The Right Way to Find Mr. Right.” Savvy Miss. May, 2006.
• Kelm, J. “Finding What’s Right with Your Child.” The Appreciative Parenting Newsletter, Feb. 2006.
• Kelm, J. “Walk the Talk: The Principles of AI in Daily Living” The AI Practioner: The International Journal of AI Best
  Practice. Feb. 2006.

Personal Synopsis:
My official career began as a development engineer for General Motors with an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering. During this time I wrote and presented a few technical papers that had concepts like “thermodynamically balanced,” which I have selectively forgotten.

I then explored being an entrepreneur and started a custom carpet business. Working with interior designers, we designed and made one-of-a-kind area rugs and carpet inserts. I also volunteered for SCORE during this time, providing business consulting to other start-ups.

Three years later, I sold the business to return to school full time. All my life I had been fascinated with individual behavior and group dynamics, and when I discovered there was actually a field devoted to this–called Organization Behavior, I dove in headfirst.

In 1996, I graduated with a Master’s degree in Business with a concentration in Organization Behavior from Case Western Reserve University. During this time, I happened to take several classes from David Cooperrider on Appreciative Inquiry (AI), and was enamored with the concept. I became passionate about learning and applying AI from that time forward, and have been committed to it ever since.

While still finishing graduate school, I began working with Ernst & Young LLP as a senior consultant in the Leadership and Organization Change group. I was able to use AI in several initiatives and also got some great experience in leadership development, change management, and education and training. I left as a manager when I had my daughter in 1999.

Being a full-time mother was a whole different kind of learning experience. I did a few part-time activities on the side, like participating in the start-up and founding of Appreciative Inquiry Consulting (AIC). I was also engaged in personal and spiritual exploration during this period, as I had struggled with depression and compulsive issues all my life. I began to apply AI to my daily activities and everything changed.

Clarifying my ideas through a few years of heavy research and reading, I tried various practices along the way. As my life began to transform, my passion for what I was learning burgeoned. Writing accelerated my learning even more as the ideas unfolded on paper. In September of 2005, it all culminated in the publication of my first book on Appreciative Living.

Speaking engagement and workshops followed the first book, along with a national joy study in 2007. I published my second book in 2009 with Tarcher/Penguin, and developed additional CD’s, products and training to support the expanding work.

Corporate consulting slowly entered back into the picture as I worked with organizations to help apply the appreciative principles with employees. This led to a brand extension I call Appreciative Engagement, which helps organizations use the appreciative principles to get employees more energized, engaged and successful on the job.

And now I am passionate about sharing these ideas with others. My life continues to get better and better, and watching organziations benefit from this work is exhilarating. I am working on several future book ideas, and fitting this in with workshops, global learning circles, speaking engagements, a new certification program,  and of course, my family.

I have a boy and girl who are almost teenagers, and a husband of 21 years. It is an exhilarating journey, and I am grateful every day for having found my calling–something that is so deeply meaningful and fulfilling. My greatest joy comes from watching others take these ideas and make positive changes in their lives, and I look forward to many wonderful years of co-creation!