All Conversations Tagged 'hosting' - The World Cafe Community2024-03-29T09:06:42Zhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=hosting&feed=yes&xn_auth=noInvite to Best Practice Circle for Hosting in the Digital Realmtag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2015-04-05:3306069:Topic:1065172015-04-05T16:39:05.693ZClaudia Robleehttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/ClaudiaRoblee
<p>I recently attended Amy Lenzo's webinar, <a href="http://www.wedialogue.com" target="_blank">"Hosting in the Digital Realm."</a> It was a 4 session event that was very instructive and insightful. I recommend it to anyone who is thinking of hosting World Cafe's online.</p>
<p>Several of the attendees that shared this webinar with me expressed the wish to keep the relationships going that were forged in that event. I offered to start a Wisdom Circle that would enable that wish. We would…</p>
<p>I recently attended Amy Lenzo's webinar, <a href="http://www.wedialogue.com" target="_blank">"Hosting in the Digital Realm."</a> It was a 4 session event that was very instructive and insightful. I recommend it to anyone who is thinking of hosting World Cafe's online.</p>
<p>Several of the attendees that shared this webinar with me expressed the wish to keep the relationships going that were forged in that event. I offered to start a Wisdom Circle that would enable that wish. We would also use this <strong>online Wisdom Circle to hone our online hosting skills by taking turns hosting the Circle and develop best practices</strong>.</p>
<p>I am an Interfaith Minister who uses online Wisdom Circles as part of my ministry. (<a href="http://www.wisdomcircleministries.org" target="_blank">www.wisdomcircleministries.org</a>) <strong> I invite anyone who is hosting online Cafes or other online Circles to join us.</strong> The plan now is to meet once a month, possibly Thursdays in the late afternoon EDT. Please email me if you would like to be a part of this Circle. <a href="http://croblee178972mi@comcast.net" target="_blank">croblee178972mi@comcast.net</a>. </p>
<p></p> Looking for World Cafe in New Orleans!tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2010-09-24:3306069:Topic:303352010-09-24T17:10:23.785ZKelly McGowanhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/KellyMcGowan
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Hello World Cafe Community!…</span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Hello World Cafe Community!</span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">My colleagues and I are volunteering to host World Cafe conversations for the National Council on Church's 100th Anniversary Ecumenical Conference in New Orleans during the first week of November. As you may have experienced in your work, the excitement about World Cafe is growing and growing at every design conversation with the conference planning team. We would love to meet the excitement with capacity!</span><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">Are there any community members in New Orleans (and I do not mean to exclude mobile practitioners who feel the call!) who would be interested in joining us? I would be happy to answer questions and speak with anyone who is interested!</span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19px;">ps If there is a better way to post this, please let me know!</span></div> First World Cafe Learning Program for Online World Cafestag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2010-03-23:3306069:Topic:215242010-03-23T01:54:24.643ZAmy Lenzohttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/AmyLenzo
Last Friday, March 19th, the World Cafe Community Foundation partnered with <a href="http://www.publicdecisions.com/">Public Decisions</a>, <a href="http://www.learningtimes.org/">Learning Times</a> and <a href="http://maestroconference.com/">MaestroConference</a> to produce the first ever World Cafe learning program in Second Life. …<br></br><br></br><p style="text-align: center;"></p>
Last Friday, March 19th, the World Cafe Community Foundation partnered with <a href="http://www.publicdecisions.com/">Public Decisions</a>, <a href="http://www.learningtimes.org/">Learning Times</a> and <a href="http://maestroconference.com/">MaestroConference</a> to produce the first ever World Cafe learning program in Second Life. <br/><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><a class="noborder" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868408059?profile=original" target="_blank"><img width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868408059?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">photo by <a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/CraigPaterson?xg_source=profiles_memberList">Craig Paterson</a> - click to see larger</p>
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I hosted the interactive session, which was about 6 hours - from 8am - 2pm PST. The topic of the learning program was <span style="font-style: italic;">Hosting World Cafe in an Online Environment</span>, although about 85% of the content we covered was as easily applicable to hosting face-to-face World Cafes. There were ten people who participated in the learning program and they came from all over - including one person from Australia who joined us even though it was 2am - 8am in her time zone! Now that's dedication. I was surprised to see that all but one or two of the participants were new to Second Life, and several were also new to hosting World Cafe. I couldn't help but be impressed by their courage and tenacity in learning so many new things at once, and also by how quickly everyone picked it up.<br/><br/>Five others from the World Cafe community joined us for a full World Cafe to provide the experiential ground for the day's learning program. Additional participants in the World Cafe included our wonderful volunteer graphic recorder <a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/AndreaMMedina?xg_source=profiles_memberList">Andrea Medina</a> who was calling in from Tepoztlan, Mexico; <a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/Adriano?xg_source=profiles_memberList">Adriano Pianesi</a>, Niela Miller from the World Cafe Second Life group, and <a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/MarkLewis?xg_source=profiles_memberList">Mark Lewis</a>. <br/><br/>The Cafe questions were about the powerful conversations that have made a lasting impact on us, in any area of our lives, and tracking what the qualities and circumstances of those conversations were. It was a lively World Cafe and Andrea's insightful graphic recordings were so efficiently done that we had them available as visuals in Second Life right away. Here are her images to give you a sense of the Cafe energy. (Click on them to see them larger):<br/><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><a class="noborder" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868408266?profile=original" target="_blank"><img width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868408266?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></a></p>
<br/><p style="text-align: center;"><a class="noborder" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868408660?profile=original" target="_blank"><img width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868408660?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></a></p>
<br/><p style="text-align: center;"><a class="noborder" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868409070?profile=original" target="_blank"><img width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868409070?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></a></p>
<br/><br/>The learning session was a rich exploration of each of the World Cafe design principles and how they are applied, supported by a <a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/video/seven-principles-of-world-cafe">video</a> narrated by Samantha Tan, and a PowerPoint presentation featuring <a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/nancymargulies?xg_source=profiles_memberList">Nancy Margulies</a>' fabulous World Cafe Principle Stamps. We also addressed what's different about hosting World Cafe in an online environment.<br/><br/>We tried something completely new in pairing two powerful technologies - <a href="http://secondlife.com">Second Life</a> for its visual presence and <a href="http://maestroconference.com/">MaestroConference</a> for its sophisticated audio controls that allow large and small breakout conversations. They both worked extremely well for us.<br/><br/>Here's the group trying out one of the perks of Second Life during a break (click for a larger photo):<br/><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><a class="noborder" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868410218?profile=original" target="_blank"><img width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868410218?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></a></p>
<br/>And finally, one more by Craig Paterson showing us deep in conversation during the session (click to see it larger):<br/><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><a class="noborder" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868411480?profile=original" target="_blank"><img width="500" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2868411480?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></a></p>
<br/>So, what did I learn myself as a host? I learned that 1) I should not pre-suppose that Second Life is too challenging for most people, that 2) next time I would break the day down into three 2 hour sessions (although amazingly no one seemed exhausted by the end of it but me, but maybe that was because I'd been up late the night before finishing my preparations), and 3) that people really do have the knowledge and wisdom they need to address any issue. This group certainly had plenty of both and it was enormous fun and a great honor to work with them. I also learned that 4) I am getting pretty comfortable with MaestroConference, and that it really does work like I need it to, and 5) I am always learning and refining and it will probably be like that forever. May it be so.<br/><br/>My heartfelt thanks to Andrea Medina for graciously lending her time and considerable talents to be the graphic facilitator for this event. You did an incredible job, and I would work with you again in a heartbeat.<br/><br/>Special Thanks to Nancy Margulies for her sound advice and extraordinary visuals, and to David Sibbet for his ongoing abundant generosity in gifting us with the World Cafe space in Second Life.<br/><br/>And a final special thank you to Brian Burt and the folks at <a href="http://maestroconference.com/">MaestroConference</a> (thank you, Mark Lewis!), for building the exact tool that can support the World Cafe in expanding far beyond what we could ever have imagined before it existed.<br/> Basic questions after hosting my first world cafetag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-11-11:3306069:Topic:141662009-11-11T14:43:07.996ZJeanne Mackeyhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/JeanneMackey
Hi all,<br />
I hosted my first world cafe last weekend as part of an intro to the <a href="http://www.transitiontowns.org/" target="_blank">Transition Towns movement</a>. It went very well, overall. I'm looking forward to getting some feedback from the table hosts.<br />
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As a beginning cafe host, I have a couple of basic questions after this first experience.<br />
1) what do you do with all those paper tablecloths? it's a bit overwhelming. I rolled them up and brought them home. Seems like I ought to type up…
Hi all,<br />
I hosted my first world cafe last weekend as part of an intro to the <a href="http://www.transitiontowns.org/" target="_blank">Transition Towns movement</a>. It went very well, overall. I'm looking forward to getting some feedback from the table hosts.<br />
<br />
As a beginning cafe host, I have a couple of basic questions after this first experience.<br />
1) what do you do with all those paper tablecloths? it's a bit overwhelming. I rolled them up and brought them home. Seems like I ought to type up all the content and share with the group, but that will be extremely time-consuming. Somebody must have a better way to harvest!<br />
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2) Speaking of harvesting, what methods do people typically use? Post-its of each person's key learning on the wall? Other approaches? I realize now that we didn't really allow time for harvesting, beyond a fairly brief group conversation at the end about what was most meaningful to people.<br />
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Thanks for any input!<br />
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--Jeanne Mackey<br />
<a href="http://transitionannarbor.org" target="_blank">Transition Ann Arbor</a> Examples of delegate bodies using something other than Robert's Rules?tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-09-22:3306069:Topic:109852009-09-22T21:33:14.080ZBeth Alexanderhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/BethAlexander
<b><i>Originally posted by Christine Whitney Sanchez, Sep 23, 2007 in the Old Community Space:</i></b><br />
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Hi All,<br />
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I'm in conversation with a large membership organization about using participatory methods at their delegate convention. For the past 50 conventions they have used Robert's Rules of Order for their decision making. They fully realize just how tedious and antiquated a process that is and they are eager to open the dialogue during the business meeting. But they are understandably…
<b><i>Originally posted by Christine Whitney Sanchez, Sep 23, 2007 in the Old Community Space:</i></b><br />
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Hi All,<br />
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I'm in conversation with a large membership organization about using participatory methods at their delegate convention. For the past 50 conventions they have used Robert's Rules of Order for their decision making. They fully realize just how tedious and antiquated a process that is and they are eager to open the dialogue during the business meeting. But they are understandably concerned about the impact of engaging in high engagement processes such as AI Interviews, World Cafe discussions and Open Space Technology meetings and then switching to something so linear and formal as Robert's Rules for voting on the proposals before the delegate body.<br />
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I'm hoping for stories of membership organizations that have successfully used something other than Robert's Rules as the decision making process. I've just begun checking into Roberta's Rules of Order and would welcome those examples, as well.<br />
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Thanks in advance for any examples. I will compile the results and feed them back.<br />
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Warmly from cooling Phoenix,<br />
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Christine Tableless Cafestag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-09-22:3306069:Topic:109752009-09-22T21:19:20.923ZBeth Alexanderhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/BethAlexander
<b><i>Originally posted by Christine Whitney Sanchez - Oct 12, 2007 in the in the Old Community Space:</i></b><br />
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Hi All,<br />
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I'm working with a client to design a very large World Cafe without tables since there simply isn't enough physical space to fit the people and the tables into the room. Have any of you done a cafe this way? I'm picturing that each participant might have a clipboard and we could fit a few supplies in the center of a circle of 6 chairs.<br />
<br />
Many thanks for any examples or…
<b><i>Originally posted by Christine Whitney Sanchez - Oct 12, 2007 in the in the Old Community Space:</i></b><br />
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Hi All,<br />
<br />
I'm working with a client to design a very large World Cafe without tables since there simply isn't enough physical space to fit the people and the tables into the room. Have any of you done a cafe this way? I'm picturing that each participant might have a clipboard and we could fit a few supplies in the center of a circle of 6 chairs.<br />
<br />
Many thanks for any examples or inspirations that you might share.<br />
<br />
Warm wishes from (finally!) cooling Phoenix,<br />
<br />
Christine What to Eat?tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-09-16:3306069:Topic:106332009-09-16T00:49:34.631ZBeth Alexanderhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/BethAlexander
<b><i>Originally posted by Ronaldo Richieri - Feb 6, 2008 in the Old Community Space:</i></b><br />
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I'm from Brazil and I'm starting to work with café and I'd like to solve a basic question while producing World Cafés events: THE FOOD!<br />
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What do you guys serve? How do you organize the food? Do you ask help for a partner company that just take care about the food? How do you guys plan the quantities?<br />
<br />
Thanks!<br />
<br />
Ronaldo Richieri
<b><i>Originally posted by Ronaldo Richieri - Feb 6, 2008 in the Old Community Space:</i></b><br />
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I'm from Brazil and I'm starting to work with café and I'd like to solve a basic question while producing World Cafés events: THE FOOD!<br />
<br />
What do you guys serve? How do you organize the food? Do you ask help for a partner company that just take care about the food? How do you guys plan the quantities?<br />
<br />
Thanks!<br />
<br />
Ronaldo Richieri Sharing Observations & Experiences of World Cafe Hosts - Surveytag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-09-16:3306069:Topic:106102009-09-16T00:24:14.377ZBeth Alexanderhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/BethAlexander
<b><i>Originally posted by Justin Green - Aug 4, 2008 in the Old Community Space</i></b><br />
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<i>Justin Originally posted this discussion to solicit research for his thesis development, the survey questions he posed and the responses he received are of ongoing value to the entire community (comment by Beth Alexander)</i><br />
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My name is Justin Green and I am a elementary school teacher in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.<br />
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I attended The Art of Hosting and Convening Conversations (Berkana Institute)…
<b><i>Originally posted by Justin Green - Aug 4, 2008 in the Old Community Space</i></b><br />
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<i>Justin Originally posted this discussion to solicit research for his thesis development, the survey questions he posed and the responses he received are of ongoing value to the entire community (comment by Beth Alexander)</i><br />
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My name is Justin Green and I am a elementary school teacher in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.<br />
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I attended The Art of Hosting and Convening Conversations (Berkana Institute) on Whidbey Island in January 2008 and was introduced to The World Cafe process. I was amazed by its simplicity of design and effectiveness in enhancing dialogue. I have embraced it ever since.<br />
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I have taken on a hosting role within my school community and have introduced and implemented the World Café and Circle processes as a means to establish a school community vision, as well as using the processes to increase opportunities for meaningful dialogue and collaboration amongst school staff. I have used the Café process within my classroom as a routine for students to collaborate, share, and develop their ideas and perspectives, with absolutely amazing results.<br />
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I am planning to host a large Café this October for the School Community to come together and create a vision for our school. I am also currently finishing my Master of Arts in Educational Leadership and have only my thesis to write. I have chosen the World Café process as a method to improve dialogue as my central focus.<br />
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What I am looking for is two-fold. First, I wish to collaborate with other hosts on experiences and techniques. Second (and the purpose of this discussion), I am looking for experienced hosts who would be willing to answer a quick survey on their experiences and observations as hosts. I am hoping to use these surveys in my research. I will be using the Grounded Theory approach which will allow for the research to be emergent in development.<br />
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The questions are as follows:<br />
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Questions are from your personal experience as a host of the World Cafe process and your personal observations of and discussions with participants.<br />
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1. What is different in the World Cafe process that does not typically occur in other, more common, group learning activities (i.e. jigsaw, discussion, meetings, etc.)?<br />
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2. What are the detractors to the World Cafe process being used as a regular form of group or organizational growth and development? Please explain.<br />
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3. What do you believe participants learn about themselves and their organization when they participate in a World Cafe?<br />
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4. What factors and/or qualities of the World Cafe process contribute to improving dialogue, collaboration, and growth within an organization? Why?<br />
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5. What do participants typically express to you about their experience with the World Cafe process?<br />
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I am most happy to finally be a part of this group and look forward to the insights I may possibly give or gain.<br />
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Finding meaning and joy in working together,<br />
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Justin How to Stimulate Doodlingtag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-09-15:3306069:Topic:105982009-09-15T22:56:01.840ZBeth Alexanderhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/BethAlexander
<b><i>Originally posted by alberic pater - Sep 17, 2008 in the Old Community Space:</i></b><br />
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We are to organise a world cafe process in November. Based on the documents I read, drawing & doodling is an essential part of the World Cafe. But, how do you stimulate participants to really start drawing on the tablecloth? Does anyone have practical suggestions??<br />
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Since we would like to get as much information from the tables as possible, these drawings are an important potential input for future…
<b><i>Originally posted by alberic pater - Sep 17, 2008 in the Old Community Space:</i></b><br />
<br />
We are to organise a world cafe process in November. Based on the documents I read, drawing & doodling is an essential part of the World Cafe. But, how do you stimulate participants to really start drawing on the tablecloth? Does anyone have practical suggestions??<br />
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Since we would like to get as much information from the tables as possible, these drawings are an important potential input for future sessions. Harvesttag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-09-15:3306069:Topic:105942009-09-15T22:49:25.076ZBeth Alexanderhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/BethAlexander
<b><i>Originally posted by Mary Madison Nov 16, 2008 in the Old Community Space</i></b><br />
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I've organized several World Cafes, typically with three rounds and with up to 60 people. The greatest challenge has been pulling together the info from the various rounds in a coherent way. Lately I've asked the hosts to meet in groups after the three rounds to synthesize the information gathered, and then I synthesize that and present to the whole group. But it takes 1-2 hours following the meeting…
<b><i>Originally posted by Mary Madison Nov 16, 2008 in the Old Community Space</i></b><br />
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I've organized several World Cafes, typically with three rounds and with up to 60 people. The greatest challenge has been pulling together the info from the various rounds in a coherent way. Lately I've asked the hosts to meet in groups after the three rounds to synthesize the information gathered, and then I synthesize that and present to the whole group. But it takes 1-2 hours following the meeting (definitely over one hour) and I'm wondering how others do this?