How are we in cafe online? - The World Cafe Community2024-03-29T00:45:35Zhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/forum/topics/how-are-we-in-cafe-online?commentId=3306069%3AComment%3A666&feed=yes&xn_auth=noDear Ashley, dear all,
»...…tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-08-31:3306069:Comment:78382009-08-31T10:00:53.715ZUlrich Soederhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/UlrichSoeder
Dear Ashley, dear all,<br />
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»... What is the space that you who is reading this would like to create here? How would you like for it to feel? What would make this as alive and juicy for you as sitting at a table with markers and flowers between us and a meaningful question guiding us? ... What would entice you to want to keep returning to this site?«<br />
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I see this conversation closely linked to a new one that is emerging around the question for a charter for this online community (…
Dear Ashley, dear all,<br />
<br />
»... What is the space that you who is reading this would like to create here? How would you like for it to feel? What would make this as alive and juicy for you as sitting at a table with markers and flowers between us and a meaningful question guiding us? ... What would entice you to want to keep returning to this site?«<br />
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I see this conversation closely linked to a new one that is emerging around the question for a charter for this online community (<a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/group/betatestingfeedback/forum/topics/a-charter-for-the-world-cafe" target="_blank">see the group: caring for this online community)</a>.<br />
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In the <a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/forum/topics/the-new-face-of-community" target="_blank">conversation on the New Face of Community</a>, we have touched many times the relation between face-to-face communities and online communities as well.<br />
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What is it that we care for in this (online) community? What is it that makes us staying connected and engaged?<br />
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Crafting a purpose / intent statement for this community might be a real next step in growing / nurturing / shepherding / stewarding this online and face-to-face community and making it visible to itself.<br />
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I contribute to the online community here because I see this online space as an important tool for staying connected with my old and new friends in the face-to-face World Café community. For me, this online community is not an end in itself.<br />
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And, while sharing stories and experiences is important, I'd like to see this community engage in orchestrated action (like crafting a shared agreement on what this community is about). That would be something that really would keep my interest. But that is my aspiration, and I don't know if this is a shared one.<br />
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Here is a question to connect the two threads of conversation:<br />
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<i><b>What kind of charter or agreement on purpose / intent / guiding behaviors would help this online community thrive?</b></i><br />
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If you'd like to extend this conversation in the direction of co-creating a World Café Online Community charter, please join one of these conversations: <a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/group/betatestingfeedback/forum/topics/challenges-1" target="_blank">Challenges</a> and / or <a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/group/betatestingfeedback/forum/topics/a-charter-for-the-world-cafe" target="_blank">Charter</a>.<br />
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Cheers, Ulrich Ilona,
What is it about the…tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-08-26:3306069:Comment:75152009-08-26T17:08:30.342ZAmy Lenzohttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/AmyLenzo
Ilona,<br />
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What is it about the picture that makes you think computers are INSTEAD of "real" life?<br />
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For me, since it is a fact that more and more of us are by necessity communicating about real issues and cultivating real relationships online, for real reasons, I want those communications to be as heart and soul-connected as they can possibly be. I want them to be connected to the natural world, and to our bodies as well as our minds. So the photo really resonates deeply with me.<br />
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It's never…
Ilona,<br />
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What is it about the picture that makes you think computers are INSTEAD of "real" life?<br />
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For me, since it is a fact that more and more of us are by necessity communicating about real issues and cultivating real relationships online, for real reasons, I want those communications to be as heart and soul-connected as they can possibly be. I want them to be connected to the natural world, and to our bodies as well as our minds. So the photo really resonates deeply with me.<br />
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It's never instead of, and always in addition to.<br />
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You're right that we have to stay aware of keeping a balance in our lives, and not get caught up in unconscious behavior but I don't think unconscious behavior is by any means limited to our (or our children's) use of the online medium. :-)<br />
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Love,<br />
<br />
Amy Ashley, you pose an interesti…tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-08-13:3306069:Comment:53482009-08-13T13:55:34.520ZJohn Inmanhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/JohnInman
Ashley, you pose an interesting question. Sustaining an online conversation is difficult. First the question must matter. And then participants must have enough passion around the question to continue to talk and share. People cannot feel ignored as they will drop off. And follow on questions may be important. I am drawn in and at the same time perplexed by online conversations. I have a hard time staying connected. I lose interest quickly particularly if the forum ends up being a soap box…
Ashley, you pose an interesting question. Sustaining an online conversation is difficult. First the question must matter. And then participants must have enough passion around the question to continue to talk and share. People cannot feel ignored as they will drop off. And follow on questions may be important. I am drawn in and at the same time perplexed by online conversations. I have a hard time staying connected. I lose interest quickly particularly if the forum ends up being a soap box rather than a conversation. Difficult to create I think. I will keep coming back because my practice is conversation and I have a strong emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and application tie to TWC. Thank you for your question.<br />
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John I love the picture of the two…tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-08-02:3306069:Comment:41292009-08-02T20:57:11.424ZIlona Christlhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/IlonaChristl
I love the picture of the two laptops, two candles being connected through a way, line, made out of stones.<br />
But there is something I misslike about this picture too: Two Computers in one room and people are more and more communicating mainly through internet, Computer instaed of meeting in real life. Sometimes I miss conversations or things online, because I prefer to be in the garden, to cook, eat and sing together and very often I'm scared seeing my daughter not going outside but sitting…
I love the picture of the two laptops, two candles being connected through a way, line, made out of stones.<br />
But there is something I misslike about this picture too: Two Computers in one room and people are more and more communicating mainly through internet, Computer instaed of meeting in real life. Sometimes I miss conversations or things online, because I prefer to be in the garden, to cook, eat and sing together and very often I'm scared seeing my daughter not going outside but sitting infront of her computer and chatting around waiting for someone to show up...<br />
warm regards Ilona Reading this and Ulrich Soede…tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-08-02:3306069:Comment:41262009-08-02T20:48:42.756ZIlona Christlhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/IlonaChristl
Reading this and Ulrich Soeders Conversation about leadership and dialogue I have the feeling that both conversations deal with the question: What holds communities together, what is the glue of communities.<br />
In this case here it is,: what's the glue of an online community, of this community.<br />
What makes me come back?<br />
I have the opportunity to connect with people around topics that matter to me. It is a space, where we can practice resonance. Which questions resonate to whom?<br />
For me it's very…
Reading this and Ulrich Soeders Conversation about leadership and dialogue I have the feeling that both conversations deal with the question: What holds communities together, what is the glue of communities.<br />
In this case here it is,: what's the glue of an online community, of this community.<br />
What makes me come back?<br />
I have the opportunity to connect with people around topics that matter to me. It is a space, where we can practice resonance. Which questions resonate to whom?<br />
For me it's very often the stories which are shared, that nourish me, that attracted me so much to the WC community. And the creativity potential, doodeling, colours, pictures...using differnt areas of our consiousness to rediscover resonances and thus reinvent our future. We are inviting other people to cocreate a shared picture of the future we seek to create.<br />
Love<br />
Ilona How about "Why Not?" to all o…tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-07-28:3306069:Comment:30882009-07-28T11:53:37.483ZLoretta Donovanhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/LorettaDonovan
How about "Why Not?" to all of our current No and Maybe items. I started experimenting with Twitter, Flickr, Skype and Netvibes last year for a Virtual World Cafe mashup. Netvibes is the aggregator into which the RSS from multiple Twitter accounts for "table" groups would feed. With digital photos or images of collaborative whiteboard drawings and doodles fed via email into one or more Flickr accounts, you could have real time interaction. Skype conference calls for each table group would give…
How about "Why Not?" to all of our current No and Maybe items. I started experimenting with Twitter, Flickr, Skype and Netvibes last year for a Virtual World Cafe mashup. Netvibes is the aggregator into which the RSS from multiple Twitter accounts for "table" groups would feed. With digital photos or images of collaborative whiteboard drawings and doodles fed via email into one or more Flickr accounts, you could have real time interaction. Skype conference calls for each table group would give you audio and text chat.<br />
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I've attached an image that a friend created of how this would be blended with F2F for a large scale approach. What do you think? Dearest Ashley~
Your message…tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-07-24:3306069:Comment:25902009-07-24T00:09:46.021ZDebra Debozyhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/DebraDebozy
Dearest Ashley~<br />
Your message is a perfect example of what would entice me to keep returning to this site. That is, it invites introspection. There is such a sense of connectedness and oneness here that begs one's "highest" input. I show up to "be in cafe" with an acute awareness of the unfoldment that will take place both within my Self and within the whole community as a result of my being here. Your questions have really left me with lots to think about, and <i>that</i> is what will keep…
Dearest Ashley~<br />
Your message is a perfect example of what would entice me to keep returning to this site. That is, it invites introspection. There is such a sense of connectedness and oneness here that begs one's "highest" input. I show up to "be in cafe" with an acute awareness of the unfoldment that will take place both within my Self and within the whole community as a result of my being here. Your questions have really left me with lots to think about, and <i>that</i> is what will keep beckoning me back. It is the collective intention of TWC to want to know what's on my mind.<br />
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Light to you.........<br />
~Debbie Hi Luis!
I think definitely…tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-07-23:3306069:Comment:25782009-07-23T22:50:47.562ZAmy Lenzohttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/AmyLenzo
Hi Luis!<br />
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I think definitely yes to #6 as well - when we get a conversation going with a few people and some real energy moving there is definitely an opportunity to listen together "into the whole" and begin to share our insights on that "meta" level. Perhaps it's a question of whether we can do something "together" without being in the same time and place ... I think it's possible ... Let's try!<br />
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As far as #7 - you're right, doodling isn't that easy to do online :-) but we can upload our…
Hi Luis!<br />
<br />
I think definitely yes to #6 as well - when we get a conversation going with a few people and some real energy moving there is definitely an opportunity to listen together "into the whole" and begin to share our insights on that "meta" level. Perhaps it's a question of whether we can do something "together" without being in the same time and place ... I think it's possible ... Let's try!<br />
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As far as #7 - you're right, doodling isn't that easy to do online :-) but we can upload our doodles and share them, can't we? And perhaps our photos and videos are doodles on some level as well.<br />
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And DEFINITELY YES to the delicious Columbia coffee cup! :-) Yes, I LOVE the Colombian cof…tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-07-23:3306069:Comment:23942009-07-23T12:42:32.714Zjuanita brownhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/JuanitaBrown
Yes, I LOVE the Colombian coffee cup!! (and of course the rest of your offering as well!)<br />
Con carino,<br />
Juanita
Yes, I LOVE the Colombian coffee cup!! (and of course the rest of your offering as well!)<br />
Con carino,<br />
Juanita Dear Ashley:
1• CONTRIBUTE y…tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-07-23:3306069:Comment:21582009-07-23T03:13:10.374ZLuis Fernando Gómez G.http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/LuisFernandoGomezG
Dear Ashley:<br />
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1• CONTRIBUTE your thinking<br />
2• SPEAK your mind and heart<br />
3• LISTEN to understand and to learn<br />
4• INQUIRE by asking open questions<br />
5• LINK and CONNECT ideas<br />
6• LISTEN TOGETHER for insights, patterns and deeper questions<br />
7• Play, doodle, draw - writing on the tablecloths is encouraged<br />
8• HAVE FUN!<br />
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Café-Etiquette for a Virtual World Café:<br />
1. Yes<br />
2. Yes<br />
3. Yes<br />
4. Yes<br />
5. Yes<br />
6. No (maybe Yes)<br />
7. No (maybe Yes)<br />
8. Definitely Yes<br />
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What about a delicious colombian coffee cup?
Dear Ashley:<br />
<br />
1• CONTRIBUTE your thinking<br />
2• SPEAK your mind and heart<br />
3• LISTEN to understand and to learn<br />
4• INQUIRE by asking open questions<br />
5• LINK and CONNECT ideas<br />
6• LISTEN TOGETHER for insights, patterns and deeper questions<br />
7• Play, doodle, draw - writing on the tablecloths is encouraged<br />
8• HAVE FUN!<br />
<br />
Café-Etiquette for a Virtual World Café:<br />
1. Yes<br />
2. Yes<br />
3. Yes<br />
4. Yes<br />
5. Yes<br />
6. No (maybe Yes)<br />
7. No (maybe Yes)<br />
8. Definitely Yes<br />
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What about a delicious colombian coffee cup?