Hosting Conversations about Questions that Matter
I'd like to introduce myself
Hello cafe community,
I'm a Consensus Organizer who has become very excited about the cafe conversation process. I am ready to host my first conversation cafe in my community, but I'm feeling a little wobbly out here on my own! I've read the World Cafe book and I'm convinced that my community would benefit WILDLY from a conversation or two around questions that matter.
All I need is a little advice and guidance as I launch out on this cafe journey. I have a couple of specific questions but I'm not sure what would be the best way to ask them.
Please feel free to engage me. I'm raring to go!!
Thanks ahead of time for your support!!
I'm a Consensus Organizer who has become very excited about the cafe conversation process. I am ready to host my first conversation cafe in my community, but I'm feeling a little wobbly out here on my own! I've read the World Cafe book and I'm convinced that my community would benefit WILDLY from a conversation or two around questions that matter.
All I need is a little advice and guidance as I launch out on this cafe journey. I have a couple of specific questions but I'm not sure what would be the best way to ask them.
Please feel free to engage me. I'm raring to go!!
Thanks ahead of time for your support!!
Tags: costs, guidance, how to, new host, questions.
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Permalink Reply by Ellia Ryan on -
Hi LaVonna,
I host local public conversations in Seattle (see separate post coming out soon). I was further inspired (I'd been wanting to do this for some time) by Margaret Wheatley's book "Turning to One Another" which has great topic and process ideas.
I'd be happy to tray and answer questions.
Ellia
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Permalink Reply by juanita brown on
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Hi Ella,
Welcome! And we'll be at the Systems Thinking in Action conference up in Seattle from Nov. 1-4. On Nov. 2 we'll be hosting a World Cafe reception and no host dinner at the hotel starting at 6PM-7:30PM in the Grand Crescent room and then on to the dining room at the Westin. You'd be most welcome to join us.
Warm regards,
Juanita Brown
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Permalink Reply by LaVonna Connelly on -
Hi Ellia,
Thank you for your reply. I really appreciate the support because I really AM going to host a cafe, and my small conservative community will think it is a little odd at first. Then they are going to love it and I'm going to host some more. We have a lot to talk through around here!
I know myself well enough to know that the only way I'll really do this is with the support of others. I'll be fine once I launch out but I'm always a little underconfident the first time I try something new.
I'm on a deadline for a project right now, but once it is done I'm going to turn my focus back to planning my cafe!
Thanks again!
LaVonna
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