World Cafe Online Conversations - The World Cafe Community2024-03-29T01:58:47Zhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/group/worldcafesonline/forum?feed=yes&xn_auth=noSeeking Spanish speaking facilitator to join me in Guatemala in Novembertag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2017-09-23:3306069:Topic:1221752017-09-23T19:10:07.025ZSusan Partnowhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/SusanPartnow
<p><span>Hello dear WCers... I will be heading to Guatemala in November to lead an OS plus a World Cafe in San Pedro: anyone on this list in that area? Spanish speaking! (no funding... just volunteer)</span></p>
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<p><span>Hello dear WCers... I will be heading to Guatemala in November to lead an OS plus a World Cafe in San Pedro: anyone on this list in that area? Spanish speaking! (no funding... just volunteer)</span></p>
<p></p> "The Mycelial Cafe"--a virtual and/or hybrid re-imagination of the WC formtag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2013-08-29:3306069:Topic:907582013-08-29T15:54:53.435ZBen Robertshttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/BenjaminRoberts
<p>This process is inspired by work I've started with the good folks of the Mycelium School, including World Cafe Community stalwart Ashley Cooper. We're talking about what it means to "work mycelialy," i.e. like the network of tiny threads that make up the main "body" of a fungal organism (and play a key role in composting dead plant matter as well as being the source of mushrooms).</p>
<p>This has led to my realization that WC is a wonderful process for weaving lots of threads together and…</p>
<p>This process is inspired by work I've started with the good folks of the Mycelium School, including World Cafe Community stalwart Ashley Cooper. We're talking about what it means to "work mycelialy," i.e. like the network of tiny threads that make up the main "body" of a fungal organism (and play a key role in composting dead plant matter as well as being the source of mushrooms).</p>
<p>This has led to my realization that WC is a wonderful process for weaving lots of threads together and thus a great candidate for putting the mycelium metaphor into action. Here's what I just proposed to our little group, that can serve as a point of attachment for a more concrete conversation around what might be possible if we reimagine the WC form for virtual and hybrid contexts:</p>
<blockquote><p><span class="author-p-22256">A </span><span class="author-p-22256 b i"><b><i>“Mycelial Café”</i></b></span><span class="author-p-22256"> (just made that up!) would involve a number of people hosting one or more small group conversations (in-person and/or virtually) over perhaps a week’s time. During and/or just after each one they create some kind of harvest (“tablecloth”) online (Hackpad is a platform that could work well for this) that could be shared with other participants. We would have one or at most two questions that everyone discussed. We could come together a week after the Talk Purpose event* for a final conversation on Maestro where we did perhaps one more round of small group dialogue followed by an extended harvest. In that closing full group conversation, we would value and appreciate the weaving we have done for its own sake, talk about what we’re learning about working mycelialy, and, yes, hunt for “mushrooms. ” No pressure or expectations that they will emerge, just a comfortable knowledge that, if the conditions were right, they will be there, and perhaps even in profusion.</span></p>
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<p>*Note: Talk Purpose is a regular "fishbowl" style conversational gathering that Ashley and Co. convene. In this example, it serves as a conversation starter. That seems like a nice add-on, but not necessarily essential to the form.</p> World Cafe online Community Cafestag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2011-02-06:3306069:Topic:360112011-02-06T00:18:54.487ZAmy Lenzohttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/AmyLenzo
<p>We had a particularly juicy Community Cafe last Thursday, and the March Cafe is on the calendar now (<a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/events/march-world-cafe-online" target="_blank">click here for more information and to register</a>).</p>
<p>February's topic was fairly open since we haven't had a Community Cafe for many months - the questions focused on 1) what was bringing people to this Cafe, 2) what question or issue had been engaging or concerning them lately, and 3) what…</p>
<p>We had a particularly juicy Community Cafe last Thursday, and the March Cafe is on the calendar now (<a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/events/march-world-cafe-online" target="_blank">click here for more information and to register</a>).</p>
<p>February's topic was fairly open since we haven't had a Community Cafe for many months - the questions focused on 1) what was bringing people to this Cafe, 2) what question or issue had been engaging or concerning them lately, and 3) what had they learned in response to this question or issue.</p>
<p>I found it interesting that given this open format what many of the participants wanted to talk about was the online medium itself.</p>
<p>Listening in to the small group conversations, which I do regularly to make sure everyone has settled in ok and to gauge the "energy" in the room, I noticed that it was a topic that ran through each of the conversations at some point in every round, and it made me wonder if perhaps we should host a Cafe focused specifically on this topic?</p>
<p>What do you think? Anyone want to play?</p>
<p>Thoughts? Ideas? Let's hear from you.</p> World Cafe With a Wikitag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2010-08-30:3306069:Topic:289922010-08-30T22:40:07.515ZRJ Johnsonhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/RJJohnson
I am getting ready to do a basic cafe with a group of 60 students using our Wetpaint wiki (website editable by all participants). The questions will be around their goals for the class. What are your wildest ideas for creating such an environment? I promise to play "Yes, and" with any suggestion and we will see where the conversation goes.<br/>Best regards,<br/>RJ Johnson<br/>
I am getting ready to do a basic cafe with a group of 60 students using our Wetpaint wiki (website editable by all participants). The questions will be around their goals for the class. What are your wildest ideas for creating such an environment? I promise to play "Yes, and" with any suggestion and we will see where the conversation goes.<br/>Best regards,<br/>RJ Johnson<br/> Coffee Party WC #3 on Maestro 5/27 and...?tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2010-05-21:3306069:Topic:236832010-05-21T13:37:38.515ZBen Robertshttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/BenjaminRoberts
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<div>Please join me for this call if you are interested in politics/and or WC in virtual space.</div>
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<a href="http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/5LU58C2POC0VDOA2">http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/5LU58C2POC0VDOA2</a><div><br></br></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">The subject looks to be…</span></div>
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<div>Please join me for this call if you are interested in politics/and or WC in virtual space.</div>
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<a href="http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/5LU58C2POC0VDOA2">http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/5LU58C2POC0VDOA2</a><div><br/></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">The subject looks to be the new Declaration of Principles that the movement's national organizers have called for. For more information on the Coffee Party, go to <a href="http://www.coffeepartyusa.com">www.coffeepartyusa.com</a> .<br/><br/>Help framing the questions would be especially appreciated. At this point, there is no direction coming from the national organizers (!) as to what this Declaration is supposed to be or how it would be used, so perhaps that is a good starting point.</span></div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Regards,</span></div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">203 426-5088</span></div> Stories: Our Experiences Hosting Online Events & What We're Learningtag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-12-27:3306069:Topic:175832009-12-27T18:48:29.185ZAmy Lenzohttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/AmyLenzo
This is a place to share what we're learning when hosting online events of all kinds - whether or not we are using the World Cafe explicitly.<br />
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If you've hosted an online event - a training, or a special meeting of some kind, anything utilizing the online medium - tell us about it so we can all learn from what you did. (If you used the World Cafe in your session, cross…
This is a place to share what we're learning when hosting online events of all kinds - whether or not we are using the World Cafe explicitly.<br />
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If you've hosted an online event - a training, or a special meeting of some kind, anything utilizing the online medium - tell us about it so we can all learn from what you did. (If you used the World Cafe in your session, cross <a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/forum/topic/new?target=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theworldcafecommunity.org%2Fforum%2Fcategories%2Fstorynet-1%2FlistForCategory&categoryId=3306069%3ACategory%3A1164">post your story in the StoryNet</a> here!)<br />
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What technology (hard and soft) did you use? What was the context and/or goal for the event? What worked? How did you create the conditions for the best results? What didn't work at all? What would you do differently next time? Mind Meistertag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-09-22:3306069:Topic:109572009-09-22T18:02:16.058ZAmy Lenzohttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/AmyLenzo
Boys and Girls! Thanks to an introduction by Martin Tinnermann, I've just spoken to Michael Hollauf, who is the CEO of <a href="http://www.mindmeister.com/" target="_blank">MIndMeister</a>, the online mapping tool Martin has been telling us about. As a result of our conversation, Michael has given us a group license with premium accounts so that we can use it in our online World Cafes.<br />
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I'd like to experiment with it in our next European Salon, and/or if anyone else has an idea for an online…
Boys and Girls! Thanks to an introduction by Martin Tinnermann, I've just spoken to Michael Hollauf, who is the CEO of <a href="http://www.mindmeister.com/" target="_blank">MIndMeister</a>, the online mapping tool Martin has been telling us about. As a result of our conversation, Michael has given us a group license with premium accounts so that we can use it in our online World Cafes.<br />
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I'd like to experiment with it in our next European Salon, and/or if anyone else has an idea for an online World Cafe they'd like to suggest, we can explore it there too.<br />
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Anyone interested? Maestro Conference Linetag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-09-14:3306069:Topic:104392009-09-14T22:18:11.100ZShiloh Bosshttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/ShilohBoss
Hello Friends :)<br />
I have been participating in various conference calls lately with Maestro Conference Service<br />
<a href="http://www.maestroconference.com">www.maestroconference.com</a><br />
and it seems to be made for TWC model<br />
lets open up a space to share about our experience with it here.
Hello Friends :)<br />
I have been participating in various conference calls lately with Maestro Conference Service<br />
<a href="http://www.maestroconference.com">www.maestroconference.com</a><br />
and it seems to be made for TWC model<br />
lets open up a space to share about our experience with it here. First European Salon Skype Cafetag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-09-14:3306069:Topic:104292009-09-14T22:01:07.920ZAmy Lenzohttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/AmyLenzo
Wow! We just finished a World Cafe on Skype for the European Salon happening in Vienna next month (and online here). As one of the Table Hosts it was a powerful experience for me of collaborative leadership, deep dialogue, and community building - the very topics it was focusing on.<br />
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The Cafe Host Ulrich Soeder has started <a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/forum/topics/1st-online-cafe-of-the" target="_blank">a story about it in StoryNet</a>, which he will be filling out with key…
Wow! We just finished a World Cafe on Skype for the European Salon happening in Vienna next month (and online here). As one of the Table Hosts it was a powerful experience for me of collaborative leadership, deep dialogue, and community building - the very topics it was focusing on.<br />
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The Cafe Host Ulrich Soeder has started <a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/forum/topics/1st-online-cafe-of-the" target="_blank">a story about it in StoryNet</a>, which he will be filling out with key points from the harvest and some of the gorgeous graphic recording which happened there. I know there will be <a href="http://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/group/dialogueandleadership/forum/topics/online-world-cafe-dialogue" target="_blank">conversation in the European Salon group</a>, but I thought I'd open a conversation here in our group as well. Perhaps we could talk about it from a slightly different point of view...<br />
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My thoughts are to focus on the experience itself, as a particular way of having a World Cafe conversation - did it work for you? What were the highlights or places of disappointment for you? What are your thoughts about why things were particularly satisfying and why they were not? Both are helpful for deepening our learning about working with deep dialogue online.<br />
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Here are some of my reflections to start us off:<br />
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The technology was cumbersome in the beginning. It was hard to get that many people (22) on the same Skype conference call without them dropping off. When we were able to quickly morph into Table Hosts calling together their tables for the first round the technology process went much easier, and I thought the conversation at both my tables was phenomenal.<br />
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I did miss having the orientation that was planned for the larger group, and getting a chance to connect in a space of deeper dialogue with the people from Russia that were there, an opportunity which was especially exciting for many of us.<br />
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One piece of feedback I heard over and over was how surprised people were that it was possible to feel this "connected" - in their bodies and in their hearts - in this medium. That is always gratifying to hear, even though to me it's not surprising any more because I've experienced it many many times.<br />
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We anticipated the same technology problem with harvesting in a large group, so we spontaneously decided to break into two smaller groups for the harvest, and I ended up hosting one of them without any preparation, which was less of a challenge for me that it would have been even a year ago - I must be getting more experienced at this! :-).<br />
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In retrospect I wish I would have chosen a more structured way to elicit the harvest so that we could have brought out more of the "spirit" of a true World Cafe harvest, which I think can be a phenomenal weaving of pattern and subtle linkages, but it was very juicy as it was, and I think almost everyone felt the Cafe as a whole was a great success.<br />
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Other thoughts from those that were there? Questions or comments from those that were not?<br />
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I really appreciated all those who came from this group as a way to experience a World Cafe online, and I'm particularly curious about these "first time" experiences ... what was it like? Did it meet your expectations? Were there any surprises, and if so what were they? Do you have suggestions for how to make it better next time?<br />
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Warm Hugs,<br />
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Amy Open Space Technology - comparison and experience?tag:www.theworldcafecommunity.org,2009-09-09:3306069:Topic:100932009-09-09T18:38:54.387ZAndrew Bhttp://www.theworldcafecommunity.org/profile/ab
A colleague recently brought Open Space Technology (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology</a>) to my attention, and it seems like a promising methodology for group engagement.<br />
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I have no personal experience with it though, and am curious if any one can share firsthand experience?<br />
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I also see some similarities to the World Cafe model and ethos, but some differences as well.<br />
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Can anyone with more firsthand experience share…
A colleague recently brought Open Space Technology (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology</a>) to my attention, and it seems like a promising methodology for group engagement.<br />
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I have no personal experience with it though, and am curious if any one can share firsthand experience?<br />
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I also see some similarities to the World Cafe model and ethos, but some differences as well.<br />
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Can anyone with more firsthand experience share some thoughts, including some level of comparison as it relates to the world cafe?