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Comment by Amy Lenzo on March 28, 2011 at 4:02pm

Hi all!

We've been busy working on a new online World Cafe series called Conversations for the 21st Century, which will be free and open to the public. We'll schedule one every month or so, and each session will address a range of topics pertinent to life in the 21st century...

Ben Roberts and I will be co-hosting the series using MaestroConference, and the first event is this coming Friday, on the topic of community: Community in the 21st Century. Check the calendar listing for details and the link to register...please consider being there! Our conversation starters will be Peter Block, our own Nancy White, and Sarah Whiteley and Maria Scordialos from Axladitsa in Greece.

Upcoming sessions will be on topics like Economics for the 21st Century, Food Production in the 21st Century, Art in the 21st Century, etc. and I know there are many among us who would be willing to step into leadership roles and be conversation starters and active participants in the events that speak to your particular interests.

I've just started a group here to drive interest from the public conversations back into our community, and it would be great if those of you who are "old hands" would help create the hospitable space for inquiry there. Hopefully we will be getting a lot of new people engaged through the series. It already promises to be very well attended.

Besides being a great opportunity for civic engagement, this series will also launch the new World Cafe Online Services provided by weDialogue and benefit the World Cafe Community Foundation through participant donations.

I'm excited by the possibilities and hope you will be there to play with us - either at this one or an upcoming event.

Comment by Kathleen Quinn on January 11, 2011 at 7:44pm

Kindest regards to you and your family, Amy.

Kathleen

Comment by Edna Pasher on January 11, 2011 at 7:37pm

Dear Amy,
I am terribly sorry about this sad news.
Sending my condolences to you and your family.
Warmly,
Edna

Comment by Amy Lenzo on January 11, 2011 at 4:09pm

My sincere apologies to those of you who were registered for January's online Community Cafe which had to be canceled because of my sister's unexpected death.

About a dozen people who hadn't heard about the cancellation showed up anyway and we had a lively conversation with perspectives from the US, England and Belgium.

The February Cafe is now scheduled for Feb 3rd, with more details on the calendar listing (including the registration link - don't forget you have to register to get your call in numbers).

I hope that those of you who are here in this group because you're interested in how we bring the elements and practices of face to face World Cafe hosting into the online environment will make a special effort to be there.

As always, your ideas re topic and questions for the community Cafe are very welcome. Please post them in the Inquiry Circle group.

Warmly,

Amy

Comment by Amy Lenzo on December 20, 2010 at 4:29pm

Welcome Kazuaki! Welcome Debbie! Welcome Mario!

I'd love to hear what you would like to see happening here in this group...

As we continue to offer online Community Cafes, and are gearing up to offer a series of online public conversations in 2011, I'd like to ask everyone that question again - how do you want to participate? What draws you to this group? What would you most like to receive from your presence here?

Comment by Benjamin Aaron Degenhart on December 6, 2010 at 2:56am

Hey there, i am looking forward to our Community Cafe together :)
i set up a thread now called "January 2011 Community Cafe" in the Inquiry Circle group to shape the topic further, so that its most relevant and inviting for us all. please add your thoughts...

Comment by Amy Lenzo on December 4, 2010 at 2:53pm

Welcome Kathleen and Laura! And hi all!

We have scheduled another World Cafe Online Community Cafe, hosted by myself and fellow online community steward Benjamin Degenhart, for January 7th. We'd love to have you join us!

For more information and the link to register, see the calendar listing here.

Our Cafe topic is going to be Vision. We'll be focusing on the nexus between personal and collective vision. Our starting point is questions like "How does your vision for yourself connect to your vision for your community, or for the world?" "How does individual vision connect to/inform/interact with collective vision?"

We'll be refining these questions and you are invited to share your own thoughts & wishes for what you'd like to talk about in the Inquiry Circle.

If you have not yet experienced a World Cafe, we especially welcome you and invite you to take this opportunity to explore together. If you are already familiar with World Cafe and curious about how we bring the intimacy and engagement of a face to face World Cafe into an online medium, this is an opportunity for that too.

Comment by Amy Lenzo on December 4, 2010 at 2:41pm

Thanks for the explanation of what sounds like a great experience, Wilfried. I've experienced some online events like this myself and enjoyed them very much.

Comment by Kathleen Quinn on December 1, 2010 at 5:10pm

Hi Amy, I am also interested in how an online cafe' gets started, structured, etc. Is it possible to go through the motions with you/us? k.

Comment by Laura Peck on December 1, 2010 at 5:01pm

Hello all. Andrea Dyer and I are doing a workshop on Conversational Leadership for Sonoma State graduate students on the 11th and I realized how little I know or have experienced beyond face to face cafes so I am jumping in and wanting to learn!

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