Hosting Organization/Sponsor: A diversity of clients
Who were the Cafés For? A diversity of participants including children, youth, multicultural groups, First Nations, managers, governing bodies, special needs education institutions and more
Purpose: To consolidate group thinking using a highly democratic process that encourages consensus. Focusing the thinking at the end of a day of planning, and capture that thinking using a visually facilitated harvest.
Number of People Attending (approx): 9 to 80
Questions Used: We use one main question for 2.5 rounds and then a focusing question for the last half of the third round. Examples:
Over the next year, what Key Actions do we need to take together to continue integrating “Inspiring Education” initiatives into the “Horizon way”?
What should our new seniors’ centre have? provide? inspire? be known for? - then - What were the Common Themes, and Out-of-the-Box or Passionate ideas?
What would a positive future for school attendance include?
Looking back over today's conversations and visual records what Actions do we need to take? - then focus - What Key Actions do we need to take over the next three years?
Impact: The World Cafe process continues to be a key to getting people talking together which eventually gets them working together, deciding together and enjoying doing it. We evaluate 95% of the processes we run with our clients and feedback is overwhelming positive.
Planning Cafés
by Michaela Sieh
Sep 27, 2015
Hosts: Robert Benn, Laurie Benn, Melanie Davids
Hosting Organization/Sponsor: A diversity of clients
Who were the Cafés For? A diversity of participants including children, youth, multicultural groups, First Nations, managers, governing bodies, special needs education institutions and more
Purpose: To consolidate group thinking using a highly democratic process that encourages consensus. Focusing the thinking at the end of a day of planning, and capture that thinking using a visually facilitated harvest.
Number of People Attending (approx): 9 to 80
Questions Used:
We use one main question for 2.5 rounds and then a focusing question for the last half of the third round.
Examples:
Impact: The World Cafe process continues to be a key to getting people talking together which eventually gets them working together, deciding together and enjoying doing it. We evaluate 95% of the processes we run with our clients and feedback is overwhelming positive.