This group is for exploring the art of questioning as a way of deepening curiosity and excitement to forward the co-evolution of thought and action around key issues.
Thank you for sharing your observations about the congruency--it is heartwarming to witness the alignment taking place in multiple ways and multiple venues around the world. The power of collective intelligence has been emerging for some time, and…
Will someone be posting the insights harvested from each of the regional Cafes? We are looking forward to the one in San Francisco in 2 weeks, and wonder when details will be put forth.
The USICH is beginning to develop a federal strategic plan around homelessness and is looking to bring the voices of various stakeholders into that process using the World Cafe. This is a new way of working in the strategic planning process for USICH
Re Kelvy Bird's comment, "the design of the cafe has built in time to capture harvest at each round - it actually felt quite spacious," people often tell me after a cafe that they wish there was more time allowed for the table harvest…
Folks, if I am posting these images in the wrong place, please tellme. I am still trying to find my way around this new TWC site. I welcome your tips for making the captures more meaningful and visually interesting. Thank you!
I discovered that the…
Because several of you have been so encouraging, I am going to try and upload some of my charts from different cafes and see whether they can be viewed here.
The first 2 are Cafe posters for Reduce Your Footprint and a Green Building industry cafes…
I like John Inman's method of "harvesting in the middle"--getting participants up, moving and notating on the wall chart is a great idea. I've had them write on large sticky notes and post them on the 4 foot high butcher paper.…
It's great to see your graphic chart Kelvy. I'll be supporting the cafe on homelessness in San Francisco next month. And also the images made by Nanna Frank. I illustrate flip charts I prepare in advance, and use some visual notation when…
Please indicate World Café experience in one or more of the following roles.
Host, Participant
In what field is the primary focus of your World Café work?
Health, Education, Corporate, Religion, Government, Community
What knowledge, skills or resources would you like to contribute to the World Café community to help it grow and flourish?
I am happy to share experiences, resources, lessons learned with other TWCers.
What would you most like to receive from this community?
Hearing other's stories about what works and what doesn't for them, mutual support for courageous action. e.g., hosting TWC gatherings with ≥100 people and combining TWC with Open Space or other methods.
> Are you the same George Por who came to UC Berkeley some years ago when I was the Foreign Scholar Adviser?
Yes I am and I think we met a few times when I was a Visiting Research Fellow or something like that at UC Berkeley but that was more than 30 years ago!
Hi Barbara. Sorry to hear/read of your challenges with Maestro. The calls were recorded, so I'll post that on the MSC group when I get the URL. You might try emailing maestromonthsupport@maestroconference.com to get some technical help so that you can get on other calls.
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