Gayle Yamauchi-Gleason's Page

Hello all-Nancy Margulies has suggested that I share this article describing a deep listening and reflection practice that I teach my students, and that is really useful in preparing world cafe participants to engage more fruitfully in the process. There are many other benefits/ways to use the practice in workshop and educational settings and most are described in the article.Sincerely,GayleSee More

I am new to the community and excited to post and offer this article. I teach at Presidio Graduate School (formerly Presidio School of Management) in San Francisco and we have had the pleasure of working with Nancy Margulies the last three semesters.I teach a class about strengths-based personal awareness & development and team collaboration from a communication perspective. The World Cafe is a perfect process for both the "how" and the "what" of what we teach in this course.Nancy suggested…See More

Please join the conversation if you are interested in blending The World Cafe with other methods and models such as Open Space Technology, Appreciative Inquiry, Polarity Management, Spiral Dynamics, Theory U, the Enneagram and more.See More

Northern California Cafe host, practioners, stewards and leaders who are experimenting with the power of conversation for learning, inspiration, and transformation.

This group is for those interested in exploring & sharing our experiences hosting World Cafes in cyberspace and bringing its magic and connection into the online medium.See More

Research that feeds off of itself. A research community dedicated to exploring how to contribute to the evolution of the intersection of The World Cafe and of Fielding Graduate Institute - An act of transformation of the whole.