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Lisa Abby replied to Ryan Feinstein's discussion 'May/June Conversation' in the group World Cafe Inquiry Circle
You are most welcome.
Lisa Abby replied to Ryan Feinstein's discussion 'May/June Conversation' in the group World Cafe Inquiry Circle
Great energy in these, Ben. And we certainly have a circle theme going on. I resonated to your family history as mine is the same. I like the star of David that captures that part of the discussion.
In terms of harvest, one thing I do regularly wit…
Lisa Abby commented on Lisa Abby's event 'The Art of Humans Being: Repatterning Ourselves, Our Work, and Our Communities in the New Story'
Thank you, Benjamin. I would LOVE to have you there of course!! Your passion, energy and innovative spirit are just what we are attracting. How lucky that Maria and Sarah and others at Axladitsa will have your company. I have been there. In case you…
Benjamin Aaron Degenhart commented on Lisa Abby's event 'The Art of Humans Being: Repatterning Ourselves, Our Work, and Our Communities in the New Story'
oh my... this is fantastic! wonderful that you bring this together... i feel like flying to you straight from Axladitsa :) but unfortunately my wallet is laughing loud about me there...
Lisa Abby replied to Jasmine Cargill's discussion 'Combining the Creative Arts with World Cafe'
Dear Jasmine. We will be doing lots of what you invite at the Art of Humans Being - a very exciting gathering happening in the Boston area - surrounded by nature. In these important times, the questions keep arising - as they did on the global World…
Lisa Abby replied to Ryan Feinstein's discussion 'May/June Conversation' in the group World Cafe Inquiry Circle
Hi everyone. I really enjoyed our call today. It was thought and heart provoking. I did some graphic recording and will share it here. I welcome further discussions on the topic as it evolved. I hope the visuals help in that regard.
I was very move…
World Cafe Inquiry Circle
This group has been formed to host a monthly community conversation on an issue that effects us all - each month the question will change.We'll also be hosting regular virtual World Cafes to take our explorations further (see calendar)See More
Lisa Abby joined Ryan Feinstein's group
The Art of Humans Being: Repatterning Ourselves, Our Work, and Our Communities in the New Story at Essex Conference and Retreat Center
July 29, 2010 at 4pm to August 1, 2010 at 1pm
This exciting gathering intends to take the foundation of the Art of Hosting (Open Space, World Cafe, Appreciative Inquiry and Circle) to a new, expanded level.We welcome all who want to help co-create the new story.The oil spill in the gulf is giving us a wake up call. It is time to shift how we make decisions, to let go of what no longer works and welcome the sacred and co-creative more deeply into our lives.How can we creatively, even radically, take responsibility in these intensely…See More
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Lisa Abby commented on Chris Chopyak's group 'Art of Harvesting'
Dear Sabine.
I would love to be on the call. I am waiting to hear from someone about a former commitment at that time. If I am able to be on, I too can do some recording. What I did before, Ria, was take photos of my journal and send them that way.…
Lisa Abby commented on Chris Chopyak's group 'Art of Harvesting'
Hey friends Benjamin and Kelvy... love to see my worlds and our networks converging again! With love.... Lisa
Lisa Abby commented on Chris Chopyak's group 'Art of Harvesting'
Thank you all for these insights!
Lisa Abby commented on Chris Chopyak's group 'Art of Harvesting'
Hi Sabine! Great to see you here. I will be working with Kelvy tomorrow. Samantha Tan and I will host the conversation which is the beginning of a national series of conversations around homelessness that is part of a federal inquiry. We will try to…
Lisa Abby commented on Christine Whitney Sanchez's group 'Methods for Strategic Collaboration'
Hi everyone. I am never sure where to post comments so I can reach many of you. I want to let you know that our beautiful global networks are converging. I am in Copenhagen with the Inner Climate learning villages - and Art of Hosting gathering. We…
Lisa Abby commented on Toke Paludan Moeller's event 'Calling inner climate learning villages'
I am very excited to be a part of the co-creation team for this event. Some of us will be in Copenhagen and many will be gathering around the globe in villages large and small. We encourage you to meet and to stay in touch with us as we will be harv…
Profile Information
- Please indicate World Café experience in one or more of the following roles.
- Host, Participant
- If you are new to the World Cafe, would you please share how you heard about this community?
- I started using world cafe in 2007 when I held a Celebrate the Earth conference in Sedona, AZ. I have been happily involved in this community and the Art of Hosting community since.
- In what field is the primary focus of your World Café work?
- Community
- What knowledge, skills or resources would you like to contribute to the World Café community to help it grow and flourish?
- I value circle practice for bringing about deep conversation and heart-felt action. I love bringing creativity into the circles as well.
- What would you most like to receive from this community?
- I enjoy the depth of our conversations and that is always happily provided.
- Would you like to share a Web or Blog address?
- http://oneglobalbridge.com
- What haven't we asked that you'd like to share?
- My main desire is to hold circles and conversations that bring more beauty into the world. How I do that is an ever emerging process.
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 8:51pm on June 27, 2010,
Patricia Neal said… - lisa, great to hear from you. where do i find this post?: "I want to invite you to a gathering for innovative leaders. You would be such an asset! See my post to our group for details."
thank you for the invitation. i'll follow up when i can find the post :)
- At 9:40am on September 15, 2009,
Bruno MUELLER said… - I love the way you are using words Lisa.
Taking into account that every word on top of meanings is creating picture in our minds.
Thank you very much & I am looking forward to exciting times.
BRBruno
- At 12:07am on September 14, 2009,
Chris Chopyak said… - Hey Lisa - for some reason i just got this, this morning here in the UK - so sorry - I will forward your details onto Amy Lenzo -our online space guru and Ulrich Soeder - who is the over all MC for the conversation tonight! I will speak to you tonight!
thanks again - Chris
The European Salon’s First Online World Café
Monday September 14
20:00 – 22:00 Central Europe (CEST)
To find your time zone:
http://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_DE.aspx
WHAT IS AN ONLINE CAFÉ?
Basically it is a normal World Café conversation. The tables consist of conference calls between four to five persons. We are gathering in groups of 4 or 5 and all of us are discussing the same questions. The rounds will be longer than in a live café because the communication is a little slower when we can’t see each other.
The design and the preparation of the café is very similar to a live café. We will share the purpose and the desired outcomes before the café will start.
We will change the virtual tables after each round, so you are going to meet different people of our team.
There is another important difference to a live café: because of the limitations of Skype, you will be pre-assigned to a table and invited in by the Table Host, rather than joining a table on your own. That is why we have to know in advance who will be going to participate.
We are going to have a few rounds. There might be a spoken harvest at the end, but it could be a harvest via chat as well, depending on the number of participants.
After the café, we are going to make a summary to document our conversation and to harvest the results of the conversation and make that available to others who couldn’t join us.
PURPOSE / INTENT
Starting to get connected
Gain experience with Online Cafés as a community
Initiate the inquiry on dialogue, leadership and community
DESIGN:
20.00 – 20.15: Welcome (chat function / conference call)
20.15 – 20.45, Round 1:
What relations do you see between dialogue, leadership and community?
20.50 – 21.20, Round 2:
What would you like to see emerge in relation to the European Salon?
21.25 – 22.00, Harvesting: What have you been talking about?
TABLE HOSTS
The table hosts have more important roles in an online café than in a live café, in that they are setting up the conference calls at their »tables«, checking that the connections are stable, and providing the timing. They will be calling your small groups together for each of our two rounds of conversation.
For this first café, we’d like to invite people with experience with Skype to be a Table Host. If you’d like to be a Table Host., please contact Ulrich Soeder (who will be our overall Host for the World Cafe): [email protected]
Here is some technical information to get started for our Online Café:
We will be calling you via Skype for the Café at or a little before the start time of 20:00 CEST. Please be ready with your equipment set up in a space where you won’t be disturbed for two hours. If you need to take a break, or handle something during the event, please mute yourself and let us know via text chat.
PARTICIPATION
If you know anyone else who wants to participate, we need to know their skype name asap. Send those to [email protected]
Please let us know ahead of time if you will not be participating by sending an email to [email protected]
SKYPE ACCOUNT
As you may have guessed, we are using SKYPE to hold this online Cafe. You will need to have a working Skype account, and your host and table host will need to add you to their contact list ahead of time, so please accept their requests.
HEADSET
You should use a headset and NOT the microphone that is built into your computer. This increases the sound quality of the connection very much. If you don’t have a headset yet, it costs very little – about 10 to 20 €.
PRACTICING SKYPE
If you are new to Skype, it might be a good idea to have some test calls before the Online Café will start to get familiar with the different functions of skype and your headset.
DURING THE ONLINE CAFE
Provide yourself food and something to drink for the time of the Online Café.
We will use both the Audio and Chat functions in Skype. The Chat function is similar to the tablecloths in a live café: we can leave our thoughts and notes on them, and everyone can read them during the conversation.
QUESTIONS
If you have questions, don’t hesitate to ask: [email protected]
He might even be able to answer some of them!
- At 12:24pm on September 11, 2009,
Chris Chopyak said…
- Lisa - this is perfect - I will send you the details over hte weeknd as I am in London and shutting down for the night. the most impoirtant bit though - do you have a skype name, and if so, what is it?
That way amy can add you to the list and we can be ready to go. Do you know - will Kelvy also be participating?
Chris
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