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I hope you are reassured that 350 is not at all too great a number for a successful World Cafe - in fact in many ways the World Cafe really seems to come into its own with the larger numbers - and that you can host a wonderful…"
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Query re viability of a short world cafe event with 350 participants
Started this conversation. Last reply by Amy Lenzo Jan 4, 2010. 5 Replies 0 Likes
I was wondering if you could help me with an enquiry. We are hosting an event in Irish Mental Health in Dublin Feburary 2010 and we think the World Cafe would be ideal for what we are trying to…Continue
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"HI Juanita, Many thanks for your email, for forwarding on my query. I hope that you had a good Christmas and that 2010 is shaping up to be a good one for you! I have since just received the book in the post too so I will get working on that too.…"
Valerie Maguire replied to Valerie Maguire's discussion 'Query re viability of a short world cafe event with 350 participants'
"Hi Tenneson, That's very helpful advice and sincere thanks for taking the time to respond. I think that you are right and we need to put some thought into what we are wanting to harvest from the group and also into the formulation of the…"
Tenneson Woolf replied to Valerie Maguire's discussion 'Query re viability of a short world cafe event with 350 participants'
"Hi Valerie. Looks like a great event coming. Juanita's resources are great of course. I've hosted several cafes in health care settings now. The short response for me is that you can do a lot in two hours. Particularly as you invite story…"
juanita brown replied to Valerie Maguire's discussion 'Query re viability of a short world cafe event with 350 participants'
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Welcome! There are a number of examples in our book The World Cafe: Shaping our Futures through Conversations That Matter, which has a whole chapter on the details of Cafe hosting. YOu can also look at stories here in the on-line…"
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Query re viability of a short world cafe event with 350 participants
I was wondering if you could help me with an enquiry. We are hosting an event in Irish Mental Health in Dublin Feburary 2010 and we think the World Cafe would be ideal for what we are trying to achieve-a relaxed/learning atmosphere for people coming together to share ideas and success on Recovery in Irish health.Could you send me on any information you may have on holding a world cafe event. I love the values of this approach but my main query would be whether 2hours and 15mins would be…See More
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- I was wondering if you could help me with an enquiry. We are hosting an event in Irish Mental Health in Dublin Feburary 2010 and we think the World Cafe would be ideal for what we are trying to achieve-a relaxed/learning atmosphere for people coming together to share ideas and success on Recovery in Irish health.
Could you send me on any information you may have on holding a world cafe event. I love the values of this approach but my main query would be whether 2hours and 15mins would be sufficent time to run such and event and would it be possible to cope with 350 people in such an event -is this too large a number??
If you could help me at all with this enquiry I would greatly appreicate it.
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- At 2:55am on October 17, 2010, Marie Therese said…
- Hi Valerie, I'm intersted to know how your event went in February? Did you use the WC approach for how many people and for how long? I'm thinking of intergrating cafe conversations into some work I'm doing with community groups and would welcome your insights.
- At 10:51am on December 23, 2009,
Amy Lenzo said… - Thank you Valerie! And a Merry Christmas to you, too...
- At 11:07am on December 17, 2009, Amy Lenzo said…
- Dear Valerie,
Welcome! You've come to the right place. :-) I invite you to post your question in the conversations area here, since many more people will see it there and be able to help, but let me give you some of my thoughts right away.
Yes, absolutely - a World Cafe with 350 people is completely doable - you will need to be able to get them together in small groups of 4 (or 5 max), and preferably in a Cafe setting with small round tables, etc..
2 1/4 hours is enough time if you do two rounds and a harvest instead of 3 rounds, which is preferable if there is time, but not absolutely necessary.
Have you read the World Cafe book? You will find some great support in it, as well as in the hosting guides we offer in our "hosting support" area. But again, I would also invite you to utilize the experience and wisdom in this community by asking your question more widely - start a conversation about it and ask your specific questions so that others can respond. This will be of value not only to you but also to the many others who will learn from your inquiry.
Warm Wishes,
Amy
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