Barbara Shipka's Comments

Hello, Barbara!

This is GwenEllyn Anderson from EIL days. Happy belated Birthday! I was online trying to find you and I found you here.

I visited several days with Tom Govero a year ago while in Italy to pick olives. And, Bruce Wyatt is now working in McMinnville - about 40 miles from Salem.

I knew you had written books, but now I have to go learn more about what you have been doing. Thanks for taking me this route to find you because I found World Café, too!

Barbara - wonderful to learn a bit more about you via the website and thank you for your comments and conversationin the European Salon - it was so great to have you participate in this amazing opportunity! thank you - Chris

Hi Barbara;

Anne Dosher, who is the "Elder and guardian of the soul" of the World Cafe, became a good friend in the 1990s. At the time she was an advisor to some work we were doing in community development. Over time, she helped us found a "Circle of Seven" dialgoue group, which included one of her best friends here in the DC area.

I have been a great admirer of Meg Wheatley's work, and she joined forces with Juanita Brown and David Isaacs to spread the concept of "conversations that matter."

Three years ago I met Juanita at the Business for Social Responsibility conference in DC where World Cafe was used to open the conference. I found it to create amazing energy and a great way to start communicating and getting to depth quickly.

How have you developed your consulting? How did you arrange to convene a group of CEOs? What did you learn from the expereince? What do you hope to do next?

Please answer any of these questions or just start fresh in any way you wish!

Warmest regards,
Bill

I'll get back to you tomorrow.

Warm regards,
Bill

Hi Barbara:

We met at Bretton Woods '94, do you recall? Then I came to Minneapolis to meet with your collegues there about a national meeting on "Spirit in the Workplace," but we never resolved funding issues.

Ah, aging. How is your son? The work of hosting CEOs sounds wonderful. Hope you are well and thriving in these generally hard times.

Please get back in touch--I'll explain my connections to the World cafe.

Bill

Yes, of course it is possible for you to attend the European Salon in Vienna - you'll want to register right away to make sure there is "room at the inn" literally :-) but it would be delightful to have you there!! Are you considering it seriously??

There will also be online participation, but of course it's always fabulous to be there and touch each other in person...

Thanks for that nice comment Barbara—made my day!---Cheers,
Bill

Hello Barbara, it was very nice to have you in the Online Cafè, thanks for your thoughts! Greets from Petra

Thanks for thinking of me.

Happy Birthday! I hope you have a great day!

Thank you very much Barbara.
And a Happy Birthday to you too of course!