Online World Cafe – A Participant’s View

The other day I came across this post by World Café participant Joan Davis … In it, she describes her experience of an online World Café in detail, revealing her thought processes as well as her emotions and sense of impact. In reading it, I’m struck by...

Appreciation

(published with permission by the author – thank you Sheila!) I just wanted to express my appreciation for a World Cafe experience I had yesterday. In my career I’ve been in a lot of committees and work groups, but have never seen a group of almost 3 dozen...

Personal Impact

  This blog post from Seth Godin says something profound to me about impact. It’s just the sort of inspiration I want to share with anyone thinking of hosting a Local Impact Cafe to help celebrate the World Café’s 20th Anniversary because it shows...

World Café Impact – Japan-style

Thanks to Michael Shell of GLPA, I recently discovered this video of myself sharing stories of the Japanese translation of the World Café book*, and the ongoing impact of World Café within Japan. In watching it,  I was struck by how fully our Japanese friends have...