This highly popular and engaging process involves Participants in small rotating conversation groups. Open-ended questions are carefully designed to elicit deep, passionate discussion that is inclusive and respectful and results in participants coming to consensus of understanding, consensus of direction and often, consensus of action.

 

We then facilitate a large group share-back session following the café conversation time to graphically record highlights of conversation results. We create a large, colorful (4'x8') visual summary chart that serves as a group memory of the conversation results and provides a powerful way to ‘wrap up’ the larger group conversation activity or bring a planning group to consensus of action.

 

Digital photos of the chart once it is completed are taken for our Clients to:

• use later in reports
• print in a smaller format for participants to have as a memory tool of outcomes
• share information with others (on websites, in power-points, newsletters, etc)
• Process Benefits:

 

The World Cafe advantages

• captivates & stimulates
• participants move quickly
• interactive and positive
• enables different perspectives and viewpoints
• easy to be heard and hear the viewpoints of others
• Very Productive!

 

FYI: World Cafe Foundation site: www.theworldcafe.com

 

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