2. “It's never enough just to tell people about some
new insight. Rather, you have to get them to
experience it in a way that evokes its power and
possibility. Instead of pouring knowledge into
people's heads, you need to help them grind a
new set of eyeglasses so they can see the world
in a new way.”
˜John Seeley Brown
3. What is a World Café?
• A powerful method for engaging people in
conversations that matter?
• An approach that grew out of a 1995
rainstorm in California?
• A gathering of people who share ideas,
insights, and listen to each other actively?
• A dynamic activity during which I get to
doodle on the tablecloth if I want?
5. “Since our earliest ancestors gathered in circles
around the warmth of a fire, talking together
has been our primary means for discovering
common interests, sharing knowledge,
imagining the future, and cooperating to survive
and thrive.”
The World Café Foundation
http://www.theworldcafe.com/
6. So let’s gather around our respective campfires
at S’Mores Campfire Cafe and talk.
Here are the guidelines for your conversations:
• Pretend you’re in a local café talking with your
group.
• Keep the conversation relaxed. You’re not
competing here; you’re listening,
commenting, building on others’ insights.
• Get everyone in your group involved, even if
someone’s participation is mostly listening.
7. • Listen together for patterns and insights that
emerge from your discussions.
• When you move to another table, take your
insights from the first table with you.
• Use the opportunity to bring about a
meaningful discussion.
• Recognize that your group,
working as a whole, is likely to
come up with insights (“aha
moments”) you may not have
thought of alone.
8. • Talk among your tablemates until you are
signaled to move to another table.
• One of you will stay behind as “table host” at
each table, while the rest (“visitors”) move on.
• Table host briefly reviews what his first group
came up with for the new visitors.
• Feel free to doodle or draw on the paper on
each table.
• Someone serves as recorder for each group to
write the top ideas your group comes up with
and writes them on the index cards.
9.
10. Last-Minute Instructions
• You’ll have 15 minutes to meet around your
first campfire, so get the discussion going right
away.
• At the 15-minute mark you’ll hear a signal to
move to another campfire; your group
members go to different campfires.
• A signal will be given at the end of the second
15-minute campfire discussion.
• The group as a whole will debrief.
11. WRAP-UP
• Discuss themes that emerged from a number
of groups.
• Identify insights (“aha moments”) anyone
gained.
• Talk about how this method (World Café)
might be useful in your local situations.
• Hear about how the group discussions will be
shared with participants.