tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043399212910422093.post4379566750277804068..comments2018-12-31T07:05:31.694+01:00Comments on Gauri's mumblings..: Lessons learned from training on "World Café" method at an International OrganizationGauri Salokhehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04956639685295842677noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043399212910422093.post-23342647240955485912014-08-20T07:42:10.657+02:002014-08-20T07:42:10.657+02:00Nice post Gauri! We tried mixing World Café with M...Nice post Gauri! We tried mixing World Café with Multi-stakeholder platforms (MSP) in our project and it did wonders. Here's the link to my post. <br /><br />http://sankuchy.blogspot.com/2014/05/world-cafe-multi-stakeholder-platforms.htmlsankuchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654029610863216765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043399212910422093.post-64677766521835446222009-12-21T21:53:31.601+01:002009-12-21T21:53:31.601+01:00Thanks for your comments Peg.
If I understood yo...Thanks for your comments Peg. <br /><br />If I understood you correctly, you are designing training on using facilitation methods? If yes, then I have done a few more and blogged about them as well. <br /><br />> A colleagues recent posts about lessons learned from using Peer Assists {http://gaurisalokhe.blogspot.com/search/label/lessons%20learned}<br /><br /><br />> Facilitating as a team - few dos and don'ts {http://gaurisalokhe.blogspot.com/2009/11/facilitating-as-team-few-dos-and-donts.html}<br /><br />> using icebreaker {http://gaurisalokhe.blogspot.com/search/label/icebreaker}<br /><br />> Example of a previous use of World Caf'e {http://gaurisalokhe.blogspot.com/2008/10/world-cafe.html}<br /><br />> Use of Samon Circle method {http://gaurisalokhe.blogspot.com/search/label/samoan%20circle}<br /><br />Hope this is what you were looking for. I hope this helps!Gauri Salokhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956639685295842677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043399212910422093.post-49307278906807911132009-12-21T18:33:43.598+01:002009-12-21T18:33:43.598+01:00Gauri,
I found your material through a link on the...Gauri,<br />I found your material through a link on the World Cafe Community and really appreciate you sharing it. I will be designing a workshop for young women on leadership and I think this might be a good topic. Have you conducted this type of training since your initial training and do you have additional lessons from those subsequent experiences?<br />thanks very much,<br />Peg Carlson-Bowen<br />Silicon Valley, California, USA<br />pcarlsonbowen@yahoo.comPeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702267537564540238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043399212910422093.post-87673836435165123642009-08-06T18:15:12.844+02:002009-08-06T18:15:12.844+02:00Thanks Nancy for your comments and suggestions. I ...Thanks Nancy for your comments and suggestions. I am really glad you said what I have been also trying to push for: small conversations of 4-5 which allow EVERYONE to participate! I think these are important otherwise the usual few dominate the conversation. <br /><br />In one of the sessions (not mentioned above) we ran, the participants were asked to select a host at the end of first session but what happened was that people who didn't want that role just got up and so the last one remaining was reluctantly handed the job. Lesson learned there was to first ask them to choose the host and then tell them to rotate! I think it’s a good idea to rotate the role, as you suggest. Will surely try that out next time!<br /><br />Amy, thanks for the feedback and pointing me to the community! I have just joined and look forward to learning more. As you say, the questions make the difference. This has been one of our biggest lessons learned over the last few sessions. It is an area which I would like to learn more about. I have not participated in a World Café carried out online but am curious to learn about the technology that can be used to facilitate this. I will take a look at the resources available on the community site. Thank you for stopping by! I really appreciate it!Gauri Salokhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956639685295842677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043399212910422093.post-91947010660259314422009-07-30T20:29:07.305+02:002009-07-30T20:29:07.305+02:00This is fantastic! It's wonderful to hear abou...This is fantastic! It's wonderful to hear about your work, Gauri! Many thanks to Nancy White for having shared this link with us! <br /><br />I wanted to let you and your readers know that although it would never replace a face-to-face World Cafe, we have also begun offering World Cafes in a virtual format too, using a variety of online tools including Skype and Second Life.<br /><br />I'd also like to invite you to join the World Cafe online Community of Practice that we have just re-launched on a new platform (that we LOVE) so you can share these experiences and learnings with other practitioners from around the world. We'd love to have you there!<br /><br />Just go to this website and "sign up":<br /><br />www.theworldcafecommunity.org<br /><br />P.S. I agree with Nancy on both points - sticking to groups of 4 (no more than 5) and not choosing table hosts until it's time to change tables, and doing so each time you move. That really helps everyone recognize their personal responsibility for the quality of conversation, which can get lost when there is a sense of someone "facilitating".<br /><br />In addition, I'd emphasize the importance of choosing powerful questions to lead your World Cafe. There is an excellent guide to this part of the process in the Resources section of either the World Cafe website www.theworldcafe.com or in the online community Resources area under "Hosting Guides". The question is of seminal value in the success of a World Cafe and we would always make sure the questions chosen are powerfully engaging for the group and based on the values of appreciative inquiry.<br /><br />Thanks again for your good work - it's wonderful to have met you.<br /><br />Warmest Wishes,<br /><br />Amy (Lenzo)<br />Director of Global Communications for the World Cafe<br />amy@theworldcafe.comAmy Lenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292085532115292531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043399212910422093.post-91113750466499025082009-07-30T20:04:39.572+02:002009-07-30T20:04:39.572+02:00Thanks for the great report on your World Cafe tra...Thanks for the great report on your World Cafe training. I will tag it so the global World Cafe community will find it as well. <br /><br />One thing I noticed was that you talked about hosts "sticking to their tables" -- there are quite a few variants (and beliefs about those variants) around table hosts. <br /><br />I tend to NOT ask people to pick table hosts up front because the "usual suspects" pick up the role and sometimes dominate. I ask them to pick at the end of the first round. <br /><br />I also don't always ask the same host to stay, but to pick a new one each round. This spreads the work around. <br /><br />For me there are contextual issues for these decisions - culture, the complexity of the work/questions (you had a TON of complex questions!) and generally the mood of the group. <br /> <br />For me, the strength of WC is a) small conversations of 4-5 which allow EVERYONE to participate (and never let people talk you into larger groups. This is one area where I'm pretty dogmatic!), b) the cross fertilization of ideas as the tables mix and remix and c) the overall intelligence that comes out at the end.<br /><br />Oh, that reminds me. There are lots of different report out options as well. You might check out the world cafe community to learn about the variants if you haven't see them http://www.theworldcafe.orgNancy Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374074594611764684noreply@blogger.com