The Power of Pause

by | Oct 10, 2023 | Creativity

I’m writing this on Monday, October 9, 2023, in shock about what has been unfolding in the Middle East over the weekend. This seems the moment to frantically DO something. We opted for a different path: we used the title of the blog post as a repeating writing...

Community Voices Cafe

by | Feb 8, 2023 | Community, Europe, Stories

One of the participants of the World Cafe Signature Learning Program 2022, Dorothee Nys, shared this story with us. Dorothee is currently in her last year as a student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, on her way to becoming a music teacher.  I hosted my first...
Guidelines for Conversations that Matter

Guidelines for Conversations that Matter

by | Jan 15, 2020 | Community, Online

Tom Swigart, who has been a volunteer member of the Community Cafe hosting team for a year now, wrote this prompt for himself when introducing the World Cafe Etiquette and Netiquette. We thought we’d share it here – as an inspiration for your own hosting...

Co-Creating our Future

by | Oct 30, 2017 | Uncategorized, Wiser Together

This is the second in a series of blog posts to honour Anne Dosher, Guardian of the Soul of The World Cafe. Anne has been a wonderful guide and steward since the World Cafe was born in 1995. To celebrate Anne’s 95th birthday, we collected stories and greetings...

World as Cafe

by | Oct 29, 2017 | Poetry, World as Cafe

  Early Dawn Awaken to the world-as-café. Humanity breathing, sounding Networks of conversations Vibrating in resonant waves, Connecting human consciousness, Greeting a new day. Here, sit at your table. We welcome you.   Anne Dosher This is the first in a...