by Amy Lenzo | Oct 19, 2015 | 20th Anniversary Messages
This beautiful anniversary message is from Helen Titchen Beeth. Helen was a key pioneer in bringing participatory practices like World Café into the European Commission, and she is a most charming and (always) inspirational friend. I’ll never forget how...
by Amy Lenzo | Oct 17, 2015 | 20th Anniversary Messages
(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...
by Amy Lenzo | Oct 16, 2015 | 20th Anniversary Messages
The World Café keeps teaching me over the years the power of being collectively curious. It’s amazing how much a simple and straightforward invitation allows for the complexity of our worlds to emerge and meet. When I close my eyes during a World Café, I can...
by Mary-Alice Arthur | Oct 13, 2015 | 20th Anniversary Messages
Somehow, all those years ago, Juanita and David stumbled on something simple but mighty. Maybe it came through welcoming people to their home, but World Café seems to always make people feel at home, enough to be open to conversations that really matter. And from...
by Eduardo Afonso | Oct 10, 2015 | 20th Anniversary Messages, Latin America
As an OD consultant, I’ve always searched for innovative forms of creating and nurturing warm and supportive spaces for small as well as large group interventions for the clients and organizations I’ve worked with. In 1998 I had my first contact with Appreciative...
by Tenneson Woolf | Oct 5, 2015 | 20th Anniversary Messages
I love how the World Cafe Community is deliberate about marking these 20 years of practice with intentional sharing and harvesting. And in the name of impact, doing good collectively, and weaving a collective intelligence across the global community of practitioners....
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