The World Cafe

Transforming Limiting Beliefs
2020-01-28 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | ONLINE
A Beehive Productions course
with Caitlin Frost
Four Tuesdays: Jan 28th, Feb 4th, Feb 11, & 18th
ONLINE
10am – 12pm Pacific Time
(use a time zone converter for local time in your area)
30% off for groups of 3 and Community Table Subscribers
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The important and often challenging work of meaningful dialogue, collaboration, and change-making calls on us to engage ourselves with rigorous and compassionate personal practice. It is both an opportunity and a responsibility for us to look closely at our own limiting beliefs and patterns in order to learn with humility, amplify our potential for positive contribution and shift the negative impact we can sometimes have, even if it is not intentional. Self-inquiry based personal practice can also provide us with valuable insights for our learning, growth, and wellbeing.

Origin Call with Harrison Owen
2020-01-22 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | ONLINE
You are warmly invited to join Beehive Productions hosts Amy Lenzo and Rowan Simonsen for our next Origin Call with Harrison Owen.
In these Origin Calls, Beehive invites elders in the Central Garden to share some of their first discoveries on their journey as an invitation to conversation about what we are all seeing together. In this way, all of us in the Central Garden are connecting to our lineage and future potential. These calls are available free to all, but you must register to participate. Recordings of previous calls in the series are also available.
Harrison Owen
Founder, Open Space Technology
Harrison offers us a peek into the most natural and essential human behaviors – self organization. Reminding us that we know how to be together, to collaborate and make stuff happen, with the support of simple, basic structures.
By giving voice and visibility to Open Space Technology, Harrison has offered all of us a pattern and practice for engaging each other in what matters to us in a spirited manner, balancing just enough order with just enough chaos.
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Learning Together: Deeper Levels of Knowing
2020-01-21 10:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | ONLINE
A World Cafe Live! Event
Learning Together: Deeper Levels of Knowing
Join us for an interactive collective inquiry into the heart of learning.
With David Issacs, Carol Gorelick and Bruce Noll.
This event is open to the public, and free to Community Table Subscribers
Registration is Required
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January Community Cafe
2020-01-08 10:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Wednesday, January 8
10 am – 12.30 pm California | 1 pm – 3.30 pm Boston | 7 pm – 9.30 pm Paris
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This online Community Cafe is part of an ongoing series hosted every month with and for the World Cafe community and the wider “central garden” of participatory practitioners.
These Community Cafes offer an opportunity to get to know one another, learn from our diversity, and weave the web of our international community.
Fee by Donation: $5 – $20
(Offered at no charge for Community Table Subscribers)
By Registration Only

Office Hour with David Isaacs
2020-01-07 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | ONLINE
Bring your questions about designing and hosting to our first Community Table Office Hour – with World Cafe co-founder David Isaacs!
Drop-in – no registration needed.
This opportunity is for Community Table Subscribers Only
(see Community Table Invitation for more information & how to subscribe)

Open House December
2019-12-16 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Have you heard about the Community Table and have a few questions?
Join us at the Open House session on
Monday, December 16
9 – 11 am California | 12 – 2 pm Boston | 6 – 8 pm Paris
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Free – drop-in – no registration needed!
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/249716102 | Meeting ID: 249 716 102

December Community Cafe
2019-12-11 10:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | ONLINE
Wednesday, December 11
10 am – 12.30 pm California | 1 pm – 3.30 pm Boston | 7 pm – 9.30 pm Paris
(use a Time Zone Converter for local time in your area)

This online Community Cafe is part of an ongoing series hosted every month with and for the World Cafe community and the wider “central garden” of participatory practitioners.
These Community Cafes offer an opportunity to get to know one another, learn from our diversity, and weave the web of our international community.
Fee by Donation: $10 – $30
(Offered at no charge for Community Table Subscribers)
By Registration Only

World Café at the European Commission
2015-11-06 12:30 - 14:30 UTC | European Commission, Rue Philippe Le Bon 3, room 1.4. (1st floor), Brussels, Belgium
(local time in Brussels)

The European Commission has used the World Café extensively over many years as part of a participatory engagement strategy to impact social issues, community relationships, internal decisions, and develop conversational leadership within the Commission. To help celebrate the World Café’s 20th Anniversary, members of the European Commission will host a special Impact Café on Nov 6.
Organiser: Art of Participatory Leadership Practitioners Community in the EU Institutions
Time: 12.30 – 14.30 (arrival time as of 12.00, actual start 12.30)
Address: Rue Philippe Le Bon 3, room 1.4. (1st floor)
Those who do not own Commission badges please contact Frans for registration: Frans.NIJS@ec.europa.eu
Hosts: Dominika Novak, Frans Nijs, & Ursula Hillbrand

Impact Café Brussels
2015-10-27 18:30 - 21:00 (Europe/Paris)
(Time shown is local time Brussels, UTC +1)

What if the magical web of connections helps us to build resilient communities, together – in our organisations and in the larger field?
We are inviting all who are curious to explore the field of “organisations as communities” from diverse perspectives: corporations, NGO’s, legal advisors, economists, out-of-the-box-thinkers, innovators, social entrepreneurs…

Hosts: Paige Morrow and Michaela Sieh

Asia Impact Café
2015-10-27 10:30 - 13:00 (Asia/Tokyo) | Online
(Time shown is local time in Tokyo, Japan; UTC +9)
From Mumbai, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia – we will have people joining us from all over Asia for this cutting-edge online Impact Cafe using MaestroConference and Zoom.
The purpose of this event is to explore using the World Cafe to enhance collaborations and support mutual goals among facilitators across Asia.
Hosted by: Amy Lenzo, Kazuaki Katori, Natsu Iwaki,
Digital Graphic Recording: Rachel Smith (Grove International)
Sponsored by: IAF Japan (International Association of Facilitators, Japan)

The Power of the World Café
2015-10-25 10:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Tokyo) | Venue To Be Announced, Tokyo, Japan
The Difference We Can Make for Our Communities, Organizations and Society
(Time shown is local time in Tokyo, Japan; UTC +9)
Juanita Brown will be coming in via Satellite to join Amy Lenzo in co-hosting the morning session for this Impact Café with professional facilitators throughout Japan.
We’ll be addressing the deeper meaning and purpose of World Cafe in a changing world and the role of Conversational Leadership as a core competence for organizations, community, & societal change in the 21st Century.
In the afternoon session, co-hosted by Amy Lenzo and Kazuaki Katori, we will hear stories of World Cafe’s impact within Japan and explore the opportunities and possibilities of applying what we’ve learned together about using World Café to support positive social change in Japan and beyond.

Hosted by: Juanita Brown (joining via satellite), Amy Lenzo, and Kazuaki Katori
Sponsored by: IAF & Japan/FAJ (International Association of Facilitators & Facilitators Association Japan)

Cultivating Conversational Leadership in Tampa Bay
2015-10-24 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Halifax) | West Tampa Branch Library, 2312 W. Union St., Tampa, FL, 33607-3423, United States
(Time shown is local time Tampa, Florida; UTC-4)

The term ‘conversations’ is used more and more, as well as cries for civic engagement. Do we know how to be valuable participants of Democracy 4.0?
World Café offers a model that has worked in countries, languages and cultures for 20 years.
How might Tampa Bay enrich community connections to enliven the power of the collective?
How might we each become better citizens by acquiring skills in conversational leadership around questions that matter to this community?

Hosts: Eric Weaver, Sharon Joy Kleitsch

Brisbane Impact Café
2015-10-24 10:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Jeays Street Neighbourhood Centre, 12 Jeays Street, Bowen Hills, Australia
(Time shown is local time Brisbane, UTC +10)

We are being called to step up in our lives, our communities, our countries.
What is the contribution we could make to starting conversations that matter in our Australian context?
A warm invitation to explore the question: What time is it for my community?
A special event to celebrate 20 years of The World Café. We will share our harvest with the World Café community – contributing to a truly international World Café Impact Jamboree, with Impact Cafes on every continent.
What is the contribution we can make?

Hosts:
Penny Hamilton and Mel Geltch

World Café Masterclass
2015-10-23 11:00 - 18:00 (Asia/Tokyo) | Venue To Be Announced, Tokyo, Japan
(Time shown is local time in Tokyo, Japan; UTC +9)
Join us as we celebrate the impact of World Café in Japan by deepening our individual and collective capacity to convene and host the conversations that will shape and impact our future/s.

Hosted by: Amy Lenzo

Sponsored by: Qualia, Ltd.

Wiser Together Impact Café
2015-10-17 14:45 - 16:15 (America/Denver) | Bioneers, San Rafael, CA, United States
Intergenerational Partnerships for The Great Turning
(Time shown is local time in San Rafael, CA, USA; UTC -7)
How can we work inter-generationally to usher in “The Great Turning” towards a life sustaining society? Come join conversations about how we can collaborate across the cycle of life to shape our shared future.

Hosts: David Shaw, UCSC Common Ground Center; Dana Pearlman, The Lotus: Authentic Leadership Development; Joanna Macy, Bioneers elder, author and seed teacher of The Work That Reconnects;

AoH NL Community Impact Café
2015-10-17 11:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Impact Hub Amsterdam, Haarlemmerweg 8, Amsterdam, 1034 BE, Netherlands
Seeing the Landscape of our Practice and Contexts
This is part of an Art of Hosting Netherlands community Comeback Day.
The Café will bring together the community and share where we are in our practice, honouring the lineage of social technologies and communities that have been part of the journey. This event is for those who have participated in an Art of Hosting training (not open to the general public).
Hosts: Laura, Mohamed, Sandra, Tatiana and Tijmen

Invitation

World Café's Impact in Tampa Bay
2015-10-16 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Halifax) | Panera Bread, 1908 4th St N, St Petersburg, FL, 33708, United States
(Time shown is local time St Petersburg, Florida; UTC -4)

Every Friday night for four years, curious, caring individuals came together for a World Café at Starbucks in St Petersburg Florida to share what’s happening and to learn. Each week there was a unique theme and all kinds of learning experiences arose, some not on our agenda. From these conversations that matter, people found others with a similar passion and they didn’t stop at closing time. Come honor the impact that World Cafe has had in the Tampa Bay area and be part of what’s ahead.

Hosts: Douglas Bonar, Eric Weaver and Sharon Joy Kleitsch

Wiser Together Impact Café
2015-10-16 14:45 - 16:15 (America/Denver) | Bioneers, San Rafael, CA, United States
Village Building & Reclaiming the Commons
(Time shown is local time in San Rafael, CA, USA; UTC -7)
Can we turn isolated communities and fractured environments into resilient, intergenerational, nature-connected villages? Come join conversations about public placemaking, reclaiming the commons, permaculture, and slowing down into deep community.

Hosts: David Shaw, UCSC Common Ground Center; Dana Pearlman, The Lotus: Authentic Leadership Development.

Inquiry Café at the Ella Pearson Mitchell Preaching Conference
2015-10-16 09:00 (America/Halifax) | Hillside International Truth Center, 2450 Cascade Road, Atlanta, GA, 30311, United States
Consider a well: Deep, ancient and contemporary – like preaching. Consider a well as a reservoir of fresh water. The preaching well is the well from which Dr Ella Pearson Mitchell drank deeply. From it she received her voice and encouraged so many women to bring their buckets to that well to find their voices.
The Ella Pearson Mitchell Preaching Conference, sponsored by Women In Leadership International LLC, The Ella and Henry Mitchell Fund for Theological Education, and WomanPreach! Inc. offers you a deep well around which we will gather to engage in conversations that matter as we find and use our collective voices to speak to the complexities of the 21st century. Our question: What is the future of preaching in the 21st century?
​In addressing the complexities of the 21st century, one aspect that we feel is essential is a commitment & practice of radical inclusion. As such, though the roots of this gathering grow out of the preaching of women of color, it is incumbent upon us to widen our circle to explicitly include spiritual groups of all kinds – especially those of intersex & transgender communities. We welcome and invite all communities of spirit.

Host: Marsha Boyd

Find the invitation here

Impact Café São Paulo
2015-10-16 08:30 - 12:00 (America/Sao_Paulo) | Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
(Time shown is local time Sao Paulo; UTC – 3)

Have you ever been personally impacted by a World Café that you have hosted or participated in? Have you witnessed the impact of a World Café in an organisation or in the world?
We would like to invite you to celebrate the journey of friendship, learnings, collaboration and action. Join us to share your impact stories during these 20 years of World Café with other practitioners from this community.
Invitation – One Page Flyer

Hosted by: Augusto Cuginotti, Eduardo Afonso, & Cristina D’Arce

Impact of Social Learning
2015-10-08 12:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | MK Mexico, Juárez 540 Norte, San Pedro Garza García NL, 66230 , Mexico
(Time shown is local time in Mexico; UTC -6)

Host: Pablo Zubieta

Community Café about the Future of Coaching
2015-10-03 14:45 - 17:45 (America/Halifax) | Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Rd, North Bethesda, MD, United States
This session is part of an international conference for coaches and is designed to ask powerful questions in a way that will make the collective wisdom of our community visible for further reflection and action. The focus of this Community Café is to take a close look at different ways of nurturing and strengthening each of us as unique individuals and all of us in community with one another as coaching professionals.

The session objectives are these:
1. Share Strengths and Celebrate Success
2. Make the Business Case for Social Responsibility
3. Generate Possibilities for Action

Hosts: Patti Millar, Irvine Nugent & Gay-Lynn Carpenter

Community Conversation - Impact Café
2015-10-02 17:30 - 20:30 (America/Denver) | University of Oregon, Portland 70 NW Couch Street, Portland, OR, United States
(Time shown is local time Portland, Oregon; UTC -7)

What if we took responsibility for raising awareness and empowering disconnected communities to work together by telling the emerging story of Inclusive Competitiveness?
OUR PURPOSE for this evening’s conversation and collaboration is to connect people across sectors so that we all get a greater appreciation of related efforts occurring across the region. You may also come away with new relationships, new perceptions and an idea of your own next step. We will be using World Café.
This Friday evening community event is a part of a larger gathering, Experience Engagement, Oct 1-4, which brings together the best practitioners on the leading edge of engaging with communities to learn from one another.
The organizers invite particpants from a broad range of sectors: education K-12 and higher education, workforce development, small business development, economic development and urban planning, community foundations, local corporate entities, NGOs and those concerned about Portland’s future.

Host: Peggy Holman

Invitation
Meeting Hosts: Airship Technologies, Built Oregon, City of Portland, Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, Oregon Story Board, Portland Incubator Experiment, TiE Oregon
Sponsor: TiE Oregon
