The World Cafe

Bioneers October Community Conversation
2021-10-14 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | ONLINE
Each month, World Cafe hosts Amy Lenzo and David Shaw offer a Community Conversation for the world-renowned Bioneers community.
Each conversation is stimulated by a brief ‘keynote’ or ‘conversation starter’ from a thought leader/luminary, guided by a skilled team, and captured by a creative ’synthesis’ from a talented spoken word or musical artist. These community conversations offer a place to connect with others, as well as engage with and explore ideas in creative ways.
Join us to connect, inspire, and be inspired by the collaborative community of Bioneers.
October’s Conversation Starter is Amisha Ghadiali, speaking on “Embracing Intuition, Embodiment & Grief for Navigating Through ‘Tween Times“.
Our Spoken Word Harvester is Jason Bayani.
October 14th, 2021
10am – 12noon Pacific Time
1 – 3pm Eastern Time
19:00 – 21:00 Central European Time
ONLINE
$20 – $30
(Special 20% Discount for the World Cafe Community – use the promo code: CC20)
FOR MORE INFORMATION & REGISTRATION

Origin Call with Joe Jaworski & Susan Taylor
2021-10-08 10:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE
Join our colleagues at Beehive Productions for one of their wonderful “Origin Calls” to hear from one of the pioneers of our field. This Origin Story call features the acclaimed author and thinker Joe Jaworski and his close friend and colleague Susan Taylor, who is taking his work forward in some especially interesting ways.
An origin story exploring core leadership capacities for our time and where our creativity and inspiration comes from. With Joe and Susan we will also look at how nature helps us connect deeper to our Source and interconnection.
Origin Story with Joe Jaworski & Susan Taylor
October 8th, 2021
10 am – 12 pm Pacific Time
ONLINE
For More Information & Registration

October 2021 World Cafe Hosting Dojo
2021-10-06 10:00 - 11:30 | ONLINE
Whether you’ve just completed a World Cafe training or are already hosting World Cafes …
You need:

Encouragement
A community of peers
Time and space to practice what you’ve learned or know
Somewhere to bring your questions & receive support

In response, we are offering a real-time World Cafe Hosting Dojo on Zoom the first Wednesday of every month.
Bring your challenges, stories, and questions. Develop your practice as you learn from and with peers & more experienced hosts in a safe, supportive, hospitable space.
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
10 – 11:30am Pacific Time
1 – 2:30pm Eastern Time
7 – 8:30pm Central European Time
FREE
including access to all recordings & resources.
More Information and Registration
THIS IS NOT A TRAINING
You need to either be a World Cafe Host
or a graduate of the World Cafe Hosting Fundamentals learning program to participate.
HOSTED BY
Amy Lenzo, Michaela Sieh & Special Guests

October Digital Sandbox
2021-10-04 10:00 - 11:30 | ONLINE
The World Café Community Foundation offers a monthly Digital Sandbox: a safe space to play with the technical options of platforms like Zoom with peers, especially the options that cannot easily be tested alone.
Our topic for each session will be announced ahead of time; the topics are decided in response to YOUR requests. Let us know what you want to play with!
Monday, October 4th
10 am – 11.30 am San Francisco | 1 – 2.30 pm New York |
2 – 3.30 pm Rio de Janeiro | 7 – 8.30 pm Brussels
ONLINE
By Donation – $10 – $20
Free to Community Table Subscribers (see the discount code on the Community Table calendar)
More Information & Registration

Awakening Collaborative Wisdom
2021-09-22 10:00 - 12:30 | ONLINE
Much of Western culture is driven by establishing what we collectively measure, know, and believe. But what if our schools, organizations, businesses, and governments pivoted to source what we are collectively curious about? Might the collective unconscious hold not just humanity’s shared memory, images, and stories, but deep, collaborative inquiry and untapped curiosity?
Join a live global community for courageous inquiry grounded in authenticity, shared learning, and heart.
MORE INFORMATION & REGISTRATION
(Free to Community Table Subscribers – see Community Table calendar for discount code)

September Community World Cafe
2021-09-14 10:00 - 12:30 | ONLINE
This online Community Cafe is part of an ongoing series we host every month with and for the World Cafe community and for the Central Garden of participatory practices.
The monthly online Community Cafes offer us an opportunity to get to know one another, learn from our diversity, and weave the web of our international community. They give us a time to lean in and ask what we need to meet the challenges and celebrations before us, individually and together; a time to listen to others and to speak our truth. A time to remember we are in this together.
Tuesday, September 14th
10 am – 12.30 pm San Francisco | 1 – 3.30 pm New York |
2 – 4.30 pm Rio de Janeiro | 7 – 9.30 pm Brussels
ONLINE
Fee: Sliding Scale $0 – $20
Let us know if the cost is a challenge. These Community Cafes are for everyone.
(Always free for Community Table subscribers: please use the code that you’ll find in the Community Table calendar)
More Information and Registration

World Cafe Hosting Fundamentals at Fielding 2021!
2021-09-11 | ONLINE
If you want to learn the fundamentals of how to host World Cafe, this is the place. This World Cafe Signature Learning Program is the ONLY course approved by the World Cafe Community Foundation. So, learn from the source, and ground your practice in the tried and true essentials of this powerful process with others from all over the world.
Produced each year with Fielding Graduate University, using state-of-the-art distance learning platforms, this eight-week Fall semester course is a rigorous, comprehensive, and stimulating exploration of what makes a World Cafe a World Cafe. Augmented by weekly real-time online study groups on Zoom to nurture the relational field and deepen your understanding of the material, this is online learning like you have likely never experienced it before.
World Cafe Hosting Fundamentals
September 11th – November 6th
ONLINE
with Fielding Graduate University*
SPECIAL EARLY BIRD “DISCOUNT” UNTIL AUGUST 23RD
(30% Group Discount for groups of 3 or more – this discount is also offered to all Community Table subscribers)
REGISTRATION CLOSES SEPTEMBER 5TH
MORE INFORMATION & LINK TO REGISTER
Hosted by Senior World Cafe Host, and Director of World Cafe Signature Learning Programs, Amy Lenzo
JOIN US!
* This course offers academic & professional credit and Fielding provides certificates of completion on request

Bioneers September Community Conversation
2021-09-09 10:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE
Each month, World Cafe hosts Amy Lenzo and David Shaw offer a Community Conversation for the world-renowned Bioneers community.
Each conversation is stimulated by a brief ‘keynote’ or ‘conversation starter’ from a thought leader/luminary, guided by a skilled team, and captured by a creative ’synthesis’ from a talented spoken word or musical artist. These community conversations offer a place to connect with others, as well as engage with and explore ideas in creative ways.
Join us to connect, inspire, and be inspired by the collaborative community of Bioneers.
August’s Conversation Starter is Jerry Tello, speaking on “Grandmother’s Teachings: Moving from Trauma to Sacredness“.
Our Spoken Word Harvester is Jason Bayani.
September 9th, 2021
10am – 12noon Pacific Time
1 – 3pm Eastern Time
19:00 – 21:00 Central European Time
ONLINE
$20 – $30
(Special 20% Discount for the World Cafe Community – use the passcode: [REDACTED]
FOR MORE INFORMATION & REGISTRATION

August Digital Sandbox
2021-08-30 10:00 - 11:30 | ONLINE
The World Café Community Foundation offers a monthly Digital Sandbox: a safe space to play with the technical options of platforms like Zoom with peers, especially the options that cannot easily be tested alone.
Our topic for each session will be announced ahead of time; the topics are decided in response to YOUR requests. Let us know what you want to play with!
Monday, August 30
10 am – 11.30 am San Francisco | 1 – 2.30 pm New York |
2 – 3.30 pm Rio de Janeiro | 7 – 8.30 pm Brussels
ONLINE
By Donation – $10 – $20
Free to Community Table Subscribers (see the discount code on the Community Table calendar)
More Information & Registration

August Community World Cafe
2021-08-17 10:00 - 12:30 | ONLINE
This online Community Cafe is part of an ongoing series we host every month with and for the World Cafe community and for the Central Garden of participatory practices.
The monthly online Community Cafes offer us an opportunity to get to know one another, learn from our diversity, and weave the web of our international community. They give us a time to lean in and ask what we need to meet the challenges and celebrations before us, individually and together; a time to listen to others and to speak our truth. A time to remember we are in this together.
Tuesday, August 17th
10 am – 12.30 pm San Francisco | 1 – 3.30 pm New York |
2 – 4.30 pm Rio de Janeiro | 7 – 9.30 pm Brussels
ONLINE
Fee: Sliding Scale $0 – $20
Let us know if the cost is a challenge. These Community Cafes are for everyone.
(Always free for Community Table subscribers: please use the code that you’ll find in the Community Table calendar)
More Information and Registration

Bioneers August Community Conversation
2021-08-12 10:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE
Each month, World Cafe hosts Amy Lenzo and David Shaw offer a Community Conversation for the world-renowned Bioneers community.
Each conversation is stimulated by a brief ‘keynote’ or ‘conversation starter’ from a thought leader/luminary, guided by a skilled team, and captured by a creative ’synthesis’ from a talented spoken word or musical artist. These community conversations offer a place to connect with others, as well as engage with and explore ideas in creative ways.
Join us to connect, inspire and be inspired by the collaborative community of Bioneers.
August’s Conversation Starter is Karla McLaren, speaking on “Cultivating Intentional Communities in Our Workplaces”.
Our Spoken Word Harvester is Jahan Khalighi.
August 12th, 2021
10am – 12noon Pacific Time
1 – 3pm Eastern Time
19:00 – 21:00 Central European Time
ONLINE
$20 – $30
(Special 20% Discount for the World Cafe Community – use the passcode: [REDACTED]
FOR MORE INFORMATION & REGISTRATION

July Digital Sandbox
2021-07-30 10:00 - 11:30 | ONLINE
The World Café Community Foundation offers a monthly Digital Sandbox: a safe space to play with the technical options of platforms like Zoom with peers, especially the options that cannot easily be tested alone.
Our topic for this session will be announced.
The topics for these sessions are decided in response to YOUR requests. Let us know what you want to play with!
Tuesday, July 30
10 am – 11.30 am San Francisco | 1 – 2.30 pm New York |
2 – 3.30 pm Rio de Janeiro | 7 – 8.30 pm Brussels
ONLINE
By Donation – $10 – $20
Free to Community Table Subscribers (see discount code on CT calendar listing)
More Information & Registration

June Digital Sandbox
2021-06-28 10:00 - 11:30 | ONLINE
The World Café Community Foundation offers a monthly Digital Sandbox: a safe space to play with the technical options of platforms like Zoom with peers, especially the options that cannot easily be tested alone.
Our topic for this session will be announced.
The topics for these sessions are decided in response to YOUR requests. Let us know what you want to play with!
Monday, June 28
10 am – 11.30 am San Francisco | 1 – 2.30 pm New York |
2 – 3.30 pm Rio de Janeiro | 7 – 8.30 pm Brussels
ONLINE
By Donation – $10 – $20
Free to Community Table Subscribers (see discount code on CT calendar listing)
More Information & Registration

Awakening Collaborative Wisdom: Sensing Collective Curiosity
2021-06-23 10:00 - 12:30 | ONLINE

Community Cafe June 2021
2021-06-09 10:00 - 12:30 | Online
This online Community Cafe is part of an ongoing series we host every month with and for the World Cafe community and for the Central Garden of participatory practices.
The monthly online Community Cafes offer us an opportunity to get to know one another, learn from our diversity, and weave the web of our international community. They give us a time to lean in and ask what we need to meet the challenges and celebrations before us, individually and together; a time to listen to others and to speak our truth. A time to remember we are in this together.
Fee: A sliding scale is offered. Let us know if the cost is a challenge. These Community Cafes are for all.
For Community Table subscribers: please use the code that you will find in the Community Table calendar.
More Information and Registration

June 2021 World Cafe Hosting Dojo
2021-06-02 08:00 - 17:00 | ONLINE
Whether you’ve just completed a World Cafe training or are already hosting World Cafes …
You need:

Encouragement
A community of peers
Time and space to practice what you’ve learned or know
Somewhere to bring your questions & receive support

In response, we are offering a real-time World Cafe Hosting Dojo on Zoom the first Wednesday of every month.
Bring your challenges, stories, and questions. Develop your practice as you learn from and with peers & more experienced hosts in a safe, supportive, hospitable space.
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
10 – 11:30am Pacific Time
1 – 2:30pm Eastern Time
7 – 8:30pm Central European Time
FREE
including access to all recordings & resources.
More Information and Registration
THIS IS NOT A TRAINING
You need to either be a World Cafe Host
or a graduate of the World Cafe Hosting Fundamentals learning program to participate.
HOSTED BY
Amy Lenzo, Michaela Sieh & Special Guests

Digital Sandbox: Advanced Screen-Share on Zoom
2021-05-24 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
The World Café Community Foundation has been offering a Digital Sandbox: a safe space to play with the technical options of platforms like Zoom with peers, especially the options that cannot easily be tested alone.
Our topic for this session: the advanced options for screen-sharing on Zoom.
The topics for these sessions are decided in response to YOUR requests. Let us know what you want to play with!
We are meeting next on
Monday, May 24
10 am – 11.30 am San Francisco | 1 – 2.30 pm New York |
2 – 3.30 pm Rio de Janeiro | 7 – 8.30 pm Brussels
ONLINE
More Information & Registration

Community Cafe May 2021
2021-05-12 10:00 - 12:30 | Online

May 2021 World Cafe Hosting Dojo
2021-05-05 08:00 - 17:00 | ONLINE
Whether you’ve just completed a World Cafe training or are already hosting World Cafes …
You need:

Encouragement
A community of peers
Time and space to practice what you’ve learned or know
Somewhere to bring your questions & receive support

In response, we are offering a real-time World Cafe Hosting Dojo on Zoom the first Wednesday of every month.
Bring your challenges, stories, and questions. Develop your practice as you learn from and with peers & more experienced hosts in a safe, supportive, hospitable space.
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
10 – 11:30am Pacific Time
1 – 2:30pm Eastern Time
7 – 8:30pm Central European Time
FREE
including access to all recordings & resources.
More Information and Registration
THIS IS NOT A TRAINING
You need to either be a World Cafe Host
or a graduate of the World Cafe Hosting Fundamentals learning program to participate.
HOSTED BY
Amy Lenzo, Michaela Sieh & Special Guests

Digital Sandbox April 29
2021-04-29 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
The World Café Community Foundation has been offering a Digital Sandbox: a safe space to play with the technical options of platforms like Zoom with peers, especially the options that cannot easily be tested alone.
The topics for these sessions are decided in response to YOUR requests. Let us know what you want to play with!
We are meeting next on
Thursday, April 29
10 am – 11.30 am San Francisco | 1 – 2.30 pm New York |
2 – 3.30 pm Rio de Janeiro | 7 – 8.30 pm Brussels
ONLINE
More Information and Registration

Online Hosting Now! Practices for Spaciousness and Relationship
2021-04-16 09:30 - 12:00 | Online
A special offer by World Cafe Learning Partner weDialogue:
DEVELOP YOUR HOSTING CAPACITY TO INVITE & HOLD SPACE FOR BEING HUMAN ONLINE
This is the only “real-time” live learning program weDialogue is offering right now among a rich suite of evergreen courses on online hosting and tech hosting. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to work with Amy and her colleagues at Kommunicatsionsloten, Holger Scholz and Jan Buckenmayer to explore online hosting now and introduce surprising practices for creating spaciousness and relationship online.
DATES
Three two and a half hour sessions:
Friday, April 16th
Wednesday, April 21st
Friday, April 30th

TIMES:
9:30 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Time
12:30 pm – 3:00 pm Eastern Time
18:30 – 21:00 Central European Time
PLUS: An Optional “Flow” Session
Monday, April 26th
10 – 11 am Pacific Time
1 -2 pm Eastern Time
18:00 – 19:00 Central European Time
Cost: $380 US
25% off for groups of three or more
Community Table Subscribers are also eligible for the 25% off discount – see the Community Table calendar for your code.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION

Re-Imagining Education: Beyond the Pandemic
2021-04-14 10:00 - 12:30 | Online
Where are we now, living with a global pandemic in all the different ways we are experiencing it in different parts of the world? What can we anticipate or imagine coming next, and in what timeline/s?
How has life on campus changed for students and faculty? What are we learning that might be useful in designing the learning environments of the future?
The World Cafe Community Foundation is excited to be collaborating with Emory University and the Emory Conversation Project for April’s online Community World Cafe. We’ll be joined by Conversation Project coordinators, students, and faculty from Emory, and we hope we’ll be joined by students and faculty from other Universities as well.
This online Community Cafe is part of an ongoing series we host every month with and for the World Cafe community and for the Central Garden of participatory practices.
Fee: A sliding scale is offered. Let us know if the cost is a challenge. These Community Cafes are for all.
For Community Table subscribers: please use the code that you will find in the Community Table calendar.
More Information and Registration

April 2021 World Cafe Hosting Dojo
2021-04-07 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
Whether you’ve just completed a World Cafe training or are already hosting World Cafes …
You need:

Encouragement
A community of peers
Time and space to practice what you’ve learned or know
Somewhere to bring your questions & receive support

In response, we are offering a real-time World Cafe Hosting Dojo on Zoom the first Wednesday of every month.
Bring your challenges, stories, and questions. Develop your practice as you learn from and with peers & more experienced hosts in a safe, supportive, hospitable space.
Wednesday, April 7th, 2021
10 – 11:30am Pacific Time
1 – 2:30pm Eastern Time
7 – 8:30pm Central European Time
FREE
including access to all recordings & resources.
More Information and Registration
THIS IS NOT A TRAINING
You need to either be a World Cafe Host
or a graduate of the World Cafe Hosting Fundamentals learning program to participate.
HOSTED BY
Amy Lenzo, Michaela Sieh & Special Guests

The Role of the Arts in Pivotal Moments
2021-03-17 10:00 - 12:30 | ONLINE
A World Cafe Live! Event
Wednesday, March 17th
10 – 12:30 Pacific Time
2 – 3:30 Eastern Time
18:00 – 20:30 Central European Time
Cost
Sliding Scale from $5 – $20
Free Admission to Community Table Subscribers
(see the calendar announcement in the Community Table for your discount code)
FOR MORE INFORMATION & REGISTRATION
Art has always been instrumental in telling the story of the present moment. In historic periods like the one we are living in now, this becomes even more essential.
Join us for a real-time online World Cafe to explore the role, value, and importance of art and our creative communities in these pivotal moments. What are the effects of Covid-19, and what will the arts look like after this pandemic has subsided? What is the future of art – not only for artists but for all of us?
Co-Hosted by
Jenessa Hansen-Evans & Mindy London
Supported by
Amy Lenzo, Michaela Sieh & Viola Tschendel-Clark
The World Cafe Community Foundation

Community Cafe March 2021
2021-03-10 10:00 - 12:30 | Online
These Community Cafes give us a time to lean in and ask what we need to meet the challenges and celebrations before us, individually and together; a time to listen to others and to speak our truth. A time to remember we are in this together.
We are meeting on
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
10 am – 12.30 pm San Francisco | 1 – 3.30 pm New York |
2 – 4.30 pm Rio de Janeiro | 7 – 9.30 pm Brussels
The monthly Community Cafes offer us an opportunity to get to know one another, learn from our diversity, and weave the web of our international community. If that sounds like fun – do join us!
Fee by Donation: $5 – $30
(Offered at no charge for Community Table Subscribers)
More Information and Registration

World Cafe Hosting Dojo
2021-03-03 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
Whether you’ve just completed a World Cafe training or are already hosting World Cafes …
You need:

Encouragement
A community of peers
Time and space to practice what you’ve learned or know
Somewhere to bring your questions & receive support

In response, we are offering a real-time World Cafe Hosting Dojo on Zoom the first Wednesday of every month.
Bring your challenges, stories, and questions. Develop your practice as you learn from and with peers & more experienced hosts in a safe, supportive, hospitable space.
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021
10 – 11:30am Pacific Time
1 – 2:30pm Eastern Time
7 – 8:30pm Central European Time
FREE
including access to all recordings & resources.
More Information and Registration
THIS IS NOT A TRAINING
You need to either be a World Cafe Host
or a graduate of the World Cafe Hosting Fundamentals learning program to participate.
HOSTED BY
Amy Lenzo, Michaela Sieh & Special Guests

Digital Sandbox
2021-02-15 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
The World Café Community Foundation has been offering a Digital Sandbox: a safe space to play with the technical options of platforms like Zoom with peers, especially the options that cannot easily be tested alone.
The topic for this coming session will be using Google Jamboard for online harvesting.
The topics for these sessions are decided in response to YOUR requests. Let us know what you want to play with!
We are meeting next on
Monday, February 15
10 am – 11.30 am San Francisco | 1 – 2.30 pm New York |
2 – 3.30 pm Rio de Janeiro | 7 – 8.30 pm Brussels
ONLINE
More Information and Registration

(Re)Balancing Work & Life - Community Cafe February 2021
2021-02-08 10:00 - 12:30 | Online
So much has changed in the ways how we work and how we spend our “free time” in the past year. For many of us, home office and home-schooling have made it more challenging to separate work and (family) life. For some, the crisis has also brought the need to take on even more work in order to be able to pay the bills.
And yet: hosting ourselves, taking care of our own needs is a vital part of (re-)balancing.
And for some of us, it’s not just about a balance between work and life – it can be balancing the different parts of our life – self-care, care for children & family, the needs of our community. And it’s not only about time – it’s also about space. What is the new space you are navigating now?
For some it might be finding a balance for the first time, for others, it may be finding your way back to balance.
This gathering provides a space to reflect together, without judging or comparing. Time to dig a little deeper into your own balancing acts and to learn from others how they (re-)find their balance.
This online Community Cafe is part of an ongoing series we host every month with and for the World Cafe community and for the Central Garden of participatory practices. These Cafes offer us all an opportunity to get to know one another, learn from our diversity, and weave the web of our global perspective as an international community.
We are meeting on
Monday
February 8, 2021
10 am – 12.30 pm San Francisco | 1 – 3.30 pm New York |
2 – 4.30 pm Rio de Janeiro | 7 – 9.30 pm Brussels
The monthly Community Cafes offer us an opportunity to get to know one another, learn from our diversity, and weave the web of our international community. If that sounds like fun – do join us!
Fee by Donation: $5 – $30
(Offered at no charge for Community Table Subscribers)
More Information and Registration

February 2021 World Cafe Hosting Dojo
2021-02-03 10:00 - 11:30 | ONLINE
Whether you’ve just completed a World Cafe training or are already hosting World Cafes …
You need:

Encouragement
A community of peers
Time and space to practice what you’ve learned or know
Somewhere to bring your questions & receive support

In response, we are offering a real-time World Cafe Hosting Dojo on Zoom the first Wednesday of every month.
NOTE: This is not a training. For World Cafe Hosts and graduates of the World Cafe Hosting Fundamentals learning program,
Bring your challenges, stories, and questions. Develop your practice as you learn from and with peers & more experienced hosts in a safe, supportive, hospitable space.

HOSTED BY
Amy Lenzo, Michaela Sieh & Special Guests
FREE
including access to all recordings & resources.
More Information and Registration
NOTE: This is not a training: you need to either be a World Cafe Host
or a graduate of the World Cafe Hosting Fundamentals learning program to participate.
HOSTED BY
Amy Lenzo, Michaela Sieh & Special Guests

Learning Together: Awakening Collaborative Wisdom
2021-01-27 10:00 - 12:30 | ONLINE
Words shape worlds. Our unique perspectives and narratives nurture energies to heal and unite our planet.
Join a live global community for courageous conversations grounded in authenticity, shared learning, and heart. This online inquiry engages the essence, practice, and cultivation of collaborative wisdom
Your Hosts, Bruce Noll, Carol Gorelick, and David Isaacs will draw on their experience hosting/facilitating online dialogue where participants move from World Cafe table to table energizing a “collaborative learning capability” exponentially greater than the sum of what individuals would encounter alone.
Will you join us?
FOR MORE INFORMATION & REGISTRATION
(Free to Community Table Subscribers – see Community Table calendar for discount code)
