“Whenever knowledge connects with knowledge, new combinations spontaneously take place. Ideas spark ideas, which synthesize with each other until more knowledge results. It is completely natural… Sharing knowledge means bringing more people into the conversation.”

~ Verna Allee

Stories

The World Café has grown over time through networks of friendship and the sharing of stories; for us story is the currency of conversation, the lifeblood of our relationships. The stories we tell about our World Café experiences help us articulate what we have learned and deepen our collective understanding of this work and how to host it.

World Café stories range from tales of community conversations held in villages and town halls to reports of policy decisions in government and public institutions, to evaluative product assessment held in corporate boardrooms. Together they tell the story of a powerful and far-reaching movement that taps the human need to reach out to each other in collaboration as we plot the course of our futures and make meaning of what we are learning together.

WORLD CAFE STORIES

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SHARE YOUR STORY

New stories are being collected every day, showing how the World Cafe is being used to inspire, inform, record and document the power of meaningful conversation all over the world. You are warmly invited to share your own story of World Café here!

Details are useful! (Who was on the hosting team, who else was supporting it, who & what was it for, roughly how many people came, what hospitable space looked like for this group, what questions you asked, how you harvested it, any outcomes or insights you noticed, what your process was either individually or as a team, etc. etc.. )

This is how we learn from and with each other!
Take all the space you need…

Note: Tags are not required, but they come in handy for search engines & we’ve included a captcha (so we know you’re not a robot :-).

Thank you for sharing your story!

    Your Name (required):

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    YOUR STORY

    Name of your World Café:

    Location (City or Town & Country):

    Please share the details of your story here.
    We'd love to hear whatever you'd like to share about your World Café - who was on the hosting team, what sponsored it, if anyone, anything relevant about the context or purpose, who it was for, and roughly how many people came, what hospitable spaced looked like for this group, the questions you used, how you harvested it, any particular outcomes or insights you noticed, etc..

    This is how we learn from and with each other, and these details are all useful! Take all the space you need...

    If you have photos, video, audio, graphic recordings, slides, or other relevant materials to share, please attach them here (1MG limit per file - if you have larger files, or more than 5, please contact us for help).

    Would you be willing to be interviewed about this story?

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    Thank you for sharing!