World café (conversation)

A world café is a structured conversational process for knowledge sharing in which groups of people discuss a topic at several small tables like those in a café. Some degree of formality may be retained to make sure that everyone gets a chance to speak.[1] Although pre-defined questions may have been agreed upon at the beginning, outcomes or solutions are not decided in advance.[2][3] The assumption is that collective discussion can shift people's conceptions and encourage collective action.[4] Events tend to have at least twelve participants, but there is no upper limit.[5] For example, in Israel in 2011 an event called 1000 Tables was hosted in several cities on a single day as part of a series of social justice protests held around that time, and around a thousand people participated.[6]

This article is about the organisational development technique. For the radio show, see World Cafe (radio program). For the album, see World Café (Ron Korb album).
Small group conversation at a Gurteen Knowledge Café

Knowledge café

A knowledge café, as developed by David Gurteen, has no tables, and no themes or questions for each of the small group discussions. Discussion is not led by a facilitator, and no summary is captured for subsequent feedback to the group—the aim is to maximise time spent in conversation, so time spent with one person presenting is minimised.[7]

See also

References
  1. Elliott, Janice; Heesterbeek, Sara; Lukensmeyer, Carolyn J.; Slocum, Nikki (2005). Steyaert, Stef; Lisoir, Hervé (eds.). Participatory methods toolkit: a practitioner's manual. [Brussels]: King Baudouin Foundation / Flemish Institute for Science and Technology Assessment. pp. 185ff. ISBN 978-90-5130-506-7.
  2. Bache, Christopher M. (28 August 2008). The Living Classroom: Teaching and Collective Consciousness. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7646-8.
  3. Liteman, Merianne; Campbell, Sheila; Liteman, Jeffrey (14 July 2006). Retreats That Work: Everything You Need to Know About Planning and Leading Great Offsites. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 48–. ISBN 978-0-7879-8643-8.
  4. Lewis, Sarah (16 March 2011). Positive Psychology at Work: How Positive Leadership and Appreciative Inquiry Create Inspiring Organizations. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-99621-7.
  5. Dickson, Graham; Bill Tholl (13 January 2014). Bringing Leadership to Life in Health: LEADS in a Caring Environment: A New Perspective. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 146–. ISBN 978-1-4471-4875-3.
  6. Hartman, Ben (10 September 2011). "Round table discussions held in cities across Israel". The Jerusalem Post.
  7. Gurteen, David (2008). "How to run a Knowledge Café". Gurteen. Retrieved 15 February 2017.

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