The World Cafe
Hosting Fundamentals 2023
EIGHT REAL-TIME SESSIONS
EVERY SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 9TH - NOVEMBER 4TH
9:00 - 11:30 am Pacific Time
12:00 - 2:30 pm Eastern Time
18:00 - 20:30 Central European Time
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Course Details
DELIVERED ONLINE
Using state-of-the-art interactive distance-learning technologies:
- Zoom
- Kajabi LMS & Community Space
- Google Docs
INCLUDES
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
for qualifying members
READING MATERIAL
The following required reading will be provided in e-format:
- The World Café: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter, by Juanita Brown, David Isaacs, and the World Café Community, Berrett Koehler, 1995
- The World Cafe: Living Knowledge Through Conversations That Matter, Fielding Doctoral Dissertation by Juanita Brown
- The Art of Powerful Questions, by Juanita Brown, Eric E. Vogt, and David Isaacs
OTHER RESOURCES
- Summaries of required reading, supplemental articles, videos, and handouts
USING THE STRUCTURE OF THE WORLD CAFE
World Cafe Hosting Fundamentals follows a carefully designed curriculum featuring weekly “real-time” sessions, and written coursework in rotating small group forums.
Providing a fundamental understanding of The World Café theory and method, this course applies World Café design principles to bring forth the creative power of conversation and engage questions that matter.
You will gain a fundamental understanding of World Café hosting practices and design principles, and the capacity to apply them in your life and work.
The course is very interactive (requiring approx. 4 - 6 hours a week, with real-time sessions) and you will be expected to participate fully.
PROGRAM BENEFITS
- You will work collaboratively with other practitioners from around the world in a peer-learning environment.
- You will become familiar with the theory and philosophical foundations of World Café
- You'll understand and be able to apply the seven design principles and fundamental assumptions of the World Café
- You will learn to generate powerful Questions for different contexts
- You'll develop the skills and capacity to design, convene and host World Café conversations
- You'll understand and experience the processes, principles, and “ways of being” that can call forth collective intelligence
- Together, we will explore how the World Café can be applied in creative ways across different sectors, cultures, demographics, and contexts
- You'll participate in a public online Learning Cafe with people from the global World Cafe community
COST
REGULAR PRICE: $850.00
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL RATE
30% off
up to August 16th
30% Discount for groups of 3 or More
(Email [email protected] with your group names & email addresses to receive the code)
30% Discount for Community Table Subscribers
(see the Community Table calendar for your discount code)
SCHOLARSHIPS
A limited number of scholarships are available for those who want to take the program but can’t afford it.
If this is you, please contact [email protected] and apply.
Tell us about your circumstances and how you plan to use World Cafe.
~ REGISTRATION CLOSES SEPTEMBER 5TH ~
(There will be a $50 administrative late fee charged for registrations after the closing date)
Your course fee includes a $50 non-refundable fee for your reading materials, which will be downloadable in e-format upon registration.
(Please Note: this material cannot be printed and must be read on a computer or e-reader)
Hosted by Amy Lenzo
Amy Lenzo is a senior World Cafe host who believes that World Cafe offers a unique and beautiful way to meet in the field Rumi describes as "out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing". There we can connect with others authentically and intimately about what has heart and meaning for us.
Having hosted World Cafés – online and onsite – since 2005, Amy went through rigorous training herself to be able to guide new hosts through this course, which she believes can be a life-changing opportunity to develop your capacity as a host for transformation and social change.
In her role as Director of The World Cafe Signature Learning Programs, Amy hosts this official World Cafe Learning Program, occasionally inviting “special guests” – key World Café practitioners from around the world with experience in many different sectors - to join the group for individual sessions.
A member of the World Cafe Stewardship Council, Amy is known for her pioneering work in bringing the World Café process and principles into an online environment for learning and engagement.
Testimonials
Here's what students from previous years are saying about this course ...
"I feel more informed, connected, and confident in hosting World Cafes."
"This course has renewed my hope that real and meaningful conversations can take place across all the things that seem to divide us."
"The view that the World Cafe Design Principles are ever evolving; that they can and will grow as we gain new understanding is very meaningful to me."
"The insights offered and critical reflections were so important to support my own growth and development. Even if we have been using the Café methodology for a while, it is important to interrupt assumptions, reflect, and re-evaluate your practice."
"This course was transformative for me... Deepening my practice around how to use the World Cafe will forever impact my work."
