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A World Café or Knowledge Café is a structured conversational process in which groups of people discuss a topic at several tables, with individuals switching tables periodically and getting introduced to the previous discussion at their new table by a "table host". A café ambience is created in order to facilitate conversation. In some versions, a degree of formality is retained to make sure that everyone gets a chance to speak.[1] Alternatively, the café concept can be taken more literally with everyone potentially talking at once. As well as speaking and listening, individuals may be encouraged to write or doodle on the tablecloth so that when people change tables, they can see what previous members have written as well as hearing the table host's view of what has been happening. Participants at World Café events discuss pre-defined questions, but outcomes are not decided in advance.[2]
The World Café originated at the home of Juanita Brown and David Isaacs in 1995 when a "large circle" conversation became disrupted by rain.[3]
In the version used by David Gurteen (who uses the term "Knowledge Café"), the small group discussions are 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 and so time spent with one person presenting is minimised.[4]
World Café events require at least twelve participants, but there is no upper limit. The largest number of people documented at a single World Cafe event was in excess of 10,000, in Tel Aviv, in 2011.[5][6][7][8]
See also
- Joscha Remus, founder of the first Knowledge Cafe in Germany, in 2007
References
- ^ Slocum, Nikki. Participatory Methods Toolkit: A Practitioner's Manual Section: "Method: The World Café". A joint publication of the King Baudouin Foundation and the Flemish Institute for Science and Technology Assessment (viWTA). ISBN 90-5130-506-0
- ^ Christopher M. Bache (28 August 2008). The Living Classroom: Teaching and Collective Consciousness. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7646-8.
- ^ The World Café. "History".
- ^ Gurteen, David (2003 to 2008). "How to run a Knowledge Café". Gurteen. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
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- ^ Schieffer, Isaacs, Gyllenpalm, Dr. Alexander, David, Bo (July 14, 2004). "The World Café: Part One" (PDF). Transformation. 18 (8). Retrieved 15 December 2014.
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- ^ Steven D'Souza; Diana Renner (5 May 2014). Not Knowing. LID Editorial. ISBN 978-1-907794-90-2.
Further reading
- "The Knowledge Café–A Knowledge Management System and Its Application to Hospitality and Tourism". Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & Tourism. Volume 3, Issue 3-4, 2002. pp. 75-88.
- The Complete Guide to Knowledge Management. John Wiley & Sons. pp. pt112–114.
- The World Café. Berrett-Koehler Publishers. pp. 96-98.
- ICIE 2015 3rd International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Academic Conferences Limited. pp. 191–193.
- The Future of Knowledge. Routledge. pp. 146–148.
- Capitalizing on Knowledge. Routledge. pp. 125–.
- Powerful Professional Development. Corwin Press. pp. 83–.