hosting a book

[Kathleen Osta]

Thanks, Zelle, for the reminder of this great resource.

Kathleen


On May 20, 2006, at 8:02 PM, Zelle Nelson wrote:

> Raffi,
>
> If you want to see an example of a book written using 
> self-organization and invitation take a look at:
>
>
>
> The World Cafe: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter 
> by Juanita Brown, David Isaacs, World Cafe Community, and Margaret J. 
> Wheatley 
>
> This book - a wonderful resource - was not specifically written, but 
> hosted by Juanita Brown and David Isaacs. Berret-Koehler had been 
> asking Juanita to write a book about the World Cafe for years and she 
> was reluctant to do so, because she did not wish to author a book 
> about the World Cafe or to be put up on a pedistal as some sort of 
> guru - everyone using the World Cafe had a story to tell. A few years 
> later, Juanita and David decided that instead of writing a book they 
> would host one. They invited anyone who had had any experience with 
> the World Cafe to share their stories of using The World Cafe process 
> in organizations around the world. They created a wiki site where 
> anyone could share their stories and edit any part of the book online. 
> They then put the stories together into a book as seen above.
>
> So Raffi, there is no need to write a book yourself. Simply invite 
> others to share in the writing process with you... Enjoy!
>
> with grace and love,
>
> Zelle
>
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> On May 20, 2006, at 3:55 PM, Raffi Aftandelian wrote:
>
>> Harrison,
>>
>> Thanks for helping see what would make the invitation process simpler.
>> Pre-os? Coffee! Well, that's more open space!
>>
>> Now, if I could only figure out how to make the writing of books a
>> self-organizing process! I have one or two ideas...
>>
>> Doug,
>>
>> I think that was a minor miracle that you had the KKK there. And am
>> very curious how they and others emerged differently post-forum. In my
>> opinion, by having them there you modelled the notion of bringing the 
>> whole
>> organism into the room.
>>
>> have a granular day,
>> raffi
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