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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'>Hi, lovely Michael.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'>I took the liberty of changing the title for my response as you
are so specifically inquiring about The World Café. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'>One quick answer: shorter time availability. When looking at a
time less than 3 hours I often switch to another process where participants
frame their own experience and can notice common threads and different points
of view to inform a systems-wide look at things. Like Open Space, the World Café
scales up (one facilitator can work with any sized group) and works across
culture and language (the facilitator does not have to know the language or
content of the group’s conversation, although any good facilitator does good
rich pre-work with the client to understand context, issues and culture). In
the World Café, the art of framing the questions (which, like in OS, is done
with facilitator and client team working together) is indeed useful, and
important.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'>Sorry - I’ve got my nose down in a deadline today so I will let
others respond to what World Café is and can do. It’s quite a wonderful tool…but
I don’t see it as a controlled process, just one in which questions are asked
and there is a form recommended to help folks mix and match from group to group
to experience the data / differences / common threads in the room…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'>Cheers from a rainy Berkeley,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'>Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:green'>Join me for the Open Space Learning Workshop this December 17-19
in San Francisco -- for information and registration: </span></i></b><b><i><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#00CC00'><a
href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
color:green'>lisaheft@openingspace.net</span></a></span></i></b><b><i><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:green'> </span></i></b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>___________________________</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:blue'>L i s a H e f t<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Consultant, Facilitator, Educator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:blue'>O p e n i n g S p a c e</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net"><span style='color:
black'>lisaheft@openingspace.net</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="http://www.openingspace.net/"><span style='color:black'>www.openingspace.net</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Wood<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 03, 2008 5:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Conversations that Matter at Girl Scout Convention<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>I have not used World Cafe but I often see it pop up in the same
emails as conversations about Open Space. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>From the WC web site, my limited understanding is that:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>1. WC is a more controlled process than OS in that it is the
Sponsor who frames the questions about what they want from the group</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>2. The Facilitator of WC plays a more directive role in what
happens and when</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>3. WC moves towards converging themes to a kind
of "collective mind" of the group. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>4. There is not necessarily any expectations that participants will
exercise responsibility for outcomes after the event.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>So it seems that WC is a kind of sophisticated brainstorming
process to bring out creative thinking on a particular topic or theme?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Does anyone have any examples of where they have chosen to use WC
instead of OS (or visa versa) and why you made that choice?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Michael Wood</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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