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World Café

I bumped into World Café on a cold January afternoon in 2008. During my first 'Home Days' (another great tool from CDRA) at Wageningen UR - CDI, we used it to explore some of the pressing issues in the organisation. I was amazed by the openness of the colleagues, the inspiration used to build on people's ideas, the ease with which we filled the 'table cloths' around which the conversations evolved.

A World Café is a great way to create spaces for meaningful conversations with purpose and direction. It combines the intimacy of café-style table conversations with ideas from Open Space, Carousel and Gallery Walks.

From the world café website: The World Café is an innovative yet simple methodology for ...

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