\u201cIt’s never enough just to tell people about some new insight. Rather, you have to get them to experience it in a way that evokes its power and possibility. Instead of pouring knowledge into people’s heads, you need to help them grind a new set of eyeglasses so they can see the world in a new way.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The World Caf\u00e9 (TWC)<\/strong> The World Caf\u00e9 Community Foundation (TWCCF)<\/strong> The World Caf\u00e9 <\/strong> Stewardship Council The Central Garden<\/strong> \u201cIt’s never enough just to tell people about some new insight. Rather, you have to get them to experience it in a way that evokes its power and possibility. Instead […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"The World Caf\u00e9 (TWC)<\/strong>\r\nUsing seven design principles<\/a> and a simple method<\/a>, the World Caf\u00e9 is a powerful social technology for engaging people in conversations that matter, offering an effective antidote to the fast-paced fragmentation and lack of connection in today's world. Based on the understanding that conversation is the core process that drives personal, business, and organizational life, the World Caf\u00e9 is more than a method, a process, or technique - it's a way of thinking and being together sourced in a philosophy of conversational leadership<\/a>.\r\n\r\nThe World Caf\u00e9 Community Foundation (TWCCF)<\/strong>\r\nAs a 501 (c) 3, the mission of The World Caf\u00e9 Community Foundation is to transform the world for the benefit of all Life through convening and supporting collaborative conversation world-wide. The Foundation is responsible for ensuring the ongoing accessibility, integrity, vitality, and evolution of the World Caf\u00e9 as a vehicle for social innovation and positive change. This website is a publication of the World Caf\u00e9 Community Foundation.\r\n\r\nThe World Caf\u00e9 <\/strong> Stewardship Council\r\n<\/strong>The World Caf\u00e9 Stewardship Council<\/a> is made up of an international and inter-generational set of long-time World Cafe hosts & emeritus members. As a group, they serve to fulfill the legal requirements of a World Cafe Community Foundation \"board\", and help steward the international World Caf\u00e9 community.\r\n\r\nThe Central Garden<\/strong>\r\nThe World Cafe is one doorway in a larger \"central garden\" of participatory practitioners. To learn more about this metaphor, see the Central Garden<\/a>.","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6sDis-e","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4702,"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/4702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Using seven design principles<\/a> and a simple method<\/a>, the World Caf\u00e9 is a powerful social technology for engaging people in conversations that matter, offering an effective antidote to the fast-paced fragmentation and lack of connection in today’s world. Based on the understanding that conversation is the core process that drives personal, business, and organizational life, the World Caf\u00e9 is more than a method, a process, or technique – it’s a way of thinking and being together sourced in a philosophy of conversational leadership<\/a>.<\/p>\n
As a 501 (c) 3, the mission of The World Caf\u00e9 Community Foundation is to transform the world for the benefit of all Life through convening and supporting collaborative conversation world-wide. The Foundation is responsible for ensuring the ongoing accessibility, integrity, vitality, and evolution of the World Caf\u00e9 as a vehicle for social innovation and positive change. This website is a publication of the World Caf\u00e9 Community Foundation.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>The World Caf\u00e9 Stewardship Council<\/a> is made up of an international and inter-generational set of long-time World Cafe hosts & emeritus members. As a group, they serve to fulfill the legal requirements of a World Cafe Community Foundation “board”, and help steward the international World Caf\u00e9 community.<\/p>\n
The World Cafe is one doorway in a larger “central garden” of participatory practitioners. To learn more about this metaphor, see the Central Garden<\/a>.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"