Issue #15: July, 2009
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Greetings! No doubt about it - the big news right now is that the new World Cafe online community space is OPEN, and it is JUMPING with energy.
Follow the lead story in this issue to find out why, or check out www.theworldcafecommunity.org and see for yourself!
Read on for the current stories, conversations, events, news and other activities happening throughout the World Cafe.
Warm Wishes,
 Amy Lenzo, Editorand the World Café Community Foundation
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Every Friday Night
World Cafe at Starbucks
St Petersburg, Florida
Aug 1
World Cafe Online Community
Phone Clinic
August 18
Inspiring Women
Collaborative Cafe
Lansing, Michigan
September 18
Thinking Together
for a Change
Kingston, Ontario
October 8
World Cafe Learning Event
Atlanta, Georgia
October 16-28
European Salon on
Dialogue, Leadership &
The New Face of Community
near Vienna, Austria
November 2-4
Now More Than Ever:
Pegasus Annual Conference
Seattle, Washington
November 13
World Cafe Training for
School Leaders
Monroe Township, New Jersey
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Send us your World Cafe event dates!
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"You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a NEW model that makes the existing model obsolete."
~ Buckminster Fuller
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In Memory & Gratitude: Barbara Vogel
written by Nancy Margulies
 Barbara Dawes Vogel was more than a friend to the World Café, she was an embodiment of its principles. Barbara was open to new ideas, delighted in those of others, shared her home and her enthusiasm with many of us and pursued her diverse interests right up until the end of her eighty-some years. She was an active contributer to the field of Cybernetics and editor of Patterns a print and later on-line journal. A dear friend and colleague, Barbara will be deeply missed and lovingly remembered.
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New Online Community Launched!
As new people join the new World Cafe online community every day from
countries around the world - Brazil, Israel, Italy, Finland, Canada,
Costa Rica, Germany, the United States, Russia, Japan, the Netherlands,
New Zealand, Australia, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Chile, Mexico,
Portugal, the Phillipines, France, Ghana, Indonesia, Columbia,
Afghanistan, Bhutan, Belgium, Spain, Croatia, India, Saudi Arabia,
South Africa, Yukraine, Poland, Switzerland, Peru, Dubai, Slovenia,
Tahiti, Venezula, Jamaica, Vietnam, Taiwan, Singapore, Bolivia and
Austria - there is a palpable sense of a new kind of community - a
truly global World Café - taking form.
If you have not yet joined us in the new online community, we invite you to go to www.theworldcafecommunity.org and
sign up today. Find friends and allies, deepen your
learning, band together and take action, start the conversations and
launch the projects that are closest to your heart - Now's the time!
Read on for some of the new features and benefits that are available to us now with this new community space.
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StoryNet
This month we have a wealth of new stories from Cyberspace, Spain, Japan and California -
Triple World Cafe describes an ambitious and innovative World Cafe designed in collaboration with the ALIA Institute and taking place simultaneously in their Summer Program in Halifax, Canada, on Skype and in Second Life. More
World Cafe in Basque Country follows InnoBasque's ongoing successful utilization of the World Cafe in the Basque Country of Spain, where they call the World Cafe WOKA! More
The Dialogue Bar shares an exciting variation of World Cafe held in Tokyo that is producing a committed community of people exploring real change in areas as diverse as Education, Social Innovation, and New Culture. More
The Democracy Zone tells the story of an inter-generational, inter-cultural World Cafe that brings together an entire community to found a Democracy Zone in their small town in northern California. More
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What Else is New?
 World Cafe Learning Programs In response to the many requests for "training" we receive every month, the World Cafe Community Foundation has begun working with some of our most experienced practitioners to offer public learning programs that will foster a deeper experience and understanding of the World Café process, the World Café design principles, and conversational leadership. We will also be working together to create the "hospitable space" that can support more experienced hosts in significantly deepening their practice. The first of these Learning Programs will be held in Atlanta, Georgia from October 8th - 10th. For more information or to Register
This Salon will utilize an open format, including but not limited to the World Cafe and focus on the topics of Dialogue, Leadership and the New Face of Community. Integrating models of communication beyond the verbal, such as art, dance and meditation, this three-day "at cost" event will be hosted in the simple but beautiful Hotel Marienhof near Vienna, Austria.
See the Salon flyer in the World Cafe community calendar for more details. The event is limited to 40 people, so RSVP early!
Friday Night World Cafe at Starbucks The World Cafe community in St Petersburg Florida continues to host a World Cafe on a fresh topic every Friday night
from 7:30 - 9:30 at the Starbucks on
4th St N and 89th Ave N, just south of Gandy Boulevard. They are free
and there's no obligation to purchase anything. RSVP to Pat at 727.421.2746 or goodpat@tampabay.rr.com For ongoing World Café news and resources, subscribe to the World Café Community blog and check in regularly with the StoryNet and Cybrary pages in the new Online Community. Send us your news & updates so they can be shared with the network. |
 Wanted:
World Cafe Intern
If you - love the World Cafe and are eager to support it
- have good internet and/or people skills
- are self-motivated
- would like to work in an inter-generational team
- want to make a difference in the world
- have five or more hours a week that you'd like to dedicate to the World Cafe
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Conversations That Matter
The new online community is bursting with several exciting new conversations but the one that stands out is a deep and insightful community-wide look at The New Face of Community. Pop in to hear what people are saying and add your own thoughts to the questions being raised about what community means in today's world. More |
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The World Cafe Community Foundation
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Tom Atlee shares a thoughtful inquiry into the 
