World Café

Overview

The World Café is a method designed to spread ideas and expand insights through sharing experience informally. Participants rotate around different spaces (virtual tables) and hold open and creative conversations encouraged by a café environment. Each round allows participants to create a web of collective knowledge around a defined topic. In this method, participants are considered sources of wisdom, and creating a constructive context around a table can draw valuable lessons.

Use this method to:

• Evoke collective knowledge within a group of at least 12 experienced participants.
• Engage in collaborative problem-solving that cuts across standard constraints.
• Discover more new insights than with traditional panel presentations, due to its participatory nature.
• Generate meaningful interaction by limiting hierarchical distinctions.