There will be a World Cafe at the National Conference On Dialogue And Deliberation 7:30 - 9:30 Saturday Oct 23 - see http://www.thataway.org/conference/2004/program/plenaries.html#world_cafe
Consolidated Questions for World Cafe
What connects us?
*What connects those of us in this room? *What connects us as a "dialogue & deliberation community"? *What do I personally feel connected to as part of this community? *How do I feel connected to the D&D work and this community?
What do we value?
*What values describe the field of D&D in your experience? *What do you value most about this work, and why is that important to you? *What do you hold most dear in this work, and why is it important to you?
Working together
*What are our expectations about how we work together in our community? *What are our expectations for this community of practice?
What do I need?
*What do I most need in order to feel actively committed to and involved in this community?
My Contribution
*What might I contribute to help us further our potential as a community?
What is our contribution?
*What is the unique contribution of the D&D community to society/the world? *What do we need to do to ensure that the dialogue & deliberation community reaches its full potential? *What could NCDD become to make its best contribution to the evolution of the D&D community? *What is NCDD*s unique contribution to the evolution of the D&D community? *What is NCDD*s unique contribution to the D&D community? *What is NCDD*s unique contribution to society? *How might NCDD contribute to the nurturance of this diverse community?
Additional Details
Time: 7:15 to 9:15, after networking reception Structure: 3 questions and a pair at the table Food: coffee, tea, desserts Addl: Wall of Inquiry, graphic designer Potential Outcomes: *Connect the "I" to the "We" *Discover our common hopes for this field/community *Find out what people care about in this work *Identify expectations from this community of practice *Identify our values, discover how we can better walk our talk.
Notes/Questions from our 8/4/04 call:
Sandy:
Broad Question to Address: How can we develop intelligently and wholeheartedly as a community of practice?
*If there was something that connected this group at a deeper level? What connects us as a D&D community? What is it that I feel personally connected to as part of this community? What connects us? *What do I most need in order to feel actively committed and involved to this community? What could NCDD become to make its best contribution to the evolution of the D&D community? What might I contribute to help make this happen? *What is the unique contribution of our D&D community *What are our expectations about how we work together in our community *What do you hold most dear in this work, and why is it important to you? What might be the unique contribution of NCDD for a community that holds this. *How might NCDD contribute to the nurturance of this diverse community?
something personal; something that connects to the development of the work
2 hours * 3 rounds and a pair at the table. Wall of Inquiry
closing * what do I want to contribute to the community?
Juanita: *What do you hold most dear in this D & D work and why it it important to you? *What could NCDD become to make its best contribution to the evolution of this diverse D & D community. *What is NCDD's unique contribution to the evolution of us as a D& D community? *What is the unique contirbution of us as a D & D community to the larger society?
Susan: Here are a few others: *How do I personally feel connected to the D&D work and community? *What is it that I most need to feel actively involved and committed to this as a community of practice? *What might be the unique contribution of the D&D community and how can we walk our talk? *What are our expectations about how we work together? *What could NCDD become in order to make its bestr cotnribution to the evolution of this community? *What might I contribute to help us further our potential as a community?
Leilani:
5:15 to 7:15pm structured networking with tapas for dinner (at 6:45 people move into the dining hall to start dessert, and beverages)
7:15 to 9:15 World Cafe
Potential outcomes for this event:
*Connect the I to the We *Discover our common hopes for this field *Find out what people care about in this work *Identify expectations from this community of practice *What are our values, how do we walk our talk?
Comments:
In my latest thinking about what I know so far of this community, there are 3 primary focus areas that point to something about the culture: political arena, anti-racism and academia. Others include social justice and nonprofit focus. I would like to see us acknowledge something about what this means for how we interact with the world and what we care about as a community of D&D practitioners. Then we can see who else or what else we want to attract and we could also be open to who is here that is not from these orientations. Not sure how to address this, as it is a sense I have and not adequate language to describe my experience so far. To me, this is the place in the design to touch on the culture of this community, so that there are less conflicts, marginalized feelings and more clarity about what brings us together and what are our unique contributions as individual practicitioners or groups.
Questions: *What values describe the field of D&D in your practice? (what do you hold most dear in this work and why is that important to you?) *What is the unique contribution to society from the D&D community? *What expectations do you hold from a community of practicitioners of which you are a part? testing comments feature
