have a seat! create diversity at each table ~ a mix of folks from different organizations introduce...

Have a seat! Create diversity at each table ~ a mix of folks

from different organizations Introduce yourself!

Welcome to your...REGIONAL CAFÉ CONVERSATION

TIC Summit June 26, 2014

What in the world is a Café Conversation???

Why are we using this process???


Café Conversations are…

A way tohost conversations

about questions that matter.


discover what we know

share it with others

create new intelligence for organizations and community

Café Conversations are a way to


Because we need…

•Everyone’s voice to be included, and…•Good ideas to cross-pollinate…•So that consensus ideas can emerge quickly….

SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER


1. What TIC accomplishments does our region have to build upon? What strengths do we have to build on?

2. What could we (in our region) accomplish together that we can’t accomplish alone in order to move TIC to the next level?

3. What could our Regional Collaborative Be and Do? Who else should be included?

THREE QUESTIONS FOR OUR CAFÉ TODAY


• One question at a time - about 30 minutes each round.

• Change tables after each round ~ creating diverse tables each time.

Round One: Strengths & AccomplishmentsRound Two: What we can accomplish

togetherRound Three: What our Regional

Collaborative Can Be and Do

HOW the Café Conversation WORKS….


“Minding your manners” during the café…

Café Etiquette


Table Hosts

• Help everyone feel welcome• Invite people to introduce

themselves• Launch the conversation• Remain at table for all 3 rounds

WHO AT YOUR TABLE WILL VOLUNTEER TO BE A TABLE HOST?


• We’ll share our region’s ideas about these 3 questions (briefly) with the whole group when we reconvene at

3:00 in the General Session Room• We’ll create a summary of this Café

Conversation so that it’s available to your region for follow-up

And after Round Three…


Think about…. •Big things, small things and•Accomplishments specific to one organization, and•Community/region – wide accomplishments

* Use a maker to record each idea on a

sheet of printer paper* Generate as many ideas as possible in 15 minutes

Round One: What TIC accomplishments

does our region have to build on?


Round One: Wrap Up

Looking back over the accomplishments you’ve named…What one or two accomplishments give you hope for the future of TIC in your region?

Put a star next to these.

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Looking back over the accomplishments you’ve named…

What is ONE STRENGTH of your region that lays a good foundation for your future work together?

Our region’s strength is ______________.(Record this word or phrase on printer paper)

Round One: Wrap Up

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Each table – in one minute - no speeches please

The 1 or 2 accomplishments that give us hope for the future are…

And ONE STRENGTH that lays a good foundation for your future work together is ….

Round One..WHOLE GROUP LISTENING


That Concludes Round One!

Please leave all the papers with the table hosts ~ we’ll collect these for our report.


Offer your thanks… Everyone but the host… move to a new table

Introduce yourselves

CREATE A NEW

DIVERSE TABLE


Use the big paper on your table to brainstorm lots of ideas… remember the café etiquette:

Doodle and draw…Connect ideas…

Listen for common threads…

HINT: Don’t decide too soon

Round Two: What could we(in our region) accomplish TOGETHER

that we can’t accomplish alone,and would take TIC to the next level?


Looking back over your ideas…What One Idea has the most energy?

Our Region can __________________________.RECORD THIS ON A PRINTER PAPER

Round Two: What we can accomplish together

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Each table – in one minute - no speeches please SHARE….and POST THE PAPER at the front of the room

What we can accomplish TOGETHERthat we can’t accomplish alone,and would take TIC to the next level in our Region is _________________________.

Round TWO..WHOLE GROUP LISTENING


Round Two: Wrap Up

After all the tables have shared…

WHAT DO WE NOTICE

ABOUT THE IDEAS THAT WE HEARD?

Hear 4-5 comments –

Room hosts will note these ideas for

inclusion in the report


That Concludes Round Two!

Please leave the papers with the table hosts ~ we’ll collect these for our report.


Offer your thanks Everyone but the host…move to anew table..

CREATE A NEW DIVERSE TABLE


Use the big paper on your table to brainstorm lots of ideas… remember the café etiquette:

Doodle and draw…Connect ideas…

Listen for common threads…

HINT: Don’t decide too soon

Round Three: What can our Regional

Collaborative BE and Do?


Looking back over your ideas…What One Idea has the most energy?

What Our Region can BE and DO: __________________________.RECORD THIS ON A PRINTER PAPER

Round Three: What our Regional Collaborative can BE and DO

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Round Three: Who else should we invite?

Who else from your region do you want to invite to the first meeting of your Regional Collaborative?

Use a piece of printer paper. List as many people

as possible in five minutes.

Include email addresses when you can.

~ Table hosts please collect these ~

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Each table – in one minute - no speeches please SHARE

What our Regional collaborative can BE and Do _________________________.

Round Three..WHOLE GROUP LISTENING


Who is willing to co-host the first meeting of your Regional Collaborative in your region?Two volunteers to work with theRegional Facilitators to:Find a place, date and timeSend out an email invitationKick off the first meetingOffer a couple of sentences at the general session about the spirit of the conversation today.

Co-hosts for the First Regional Meeting


When we Join the Other Regions in the General Session Room

Regional Facilitators (your room hosts today) and the first meeting co-hosts will offer a brief “share back” in the General Session Room.


Table hosts… and everyone!

Resources

www.theworldcafe.com

http://www.publicconversations.org/


http://www.publicconversations.org/

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