Conversation Week 2009
How much is enough? Of anything? What difference would it make if we knew?
Consider this and other powerful questions during Conversation Week 2009 - the week every year when the world sits down to talk - and listen.
Pull up a chair somewhere. Invite others to sit down with you. Have a Conversation Cafe. Be part of this week when conversation circles around the world discuss the worlds most pressing questions - and share what they learn.
For this one week at least, we listen. For this one week at least we remember that no one person has THE answer, but together we can discover new possibilities. For this one week we practice the essence of Conversation Cafe method:
- speaking from the heart
- listening with respect
- seeking truth together
Conversation Week 2009 is March 23-30. This site serves as your invitation. Here you will find:
- A list of existing hosted conversations
- An online form to sign up to host a conversation
- Simple instructions for how to host a Conversation Cafe
- The 20 powerful questions selected for Conversation Week in prior years by people around the world.
- Simple instructions on how to run a question selection process. Let your community suggest and select the crucial question for you.
- Guidelines for crafting your own powerful question.
- Instructions for running a city-wide Conversation Week (multiple conversations, multiple locations).
- Online networking site to connect with other Conversation Cafe hosts.
- Conversation Cafe materials - posters, flyers, table tents and instruction cards
- Links to stories and reports from prior Conversation Weeks.