World Café Hosting Fundamentals

A World Café Signature Learning Program
offered in collaboration with Fielding Graduate University

8 Weeks:
September 11th – November 6th, 2021

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

Credits:
6 CEUs (Continuing Education Units)
19 CEEUs (upon request) through The International Coach Federation

The World Café Hosting Fundamentals course at Fielding is delivered online, using state-of-the-art interactive distance-learning technologies.

A Certificate of Completion will be provided by Fielding Graduate University to all successful graduates of the program.

This renowned course, offered only once a year, uses the structure of a World Café, featuring written coursework in rotating small group forums as well as valuable “real-time” online opening and closing sessions, weekly study groups, and participation in two full-length public online World Cafes as part of the curriculum.

Providing a fundamental understanding of The World Café theory and method, this course applies World Café design principles to bring forth the creative power of conversation and engage questions that matter. Participants will gain a fundamental understanding of World Café hosting practices and design principles, and the capacity to apply them in their lives and work.

The course is very interactive (requiring approx. 3-5 hours a week) and students will be expected to participate fully.

This rigorous, highly interactive online course is designed for serious practitioners who are looking for a solid understanding of the World Café method and philosophy and want to work with peers, guided by senior practitioners, to learn how to host powerful and effective engagements using World Café.

PROGRAM BENEFITS

• Become familiar with the theory and philosophical foundations of World Café
• Understand and apply the seven design principles and fundamental assumptions of the World Café
• Learn to generate powerful Questions that Matter
• Develop the skills and capacity to design, convene and host World Café conversations
• Understand and experience the processes, principles, and “ways of being” that can call forth collective intelligence
• Explore how the World Café can be applied in creative ways across different sectors, cultures, demographics, and contexts

REQUIRED READING
The following required reading materials will be provided in e-format. Students should plan to read this material before the course starts (summaries of some of the reading will also be provided, along with supplemental readings).

• The World Café: Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter, by Juanita Brown, David Isaacs, and the World Café Community, Berrett Koehler, 1995

• The World Cafe: Living Knowledge Through Conversations That Matter, Fielding Doctoral Dissertation by Juanita Brown

• The Art of Powerful Questions, by Juanita Brown, Eric E. Vogt, and David Isaacs

COURSE FEES:
Regular Tuition Fees – $800 Open Admission | $650 for Fielding Students & Alumni
Early Bird Rate (through Monday Aug 23rd): $750  Open Admission | $600 for Fielding Alumni

REGISTER NOW

~ REGISTRATION CLOSES SEPTEMBER 5TH ~
(There will be a $50 administrative late fee charged for registrations after the closing date)

GROUP RATE (3 or more participants registering together) – 30% off
Contact us with names and email addresses of your group to receive the group discount code.

(The above group rate also applies to Community Table Members – see the Community Table calendar listing for discount code)

Your course fee includes a $50 non-refundable fee for your reading materials, which will be sent in e-format upon registration.
(Please Note: this material cannot be printed and must be read on a computer or e-reader) 

YOUR HOST:

Amy Lenzo – Adjunct Faculty at Fielding, Amy is a senior World Cafe host having hosted World Cafés – online and onsite – since 2005. As Director of World Cafe Signature Learning Programs, she hosts this course along with occasional invited “special guests” – key World Café practitioners around the world.

Amy is a member of the World Cafe Stewardship Council and known for her pioneering work in bringing the World Café process and principles into online learning and engagement.

FURTHER RESOURCES:

Graduate Testimonials

Peer Learning

10 Tips for Maximizing Your Experience
in Hosting World Cafe: The Fundamentals

Contact us with any questions – we look forward to seeing you there!

Offered in Collaboration with:

Fielding Graduate University is an accredited nonprofit leader in blended graduate education, combining face‐to‐face and online learning for professionals living and working anywhere in the world. Fielding’s faculty members are mentors and student guides, representing a breadth of scholarship and practice in both the School of Leadership Studies and School of Psychology. Fielding students use their skills to become powerful and socially responsible leaders in their communities and workplaces, and throughout society.