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World Cafe


Category:
Type:
People:
1 User(s),   1 Collaborator(s)
Characteristic:

Ideate      Activity Type: Talking, Complexity: Simple, Desired scope of impact: System level, Group Size: Large, Group Size: Medium, Participants: Relevant stakeholders, Participants: Users (co-design), Purpose: Build on ideas, Time needed: Half day

Research      Approach: Intrusive, Purpose: Explorative, Researcher location: Present, Time perspective: Present/past, Type of data collected: Qualitative, Unit of analysis: Collective Attitudes, User role: Mindset-dependent, User setting: Artificial setting

Date:
March 8, 2015
Summary:
The World Cafe is a method set in a casual cafe or a cafe-like setup, replete with refreshments, for participants to explore or address an issue by discussing in small groups with one topic per table. At regular intervals, participants move to a new table with one participant (the table host)...

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