Conversation Meetings

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A conversation meeting is a form of knowledge cafe inspired by Theodore Zeldin's Conversation Dinners

. I first ran one in London in November 2005. It was a huge success. People loved it! See: Intimate Conversation.

The basic idea is that people are split into pairs and given a "conversation menu" from which they can choose their conversations. The menu could have a theme such as a knowledge management theme or it could be a generic menu that asked a set of personal questions that were designed to help people to get to know each other.

These can take the form of

meetings
walks
or meals.

In a "conversation meeting", people would hold their one-to-one talks with each other at a secluded table; in a "conversation meal" - at a table for two over lunch or dinner and a "conversation walk" while say going for a walk in a park or by a river or wherever.

Links:

http://www.oxfordinspires.org/news-03072006.html

http://www.oxfordmuse.com/projects/OxUn1_Pic/index.html

Flickr Slideshow: Talk at UITM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2007

Photo slideshow of talk at Universiti Teknologi MARA in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in August 2007.

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