How tired are you of sage-on-the-stage conference presentations? I can absorb a certain amount of one-way information, but after a while, it’s only the chill of the air-conditioning that keeps my eyes open.

Not so with David Gurteen’s presentation on Knowledge Cafes. Once he had defined the form, discussed the dynamics, and enumerated some ground rules, the impromptu knowledge cafe began. Even though we were in a large-ish room with auditorium seating and had to change groupings of 4-5 people three times in 40 minutes, the session was a humming success. Lots of knowledge sharing goin’ on.

“When minds meet, they don’t just exchange facts; they transform them” —Theodore Zeldin

You can read more about the knowledge cafe process and even watch a video on Gurteen’s website, but you just have to experience it to really get it.