Join Me Tomorrow for a World Cafe Conference Call

[Ben Roberts]

Dear Friends:

Please consider joining me tomorrow for the first in a series of Maestro Conference-based “world café” calls focused on the activities of the Coffee Party Movement and on political issues in general.  Annabel, Billy and the rest of the Coffee Party USA team have done a great job of providing top-down guidance and structure for this fledgling movement and have also enabled  communication between organizers at the state level .  At the same time, I think it is worth exploring additional ways to foster dialog, especially across hierarchical, geographic and ideological boundaries.  Maestro Conference and World Café are two excellent tools for doing this.  Hopefully, we will generate some insights, feedback and energy that will be useful not only to the participants but to the movement as a whole.

The call is scheduled for 6-8pm Eastern time. Maestro Conference requires only a phone and no special software or knowledge for the call's participants. If you would like to join us, please register here: http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/AL7IEB1G5N31LXBG.

The basic subject of this first call will be our vision for the Coffee Party Movement.  How would you like to see it develop?  Those who have not been a part of the movement to date will be invited to tell us what kind of a movement they would find most appealing and meaningful.  The world café format works well with large and diverse groups, as we are seeking to tap into the greater intelligence of the whole, so please consider inviting others to participate.  We split into a series of small groups that give everyone plenty of opportunity to talk, so there is no issue with being stuck on the sidelines even if we have a lot of people on the call.

Again, I hope you can join me and I look forward to this being the first in a series of stimulating and productive calls.

Regards,
Ben Roberts

CT "Interim Point Person"
Coffee Party Movement USA