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The World Cafe'

 

Café to Go! This concise guide to the World Café covers the basics of the process. It includes brief outlines of each principle, a description of Café Etiquette, an outline of key elements of the World Café conversations, and tips for creating Café ambiance.

 

The Art of Powerful Questions. This comprehensive guide written by Eric Vogt, Juanita Brown and David Isaacs explores the three dimensions of a powerful question–construction, scope and assumptions–and then offers sample questions for focusing collective attention, finding deeper insight and creating forward movement.

 

The World Café: A Resource Guide. A robust guide to hosting your Café, this guide gives more detail on the principles and explains the role of the Café host and the table host. A complete list of supplies and room set up needs is included.

 

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Healthy Lifestyle Initiative, University of Missouri Extension

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New publication from the CDC - Recommended community strategies and measurements to prevent obesity in the United States

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The Transportation Prescription is a policy guide that analyzes the intersection of transportation, health and equity. This report provides key policy and program recommendations that can improve health outcomes in vulnerable communities, create economic opportunity, and enhance environmental quality.

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Current Health Care reform bill has provision that could provide billions of dollars for walking paths, streetlights, jungle gyms and even farmers' markets.

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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has unveiled a plan to increase city residents’ access to healthy foods.

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UNC-Chapel Hill Researchers:  Those who participate in active commuting have lower BMI, obesity, triglyceride levels, blood pressure and insulin levels in men.

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