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World café STAGE IN THE COMMUNITY-LEAD PLACE-BASED PROCESS: Stage V.. Measure and Evaluate PARTICIPATION LEVEL ON THE LADDER: 5. Involvement
Participation level on the ladder
STAGE V / Measure and Evaluate TOOL 13 / World café
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WHEN TO USE THIS TOOL: Have you made an impact measurement plan (in Stage III)? Have you conducted baseline research? Have you put on your placemaking intervention, or begun with a long term placemaking project? Are you ready to find out what local residents and stakeholders thought about your initiative? If the answer to these questions is yes, you are ready to use this tool! HOW TO BEST USE THIS TOOL: We will use the World Cafe as a method of collecting the impact measurement data, like a big focus group! When you are ready to collect data based on your impact assessment plan, you will use this tool to see if you have progressed towards your objectives. TYPE OF ACTIVITY: Workshop with community members. DURATION: Preparation: 2 hours; Workshop: 2 hours.
World Cafes are basically focus groups set up in a relaxed cafe format, with evolving rounds of conversations on a specific topic. They are great to collect the views of a large group over a relatively short period of time.
PLACEMAKING FOR DEMOCRACY: COMMUNITY TOOLKIT
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