FAQ DaaFD
The Dinner event generally is scheduled from 6:00pm to 8:30pm and has three elements:
The Dinner – Five people sit at each table. Find a table where you know people the least. There are some ice breaker questions to share as dinner conversations. Dinner generally is buffet style serving.
The Dialogue – Everyone retires to an adjacent location with seating for all as an audience. The audience faces five empty chairs with labels of agreement, neutral and disagreement. A facilitator explains what will happen and then reveals a divisive statement and asks 5 volunteers to populate the five chairs. Each person in a chair explains why they chose that chair and then the five interact for 10 minutes. There is then 30 to 40 minutes for the audience to interact with those in the five chairs. As a wrap up, each of the five chairs offers a closing remark, and the facilitator adds observations. Everyone returns to their original dinner tables.
The Dessert – Back at the original dinner tables, you are met with dessert and questions for further dialogic exploration. What just happened? Did we come close to agreement on something? What is the crux? Was there an elephant in the room? And more. Each person fills out a questionnaire about their reaction to the event and whether they would like to participate further in a Deep Dive after this DaaFD event.