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Cafés in the News

Catalyst
Salt Lake City, Utah

"Cultural Connectivity:
The Talking Cure"
by Zach Abend
July 5, 2005

The Press Democrat
Santa Rosa, CA

"Resurrecting the Art
of Conversation"
by Shelley Shepherd Klaner
March 25, 2005

See us in Readers Digest,
Oct 2003

Common Ground
"Do Talk to Strangers..."
by Vicki Robin
Sept., 2003

Arizona Wildcat
Coffee Talk: Talk Amongst Yourselves
by Orli Ben-Dor
July 9, 2003

Christian Science Monitor
"Everybody's Talking in Seattle This Week"
by Linda Baker
March 12, 2003

Tucson Café
on ABC's KGUN
November 19, 2002

The Utne Reader
"Conversation Au Lait"
by Joseph Hart
August, 2002

The New York Times
(registration required)
by Susan Mulcahy
Feb, 3, 2002

The Seattle Times
by Sherry Stripling
Jan. 11, 2002

Conversation Cafés
on NPR's Talk of the Nation:

On February 14, 2002 host Neal Conan talked with Vicki Robin, founder of Conversation Cafes, and Christopher Phillips, founder of Socrates Cafes, about organizing salons. To hear the interview, click here. (Real Player only). You can also go to www.npr.org and search for the keyword "salons".

Other articles
Not all of our articles are available online. Please contact us if you would like copies sent to you.

The Toronto Star
"Choosing Your Money or Your Life "
October 16, 2002

Natural
Miami-Dade/Florida Keys

" Conversation Cafés"
September, 2002

The Toronto Star
"The Power of Good Conversation"
July 23, 2002

The EcoVision Journal
"Puget Sounders are Talking, Sharing Ideas at Conversation Cafés"
March/April 2002

North Seattle
Herald-Outlook
"The Art of Talking to Strangers"
January 9, 2002

Press kit

Welcome to the Conversation Café's press kit online. In an effort to provide information about our organization in a media-friendly format, we have created this section especially for journalists looking for concise information. Please direct your inquiries to [email protected].

About the New Road Map Foundation

Founder Vicki Robin's bio

How We Started...A History
by Vicki Robin

Articles by Keith McCandless:
"Strangely Attracted to Conversation Cafes"
"A Collaborative Hunch-In-Progress" (Word doc)

Press Releases

March 5, 2003 Conversation Week/The New Cafe Society

Feb 7, 2003: Announcing Conversation Week 2003

Jan 27, 2003: Waging Peace in Perilous Times

January 7, 2003 Getting Tucsonans Talking Again!

Dec 19, 2001: Announcing Conversation Week 2002

 

 

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