Hailey Wilmer Heather M. Yocum Eric M. Winford Dannele Peck Anna Clare Monlezun Heidi Schmalz Toni Klemm Kathleen Epstein Vincent Jansen Windy Kelley Retta A. Bruegger Steven Fick Joseph Gazing Wolf Joshua Grace Rebecca K. Mann Justin D. Derner Terri T. Schulz 2021 <p>• The 2020 SRM Annual Meeting piloted “Campfire Conversation,” round-table discussions styled after the World Café approach.</p><p>• The event attracted 280 attendees and enabled multidirectional knowledge exchange (i.e., “cuss and discuss”), rather than one-way “chalk-and-talk.” Attendees participated in three 20-minute facilitated round-table discussions around three topics they selected from a menu of 13 timely<span>&nbsp;</span>rangeland<span>&nbsp;</span>issues.</p><p>• Change was a common theme for many Campfire Conversations, including social, climatic, ecological, management, and policy changes.</p><p>• Participants highlighted a desire for SRM to grow as an organization by enhancing members’ opportunities and resources for multidirectional knowledge exchange among students, scientists, practitioners, and policy-makers; cross-generational mentorship; cross-disciplinary training; diverse ways of knowing; and greater inclusivity and connection to the SRM.</p><p>• A post-event analysis of the Campfire Conversation event revealed valuable lessons for organizing successful World Café-style sessions at future SRM meetings, including virtual meetings.</p> application/pdf 10.1016/j.rala.2021.04.003 en Elsevier Campfire Conversations at the 2020 annual meeting: Insights & lessons learned from “cuss-and-discuss” rather than “chalk-and-talk” article