| What
is a Facilitator?
A
facilitator is many things:
•
A consultant or trainer who designs work sessions with a
specific focus or intent.
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An advisor to bringing out the full potential of working
groups.
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A provider of processes, tools and techniques that can get
work accomplished quickly and effectively in a group environment.
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A person who keeps a group meeting on track.
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Someone who helps resolve conflict.
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Someone who draws out participation from everyone.
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Someone who organises the work of a group.
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Someone who makes sure that the goals are met.
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Someone who provides structure to the work of a group.
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Someone who protects the work of a group from the overhead
of a group.
What
a Facilitator Isn't
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Changing the wording of a participant.
• Refusal to record an idea
• Getting involved in the content of the group work.
• Fixing the group (even in the most loving way!)
• Fixing the problem for the group.
• Attaching to outcomes.
• Judging comments of the group, liking some ideas
better than others.
• Flip flopping the agenda and work processes.
• Manipulating people and behaviours through their
own feedback.
• Monopolising conversation.
• Taking sides on issues or people.
• Being closed to group suggestions on the process.
• Trying to have all the answers.
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