Advantages Of Having A Professional Facilitator
First, let us concisely define a Professional Facilitator. A facilitator is an individual who enables groups and individuals to work more effectively, collaborate and achieve team work. These people are not bias and they speak for both sides. They are fair and open. These people are those who volunteered to help and mentor less experienced individuals.
It is through a Professional Facilitator that a group can acquire these. What is a Professional Facilitator? A Professional Facilitator is an individual who produce and enhance team work within the members. These individuals are those who do not think of themselves first but think about the concerns of others.
Professional Facilitators create a structure or an outline of the meeting. Through this, the meeting will go on smoothly and the possibility of mistakes to occur will be less. Having an outline about the agenda is very important, since, this outline will be your guide through out the meeting. Having them in your hand will make you feel comfortable since you already know what comes next after that.
To be a Professional facilitator, you should be able to distinguish right from wrong. You should not always follow an order when you know it is wrong. As a facilitator, you are obliged to whatever decision the group will conclude. You contribute to the decision of the group. Through this trait, you can help the organization realize their mistakes and help them correct it.
As a Professional Facilitator, you should also be communicable and have good speaking skills. You should communicate well, entertain questions and be able to convince them through your answers. Through this, not only you, but also the members of the organization will be able to communicate with each other. And this will be the first step in making each members work as one unit.
As a Professional Facilitator, you should be able to distinguish which topic is to be first at the list. Being able to know which must be a priority it also important because, through this, the agenda of the meeting will be met on time. Focusing on topics that are important is a must since these topics are the key in making the activity a success.
Stated above are only few traits and roles of a Professional Facilitator. Everybody has a potential of becoming a Professional Facilitator. Being a facilitator is not about your profession but it is your skill and your expertise in building team work. If everybody were a facilitator, what an organized community would we have been living in?
Patricia Varley has been in the field of corporate leadership training for a long time and maintains a website about managing meetings where you can get answers to the rest of your questions and contact her.
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August 2, 2010 4:41 am
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